Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 1000 metres explained

These are the results of the men's C-2 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The C-2 event is raced by two-man sprint canoes and was held on August 12.

Final

With only eight teams competing, a final was held.

RankCanoeistsCountryTime
Jan Brzák-Felix
Bohumil Kudrna
5:07.1
Steven Lysak
Stephen Macknowski
5:08.2
Georges Dransart
Georges Gandil
5:15.2
4Douglas Bennett
Harry Poulton
5:20.7
5Karl Molnar
Viktor Salmhofer
5:37.3
6Gunnar Johannson
Werner Wettersten
5:44.9
7Mike Symons
Hugh Van Zwanenberg
5:50.9
-Hubert Coomans
Jean Dubois
DNF

The Belgian team did not finish due to a man falling overboard during the final.

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