Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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.

Canoeing at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Sprint
C-1 500 mmen
C-1 1000 mmen
C-2 500 mmen
C-2 1000 mmen
K-1 500 mmenwomen
K-1 1000 mmen
K-2 500 mmenwomen
K-2 1000 mmen
K-4 500 mwomen
K-4 1000 mmen

Medal summary

Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
C-1 500 metres
 Olaf Heukrodt
 East Germany		 Michał Śliwiński
 Soviet Union		 Martin Marinov
 Bulgaria
C-1 1000 metres
 Ivans Klementyev
 Soviet Union		 Jörg Schmidt
 East Germany		 Nikolay Bukhalov
 Bulgaria
C-2 500 metres
 Viktor Reneysky
and Nicolae Juravschi
 Soviet Union		 Marek Dopierała
and Marek Łbik
 Poland		 Philippe Renaud
and Joël Bettin
 France
C-2 1000 metres
 Viktor Reneysky
and Nicolae Juravschi
 Soviet Union		 Olaf Heukrodt
and Ingo Spelly
 East Germany		 Marek Dopierała
and Marek Łbik
 Poland
K-1 500 metres
 Zsolt Gyulay
 Hungary		 Andreas Stähle
 East Germany		 Paul MacDonald
 New Zealand
K-1 1000 metres
 Greg Barton
 United States		 Grant Davies
 Australia		 André Wohllebe
 East Germany
K-2 500 metres
 Ian Ferguson
and Paul MacDonald
 New Zealand		 Igor Nagayev
and Viktor Denisov
 Soviet Union		 Attila Ábrahám
and Ferenc Csipes
 Hungary
K-2 1000 metres
 Greg Barton
and Norman Bellingham
 United States		 Ian Ferguson
and Paul MacDonald
 New Zealand		 Peter Foster
and Kelvin Graham
 Australia
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		 Birgit Schmidt
 East Germany		 Izabela Dylewska
 Poland
K-2 500 metres
 Birgit Schmidt
and Anke Nothnagel
 East Germany		 Vanja Gesheva
and Diana Paliiska
 Bulgaria		 Annemiek Derckx
and Annemarie Cox
 Netherlands
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
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 East Germany (GDR)3429
2 Soviet Union (URS)3306
3 Hungary (HUN)2114
4 United States (USA)2002
5 Bulgaria (BUL)1135
6 New Zealand (NZL)1113
7 Poland (POL)0123
8 Australia (AUS)0112
9 France (FRA)0011
 Netherlands (NED)0011
Totals (10 nations)12121236

References
  • 1988 Summer Olympics official report Volume 2, Part 2. pp. 336–50. (in English and French)
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-20.
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