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

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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[edit]

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[edit]

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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