Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested. The program was unchanged from the previous Games in 1964. Lake Xochimilco was where the events took place.

Canoeing
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
No. of events7

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
C-1 1000 metres
Tibor Tatai
 Hungary
Detlef Lewe
 West Germany
Vitaly Galkov
 Soviet Union
C-2 1000 metres
Ivan Patzaichin
and Serghei Covaliov
 Romania
Tamás Wichmann
and Gyula Petrikovics
 Hungary
Naum Prokupets
and Mikhail Zamotin
 Soviet Union
K-1 1000 metres
Mihály Hesz
 Hungary
Aleksandr Shaparenko
 Soviet Union
Erik Hansen
 Denmark
K-2 1000 metres
Aleksandr Shaparenko
and Vladimir Morozov
 Soviet Union
Csaba Giczi
and István Timár
 Hungary
Gerhard Siebold
and Günther Pfaff
 Austria
K-4 1000 metres
 Norway (NOR)
Steinar Amundsen
Tore Berger
Egil Søby
Jan Johansen
 Romania (ROU)
Anton Calenic
Haralambie Ivanov
Dimitrie Ivanov
Mihai Ţurcaş
 Hungary (HUN)
Csaba Giczi
Imre Szöllősi
István Timár
István Csizmadia

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
K-1 500 metres
Lyudmila Pinayeva
 Soviet Union
Renate Breuer
 West Germany
Viorica Dumitru
 Romania
K-2 500 metres
Roswitha Esser
and Annemarie Zimmermann
 West Germany
Anna Pfeffer
and Katalin Rozsnyói
 Hungary
Lyudmila Pinayeva
and Antonina Seredina
 Soviet Union

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Hungary (HUN)2316
2 Soviet Union (URS)2136
3 West Germany (FRG)1203
4 Romania (ROU)1113
5 Norway (NOR)1001
6 Austria (AUT)0011
 Denmark (DEN)0011
Totals (7 nations)77721

References

  • 1968 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3, Part 2. pp. 614–21. (in English and French)
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-20.
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