ACOG - Canoe/Kayak: Sprint - IBM

Olympic Medals in Canoe/Kayak-Sprint

Barcelona Medalists

Men

Kayak Singles (K1) 500m
1. KOLEHMAINEN, Mikko FIN 1:40.34
2. GYULAY, Zsolt HUN 1:40.64
3. HOLMANN, Knut NOR 1:40.71
Kayak Doubles (K2) 500m
1. Germany (Kay BLUHM, Torsten GUTSCHE) 1:28.27
2. Poland (Maciej FREIMUT, Wojciech KRUPIEWSKI) 1:29.84
3. Italy (Antonio ROSSI, Bruno DREOSSI) 1:30.00
Kayak Singles (K1) 1,000m
1. ROBINSON, Clint AUS 3:37.26
2. HOLMANN, Knut NOR 3:37.50
3. BARTON, Gregory USA 3:37.93
Kayak Doubles (K2) 1,000m
1. Germany (Kay BLUHM, Torsten GUTSHE) 3:16.10
2. Sweden
(Gunnar OLSSON, Karl SUNDQVIST)
3:17.70
3. Poland (GRZEGORZ, Dariusz BIALKOWSKI) 3:18.86
Kayak Fours (K4) 1,000m
1. Germany
(Mario VON APPEN, Oliver KEGEL, Thomas REINECK, Andre WOHLLEBE)
2:54.18
2. Hungary 2:54.82
(Ferenc CSIPES, Zsolt GYULAY, Laszlo FIDEL, Attila ABRAHAM)
3. Australia
(Kelvin GRAHAM, Ian ROWLING, Steven WOOD, Ramon ANDERSSON)
2:56.97

Women

Kayak Singles (K1) 500m
1. SCHMIDT-FISCHER, B. GER 1:51.60
2. KOBAN, Rita HUN 1:51.96
3. DYLEWSKA, Izabella POL 1:52.36
Kayak Doubles (K2) 500m
1. Germany
(R. PORTWICH, A. VON SECK-NOTHNAGEL)
1:40.29
2. Sweden (S. GUNNARSSON-WIBERG, Agneta ANDERSSON) 1:40.41
3. Hungary (Rita KOBAN, Eva DONUSZ) 1:40.81
Kayak Fours (K4) 500m
1. Hungary (Eva DONUSZ, Kinga CZIGANY, Erika MESZAROS, Rita KOBAN) 1:38.32
2. Germany (Katrin BORCHERT, Birgit SCHMIDT-FISCHER, Anke VON SECK-NOTHNAGEL, Ramona PORTWICH) 1:38.47
3. Sweden (Anna OLSSON, Maria HAGLUND, S. ROSENQVIST, A. ANDERSSON) 1:39.79

Top Medalists

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
Soviet Union 29 13 9 51
Hungary (HUN) 8 22 18 48
German Democratic Republic (GDR) 15 7 9 31
Romania (ROM) 9 9 11 29
Sweden (SWE) 13 10 3 26
Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) 4 11 8 23
France (FRA) 1 6 13 20
Germany (GER) 10 5 4 19
Bulgaria (BUL) 4 3 7 14
United States (USA) 5 3 6 14

This is an official publication of The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games Sports Publications Department. Written by Jennifer Knight.


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