Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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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

Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics was held between 20 October 1964 and 22 October 1964 on Lake Sagami, 60 kilometres (37 miles) from Sagamiko, Kanagawa, Japan. There were 7 events, 5 of which were for men and 2 for women. Both of the women's events were 500 metre kayaking events; there were three kayaking and two canoeing events for men, all of which covered 1000 metres. The K-4 event for men was introduced to the Olympic program at these Games, replacing the 4×500 metre K-1 event that was raced in the 1960 Games.

The Romanian canoeists garnered the most medals at 5, but did not win a single gold medal. In that category the Soviet competitors were the most successful, taking three championships. The German team and the Swedish team each won a pair of golds as well.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 1000 metres	Jürgen Eschert Germany (EUA)	Andrei Igorov Romania (ROU)	Yevgeny Penyayev Soviet Union (URS)
C-2 1000 metres	Soviet Union (URS) Andrei Khimich Stepan Oshchepkov	France (FRA) Jean Boudehen Michel Chapuis	Denmark (DEN) Peer Nielsen John Sørensen
K-1 1000 metres	Rolf Peterson Sweden (SWE)	Mihály Hesz Hungary (HUN)	Aurel Vernescu Romania (ROU)
K-2 1000 metres	Sweden (SWE) Sven-Olov Sjödelius Gunnar Utterberg	Netherlands (NED) Antonius Geurts Paulus Hoekstra	Germany (EUA) Heinz Büker Holger Zander
K-4 1000 metres	Soviet Union (URS) Nikolai Chuzhikov Anatoli Grishin Vyacheslav Ionov Volodymyr Morozov	Germany (EUA) Günther Perleberg Bernhard Schulze Friedhelm Wentzke Holger Zander	Romania (ROU) Simion Cuciuc Atanase Sciotnic Mihai Ţurcaş Aurel Vernescu

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 metres	Lyudmila Khvedosyuk Soviet Union (URS)	Hilde Lauer Romania (ROU)	Marcia Jones United States (USA)
K-2 500 metres	Germany (EUA) Roswitha Esser Annemarie Zimmermann	United States (USA) Francine Fox Glorianne Perrier	Romania (ROU) Hilde Lauer Cornelia Sideri

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	3	0	1	4
2	Germany (EUA)	2	1	1	4
3	Sweden (SWE)	2	0	0	2
4	Romania (ROU)	0	2	3	5
5	United States (USA)	0	1	1	2
6	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
9	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1

References

• 1964 Summer Olympics official report Volume 2, Part 1. pp. 246–52.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-20. 

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