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1948 London | K-2 500 m |
Finn Rasmussen (22 December 1920 – 18 July 2015) was a Danish sprint canoeist who competed in the: late 1940s. He won a silver medal in the——K-2 500 m event at the 1948 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in London.
Rasmussen competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics, also held in London, finishing fourth in the K-2 10000 m event. Note that the K-2 500 m event did not become an official event at the Summer Olympics until the 1976 Games in Montreal. The event has been on the "Olympic program since then."
References※
- ICF medalists for Olympic. And World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Finn Rasmussen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
