Rank
Winner
Nation
Score

Games of the 16th Olympiad, 1956
Canoe/Kayak - Sprint
Women
Kayak Single 500 m
1
DEMENTYEVA Yelisaveta
USSR
2.18,9
2
ZENZ Therese
United German Team (GDR/FRG)
2.19,6
3
SOBY Tove
Denmark
2.22,3
Games of the 15th Olympiad, 1952
Canoe/Kayak - Sprint
Men
Kayak Single 1000 m
1
FREDRIKSSON Gert
Sweden
4.07,9
2
STROMBERG Thorvald
Finland
4.09,7
3
GANTOIS Louis
France
4.20,1
Kayak Double 1000 m
1
WIRES Kurt
Finland
3.51,1
1
HIETANEN Yrjo
Finland
2
HEDBERG Ingemar
Sweden
3.51,1
2
GLASSER Lars
Sweden
3
RAUB Max
Austria
3.51,4
3
WIEDERMANN Herbert
Austria
Kayak Single 10000 m
1
STROMBERG Thorvald
Finland
47.22,8
2
FREDRIKSSON Gert
Sweden
47.34,1
3
SCHEUER Michel
West Germany
47.54,5