1950 World Canoe Sprint Championships

Host City København
Country DEN
Held 4 – 6 August 1950
Competitors 61
Countries 8

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
C-1 1000 m Men — Medal 3 3
C-1 10000 m Men — Medal 3 3
C-2 1000 m Men — Medal 6 2
C-2 10000 m Men — Medal 6 2
K-1 500 m Men — Medal 3 2
K-1 1000 m Men — Medal 3 2
K-1 10000 m Men — Medal 3 2
K-2 500 m Men — Medal 6 2
K-2 1000 m Men — Medal 6 3
K-2 10000 m Men — Medal 6 2
K-4 1000 m Men — Medal 12 2
K-4 10000 m Men — Medal 12 2
K-1 4 x 500 m relay Men — Medal 12 3
K-1 500 m Women — Medal 3 3
K-2 500 m Women — Medal 6 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Sweden SWE 7 5 6 18
2 Czechoslovakia TCH 3 1 2 6
3 Finland FIN 3 1 0 4
4 Denmark DEN 1 3 1 5
5 France FRA 1 3 0 4
6 Austria AUT 0 1 5 6
7 Norway NOR 0 1 0 1
8 Netherlands NED 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
C-1 1000 m, Men Josef Holeček TCH Robert Boutigny FRA Bengt Backlund SWE
C-1 10000 m, Men Robert Boutigny FRA Josef Holeček TCH Bengt Backlund SWE
C-2 1000 m, Men Jan Brzák-Felix / Bohumil Kudrna TCH Georges Dransart / Armand Loreau FRA Václav Havel / Jiří Pecka TCH
C-2 10000 m, Men Jan Brzák-Felix / Bohumil Kudrna TCH Georges Dransart / Armand Loreau FRA Bohuslav Karlík / Oldřich Lomecký TCH
K-1 500 m, Men Frederik Kobberup Andersen DEN Lennart Klingström SWE Andreas Lind DEN
K-1 1000 m, Men Gert Fredriksson SWE Thorvald Strömberg FIN Lars Pettersson SWE
K-1 10000 m, Men Thorvald Strömberg FIN Gert Fredriksson SWE Arne Jansson SWE
K-2 500 m, Men Lars Glassér / Ingemar Hedberg SWE Henry Pettersson / Berndt Häppling SWE Max Raub / Herbert Wiedermann AUT
K-2 1000 m, Men Lars Glassér / Ingemar Hedberg SWE Ivar Mathisen / Knut Østby NOR Piet Bakker / Harri Kooistra NED
K-2 10000 m, Men Gunnar Åkerlund / Hans Wetterström SWE Svend Frømming / Ingvard Nørregaard DEN Karl-Erick Björk / Per-Olav Olsson SWE
K-4 1000 m, Men Sweden SWE Sweden SWE Austria AUT
K-4 10000 m, Men Sweden SWE Sweden SWE Austria AUT
K-1 4 x 500 m relay, Men Sweden SWE Denmark DEN Austria AUT
K-1 500 m, Women Sylvi Saimo FIN Karen Hoff DEN Fritzi Schwingl AUT
K-2 500 m, Women Sylvi Saimo / Greta Grönholm FIN Gertrude Liebhart / Fritzi Schwingl AUT Ingrid Wallgren / Lisa Lundberg SWE