1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
# 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 | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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 | Czechoslovakia Jan Brzák-Felix Bohumil Kudma | France Georges Dransart Armand Loreau | Czechoslovakia Václáv Havel Jiří Pecka |
| C-2 10000 m | Czechoslovakia Jan Brzák-Felix Bohumil Kudma | France Georges Dransart Armand Loreau | Czechoslovakia Bohuslav Karlík Oldřich Lomecký |

**Kayak**

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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 Lars Glassér Ingermar Hedberg Lennart Klingström Gert Fredriksson | Denmark Poul Agger Andreas Lind Ejvind Hansen Johan Kobberup | Austria Herbert Klepp Max Raub Herbert Wiedermann Günther Rührnschopf |
| K-2 500 m | Sweden Lars Glassér Ingermar Hedberg | Sweden Henry Pettersson Berndt Häppling | Austria Max Raub Herbert Wiedermann |
| K-2 1000 m | Sweden Lars Glassér Ingermar Hedberg | Norway Ivar Mathisen Knut Østby | Netherlands Piet Bakker Harrie Koorstra |
| K-2 10000 m | Sweden Gunnar Akerhund Hans Wetterström | Denmark Svend Frømming Ingvar Nørregaard | Sweden Karl-Erick Björk Per-Olav Olsson |
| K-4 1000 m | Sweden Einar Pihl Hans Eirksson Lars Pettersson Harry Johansson | Sweden Gunnar Åkerlund Ebbe Frick Sven-Olov Sjödelius Hans Wetterström | Austria Herbert Klepp Walter Frühwirth Hans Ortner Paul Felinger |
| K-4 10000 m | Sweden Karl Andersson Stig Andersson Gösta Gustavsson Berndt Häppling | Sweden Karl-Erick Björk Per-Olav Olsson Klas Norgren Arne Jannson | Austria Walter Piemann Alfred Schmidtberger Otto Lochner Alfred Krammer |

### Women's

**Kayak**

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| K-1 500 m | Sylvi Saimo (FIN) | | Karen Hoff (DEN) | | Fritzi Schwingl (AUT) | |
| K-2 500 m | Finland Sylvi Saimo Greta Grönholm | | Austria Trude Leibhart Fritzi Schwingl | | Sweden Ingrid Wallgren Lisa Lundberg | |

## Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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) | Totals (8 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |
