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Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres

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These are the results of the men's C-1 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The C-1 event is raced by single-man sprint canoes. Because there were ten competitors in the event, heats were introduced. Both the heats and final took place on July 28.

Medalists

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Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze
 Josef Holeček (TCH)  János Parti (HUN)  Olavi Ojanperä (FIN)

Results

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Heats

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The ten competitors first raced in two heats. The top four finishers in each heat moved directly to the final.

Heat 1

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Jean Molle  France 4:56.1 QF
2 János Parti  Hungary 4:58.5 QF
3 Frank Havens  United States 5:09.3 QF
4 Ingemar Andersson  Sweden 5:11.9 QF
5 George Bossy  Canada 5:25.8

Heat 2

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Josef Holeček  Czechoslovakia 5:06.0 QF
2 Olavi Ojanperä  Finland 5:09.8 QF
3 Ralf Berckhan  Germany 5:17.3 QF
4 Vladimir Kotyrev  Soviet Union 5:21.2 QF
5 Gerald Marchand  Great Britain 5:28.8

Final

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Josef Holeček  Czechoslovakia 4:56.3
2nd place, silver medalist(s) János Parti  Hungary 5:03.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Olavi Ojanperä  Finland 5:08.5
4 Frank Havens  United States 5:13.7
5 Ingemar Andersson  Sweden 5:15.0
6 Ralf Berckhan  Germany 5:22.8
7 Jean Molle  France 5:24.1
8 Vladimir Kotyrev  Soviet Union 5:24.5

References

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