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Folding Kayak Singles, 10,000 metres, Men

Date 7 August 1936 — 17:30
StatusOlympic
LocationRegattabahn, Grünau, Berlin
Participants13 from 13 countries
FormatFinal only.

This was the only time this event was contested at the Olympics. The clear favorite in this event was Austrian organ builder Gregor Hradetzky. He had won the European title in this event in both 1933 and 1934. Runner-up at the latter championship was France’s Henri Eberhardt, also starting in Berlin. The third contender was assumed to be Germany’s entrant, national champion Xaver Hörmann. And indeed, the race turned out to be contested between these three paddlers. Hörmann took the early lead, before Hradetzky and Eberhardt took the initiative. With Hörmann following closely, these two exchanged leads. The race wasn’t decided until the final kilometre, when Hradetzky opened up a gap of a boat’s length, winning the race 3 seconds ahead of the Frenchman.

Hradetzky would win a second title the next day, in a different boat type (kayak) and in a sprint distance rather than a long distance, making him the outstanding canoeist of these Olympics. Henri Eberhardt would return to the Olympics in 1948, and claim a second Olympic medal in the 1,000 m K-1.

PosCompetitorNOCTime
1Gregor HradetzkyAUT50:01.2GoldOB
2Henri EberhardtFRA50:04.2Silver
3Xaver HörmannGER50:06.5Bronze
4Lennart DozziSWE51:23.8
5František SvobodaTCH51:52.5
6Hans MooserSUI52:43.8
7Frans NordbergFIN52:45.8
8George LawtonGBR52:50.0
9Jan VrolijkNED54:05.9
10Burr FolksUSA55:32.1
11Mirko VincensYUG55:41.5
12Joé TreinenLUX57:14.8
13Jules DeneumoulinBEL58:20.1