title: Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics
text: # Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics
  
  At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, nine events in sprint canoe racing were contested. For the first time, a women's event was part of the Olympic program.
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Sweden (SWE) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
  | 2 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
  | 3 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
  | 3 | United States (USA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
  | 5 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | 6 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 6 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 8 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 9 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
  | 10 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Men's events
  
  | Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | C-1 1000 metres details | Josef Holeček (TCH) | Douglas Bennett (CAN) | Robert Boutigny (FRA) |
  | C-1 10000 metres details | František Čapek (TCH) | Frank Havens (USA) | Norman Lane (CAN) |
  | C-2 1000 metres details | Jan Brzák-Felix and Bohumil Kudrna (TCH) | Steven Lysak and Stephen Macknowski (USA) | Georges Dransart and Georges Gandil (FRA) |
  | C-2 10000 metres details | Steven Lysak and Stephen Macknowski (USA) | Václav Havel and Jiří Pecka (TCH) | Georges Dransart and Georges Gandil (FRA) |
  | K-1 1000 metres details | Gert Fredriksson (SWE) | Johan Andersen (DEN) | Henri Eberhardt (FRA) |
  | K-1 10000 metres details | Gert Fredriksson (SWE) | Kurt Wires (FIN) | Eivind Skabo (NOR) |
  | K-2 1000 metres details | Hans Berglund and Lennart Klingström (SWE) | Ejvind Hansen and Bernhard Jensen (DEN) | Thor Axelsson and Nils Björklöf (FIN) |
  | K-2 10000 metres details | Gunnar Åkerlund and Hans Wetterström (SWE) | Ivar Mathisen and Knut Østby (NOR) | Thor Axelsson and Nils Björklöf (FIN) |
  
  ### Women's event
  
  | Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | K-1 500 metres details | Karen Hoff (DEN) | Alida van der Anker-Doedens (NED) | Fritzi Schwingl (AUT) |
  