Canoe Sprint Olympic Medal Winners

Demonstrated in the 1924 Paris Olympics and included as a sport in 1936 Berlin Olympics, canoeing has, since then, evolved into a shorter (races) though an exciting competitive sport. The thrill of watching head to head races conducted on still waters is still how it was 75 years ago. The 2012 London Olympics will see the debut of 200m sprint, replacing the 500m. The 1000m races will still be a regular feature. A total of 246 athletes, 158 men and 88 women, will participate in different events, either solo or in pairs and fours. The competition will be held at Eton Dorney from 6th to 11th August. The audience over the world is waiting anticipation as to who all set off or increase their baggage of gold. To set the ball rolling, go through the list of gold medals won in Canoe Sprint over the 75 years long Olympic history of the sport.

Men's Canoe Sprint Olympic Medals

Kayak Single 1000m (K-1)

Year	Games	Athlete	Country
2008	Beijing	Tim Brabants	Great Britain
2004	Athens	Eirik Veraas Larsen	Norway
2000	Sydney	Knut Holmann	Norway
1996	Atlanta	Knut Holmann	Norway
1992	Barcelona	Clint Robinson	Australia
1988	Seoul	Gregory Mark Barton	USA
1984	Los Angeles	Alan Blair Thompson	New Zealand
1980	Moscow	Rüdiger Helm	German Democratic Republic
1976	Montreal	Rüdiger Helm	German Democratic Republic
1972	Munich	Aleksandr Shaparenko	USSR
1968	Mexico	Mihaly Hesz	Hungary
1964	Tokyo	Rolf Peterson	Sweden
1960	Rome	Erik Rosendahl Hansen	Denmark
1956	Melbourne	Girt Fredriksson	Sweden
1952	Helsinki	Girt Fredriksson	Sweden
1948	London	Girt Fredriksson	Sweden
1936	Berlin	Gregor Hradetzky	Austria

Kayak Single 500m (K-1)

Year	Games	Athlete	Country
2008	Beijing	Ken Wallace	Australia
2004	Athens	Adam Van Koeverden	Canada
2000	Sydney	Knut Holmann	Norway
1996	Atlanta	Antonio Rossi	Italy
1992	Barcelona	Mikko Yrjö Kolehmainen	Finland
1988	Seoul	Zsolt Gyulay	Hungary
1984	Los Angeles	Ian Gordon Ferguson	New Zealand
1980	Moscow	Vladimir Parfenovich	USSR
1976	Montreal	Vasile Diba	Romania

Kayak Double 1000m (K-2)

Year	Games	Athlete	Country
2008	Beijing	Martin Hollstein Andreas Ihle	Germany
2004	Athens	Markus Oscarsson Henrik Nilsson	Sweden
2000	Sydney	Antonio Rossi Beniamino Bonomi	Italy
1996	Atlanta	Daniele Scarpa Antonio Rossi	Italy
1992	Barcelona	Kay Bluhm Torsten Rene Gutsche	Germany
1988	Seoul	Gregory Mark Barton Norman Dean Bellingham	USA
1984	Los Angeles	Hugh Fisher Alwyn Morris	Canada
1980	Moscow	Vladimir Parfenovich Sergei Chukhrai	USSR
1976	Montreal	Sergei Nagornyi Vladimir Romanovsky	USSR
1972	Munich	Nikolai Gorbachev Viktor Kratasyuk	USSR
1968	Mexico	Aleksandr Shaparenko Vladimir Morozov	USSR
1964	Tokyo	Sven-Olov Sjödelius Gunnar Utterberg	Sweden
1960	Rome	Gert Fredriksson Sven-Olov Sjödelius	Sweden
1956	Melbourne	Michael Scheuer Meinrad Miltenberger	United team of Germany
1952	Helsinki	Kurt Oskar Wires Yrjö Jalmari Hietanen	Finland
1948	London	Hans Berglund Lennart Klingström	Sweden
1936	Berlin	Adolf Kainz Alfons Dorfner	Austria

Kayak Double 500m (K-2)

Year	Games	Athlete	Country
2008	Beijing	Saul Craviotto Carlos Perez	Spain
2004	Athens	Ronald Rauhe Tim Wieskoetter	Germany
2000	Sydney	Zoltan Kammerer Botond Storcz	Hungary
1996	Atlanta	Torsten Rene Gutsche Kay Bluhm	Germany
1992	Barcelona	Kay Bluhm Torsten Rene Gutsche	Germany
1988	Seoul	Ian Gordon Ferguson Christopher Paul Mac Donald	New Zealand
1984	Los Angeles	Ian Gordon Ferguson Christopher Paul Mac Donald	New Zealand
1980	Moscow	Vladimir Parfenovich Sergei Chukhrai	USSR
1976	Montreal	Joachim Mattern Bernd Olbricht	German Democratic Republic

Kayak Four 1000m (K-4)

Year	Games	Country
2008	Beijing	Belarus
2004	Athens	Hungary
2000	Sydney	Hungary
1996	Atlanta	Germany
1992	Barcelona	Germany
1988	Seoul	Hungary
1984	Los Angeles	New Zealand
1980	Moscow	German Democratic Republic
1976	Montreal	USSR
1972	Munich	USSR
1968	Mexico	Norway
1964	Tokyo	USSR

Canoe Single 1000m (C-1)

