title: Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics
text: # Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics
  
  At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, nine events in sprint canoe racing were contested. The program was unchanged from the previous Games in 1948.
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Finland (FIN) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
  | 2 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
  | 3 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | 4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 5 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 5 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
  | 8 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 9 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
  | 11 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Men's events
  
  | Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | C-1 1000 metres details | Josef Holeček Czechoslovakia | János Parti Hungary | Olavi Ojanperä Finland |
  | C-1 10000 metres details | Frank Havens United States | Gábor Novák Hungary | Alfréd Jindra Czechoslovakia |
  | C-2 1000 metres details | Bent Peder Rasch and Finn Haunstoft (DEN) | Jan Brzák-Felix and Bohumil Kudrna (TCH) | Egon Drews and Wilfried Soltau (GER) |
  | C-2 10000 metres details | Georges Turlier and Jean Laudet (FRA) | Kenneth Lane and Donald Hawgood (CAN) | Egon Drews and Wilfried Soltau (GER) |
  | K-1 1000 metres details | Gert Fredriksson Sweden | Thorvald Strömberg Finland | Louis Gantois France |
  | K-1 10000 metres details | Thorvald Strömberg Finland | Gert Fredriksson Sweden | Michael Scheuer Germany |
  | K-2 1000 metres details | Kurt Wires and Yrjö Hietanen (FIN) | Lars Glassér and Ingemar Hedberg (SWE) | Maximilian Raub and Herbert Wiedermann (AUT) |
  | K-2 10000 metres details | Kurt Wires and Yrjö Hietanen (FIN) | Gunnar Åkerlund and Hans Wetterström (SWE) | Ferenc Varga and József Gurovits (HUN) |
  
  ### Women's event
  
  | Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | K-1 500 metres details | Sylvi Saimo Finland | Gertrude Liebhart Austria | Nina Savina Soviet Union |
  