1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Copenhagen, Denmark. This event was held under the International Canoe Federation.
The men's competition consisted of four Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Two events were held for the women, both in kayak. Events that debuted at these championships were C-1 10000 m and K-4 10000 m.
This was the third championships in canoe sprint.
Medal summary
Men's
Canoe
Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
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C-1 1000 m | Josef Holeček (TCH) | Robert Boutigny (FRA) | Bengt Backlund (SWE) | |||
C-1 10000 m | Robert Boutigny (FRA) | Josef Holeček (TCH) | Bengt Backlund (SWE) | |||
C-2 1000 m | Bohumil Kudma |
France Georges Dransart Armand Loreau |
Václáv Havel Jiří Pecka |
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C-2 10000 m | Bohumil Kudma |
France Georges Dransart Armand Loreau |
Czechoslovakia Bohuslav Karlík Oldřich Lomecký |
Kayak
Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
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K-1 500 m | Johann Kobberup (DEN) |
Lennart Klingström (SWE) | Andreas Lind (DEN) | |||
K-1 1000 m | Gert Fredriksson (SWE) | Thorvald Strömberg (FIN) | Lars Petterson (SWE) | |||
K-1 10000 m | Thorvald Strömberg (FIN) | Gert Fredriksson (SWE) | Arne Jansson (SWE) | |||
K-1 4 x 500 m relay | Sweden |
Johan Kobberup |
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K-2 500 m | Sweden Ingermar Hedberg |
Sweden Henry Pettersson Berndt Häppling |
Max Raub Herbert Wiedermann |
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K-2 1000 m | Sweden Ingermar Hedberg |
Norway Ivar Mathisen Knut Østby |
Netherlands Piet Bakker Harrie Koorstra |
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K-2 10000 m | Sweden Gunnar Akerhund Hans Wetterström |
Ingvar Nørregaard |
Sweden Karl-Erick Björk Per-Olav Olsson |
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K-4 1000 m | Sweden |
Sweden Gunnar Åkerlund Ebbe Frick Sven-Olov Sjödelius Hans Wetterström |
Austria Herbert Klepp Walter Frühwirth Hans Ortner Paul Felinger |
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K-4 10000 m | Sweden Karl Andersson Stig Andersson Gösta Gustavsson Berndt Häppling |
Sweden Arne Jannson |
Austria Walter Piemann Alfred Schmidtberger Otto Lochner Alfred Krammer |
Women's
Kayak
Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
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K-1 500 m | Sylvi Saimo (FIN) | Karen Hoff (DEN) | Fritzi Schwingl (AUT) | |||
K-2 500 m | Finland Sylvi Saimo Greta Grönholm |
Trude Leibhart Fritzi Schwingl |
Sweden Ingrid Wallgren Lisa Lundberg |
Medals table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
Totals (8 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |