Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres

These are the results of the men's C-1 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The C-1 event is raced by single-man sprint canoes. Because there were ten competitors in the event, heats were introduced. Both the heats and final took place on July 28.

Medalists

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  Gold   Silver   Bronze
  Josef Holeček (TCH)   János Parti (HUN)   Olavi Ojanperä (FIN)

Results

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Heats

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The ten competitors first raced in two heats. The top four finishers in each heat moved directly to the final.

Heat 1

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Jean Molle   France 4:56.1 QF
2 János Parti   Hungary 4:58.5 QF
3 Frank Havens   United States 5:09.3 QF
4 Ingemar Andersson   Sweden 5:11.9 QF
5 George Bossy   Canada 5:25.8

Heat 2

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Josef Holeček   Czechoslovakia 5:06.0 QF
2 Olavi Ojanperä   Finland 5:09.8 QF
3 Ralf Berckhan   Germany 5:17.3 QF
4 Vladimir Kotyrev   Soviet Union 5:21.2 QF
5 Gerald Marchand   Great Britain 5:28.8

Final

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
  Josef Holeček   Czechoslovakia 4:56.3
  János Parti   Hungary 5:03.6
  Olavi Ojanperä   Finland 5:08.5
4 Frank Havens   United States 5:13.7
5 Ingemar Andersson   Sweden 5:15.0
6 Ralf Berckhan   Germany 5:22.8
7 Jean Molle   France 5:24.1
8 Vladimir Kotyrev   Soviet Union 5:24.5

References

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