The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Kayaking - Sprint K-1 500 Meters

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

SOVIET UNION - 8 Medals
HUNGARY - 8 Medals
  ITALY - 4 Medals

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

Medal Total
Through 2020 Tokyo Games
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1948
 Karen Hoff - Denmark
 Alida van der Anker-Doedens - Netherlands
 Fritzi Schwingl - Austria
1952
 Sylvi Saimo - Finland
 Gertrude Liebhart - Austria
 Nina Savina - Soviet Union
1956
 Yelizaveta Dementyeva - Soviet Union
 Therese Zenz - United Team of Germany
 Tove Soby - Denmark
1960
 Antonina Seredina - Soviet Union
 Therese Zenz - United Team of Germany
 Daniela Walkowiak - Poland
1964
 Lyudmila Khvedosyuk - Soviet Union
 Hilde Lauer - Romania
 Marcia Jones - United States
1968
 Lyudmila Pinayeva - Soviet Union
 Renate Breuer - West Germany
 Viorica Dumitru - Romania
1972
 Yulia Ryabchinskaya - Soviet Union
 Mieke Jaapies - Netherlands
 Anna Pfeffer - Hungary
1976
 Carola Zirzow - East Germany
 Tatiana Korshunova - Soviet Union
 Klara Rajnai - Hungary
1980
 Birgit Fischer - East Germany
 Vanja Gesheva - Bulgaria
 Antonina Melnikova - Soviet Union
1984
 Agneta Andersson - Sweden
 Barbara Schuttpelz - West Germany
 Annemiek Derckx - Netherlands
1988
 Vanja Gesheva - Bulgaria Birgit Schmidt - East Germany
 Izabela Dylewska - Poland
1992
 Birgit Schmidt - Germany Rita Koban - Hungary
 Izabela Dylewska - Poland
1996
 Rita Koban - Hungary
 Caroline Brunet - Canada
 Josefa Idem - Italy
2000
 Josefa Idem - Italy
 Caroline Brunet - Canada
 Katrin Borchert - Australia
2004
 Natasa Janics - Hungary
 Josefa Idem Guerrini - Italy
 Caroline Brunet - Canada
2008
 Inna Osypenko - Ukraine
 Josefa Idem - Italy
 Katrin Wagner-Augustin - Germany
2012
 Danuta Kozák - Hungary
 Inna Osypenko-Radomska - Ukraine
 Bridgitte Hartley - South Africa
2016
 Danuta Kozák - Hungary Emma Jørgensen - Denmark
 Lisa Carrington - New Zealand
2020
 Lisa Carrington - New Zealand Tamara Csipes - Hungary Emma Jørgensen - Denmark

Medal Total
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 Soviet Union
 5
 1
 2
 8
2
 Hungary
 4
 2
 2
 8
3
 Italy
 1
 2
 1
 4
4
 Denmark 1
 1
 2
 4
5
 East Germany
 2
 1
 0
 3
6
 Netherlands
 0
 2
 1
 3
7
 Canada
 0
 2
 1
 3
8
 Poland
 0
 0
 3
 3
9
 Bulgaria
 1
 1
 0
 2
10
 Ukraine
 1
 1
 0
 2
11
 Germany
 1
 0
 1
 2
12
 New Zealand 1
 0
 1
 2
13
 West Germany
 0
 2
 0
 2
14
 United Team of Germany 0
 2
 0
 2
15
 Austria
 0
 1
 1
 2
16
 Romania
 0
 1
 1
 2
17
 Finland
 1
 0
 0
 1
18
 Sweden
 1
 0
 0
 1
19
 United States
 0
 0
 1
 1
20
 Australia
 0
 0
 1
 1
21
 South Africa
 0
 0
 1
 1