title: Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 1000 metres
text: # Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 1000 metres
  
  These are the results of the men's C-2 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The C-2 event is raced by two-man sprint canoes and was held on August 12.
  
  ## Final
  
  With only eight teams competing, a final was held.
  
  | Rank | Canoeists | Country | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Jan Brzák-Felix Bohumil Kudrna | Czechoslovakia | 5:07.1 |
  | | Steven Lysak Stephen Macknowski | United States | 5:08.2 |
  | | Georges Dransart Georges Gandil | France | 5:15.2 |
  | 4 | Douglas Bennett Harry Poulton | Canada | 5:20.7 |
  | 5 | Karl Molnar Viktor Salmhofer | Austria | 5:37.3 |
  | 6 | Gunnar Johannson Werner Wettersten | Sweden | 5:44.9 |
  | 7 | Mike Symons Hugh Van Zwanenberg | Great Britain | 5:50.9 |
  | - | Hubert Coomans Jean Dubois | Belgium | DNF |
  
  The Belgian team did not finish due to a man falling overboard during the final.
  
  