Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Summary

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 edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  East Germany (GDR)3429
2  Soviet Union (URS)3306
3  Hungary (HUN)2114
4  United States (USA)2002
5  Bulgaria (BUL)1135
6  New Zealand (NZL)1113
7  Poland (POL)0123
8  Australia (AUS)0112
9  France (FRA)0011
  Netherlands (NED)0011
Totals (10 entries)12121236

Medal summary edit

Men's events edit

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
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  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 edit

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 edit

  • 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.