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 / Jan Brzák-Felix TCH Georges Dransart / Georges Dransart FRA Václav Havel / Václav Havel TCH
C-2 10000 m, Men Jan Brzák-Felix / Jan Brzák-Felix TCH Georges Dransart / Georges Dransart FRA Bohuslav Karlík / Bohuslav Karlík 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 / Lars Glassér SWE Henry Pettersson / Henry Pettersson SWE Max Raub / Max Raub AUT
K-2 1000 m, Men Lars Glassér / Lars Glassér SWE Ivar Mathisen / Ivar Mathisen NOR Piet Bakker / Piet Bakker NED
K-2 10000 m, Men Gunnar Åkerlund / Gunnar Åkerlund SWE Svend Frømming / Svend Frømming DEN Karl-Erick Björk / Karl-Erick Björk 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 / Sylvi Saimo FIN Gertrude Liebhart / Gertrude Liebhart AUT Ingrid Wallgren / Ingrid Wallgren SWE