Canadian Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men

Reigning Olympic and World Champions Jan Brzák-Felix and Bohumil Kudrna of Czechoslovakia returned to the Games in 1952 in the hopes of defending their crown in the C-2 1000. Brzák-Felix and Kudrna were also the most recent World Champions in the C-2 10000, while Brzák-Felix, a 1936 C-2 1000 Olympic champion, had won gold and silver in the C-2 10000 and C-2 1000 respectively at the 1938 World Championships. Their strongest challengers were likely to be Armand Loreau and Georges Dransart of France, the reigning World runners-up in both events, and the latter of whom had been an Olympic bronze medalist in 1948. France won its heat in the opening round, but the Czechoslovakians were defeated by the Danish duo of Peder Rasch and Finn Haunstoft, who finished in Olympic record time. In the final, France seemed to have the lead, but a series of mistakes saw them drift into another lane and be overtaken by the Danes, Czechoslovakians, and Germans Egon Drews and Wilfried Soltau, who crossed the line in that order. France meanwhile, missed the podium by only 0.3 seconds, while Drews and Soltau captured their second bronze medal of the tournament, having won their first the previous day in the C-2 10000.