Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres

Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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These are the results of the men's K-2 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks. Heats and final took place on August 12.

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hans Berglund and Lennart Klingström (SWE)	Ejvind Hansen and Jakob Jensen (DEN)	Thor Axelsson and Nils Björklöf (FIN)

Heats[]

The 16 teams first raced in two heats. The top four teams in each heat advanced directly to the final.

Heat 1
1.	Thor Axelsson and Nils Björklöf (FIN)	4:16.7	QF
2.	Kálmán Blahó and János Urányi (HUN)	4:18.4	QF
3.	Ota Kroutil and Miloš Pech (TCH)	4:20.4	QF
4.	Gerald Covey and Henry Harper (CAN)	4:34.2	QF
5.	René Fonck and Jean Nickels (LUX)	4:41.7
6.	Bruno Masciadri and Franz Reiner (SUI)	4:43.9
7.	Jack Henderson and John Simmons (GBR)	4:45.0
Heat 2
1.	Ejvind Hansen and Bernhard Jensen (DEN)	-	QF
2.	Ivar Mathisen and Knut Østby (NOR)	-	QF
3.	Cees Gravesteyn and Wim Pool (NED)	-	QF
4.	Hans Berglund and Lennart Klingström (SWE)	-	QF
5.	Paul Felinger and Herbert Klepp (AUT)	-
6.	Frans Van den Berghen and Albert Van de Vilet (BEL)	-
7.	François Donna and René Richez (FRA)	-
8.	Alfons Jezewski and Marian Matloka (POL)	-
9.	Raymond Clark and John Eiseman (USA)	-

No times were recorded in the second heat according to the official Olympic report.

Final[]

	Hans Berglund and Lennart Klingström (SWE)	4:07.3
	Ejvind Hansen and Bernhard Jensen (DEN)	4:07.5
	Thor Axelsson and Nils Björklöf (FIN)	4:08.7
4.	Ivar Mathisen and Knut Østby (NOR)	4:09.1
5.	Ota Kroutil and Miloš Pech (TCH)	4:09.8
6.	Cees Gravesteyn and Wim Pool (NED)	4:15.8
7.	Gerald Covey and Henry Harper (CAN)	4:56.8
-	Kálmán Blahó and János Urányi (HUN)	DQ

Blahó and Urányi were disqualified for "hanging" in the wake of another kayak.

References[]

• 1948 Summer Olympics official report. p. 315.
• Sports-Reference.com 1948 K-2 1000 m results.
• Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Kayak Pairs: 1000 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press, Limited. pp. 474–5.