1938 World Canoe Sprint Championships

Host City Vaxholm (near Stockholm)
Country SWE
Held 6 – 7 August 1938
Competitors 53
Countries 8

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
C-1 1000 m Men — Medal 3 3
C-2 1000 m Men — Medal 6 2
C-2 10000 m Men — Medal 6 3
K-1 1000 m Men — Medal 3 3
K-1 10000 m Men — Medal 3 2
K-1 10000 m folding Men — Medal 3 3
K-2 1000 m Men — Medal 6 3
K-2 10000 m Men — Medal 6 2
K-2 10000 m folding Men — Medal 6 2
K-4 1000 m Men — Medal 12 2
K-1 600 m Women — Medal 3 3
K-2 600 m Women — Medal 6 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Sweden SWE 5 3 2 10
2 Germany GER 2 5 4 11
3 Czechoslovakia TCH 2 1 2 5
4 Austria AUT 2 1 1 4
5 Finland FIN 1 0 0 1
6 Hungary HUN 0 1 0 1
= Poland POL 0 1 0 1
8 Denmark DEN 0 0 3 3

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
C-1 1000 m, Men Otto Neumüller AUT Hans Wedemann GER Bohumil Sládek TCH
C-2 1000 m, Men Rupert Weinstabl / Rupert Weinstabl AUT Bohuslav Karlík / Bohuslav Karlík TCH Václav Mottl / Václav Mottl TCH
C-2 10000 m, Men Bohuslav Karlík / Bohuslav Karlík TCH Rupert Weinstabl / Rupert Weinstabl AUT Christian Holzenberg / Christian Holzenberg GER
K-1 1000 m, Men Karl Widmark SWE Helmut Cämmerer GER Gregor Hradetzky AUT
K-1 10000 m, Men Karl Widmark SWE Czesław Sobieraj POL Egon Nilsson SWE
K-1 10000 m folding, Men Arne Bogren SWE Kamill Balatoni HUN Günter Nowatzki GER
K-2 1000 m, Men Helmut Triebe / Helmut Triebe GER Kurt Boo / Kurt Boo SWE Poul Larsen / Poul Larsen DEN
K-2 10000 m, Men Gunnar Johansson / Gunnar Johansson SWE Helmut Triebe / Helmut Triebe GER Adi Kainz / Adi Kainz GER
K-2 10000 m folding, Men Carl-Gustav Hellstrandt / Carl-Gustav Hellstrandt SWE Sven Johansson / Sven Johansson SWE Kurt Kreh / Kurt Kreh GER
K-4 1000 m, Men Germany GER Germany GER Sweden SWE
K-1 600 m, Women Maggie Kalka FIN Maj-Britt Berqvist SWE Bodil Thirstedt DEN
K-2 600 m, Women Marta Pavlisová / Marta Pavlisová TCH Josefa Lehmenkühler / Josefa Lehmenkühler GER Ruth Lange / Ruth Lange DEN