title: Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 10000 metres
text: # Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 10000 metres
  
  These are the results of the men's K-1 10000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-man canoe sprint kayaks.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Gert Fredriksson (SWE) | Kurt Wires (FIN) | Eivind Skabo (NOR) |
  
  ## Final
  
  The final took place on August 11.
  
  | | Gert Fredriksson (SWE) | 50:47.7 |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Kurt Wires (FIN) | 51:18.2 |
  | | Elvind Skabo (NOR) | 51:35.4 |
  | 4. | Knud Ditlevsen (DEN) | 51:54.2 |
  | 5. | Henri Eberhardt (FRA) | 52:09.0 |
  | 6. | Jochem Bobeldijk (NED) | 52:13.2 |
  | 7. | Czesław Sobieraj (POL) | 52:51.0 |
  | 8. | Alfred Corbiaux (BEL) | 53:23.5 |
  | 9. | Jan Matocha (TCH) | 53:51.0 |
  | 10. | Herbert Klepp (AUT) | 55:11.7 |
  | 11. | Emil Bottlang (SUI) | 55:33.7 |
  | 12. | Ernest Riedel (USA) | 56:34.5 |
  | 13. | Marcel Lentz (LUX) | 59:58.2 |
  