Rank
Winner
Nation
Score

Games of the 15th Olympiad, 1952
Canoe/Kayak - Sprint
Men
Canoe Single 10000 m
1
HAVENS Frank
USA
57.41,1
2
NOVAK Gabor
Hungary
57.49,2
3
JINDRA Alfred
Czechoslovakia
57.53,1
Canoe Double 10000 m
1
TURLIER Georges
France
54.08,3
1
LAUDET Jean
France
2
LANE Kenneth
Canada
54.09,9
2
HAWGOOD Donald
Canada
3
DREWS Egon
West Germany
54.28,1
3
SOLTAU Wilfried
West Germany
Women
Kayak Single 500 m
1
SAIMO Sylvi
Finland
2.18,4
2
LIEBHART Gertrude
Austria
2.18,8
3
SAVINA Nina
USSR
2.21,6
Games of the 14th Olympiad, 1948
Canoe/Kayak - Sprint
Men
Kayak Single 1000 m
1
FREDRIKSSON Gert
Sweden
4.32,2
2
ANDERSEN Frederik Kobberup
Denmark
4.39,9
3
EBERHARDT Henri
France
4.41,4