As in the other two Canadian events, there were very few entrants in the distance race, just five starting. The defending European champions were Czechoslovakia’s Vladimír Syrovátka and Jan Brzák-Felix, but they were not competing in this event at Berlin. The 1934 bronze medalist, Zdeněk Škrland, was racing with Václav Mottl. The race, held in the rain, was not a very exciting contest. The Czechs took the lead, with the Canadians and the other boats following them, with nothing special happening during the race.