title: Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres
text: # Canoeing at the 1948 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 1948 Summer Olympics. The C-1 event is raced by single-man sprint canoes and took place on August 12.
  
  ## Final
  
  With only six competitors in the event, a final was held.
  
  | Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Josef Holeček | Czechoslovakia | 5:42.0 |
  | | Douglas Bennett | Canada | 5:53.3 |
  | | Robert Boutigny | France | 5:55.9 |
  | 4 | Ingemar Andersson | Sweden | 6:06.0 |
  | 5 | William Havens | United States | 6:14.3 |
  | 6 | Harold Maidment | Great Britain | 6:37.0 |
  