1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Copenhagen, Denmark. This event was held under the International Canoe Federation.

The men's competition consisted of four Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Two events were held for the women, both in kayak. Events that debuted at these championships were C-1 10000 m and K-4 10000 m.

This was the third championships in canoe sprint.

Medal summary

Men's

Canoe

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
C-1 1000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
C-1 10000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
C-2 1000 m	Jan Brzák-Felix Bohumil Kudma		Template:Flagu Georges Dransart Armand Loreau		Václáv Havel Jiří Pecka
C-2 10000 m	Jan Brzák-Felix Bohumil Kudma		Template:Flagu Georges Dransart Armand Loreau		Bohuslav Karlík Oldřich Lomecký

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-1 1000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-1 10000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-1 4 x 500 m relay	Template:Flagu Lars Glassér Ingermar Hedberg Lennart Klingström Gert Fredriksson		Poul Agger Andreas Lind Ejvind Hansen Johan Kobberup		Herbert Klepp Max Raub Herbert Wiedermann Günther Rührnschopf
K-2 500 m	Template:Flagu Lars Glassér Ingermar Hedberg		Template:Flagu Henry Pettersson Berndt Häppling		Max Raub Herbert Wiedermann
K-2 1000 m	Template:Flagu Lars Glassér Ingermar Hedberg		Ivar Mathisen Knut Østby		Template:Flagu Piet Bakker Harrie Koorstra
K-2 10000 m	Template:Flagu Gunnar Akerhund Hans Wetterström		Svend Frømming Ingvar Nørregaard		Template:Flagu Karl-Erick Björk Per-Olav Olsson
K-4 1000 m	Template:Flagu Einar Pihl Hans Eirksson Lars Pettersson Harry Johansson		Template:Flagu Gunnar Åkerlund Ebbe Frick Sven-Olov Sjödelius Hans Wetterström		Herbert Klepp Walter Frühwirth Hans Ortner Paul Felinger
K-4 10000 m	Template:Flagu Karl Andersson Stig Andersson Gösta Gustavsson Berndt Häppling		Template:Flagu Karl-Erick Björk Per-Olav Olsson Klas Norgren Arne Jannson		Walter Piemann Alfred Schmidtberger Otto Lochner Alfred Krammer

Women's

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-2 500 m	Sylvi Saimo Greta Grönholm		Trude Leibhart Fritzi Schwingl		Template:Flagu Ingrid Wallgren Lisa Lundberg

References

• 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.