1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Vaxholm, Sweden, outside Stockholm, between 6–7 August 1938. This event was held under the auspices of the Internationale Repräsentantenschaft Kanusport (IRK), founded in 1924 and the forerunner of the International Canoe Federation.

The men's competition consisted of three Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and seven kayak events. Two events were held for the women, both in kayak.

This was the first championships in canoe sprint and the only one held prior to World War II which would break out the following year. It is also the only time the K-1 10000 m folding and K-2 10000 m folding events would take place in the world championships.

Medal summary

Men's

Canoe

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
C-1 1000 m	Template:Flagathlete	6:45.8	Template:Flagathlete	6:51.4	Template:Flagathlete	7:11.7
C-2 1000 m	Template:Flagcountry Rupert Weinstabl Karl Proisl	5:47.3	Bohuslav Karlík Jan Brzák-Felix	5:52.3	Václav Mottl Zdeněk Škrland	5:54.4
C-2 10000 m	Bohuslav Karlík Jan Brzák-Felix	52:38.7	Template:Flagcountry Rupert Weinstabl Karl Proisl	53:06.5	Template:Flagcountry Christian Holzenberg Heinz Jürgens	54:12.4

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 1000 m	Template:Flagathlete	5:03.2	Template:Flagathlete	5:05.9	Template:Flagathlete	5:06.4
K-1 10000 m	Template:Flagathlete	46:42.8	Template:Flagathlete	47:35.6	Template:Flagathlete	48:10.7
K-1 10000 m folding	Template:Flagathlete	51.48.8	Template:Flagathlete	51:49.7	Template:Flagathlete	51:59.3
K-2 1000 m	Template:Flagcountry Helmut Triebe Hans Eberle	4:46.6	Template:Flagu Kurt Boo Hans Berglund	4:45.5	Poul Larsen Vagn Jørgensen	4:46.7
K-2 10000 m	Template:Flagu Gunnar Johansson Berndt Berndtsson	43:29.9	Template:Flagcountry Helmut Triebe Hans Eberle	44:06.6	Template:Flagcountry Adolf Kainz Karl Maurer	44:21.1
K-2 10000 m folding	Template:Flagu Carl-Gustav Hellstrandt Erik Helsvik	47:11.5	Template:Flagu Sven Johansson Erik Bladström	47:37.7	Template:Flagcountry Kurt Kreh Johann Fuchs	48:10.7
K-4 1000 m	Template:Flagcountry Ernst Kube Heini Brüggemann Ernst Strathmann Heine Strathmann	4:08.2	Template:Flagcountry Hans Rein Josef Reidel Albert Schorn Karl Aulenbach	4:08.8	Template:Flagu Roland Karlsson Göte Carlsson Gunnar Johansson Berndt Berndtsson	4:10.5

Women's

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 600 m	Template:Flagathlete	3:26.0	Template:Flagathlete	3:30.3	Template:Flagathlete	3:32.2
K-2 600 m	Marta Pavlisová Marie Zvolánková	3:05.2	Template:Flagcountry Josefa Köster Elisabeth Kropp	3:05.5	Ruth Lange Bodil Thirstedt	3:06.9

References

• International Canoe Federation
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.