These are the results of the men's K-2 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks. Heats and final took place on July 28.
Medalists edit
 Gold
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 Silver
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 Bronze
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 Kurt Wiresand Yrjö Hietanen (FIN) |
 Lars Glassérand Ingemar Hedberg (SWE) |
 Maximilian Rauband Herbert Wiedermann (AUT) |
Heats edit
The 19 teams first raced in three heats. The top three teams in each heat advanced directly to the final.
| Heat 1 | |||
| 1. | Lars Glassér and Ingemar Hedberg (SWE) |
3:51.7 | QF |
| 2. | Kurt Wires and Yrjö Hietanen (FIN) |
3:53.0 | QF |
| 3. |  Egon Dyg and Andreas Lind (DEN) |
3:53.3 | QF |
| 4. |  Anatoly Troshenkov and Igor Kuznetsov (URS) |
3:54.0 | |
| 5. |  Jan Matocha and Otto Kroutil (TCH) |
3:56.3 | |
| 6. |  Eligio Valentino and Pio Vennettilli (ITA) |
4:03.8 | |
| 7. |  Frank Prout and Roland Prout (GBR) |
4:07.6 | |
| Heat 2 | |||
| 1. | Max Raub and Herbert Wiedermann (AUT) |
3:55.2 | QF |
| 2. |  Gustav Schmidt and Helmut Noller (GER) |
3:55.7 | QF |
| 3. |  Ivar Mathisen and Knut Østby (NOR) |
3:58.2 | QF |
| 4. |  Heinrich Hess and Kurt Zimmer (SAA) |
4:01.4 | |
| 5. |  Anton Kuster and Hans Straub (SUI) |
4:14.9 | |
| 6. |  Johnny Lucas and Léon Roth (LUX) |
4:21.6 | |
| Heat 3 | |||
| 1. |  Cees Koch and Jan Klingers (NED) |
3:54.3 | QF |
| 2. |  István Granek and János Kulcsár (HUN) |
3:54.5 | QF |
| 3. |  Maurice Graffen and Marcel Renaud (FRA) |
3:54.8 | QF |
| 4. |  Frans Van den Berghen and Albert Van de Vliet (BEL) |
3:59.2 | |
| 5. |  Thomas Horton and John Eiseman (USA) |
4:02.9 | |
| 6. |  Robert Cordner and George Ward (CAN) |
4:27.5 | |
Final edit
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Kurt Wires and Yrjö Hietanen (FIN) |
3:51.1 |
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Lars Glassér and Ingemar Hedberg (SWE) |
3:51.1 |
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Max Raub and Herbert Wiedermann (AUT) |
3:51.4 |
| 4. | Gustav Schmidt and Helmut Noller (GER) |
3:51.8 |
| 5. | Ivar Mathisen and Knut Østby (NOR) |
3:54.7 |
| 6. | Maurice Graffen and Marcel Renaud (FRA) |
3:55.1 |
| 7. | István Granek and János Kulcsár (HUN) |
3:55.1 |
| 8. | Cees Koch and Jan Klingers (NED) |
3:55.8 |
| 9. | Egon Dyg and Andreas Lind (DEN) |
3:59.3 |
The Finnish duo won the gold medal after studying a photo finish of the event.
References edit
- 1952 Summer Olympics official report. p. 632.
- Sports-Reference.com 1952 K-2 1000 m results.
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Kayak Pairs: 1000 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press, Limited. p. 475.
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