Canoeing Olympic Games 1952 at Helsinki (fin) Men: 1000 m K1 July 28: Final: 1. Gert Fredriksson (swe) 4:07.9 2. Thorvald Strömberg (fin) 4:09.7 3. Louis Gantios (fra) 4:20.1 4. Wim van der Kroft (net) 4:20.8 5. Meinard Miltenberger (ger) 4:21.6 6. Lubomir Vambera (czs) 4:24.0 7. Hendrik Verbrugghe (bel) 4:25.0 8. Lev Nikitin (sov) 4:26.2 9. Bert Oldershaw (can) 4:26.5