At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, nine events in sprint canoe racing were contested. For the first time, a women's event was part of the Olympic program.
| Canoeing at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| No. of events | 9 |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Denmark | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| United States | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Norway | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | France | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |
Medal summary
Men's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| C-1 1000 metres | Josef Holeček (TCH) | Douglas Bennett (CAN) | Robert Boutigny (FRA) |
| C-1 10000 metres | František Čapek (TCH) | Frank Havens (USA) | Norman Lane (CAN) |
| C-2 1000 metres | Jan Brzák-Felix and Bohumil Kudrna (TCH) | Steven Lysak and Stephen Macknowski (USA) | Georges Dransart and Georges Gandil (FRA) |
| C-2 10000 metres | Steven Lysak and Stephen Macknowski (USA) | Václav Havel and Jiří Pecka (TCH) | Georges Dransart and Georges Gandil (FRA) |
| K-1 1000 metres | Gert Fredriksson (SWE) | Johan Andersen (DEN) | Henri Eberhardt (FRA) |
| K-1 10000 metres | Gert Fredriksson (SWE) | Kurt Wires (FIN) | Eivind Skabo (NOR) |
| K-2 1000 metres | Hans Berglund and Lennart Klingström (SWE) | Ejvind Hansen and Bernhard Jensen (DEN) | Thor Axelsson and Nils Björklöf (FIN) |
| K-2 10000 metres | Gunnar Åkerlund and Hans Wetterström (SWE) | Ivar Mathisen and Knut Østby (NOR) | Thor Axelsson and Nils Björklöf (FIN) |
Women's event
Participating nations
- Austria (7)
- Belgium (9)
- Canada (7)
- Czechoslovakia (13)
- Denmark (7)
- Finland (5)
- France (10)
- Great Britain (8)
- Hungary (5)
- Luxembourg (3)
- Netherlands (7)
- Norway (4)
- Poland (3)
- Sweden (9)
- Switzerland (6)
- United States (9)
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