Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The canoeing competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta / USA was composed of 16 events in two disciplines, slalom and sprint. Timing in 1/1000ths of a second began at these games for the sprint events.

Canoeing
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
No. of events16

Medal summary

Slalom

Slalom events took place at Ocoee Whitewater Center near Ducktown, Tennessee.

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's C-1
Michal Martikán
 Slovakia
Lukáš Pollert
 Czech Republic
Patrice Estanguet
 France
Men's C-2
 Frank Adisson
and Wilfrid Forgues (FRA)
 Jiří Rohan
and Miroslav Šimek (CZE)
 André Ehrenberg
and Michael Senft (GER)
Men's K-1
Oliver Fix
 Germany
Andraž Vehovar
 Slovenia
Thomas Becker
 Germany
Women's K-1
Štěpánka Hilgertová
 Czech Republic
Dana Chladek
 United States
Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi
 France

Sprint

2010 picture of the finish tower at Lake Lanier where the canoe sprint and rowing competitions for the 1996 Summer Olympics took place.

Sprint events were held at Lake Lanier, Georgia.

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
C-1 500 metres
Martin Doktor
 Czech Republic
Slavomír Kňazovický
 Slovakia
Imre Pulai
 Hungary
C-1 1000 metres
Martin Doktor
 Czech Republic
Ivans Klementjevs
 Latvia
György Zala
 Hungary
C-2 500 metres
 Hungary (HUN)
György Kolonics
Csaba Horváth
 Moldova (MDA)
Viktor Reneysky
Nicolae Juravschi
 Romania (ROU)
Gheorghe Andriev
Grigore Obreja
C-2 1000 metres
 Germany (GER)
Andreas Dittmer
Gunar Kirchbach
 Romania (ROU)
Marcel Glavan
Antonel Borsan
 Hungary (HUN)
Csaba Horváth
György Kolonics
K-1 500 metres
Antonio Rossi
 Italy
Knut Holmann
 Norway
Piotr Markiewicz
 Poland
K-1 1000 metres
Knut Holmann
 Norway
Beniamino Bonomi
 Italy
Clint Robinson
 Australia
K-2 500 metres
 Germany (GER)
Kay Bluhm
Torsten Gutsche
 Italy (ITA)
Beniamino Bonomi
Daniele Scarpa
 Australia (AUS)
Daniel Collins
Andrew Trim
K-2 1000 metres
 Italy (ITA)
Antonio Rossi
Daniele Scarpa
 Germany (GER)
Kay Bluhm
Torsten Gutsche
 Bulgaria (BUL)
Andrian Dushev
Milko Kazanov
K-4 1000 metres
 Germany (GER)
Thomas Reineck
Olaf Winter
Detlef Hofmann
Mark Zabel
 Hungary (HUN)
András Rajna
Gábor Horváth
Ferenc Csipes
Attila Adrovicz
 Russia (RUS)
Oleg Gorobiy
Sergey Verlin
Georgiy Tsybulnikov
Anatoli Tishchenko

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
K-1 500 metres
Rita Kőbán
 Hungary
Caroline Brunet
 Canada
Josefa Idem
 Italy
K-2 500 metres
 Sweden (SWE)
Agneta Andersson
Susanne Gunnarsson
 Germany (GER)
Birgit Fischer
Ramona Portwich
 Australia (AUS)
Anna Wood
Katrin Borchert
K-4 500 metres
 Germany (GER)
Anett Schuck
Birgit Fischer
Manuela Mucke
Ramona Portwich
 Switzerland (SUI)
Gabi Müller
Ingrid Haralamow
Sabine Eichenberger
Daniela Baumer
 Sweden (SWE)
Susanne Rosenqvist
Anna Olsson
Ingela Ericsson
Agneta Andersson

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany (GER)5229
2 Czech Republic (CZE)3205
3 Italy (ITA)2215
4 Hungary (HUN)2136
5 Norway (NOR)1102
 Slovakia (SVK)1102
7 France (FRA)1023
8 Sweden (SWE)1012
9 Romania (ROU)0112
10 Canada (CAN)0101
 Latvia (LAT)0101
 Moldova (MDA)0101
 Slovenia (SLO)0101
 Switzerland (SUI)0101
 United States (USA)0101
16 Australia (AUS)0033
17 Bulgaria (BUL)0011
 Poland (POL)0011
 Russia (RUS)0011
Totals (19 nations)16161648

References

  • 1996 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3. pp. 162–74. (in English and French)
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-20.
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