Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres
# Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres

These are the results of the men's C-1 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The C-1 event is raced by single-man sprint canoes. Because there were ten competitors in the event, heats were introduced. Both the heats and final took place on July 28.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Josef Holeček (TCH) | János Parti (HUN) | Olavi Ojanperä (FIN) |

## Heats

The ten competitors first raced in two heats. The top four finishers in each heat moved directly to the final.

Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Jean Molle (FRA) | 4:56.1 | QF |
| 2 | János Parti (HUN) | 4:58.5 | QF |
| 3 | Frank Havens (USA) | 5:09.3 | QF |
| 4 | Ingemar Andersson (SWE) | 5:11.9 | QF |
| 5 | George Bossy (CAN) | 5:25.8 | |

Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Josef Holeček (TCH) | 5:06.0 | QF |
| 2 | Olavi Ojanperä (FIN) | 5:09.8 | QF |
| 3 | Ralf Berckhan (GER) | 5:17.3 | QF |
| 4 | Vladimir Kotyrev (URS) | 5:21.2 | QF |
| 5 | Gerald Marchand (GBR) | 5:28.8 | |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Josef Holeček (TCH) | 4:56.3 |
| | János Parti (HUN) | 5:03.6 |
| | Olavi Ojanperä (FIN) | 5:08.5 |
| 4 | Frank Havens (USA) | 5:13.7 |
| 5 | Ingemar Andersson (SWE) | 5:15.0 |
| 6 | Ralf Berckhan (GER) | 5:22.8 |
| 7 | Jean Molle (FRA) | 5:24.1 |
| 8 | Vladimir Kotyrev (URS) | 5:24.5 |
