Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Slalom
C-1		men
C-2		men
K-1		men		women
Sprint
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

Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre for the sprint events and the Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre at the Helliniko Olympic Complex for the canoe and kayak slalom disciplines.

A total of 16 events were contested, 12 sprint events (9 for men and 3 for women) and 4 slalom events (3 for men and 1 for women).

Medal summary

Slalom

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's C-1	Tony Estanguet France (FRA)	Michal Martikán Slovakia (SVK)	Stefan Pfannmöller Germany (GER)
Men's C-2	Pavol Hochschorner and Peter Hochschorner Slovakia (SVK)	Marcus Becker and Stefan Henze Germany (GER)	Jaroslav Volf and Ondřej Štěpánek Czech Republic (CZE)
Men's K-1	Benoît Peschier France (FRA)	Campbell Walsh Great Britain (GBR)	Fabien Lefèvre France (FRA)
Women's K-1	Elena Kaliská Slovakia (SVK)	Rebecca Giddens United States (USA)	Helen Reeves Great Britain (GBR)

Sprint

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 500 metres	Andreas Dittmer Germany (GER)	David Cal Spain (ESP)	Maxim Opalev Russia (RUS)
C-1 1000 metres	David Cal Spain (ESP)	Andreas Dittmer Germany (GER)	Attila Vajda Hungary (HUN)
C-2 500 metres	China (CHN) Meng Guanliang Yang Wenjun	Cuba (CUB) Ibrahim Rojas Ledis Balceiro	Russia (RUS) Alexander Kostoglod Aleksandr Kovalyov
C-2 1000 metres	Germany (GER) Christian Gille Tomasz Wylenzek	Russia (RUS) Alexander Kostoglod Aleksandr Kovalyov	Hungary (HUN) György Kozmann György Kolonics
K-1 500 metres	Adam van Koeverden Canada (CAN)	Nathan Baggaley Australia (AUS)	Ian Wynne Great Britain (GBR)
K-1 1000 metres	Eirik Verås Larsen Norway (NOR)	Ben Fouhy New Zealand (NZL)	Adam van Koeverden Canada (CAN)
K-2 500 metres	Germany (GER) Ronald Rauhe Tim Wieskötter	Australia (AUS) Clint Robinson Nathan Baggaley	Belarus (BLR) Raman Piatrushenka Vadzim Makhneu
K-2 1000 metres	Sweden (SWE) Markus Oscarsson Henrik Nilsson	Italy (ITA) Antonio Rossi Beniamino Bonomi	Norway (NOR) Eirik Verås Larsen Nils Olav Fjeldheim
K-4 1000 metres	Hungary (HUN) Zoltán Kammerer Botond Storcz Ákos Vereckei Gábor Horváth	Germany (GER) Andreas Ihle Mark Zabel Björn Bach Stefan Ulm	Slovakia (SVK) Richard Riszdorfer Michal Riszdorfer Erik Vlček Juraj Bača

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 metres	Natasa Janics Hungary (HUN)	Josefa Idem Italy (ITA)	Caroline Brunet Canada (CAN)
K-2 500 metres	Katalin Kovács Natasa Janics Hungary (HUN)	Birgit Fischer Carolin Leonhardt Germany (GER)	Aneta Pastuszka Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza Poland (POL)
K-4 500 metres	Germany (GER) Birgit Fischer Maike Nollen Katrin Wagner Carolin Leonhardt	Hungary (HUN) Katalin Kovács Szilvia Szabó Erzsébet Viski Kinga Bóta	Ukraine (UKR) Inna Osypenko Tetyana Semykina Hanna Balabanova Olena Cherevatova

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	4	4	1	9
2	Hungary (HUN)	3	1	2	6
3	Slovakia (SVK)	2	1	1	4
4	France (FRA)	2	0	1	3
5	Spain (ESP)	1	1	0	2
6	Canada (CAN)	1	0	2	3
7	Norway (NOR)	1	0	1	2
8	China (CHN)	1	0	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
10	Australia (AUS)	0	2	0	2
	Italy (ITA)	0	2	0	2
12	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	2	3
	Russia (RUS)	0	1	2	3
14	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	0	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	0	1	0	1
	United States (USA)	0	1	0	1
17	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1

References

• 2004 Summer Olympics official report Volume 2. pp. 284–92.