Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Canoeing at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |
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No. of events | 7 |
Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics | ||
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Sprint | ||
C-1 1000 m | men | |
C-2 1000 m | men | |
K-1 500 m | women | |
K-1 1000 m | men | |
K-2 500 m | women | |
K-2 1000 m | men | |
K-4 1000 m | men | |
At the
canoe racing were contested. The program was unchanged from the previous Games in 1964. Lake Xochimilco
was where the events took place.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
3 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
5 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Medal summary
Men's events
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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C-1 1000 metres |
Tibor Tatai Hungary |
Detlef Lewe West Germany |
Vitaly Galkov Soviet Union |
C-2 1000 metres |
Ivan Patzaichin and Serghei Covaliov (ROU) |
Tamás Wichmann and Gyula Petrikovics (HUN) |
Naum Prokupets and Mikhail Zamotin (URS) |
K-1 1000 metres |
Mihály Hesz Hungary |
Aleksandr Shaparenko Soviet Union |
Erik Hansen Denmark |
K-2 1000 metres |
Aleksandr Shaparenko and Vladimir Morozov (URS) |
Csaba Giczy and István Timár (HUN) |
) |
K-4 1000 metres |
Jan Johansen
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Romania (ROU) Anton Calenic Haralambie Ivanov Dimitrie Ivanov Mihai Țurcaș |
Hungary (HUN) Csaba Giczy Imre Szöllősi István Timár István Csizmadia |
Women's events
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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K-1 500 metres |
Lyudmila Pinayeva Soviet Union |
Renate Breuer West Germany |
Viorica Dumitru Romania |
K-2 500 metres |
Annemarie Zimmermann and Roswitha Esser (FRG) |
Anna Pfeffer and Katalin Rozsnyói (HUN) |
Lyudmila Pinayeva and Antonina Seredina (URS) |
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.