The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Canoeing/Kayaking - Discontinued

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

HUNGARY - 12 Medals
GERMANY - 9 Medals
SWEDEN - 8 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
 Slalom C-1
Sprint K-2 1000 Meters
 Sprint K-4 1000 Meters
 Sprint K-1 500 Meters
Sprint K-4 500 Meters


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