Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 10000 metres

These are the results of the men's C-1 10000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The C-1 event is raced by single-man sprint canoes and took place on July 27.

Canoeing at the
1952 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

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
 Frank Havens (USA)  Gábor Novák (HUN)  Alfréd Jindra (TCH)

Final

With only ten competitors in the event, a final was held.

Rank Athlete Time
 Frank Havens (USA)57:41.1
 Gábor Novák (HUN)57:49.9
 Alfréd Jindra (TCH)57:53.1
4 Bengt Backlund (SWE)59:08.2
5 Norman Lane (CAN)59:26.4
6 Jarl Fagerström (FIN)59:45.9
7 Franz Johannsen (GER)1:00:26.5
8 Robert Boutigny (FRA)1:01:15.2
9 Gerald Marchand (GBR)1:02:21.7
10 Pavel Kharin (URS)1:03:03.2

After his victory, Havens sent a telegraph to his father Bill, who missed the canoeing events at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris to be with his wife during Frank's childbirth. The telegram ended with "I'm coming home with the gold medal you should've won."

Charles W "Bud" Havens, Frank Havens' uncle and Bill Havens Sr's brother, did participate in the canoeing events in 1924 and won 3 Gold medals.

References
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