title: Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 10000 metres
text: # Canoeing at the 1952 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 1952 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-man canoe sprint kayaks.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Thorvald Strömberg (FIN) | Gert Fredriksson (SWE) | Michael Scheuer (GER) |
  
  ## Final
  
  The final took place on July 27.
  
  | | Thorvald Strömberg (FIN) | 47:22.8 |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Gert Fredriksson (SWE) | 47:34.1 |
  | | Michael Scheuer (GER) | 47:54.5 |
  | 4. | Ejvind Hansen (DEN) | 47:58.8 |
  | 5. | Hans Martin Gulbrandsen (NOR) | 48:12.9 |
  | 6. | Miloš Pech (TCH) | 48:25.8 |
  | 7. | Ivan Sotnikov (URS) | 48:36.8 |
  | 8. | Jochem Bobeldijk (NED) | 49:36.2 |
  | 9. | Alfred Schmidtberger (AUT) | 49:45.6 |
  | 10. | Pierre Derivery (FRA) | 49:48.5 |
  | 11. | Hilaire Deprez (BEL) | 50:20.6 |
  | 12. | Geoffery Coyler (GBR) | 50:55.3 |
  | 13. | Josip Lipokatič (YUG) | 51:01.3 |
  | 14. | William Schuette (USA) | 52:44.6 |
  | 15. | Aldo Albera (ITA) | 53:49.2 |
  | 16. | Raymond Kamber (SUI) | 54:57.3 |
  | 17. | Léon Roth (LUX) | 56:02.9 |
  