Provided is an apparatus for equalizing a channel and determining reception data of a packet communication receiver. The apparatus includes: an input interface unit which receives a reception sample string of a packet having a midamble and location information of the midamble; a sample dividing unit which divides the reception sample string into a first sub sample string and a second sub string stream using the location information of the midamble; and a channel equalizing unit which performs channel equalization on the first sub sample string and the second sub sample string, respectively, using a channel equalizing algorithm of the channel equalizer.