The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Canoeing/Kayaking - Discontinued

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

HUNGARY - 18 Medals
GERMANY - 16 Medals
SOVIET UNION - 11 Medals
MEDAL TABLE

Medal Table
Discontinued Events Slalom C-2 Slalom K-1
Sprint C-1 200 Meters
 Sprint C-1 1000 Meters
 Sprint C-2 1000 Meters
Sprint K-1 200 Meters
 Sprint K-1 1000 Meters
 Sprint C-2 500 Meters
Sprint K-2 1000 Meters
 Sprint K-4 1000 Meters
 Sprint K-1 500 Meters
Sprint K-2 500 Meters Sprint K-4 500 Meters Slalom C-1

Men's C-1 500M
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1976
 Aleksandr Rogov - Soviet Union
 John Wood - Canada
 Matija Ljubek - Yugoslavia
1980
 Sergei Postrekhin - Soviet Union
 Lyubomir Lyubenov - Bulgaria
 Olaf Heukrodt - East Germany
1984
 Larry Cain - Canada
 Henning Lynge Jakobsen - Denmark
 Costica Olaru - Romania
1988
 Olaf Heukrodt - East Germany
 Michal Sliwinski - Soviet Union
 Martin Marinov - Bulgaria
1992
 Nikolay Bukhalov - Bulgaria
 Michal Sliwinski - Unified Team
 Olaf Heukrodt - Germany
1996
 Martin Doktor - Czech Republic
 Slavomir Knazovicky - Slovakia
 Imre Puali - Hungary
2000
 Gyorgy Kolonics - Hungary
 Maxim Opalev - Russia
 Andreas Dittmer - Germany
2004
 Andreas Dittmer - Germany
 David Cal - Spain
 Maxim Opalev - Russia
2008
 Maxim Opalev - Russia
 David Cal - Spain
 Iurii Cheban - Ukraine

Men's C-1 10000M
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1948
 Frantisek Capek - Czechoslovakia
 Frank Havens - United States
 Norman Lane - Canada
1952
 Frank Havens - United States
 Gabor Novak - Hungary
 Alfred Jindra - Czechoslovakia
1956
 Leon Rotman - Romania
 Janos Parti - Hungary
 Gennady Bukharin - Soviet Union

Men's C-2 500M
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1976
 Soviet Union - (Serhei Petrenko, Aleksandr Vinogradov)
 Poland - (Jerzy Opara, Andrzej Gronowicz)
 Hungary - (Tamas Buday, Oszkar Frey)
1980
 Hungary - (Laszlo Foltan, Istvan Vaskuti)
 Romania - (Ivan Patzaichin, Petre Capusta)
 Bulgaria - (Borislav Ananiev, Nikolai Ilkov)
1984
 Yugoslavia - (Matija Ljubek, Mirko Nisovic)
 Romania - (Ivan Patzaichin, Toma Simionov)
 Spain - (Enrique Miguez, Narcisco Suarez)
1988
 Soviet Union - (Viktor Reneysky, Nicolae Juravschi)
 Poland - (Marek Dopierala, Marek Lbik)
 France - (Philippe Renaud, Joel Bettin)
1992
 Unified Team - (Dmitri Dovgalenok, Aleksandr Maseikov)
 Germany - (Ulrich Papke, Ingo Spelly)
 Bulgaria - (Martin Marinov, Blagovest Stoyanov)
1996
 Hungary - (Gyorgy Kolonics, Csaba Horvath)
 Moldova - (Viktor Reneysky, Nicolae Juravschi)
 Romania - (Gheorghe Andriev, Grigore Obreja)
2000
 Hungary - Fenerc Novak, Imre Pulai)
 Poland - (Daniel Jedraszko, Pawel Baraszkiewicz)
 Romania - (Mitica Pricop, Florin Popescu)
2004
 China - (Meng Guanliang, Yang Wenjun)
 Cuba - (Ibrahim Rojas, Ledis Balceiro)
 Russia - (Alexander Kostoglod, Aleksandr Kovalyov)
2008
 China - (Meng Guanliang, Yang Wenjun) Russia - (Sergey Ulegin, Alexander Kostoglod) Germany - (Christian Gille, Thomasz Wylenzek)

