Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Clash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP | Canoeing at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park |
| Dates | 11–23 August |
| Competitors | 128 |
Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 11 to August 23 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing.
Peter Hochschorner and Pavol Hochschorner from Slovakia became the first slalom canoeists to win three Olympic gold medals.
Contents
1 Qualification
2 Slalom
3 Sprint
4 Medal table
5 References
Qualification
Slalom
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's C-1 | Michal Martikán  Slovakia | David Florence  Great Britain | Robin Bell  Australia |
| Men's C-2 | Pavol Hochschorner and Peter Hochschorner Slovakia | Ondřej Štěpánek and Jaroslav Volf  Czech Republic | Mikhail Kuznetsov and Dmitry Larionov  Russia |
| Men's K-1 | Alexander Grimm  Germany | Fabien Lefèvre  France | Benjamin Boukpeti  Togo |
| Women's K-1 | Elena Kaliská Slovakia | Jacqueline Lawrence Australia | Violetta Oblinger-Peters  Austria |
Sprint
- Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| C-1 500 metres | Maxim Opalev Russia | David Cal  Spain | Iurii Cheban  Ukraine |
| C-1 1000 metres | Attila Vajda  Hungary | David Cal Spain | Thomas Hall  Canada |
| C-2 500 metres | Meng Guanliang and Yang Wenjun  China | Sergey Ulegin and Alexander Kostoglod Russia | Christian Gille and Thomasz Wylenzek Germany |
| C-2 1000 metres | Andrei Bahdanovich and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich  Belarus | Christian Gille and Tomasz Wylenzek Germany | György Kozmann and Tamás Kiss Hungary |
| K-1 500 metres | Ken Wallace Australia | Adam van Koeverden Canada | Tim Brabants Great Britain |
| K-1 1000 metres | Tim Brabants Great Britain | Eirik Verås Larsen  Norway | Ken Wallace Australia |
| K-2 500 metres | Saúl Craviotto and Carlos Pérez Spain | Ronald Rauhe and Tim Wieskötter Germany | Raman Piatrushenka and Vadzim Makhneu Belarus |
| K-2 1000 metres | Andreas Ihle and Martin Hollstein Germany | Kim Wraae Knudsen and René Holten Poulsen  Denmark | Andrea Facchin and Antonio Scaduto  Italy |
| K-4 1000 metres |  Belarus (BLR)Raman Piatrushenka Aliaksei Abalmasau Artur Litvinchuk Vadzim Makhneu |  Slovakia (SVK)Richard Riszdorfer Michal Riszdorfer Erik Vlček Juraj Tarr |  Germany (GER)Lutz Altepost Norman Bröckl Torsten Eckbrett Bjorn Hogel Goldschmidt |
- Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| K-1 500 metres | Inna Osypenko Ukraine | Josefa Idem Italy | Katrin Wagner-Augustin Germany |
| K-2 500 metres | Katalin Kovács and Natasa Janics Hungary | Beata Mikołajczyk and Aneta Konieczna  Poland | Marie Delattre and Anne-Laure Viard France |
| K-4 500 metres | Germany (GER) Fanny Fischer Nicole Reinhardt Katrin Wagner-Augustin Conny Waßmuth |  Hungary (HUN)Katalin Kovács Gabriella Szabó Danuta Kozák Nataša Janić |  Australia (AUS)Lisa Oldenhof Hannah Davis Chantal Meek Lyndsie Fogarty |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | Slovakia (SVK) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Spain (ESP) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 9 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Togo (TOG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (19 nations) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | |
References
- International Canoe Federation
- 2008 Olympic Qualification System
- Flatwater Racing Quotas Situation after Global Qualification Competition
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