1948 World Canoe Sprint Championships

Host City London
Country GBR
Held 13 – 16 August 1948
Competitors 33
Countries 6

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
K-1 500 m Men — Medal 3 2
K-2 500 m Men — Medal 6 2
K-4 1000 m Men — Medal 12 3
K-1 4 x 500 m relay Men — Medal 12 3
K-2 500 m Women — Medal 6 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Sweden SWE 3 1 0 4
2 Denmark DEN 1 1 3 5
3 Finland FIN 1 0 0 1
4 Austria AUT 0 1 1 2
= Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 1 2
6 Norway NOR 0 1 0 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
K-1 500 m, Men Gert Fredriksson SWE Lars Glassér SWE Poul Agger DEN
K-2 500 m, Men Ture Axelsson / Nils Björklöf FIN Alfred Christensen / Finn Rasmussen DEN Bernhard Jensen / Ejvind Hansen DEN
K-4 1000 m, Men Sweden SWE Austria AUT Czechoslovakia TCH
K-1 4 x 500 m relay, Men Sweden SWE Norway NOR Denmark DEN
K-2 500 m, Women Karen Hoff / Bodil Svendsen DEN Marta Kohoutová / Růžena Košťálová TCH Fritzi Schwingl / Gertrude Liebhart AUT