Men's C-2 10000M
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1936
 Czechoslovakia - (Vaclav Mottl, Zdenek Skrland)
 Canada - (Frank Saker, Harvey Charters)
 Austria - (Ruper Wienstabl, Karl Proisl)
1948
 United States - (Steven Lysak, Stephen Macknowski)
 Czechoslovakia - (Vaclav Havel, Jiri Pecka)
 France - (Georges Dransart, Georges Gandil)
1952
 France - (Georges Turlier, Jean Laudet)
 Canada - (Kenneth Lane, Donald Hawgood)
 Germany - (Egon Drews, Wilfried Soltau)
1956
 Soviet Union - (Pavel Kharin, Gratsien Botev)
 France - (Georges Dransart, Marcel Renaud)
 Hungary - (Imre Farkas, Ferenc Mohacsi)

Men's K-1 500M
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1976
 Vasile Diba - Romania
 Zoltan Sztanity - Hungary
 Rudiger Helm - East Germany
1980
 Vladimir Panfenovich - Soviet Union
 John Sumegi - Australia
 Vasile Diba - Romania
1984
 Ian Ferguson - New Zealand
 Lars-Erik Moberg - Sweden
 Bernard Bregeon - France
1988
 Zsolt Gyulay - Hungary
 Andreas Stahle - East Germany
 Paul MacDonald - New Zealand
1992
 Mikko Kolehmainen - Finland
 Zsolt Gyulay - Hungary
 Knut Holmann - Norway
1996
 Antonio Rossi - Italy
 Knut Holmann - Norway
 Piotr Markiewicz - Poland
2000
 Knut Holmann - Norway
 Petar Merkov - Bulgaria
 Michael Kolganov - Isreal
2004
 Adam van Koeverden - Canada
 Nathan Baggaley - Australia
 Ian Wynne - Great Britain
2008
 Ken Wallace - Australia
 Adam van Koeverden - Canada Tim Brabants - Great Britain

Men's K-1 10000M
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1936
 Ernst Krebs - Germany
 Fritz Landertinger - Austria
 Ernest Riedel - United States
1948
 Gert Fredriksson - Sweden
 Kurt Wires - Finland
 Eivind Skabo - Norway
1952
 Thorvald Stromberg - Finland
 Gert Fredriksson - Sweden
 Michael Scheuer - Germany
1956
 Gert Fredriksson - Sweden
 Ferenc Hatlaczky - Hungary
 Michael Scheuer - United Team of Germany

Men's K-1 4X500M
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1960
 United Team of Germany - (DIeter Krause, Gunther Perleberg, Paul Lange, Friedhelm Wentzke)
 Hungary - (Imre Szollosi, Imre Kemeczei, Andras Szente, Gyorgy Meszaros)
 Denmark - (Erik Hansen, Helmuth Nyborg, Arne Hoyer, Erling Jessen)

Men's K-2 200M
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
2012
 Russia - (Alexander Dyachenko, Yuri Postragay)
 Belarus - (Raman Piatrushenka, Vadzim Makhneu)
 Great Britain - (Liam Heath, Jon Schofield)
2016
 Spain - (Saśl Craviotto, Cristian Toro)
 Great Britain - (Liam Heath, Jon Schofield) Lithuania - (Aurimas Lankas, Edvinas Ramanauskas)

