Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's folding K-2 10000 metres

These are the results of the men's folding K-2 10000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint folding kayaks. The race took place on Friday, August 7.

Twenty-six canoeists from 13 nations competed. The 1936 Games was the only time that the folding K-2 10000 metres was including in the canoeing competition.[1]

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
  Erik Bladström
and Sven Johansson (SWE)
  Erich Hanisch
and Willi Horn (GER)
  Piet Wijdekop
and Kees Wijdekop (NED)

Final edit

Friday, August 7, 1936: Only a final was held.

Place Canoeists Time
1   Sven Johansson and Erik Bladström (SWE) 45:48.9
2   Willi Horn and Erich Hanisch (GER) 45:49.2
3   Kees Wijdekop and Piet Wijdekop (NED) 46:12.4
4   Adolf Kainz and Alfons Dorfner (AUT) 46:26.1
5   Otakar Kouba and Ludvík Klíma (TCH) 47:46.2
6   Eugen Knoblauch and Emil Bottlang (SUI) 47:54.4
7   John Lysak and James O'Rourke (USA) 49:46.0
8   Armand Pagnoulle and Charles Pasquier (BEL) 49:57.1
9   Alex Brearley and John Dudderidge (GBR) 50:12.0
10   Stanley Potter and Frank Willis (CAN) 50:31.9
11   Metod Gabršček and Bojan Savnik (YUG) 50:36.4
12   István Kolnai and Tibor Poór (HUN) 50:46.4
13   André Zimmer and Jean Strauss (LUX) 50:47.1

References edit

  1. ^ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 194. ISBN 0140066322.