Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 10000 metres

Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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C-1 1000 m		men
C-1 10000 m		men
C-2 1000 m		men
C-2 10000 m		men
K-1 500 m				women
K-1 1000 m		men
K-1 10000 m		men
K-2 1000 m		men
K-2 10000 m		men

These are the results of the men's C-1 10000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The C-1 event is raced by single-man sprint canoes and took place on July 27.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Frank Havens (USA)	Gábor Novák (HUN)	Alfréd Jindra (TCH)

Final

With only ten competitors in the event, a final was held.

Rank	Athlete	Time
	Frank Havens (USA)	57:41.1
	Gábor Novák (HUN)	57:49.9
	Alfréd Jindra (TCH)	57:53.1
4	Bengt Backlund (SWE)	59:08.2
5	22x20px Norman Lane (CAN)	59:26.4
6	Jarl Fagerström (FIN)	59:45.9
7	Franz Johannsen (GER)	1:00:26.5
8	Robert Boutigny (FRA)	1:01:15.2
9	Gerald Marchand (GBR)	1:02:21.7
10	22x20px Pavel Kharin (URS)	1:03:03.2

After his victory, Havens sent a telegraph to his father Bill, who missed the eights rowing event at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris to be with his wife during Frank's childbirth. The telegram ended with "I'm coming home with the gold medal you should've won."

References

• 1952 Summer Olympics official report. p. 633.
• Sports-reference.com 1952 C-1 10000 m results.
• Wallechinsky, David and Jamie Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Discontinued Events". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 490.