Men's K-2 500M
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1976
 East Germany - (Joachim Mattern, Bernd Olbricht)
 Soviet Union - (Serhei Nahorny, Vladimir Romanovsky)
 Romania - (Larion Serghei, Policarp Malihin)
1980
 Soviet Union - (Vladimir Parfenovich, Sergei Chukhray)
 Spain - (Herminio Menendez, Guillermo del Riego)
 East Germany - (Rudiger Helm, Bern Olbricht)
1984
 New Zealand - (Ian Ferguson, Paul MacDonald)
 Sweden - (Per-Inge Bengtsson, Lars-Erik Moberg)
 Canada - (Hugh Fisher, Alwyn Morris)
1988
 New Zealand - (Ian Ferguson, Paul MacDonald) Soviet Union - (Igor Nagayev, Viktor Denisov)
 Hungary - (Attila Abraham, Ferenc Csipes)
1992
 Germany - (Kay Bluhm, Torsten Gutsche)
 Poland - (Maciej Freimut, Wojciech Kurpiewski)
 Italy - (Bruno Dreossi, Antonio Rossi)
1996
 Germany - (Kay Bluhm, Torsten Gutsche) Italy - (Beniamino Bonomi, Daniele Scarpa)
 Australia - (Daniel Collins, Andrew Trim)
2000
 Hungary - (Zoltan Kammerer, Botond Storcz)
 Australia - (Daniel Collins, Andrew Trim)
 Germany - (Ronald Rauhe, Tim Wieskotter)
2004
 Germany - (Ronald Rauhe, Tim Wieskotter) Australia - (Clint Robinson, Nathan Baggaley)
 Belarus - (Raman Piatrushenka, Vadzim Makhneu)
2008
 Spain - (Saul Craviotto, Carlos Perez)
 Germany - (Ronald Rauhe, Tim Wieskotter) Belarus - (Raman Piatrushenka, Vadzim Makhneu)

Men's K-2 10000M
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1936
 Germany - (Paul Wevers, Ludwig Landen)
 Austria - (Viktor Kalisch, Karl Steinhuber)
 Sweden - (Tage Fahlborg, Helge Larsson)
1948
 Sweden - (Gunnar Akerlund, Hans Wetterstrom)
 Norway - (Ivar Mathisen, Knut Ostby)
 Finland - (Thor Axelsson, Nils Bjorklof)
1952
 Finland - (Kurt Wires, Yrjo Hietanen)
 Sweden - (Gunnar Akerlund, Hans Wetterstrom)
 Hungary - (Ferenc Varga, Jozsef Gurovits)
1956
 Hungary - (Janos Uranyi, Laszlo Fabian)
 United Team of Germany - (Fritz Briel, Theodor Kliene)
 Australia - (Dennis Green, Walter Brown)

Men's Folding K-1 10000M
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1936
 Gregor Haradetzky - Austria
 Henri Eberhardt - France
 Xaver Hormann - Germany

Men's Folding K-2 10000M
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1936
 Sweden - (Erik Bladstrom, Sven Johansson)
 Germany - (Erich Hanisch, Willi Horn)
 Netherlands - (Piet Wijdekop, Cees Wijdekop)

Medal Total
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 Hungary
 7
 6
 5
 18
2
 Germany
 6
 3
 7
 16
3
 Soviet Union
 7
 3
 1
 11
4
 Sweden
 4
 4
 1
 9
5
 Romania
 2
 2
 5
 9
6
 Canada
 2
 4
 2
 8
7
 Australia
 1
 4
 2
 7
8
 Spain 2
 3
 1
 6
9
 Russia 2
 2
 2
 6
10
 East Germany
 2
 1
 3
 6
11
 Bulgaria
 1
 2
 3
 6
12
 France
 1
 2
 3
 6
13
 Finland
 3
 1
 1
 5
14
 Norway
 1
 2
 2
 5
15
 Poland
 0
 4
 1
 5
16
 New Zealand
 3
 0
 1
 4
17
 United States
 2
 1
 1
 4
18
 Czechoslovakia
 2
 1
 1
 4
19
 Austria
 1
 2
 1
 4
20
 Great Britain 0
 1
 3
 4
21
 Italy
 1
 1
 1
 3
22
 Belarus 0
 1
 2
 3
23
 China
 2
 0
 0
 2
24
 Unified Team
 1
 1
 0
 2
25
 United Team of Germany
 1
 1
 0
 2
26
 Yugoslavia
 1
 0
 1
 2
27
 Denmark
 0
 1
 1
 2
28
 Czech Republic
 1
 0
 0
 1
29
 Slovakia
 0
 1
 0
 1
30
 Moldova
 0
 1
 0
 1
31
 Cuba
 0
 1
 0
 1
32
 Ukraine
 0
 0
 1
 1
33
 Netherlands
 0
 0
 1
 1
34
 Isreal
 0
 0
 1
 1
35
 Lithuania
 0
 0
 1
 1