Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 10000 metres

Canoeing at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Sprint
C-1 1000 mmen
C-1 10000 mmen
C-2 1000 mmen
C-2 10000 mmen
K-1 500 mwomen
K-1 1000 mmen
K-1 10000 mmen
K-2 1000 mmen
K-2 10000 mmen

These are the results of the Men's C-2 10000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The C-2 event is raced by two-man sprint canoes. Heats and final took place on August 11.

Final

With only six teams competing, a final was held.

Rank Canoeists Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Steven Lysak
Stephen Macknowski 		 United States 55:55.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Václáv Havel
Jiří Pecka 		 Czechoslovakia 57:38.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Georges Dransart
Georges Gandil 		 France 58:00.8
4 Karl Molnar
Viktor Salmhofer 		 Austria 58:59.3
5 Bert Oldershaw
William Stevenson 		 Canada 59:48.4
6 Gunnar Johansson
Werner Wettersten 		 Sweden 1:03:34.4

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