Year	Games	Athlete	Country
2008	Beijing	Attila Sandor Vajda	Hungary
2004	Athens	David Cal	Spain
2000	Sydney	Andreas Dittmer	Germany
1996	Atlanta	Martin Doktor	Czech Republic
1992	Barcelona	Nikolai Petkov Bukhalov	Bulgaria
1988	Seoul	Ivans Klementyev	USSR
1984	Los Angeles	Ulrich Eicke	Federal Republic of Germany
1980	Moscow	Liubomir Liubenov	Bulgaria
1976	Montreal	Matija Ljubek	Yugoslavia
1972	Munich	Ivan Patzaichin	Romania
1968	Mexico	Tibor Tatai	Hungary
1964	Tokyo	Jürgen Eschert	United Team of Germany
1960	Rome	Janos Parti	Hungary
1956	Melbourne	Leon Rotman	Romania
1952	Helsinki	Josef Holecek	Czechoslovakia
1948	London	Josef Holecek	Czechoslovakia
1936	Berlin	Frank Amyot	Canada

Canoe Single 500m (C-1)

Year	Games	Athlete	Country
2008	Beijing	Maxim Opalev	Russia
2004	Athens	Andreas Dittmer	Germany
2000	Sydney	Gyorgy Kolonics	Hungary
1996	Atlanta	Martin Doktor	Czech Republic
1992	Barcelona	Nikolai Petkov Bukhalov	Bulgaria
1988	Seoul	Olaf Heukrodt	German Democratic Republic
1984	Los Angeles	Lawrence Cain	Canada
1980	Moscow	Sergei Postrekhin	USSR
1976	Montreal	Aleksandr Rogov	USSR

Canoe Double 1000m (C-2)

Year	Games	Athlete	Country
2008	Beijing	Andrei Bahdanovich Aliaksandr Bahdanovich	Belarus
2004	Athens	Christian Gille Tomasz Wylenzek	Germany
2000	Sydney	Mitica Pricop Florin Popescu	Romania
1996	Atlanta	Gunar Kirchbach Andreas Dittmer	Germany
1992	Barcelona	Ulrich Papke Ingo Spelly	Germany
1988	Seoul	Viktor Reneyskiy Nikolai Juravschi	USSR
1984	Los Angeles	Ivan Patzaichin Toma Simionov	Romania
1980	Moscow	Ivan Patzaichin Toma Simionov	Romania
1976	Montreal	Sergei Petrenko Aleksandr Vinogradov	USSR
1972	Munich	Vladislavas Chessyunas Yuri Lobanov	USSR
1968	Mexico	Ivan Patzaichin Serghei Covaliov	Romania
1964	Tokyo	Andrei Khimich Stepan Oshchepkov	USSR
1960	Rome	Leonid Geishtor Sergei Makarenko	USSR
1956	Melbourne	Alexe Dumitru Simion Ismailciuc	Romania
1952	Helsinki	Bent Peder Benjamin Rasch Finn Haunstoft	Denmark
1948	London	Jan Brzak-Felix Bohumil Kudrna	Czechoslovakia
1936	Berlin	Vladimir Syrovatka Jan Brzak-Felix	Czechoslovakia

Women's Canoe Sprint Olympic Medals

Kayak Single 500m (K-1)

Year	Games	Athlete	Country
2008	Beijing	Inna Osypenko-Radomska	Ukraine
2004	Athens	Natasa Janic	Hungary
2000	Sydney	Josefa Idem	Italy
1996	Atlanta	Rita Koban	Hungary
1992	Barcelona	Birgit Fischer	Germany
1988	Seoul	Vania Guecheva	Bulgaria
1984	Los Angeles	Agneta Andersson	Sweden
1980	Moscow	Birgit Fischer	German Democratic Republic
1976	Montreal	Carola Zirzow	German Democratic Republic
1972	Munich	Yulia Ryabchinskaya	USSR
1968	Mexico	Lyudmila Khvedosyuk-Pinaeva	USSR
1964	Tokyo	Lyudmila Khvedosyuk-Pinaeva	USSR
1960	Rome	Antonina Seredina	USSR
1956	Melbourne	Elizaveta Dementyeva	USSR
1952	Helsinki	Sylvi Riitta Saimo	Finland
1948	London	Karen Hoff	Denmark

Kayak Double 500m (K-2)

Year	Games	Athlete	Country
2008	Beijing	Katalin Kovacs Natasa Janic	Hungary
2004	Athens	Katalin Kovacs Natasa Janic	Hungary
2000	Sydney	Birgit Fischer Katrin Wagner-Augustin	Germany
1996	Atlanta	Susanne Gunnarsson Agneta Andersson	Sweden
1992	Barcelona	Ramona Portwich Anke Von Seck	Germany
1988	Seoul	Birgit Fischer Anke Nothnagel-Von Seck	German Democratic Republic
1984	Los Angeles	Agneta Andersson Anna Olsson	Sweden
1980	Moscow	Carsta Genäuss Martina Bischof	German Democratic Republic
1976	Montreal	Nina Gopova-Trofimova Galina Kreft-Alekseeva	USSR
1972	Munich	Lyudmila Khvedosyuk-Pinaeva Ekaterina Kuryshko	USSR
1968	Mexico	Roswitha Esser Annemarie Zimmermann	Federal Republic of Germany
1964	Tokyo	Roswitha Esser Annemarie Zimmermann	Federal Republic of Germany
1960	Rome	Mariya Shubina Antonina Seredina	USSR

Kayak Four 500m (K-4)

Year	Games	Country
2008	Beijing	Germany
2004	Athens	Germany
2000	Sydney	Germany
1996	Atlanta	Germany
1992	Barcelona	Hungary
1988	Seoul	German Democratic Republic
1984	Los Angeles	Romania