Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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C-1 500 m		men
C-1 1000 m		men
C-2 500 m		men
C-2 1000 m		men
K-1 500 m		men		women
K-1 1000 m		men
K-2 500 m		men		women
K-2 1000 m		men
K-4 500 m				women
K-4 1000 m		men

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 summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 500 metres	Olaf Heukrodt East Germany (GDR)	Michał Śliwiński Soviet Union (URS)	Martin Marinov Bulgaria (BUL)
C-1 1000 metres	Ivans Klementyev Soviet Union (URS)	Jörg Schmidt East Germany (GDR)	Nikolay Bukhalov Bulgaria (BUL)
C-2 500 metres	Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Reneysky Nicolae Juravschi	Poland (POL) Marek Dopierała Marek Łbik	France (FRA) Philippe Renaud Joël Bettin
C-2 1000 metres	Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Reneysky Nicolae Juravschi	East Germany (GDR) Olaf Heukrodt Ingo Spelly	Poland (POL) Marek Dopierała Marek Łbik
K-1 500 metres	Zsolt Gyulay Hungary (HUN)	Andreas Stähle East Germany (GDR)	Paul MacDonald New Zealand (NZL)
K-1 1000 metres	Greg Barton United States (USA)	Grant Davies Australia (AUS)	André Wohllebe East Germany (GDR)
K-2 500 metres	New Zealand (NZL) Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald	Soviet Union (URS) Igor Nagaev Viktor Denisov	Hungary (HUN) Attila Ábrahám Ferenc Csipes
K-2 1000 metres	United States (USA) Greg Barton Norman Bellingham	New Zealand (NZL) Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald	Australia (AUS) Peter Foster Kelvin Graham
K-4 1000 metres	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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 metres	Vanja Gesheva Bulgaria (BUL)	Birgit Schmidt East Germany (GDR)	Izabela Dylewska Poland (POL)
K-2 500 metres	East Germany (GDR) Birgit Schmidt Anke Nothnagel	Bulgaria (BUL) Vanja Gesheva Diana Paliiska	Netherlands (NED) Annemiek Derckx Annemarie Cox
K-4 500 metres	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

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

References

• 1988 Summer Olympics official report Volume 2, Part 2. pp. 336–50. (English) & (French)
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2006-12-20.