Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 10000 metres

These are the results of the Men's C-2 10000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The C-2 event is raced by two-man sprint canoes. Heats and final took place on July 27.

Medalists

Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze
 Georges Turlier
and Jean Laudet (FRA)
 Kenneth Lane
and Donald Hawgood (CAN)
 Egon Drews
and Wilfried Soltau (GER)

Final

With only nine teams competing, a final was held.

Rank Athletes Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Georges Turlier and Jean Laudet (FRA) 54:08.3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Kenneth Lane and Donald Hawgood (CAN) 54:09.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Egon Drews and Wilfried Soltau (GER) 54:28.1
4  Valentin Orischenko and Nikolay Perevozchikov (URS) 54:34.6
5  John Haas and Frank Krick (USA) 54:42.5
6  Bohuslav Karlík and Oldřich Lomecký (TCH) 55:10.9
7  Ernő Söptei and Róbert Söptei (HUN) 55:35.3
8  Rune Blomqvist and Harry Lindbäck (SWE) 55:41.3
9  Jorma Kulo and Teppo Salmisaari (FIN) 56:28.2

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