Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, twelve events in sprint canoe racing were contested. The program was unchanged from the previous Games in 1984.

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany (GDR)	3	4	2	9
2	Soviet Union (URS)	3	3	0	6
3	Hungary (HUN)	2	1	1	4
4	United States (USA)	2	0	0	2
5	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	1	3	5
6	New Zealand (NZL)	1	1	1	3
7	Poland (POL)	0	1	2	3
8	Australia (AUS)	0	1	1	2
9	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		12	12	12	36

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 500 metres details	Olaf Heukrodt  East Germany	Michał Śliwiński  Soviet Union	Martin Marinov  Bulgaria
C-1 1000 metres details	Ivans Klementyev  Soviet Union	Jörg Schmidt  East Germany	Nikolay Bukhalov  Bulgaria
C-2 500 metres details	Viktor Reneysky and Nicolae Juravschi (URS)	Marek Dopierała and Marek Łbik (POL)	Philippe Renaud and Joël Bettin (FRA)
C-2 1000 metres details	Viktor Reneysky and Nicolae Juravschi (URS)	Olaf Heukrodt and Ingo Spelly (GDR)	Marek Dopierała and Marek Łbik (POL)
K-1 500 metres details	Zsolt Gyulay  Hungary	Andreas Stähle  East Germany	Paul MacDonald  New Zealand
K-1 1000 metres details	Greg Barton  United States	Grant Davies  Australia	André Wohllebe  East Germany
K-2 500 metres details	Ian Ferguson and Paul MacDonald  New Zealand	Igor Nagayev and Viktor Denisov  Soviet Union	Attila Ábrahám and Ferenc Csipes  Hungary
K-2 1000 metres details	Greg Barton and Norman Bellingham  United States	Ian Ferguson and Paul MacDonald  New Zealand	Peter Foster and Kelvin Graham  Australia
K-4 1000 metres details	Hungary (HUN) Zsolt Gyulay Ferenc Csipes Sándor Hódosi Attila Ábrahám	Soviet Union (URS) Aleksandr Motuzenko Sergey Kirsanov Igor Nagaev Viktor Denisov	East Germany (GDR) Kay Bluhm André Wohllebe Andreas Stähle Hans-Jörg Bliesener

Women's events[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 metres details	Vanja Gesheva  Bulgaria	Birgit Schmidt  East Germany	Izabela Dylewska  Poland
K-2 500 metres details	Birgit Schmidt and Anke Nothnagel  East Germany	Vanja Gesheva and Diana Paliiska  Bulgaria	Annemiek Derckx and Annemarie Cox  Netherlands
K-4 500 metres details	East Germany (GDR) Birgit Schmidt Anke Nothnagel Ramona Portwich Heike Singer	Hungary (HUN) Erika Géczi Erika Mészáros Éva Rakusz Rita Kőbán	Bulgaria (BUL) Vanja Gesheva Diana Paliiska Ogniana Petkova Borislava Ivanova

References[]

• 1988 Summer Olympics official report Volume 2, Part 2. pp. 336–50. (in English and French)
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-20.