Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 11 to 23 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.

Canoeing
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueShunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
DatesAugust 11–23, 2008
Competitors128
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Peter Hochschorner and Pavol Hochschorner from Slovakia became the first slalom canoeists to win three Olympic gold medals.

Qualification

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Medal summary

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By event

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Slalom

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Men's C-1
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Michal Martikán
  Slovakia
David Florence
  Great Britain
Robin Bell
  Australia
Men's C-2
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  Pavol Hochschorner
and Peter Hochschorner (SVK)
  Ondřej Štěpánek
and Jaroslav Volf (CZE)
  Mikhail Kuznetsov
and Dmitry Larionov (RUS)
Men's K-1
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Alexander Grimm
  Germany
Fabien Lefèvre
  France
Benjamin Boukpeti
  Togo
Women's K-1
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Elena Kaliská
  Slovakia
Jacqueline Lawrence
  Australia
Violetta Oblinger-Peters
  Austria

Sprint

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Men
Games Gold Silver Bronze
C-1 500 metres
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Maxim Opalev
  Russia
David Cal
  Spain
Iurii Cheban
  Ukraine
C-1 1000 metres
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Attila Vajda
  Hungary
David Cal
  Spain
Thomas Hall
  Canada
C-2 500 metres
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  Meng Guanliang
and Yang Wenjun (CHN)
  Alexander Kostoglod
and Sergey Ulegin (RUS)
  Christian Gille
and Thomasz Wylenzek (GER)
C-2 1000 metres
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  Aliaksandr Bahdanovich
and Andrei Bahdanovich (BLR)
  Christian Gille
and Tomasz Wylenzek (GER)
  György Kozmann
and Tamás Kiss (HUN)
K-1 500 metres
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Ken Wallace
  Australia
Adam van Koeverden
  Canada
Tim Brabants
  Great Britain
K-1 1000 metres
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Tim Brabants
  Great Britain
Eirik Verås Larsen
  Norway
Ken Wallace
  Australia
K-2 500 metres
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  Saúl Craviotto
and Carlos Pérez (ESP)
  Ronald Rauhe
and Tim Wieskötter (GER)
  Raman Piatrushenka
and Vadzim Makhneu (BLR)
K-2 1000 metres
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  Andreas Ihle
and Martin Hollstein (GER)
  Kim Wraae Knudsen
and René Holten Poulsen (DEN)
  Andrea Facchin
and Antonio Scaduto (ITA)
K-4 1000 metres
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  Belarus (BLR)
Raman Piatrushenka
Aliaksei Abalmasau
Artur Litvinchuk
Vadzim Makhneu
  Slovakia (SVK)
Richard Riszdorfer
Michal Riszdorfer
Erik Vlček
Juraj Tarr
  Germany (GER)
Lutz Altepost
Norman Bröckl
Torsten Eckbrett
Bjorn Hogel Goldschmidt
Women
Games Gold Silver Bronze
K-1 500 metres
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Inna Osypenko
  Ukraine
Josefa Idem
  Italy
Katrin Wagner-Augustin
  Germany
K-2 500 metres
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  Katalin Kovács
and Natasa Janics (HUN)
  Beata Mikołajczyk
and Aneta Konieczna (POL)
  Marie Delattre
and Anne-Laure Viard (FRA)
K-4 500 metres
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  Germany (GER)
Fanny Fischer
Nicole Reinhardt
Katrin Wagner-Augustin
Conny Waßmuth
  Hungary (HUN)
Katalin Kovács
Gabriella Szabó
Danuta Kozák
Nataša Janić
  Australia (AUS)
Lisa Oldenhof
Hannah Davis
Chantal Meek
Lyndsie Fogarty

By nation

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Germany (GER)3238
2  Slovakia (SVK)3104
3  Hungary (HUN)2114
4  Belarus (BLR)2013
5  Spain (ESP)1203
6  Australia (AUS)1135
7  Great Britain (GBR)1113
  Russia (RUS)1113
9  Ukraine (UKR)1012
10  China (CHN)1001
11  Canada (CAN)0112
  France (FRA)0112
  Italy (ITA)0112
14  Czech Republic (CZE)0101
  Denmark (DEN)0101
  Norway (NOR)0101
  Poland (POL)0101
18  Austria (AUT)0011
  Togo (TOG)0011
Totals (19 entries)16161648

References

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