Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, twelve events in flatwater canoe racing were contested. The program was unchanged from the previous Games in 1984.

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 500 metres	Olaf Heukrodt East Germany (GDR)	Mykhaylo Slyvynsky Soviet Union (URS)	Martin Marinov Bulgaria (BUL)
C-1 1000 metres	Ivans Klementyev Soviet Union (URS)	Jörg Schmidt East Germany (GDR)	Nikolay Bukhalov Bulgaria (BUL)
C-2 500 metres	Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Reneysky Nicolae Juravschi	Poland (POL) Marek Dopierała Marek Łbik	France (FRA) Philippe Renaud Joel Bettin
C-2 1000 metres	Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Reneysky Nicolae Juravschi	East Germany (GDR) Olaf Heukrodt Ingo Spelly	Poland (POL) Marek Dopierała Marek Łbik
K-1 500 metres	Zsolt Gyulay Hungary (HUN)	Andreas Stähle East Germany (GDR)	Paul MacDonald New Zealand (NZL)
K-1 1000 metres	Greg Barton United States (USA)	Grant Davies Australia (AUS)	André Wohllebe East Germany (GDR)
K-2 500 metres	New Zealand (NZL) Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald	Soviet Union (URS) Igor Nagaev Victor Denisov	Hungary (HUN) Attila Ábrahám Ferenc Csipes
K-2 1000 metres	United States (USA) Greg Barton Norman Bellingham	New Zealand (NZL) Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald	Australia (AUS) Peter Foster Kelvin Graham
K-4 1000 metres	Hungary (HUN) Zsolt Gyulay Ferenc Csipes Sándor Hódosi Attila Ábrahám	Soviet Union (URS) Aleksandr Motuzenko Sergei Kirsanov Igor Nagaev Victor Denisov	East Germany (GDR) Kay Bluhm André Wohllebe Andreas Stähle Hans-Jörg Bliesener

[edit] Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 metres	Vanja Gesheva Bulgaria (BUL)	Birgit Fischer East Germany (GDR)	Izabela Dylewska Poland (POL)
K-2 500 metres	East Germany (GDR) Birgit Fischer Anke Nothnagel	Bulgaria (BUL) Vanja Gesheva Diana Paliiska	Netherlands (NED) Annemarie Derckx Annemarie Cox
K-4 500 metres	East Germany (GDR) Birgit Fischer Anke Nothnagel Ramona Portwich Heike Singer	Hungary (HUN) Erika Géczi Erika Mészáros Éva Rakusz Rita Köbán	Bulgaria (BUL) Vanja Gesheva Diana Paliiska Ogniana Petkova Borislava Ivanova

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany (GDR)	3	4	2	9
2	Soviet Union (URS)	3	3	0	6
3	Hungary (HUN)	2	1	1	4
4	United States (USA)	2	0	0	2
5	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	1	3	5
6	New Zealand (NZL)	1	1	1	3
7	Poland (POL)	0	1	2	3
8	Australia (AUS)	0	1	1	2
9	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1

[edit] References

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2006-12-20.

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