Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Slalom
C-1 men
C-2 men
K-1 men women
Sprint
C-1 500 m   men  
C-1 1000 m men
C-2 500 m men
C-2 1000 m men
K-1 500 m men women
K-1 1000 m men
K-2 500 m men women
K-2 1000 m men
K-4 500 m women
K-4 1000 m men

Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held at the Sydney International Regatta Centre for the sprint events and the Whitewater Stadium in Penrith for the canoe and kayak slalom disciplines. The repechage rounds that ran from the 1960 to the 1996 Games were eliminated in the sprint events while qualifying rounds were added to the slalom events. Additionally, a quota system for each event was enacted, meaning each event had a limited number of competitors that could compete.

A total of 16 events were contested, 12 sprint events (9 for men and 3 for women) and 4 slalom events (3 for men and 1 for women).

Medal summary

Slalom

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's C-1  Tony Estanguet
France (FRA)		  Michal Martikán
Slovakia (SVK)		  Juraj Minčík
Slovakia (SVK)
Mens C-2  Pavol Hochschorner
and Peter Hochschorner
Slovakia (SVK)		  Krzysztof Kołomański
and Michał Staniszewski
Poland (POL)		  Marek Jiras
and Tomáš Máder
Czech Republic (CZE)
Men's K-1  Thomas Schmidt
Germany (GER)		  Paul Ratcliffe
Great Britain (GBR)		  Pierpaolo Ferrazzi
Italy (ITA)
Women's K-1  Štěpánka Hilgertová
Czech Republic (CZE)		  Brigitte Guibal
France (FRA)		  Anne-Lise Bardet
France (FRA)

Sprint

Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
C-1 500 metres  György Kolonics
Hungary (HUN)		  Maxim Opalev
Russia (RUS)		  Andreas Dittmer
Germany (GER)
C-1 1000 metres  Andreas Dittmer
Germany (GER)		  Ledis Balceiro
Cuba (CUB)		  Stephen Giles
Canada (CAN)
C-2 500 metres  Hungary (HUN)
Ferenc Novák
Imre Pulai		  Poland (POL)
Daniel Jędraszko
Paweł Baraszkiewicz		  Romania (ROM)
Mitică Pricop
Florin Popescu
C-2 1000 metres  Romania (ROM)
Mitică Pricop
Florin Popescu		  Cuba (CUB)
Ibrahim Rojas
Leobaldo Pereira		  Germany (GER)
Stefan Uteß
Lars Kober
K-1 500 metres  Knut Holmann
Norway (NOR)		  Petar Merkov
Bulgaria (BUL)		  Michael Kolganov
Israel (ISR)
K-1 1000 metres  Knut Holmann
Norway (NOR)		  Petar Merkov
Bulgaria (BUL)		  Tim Brabants
Great Britain (GBR)
K-2 500 metres  Hungary (HUN)
Zoltán Kammerer
Botond Storcz		  Australia (AUS)
Andrew Trim
Daniel Collins		  Germany (GER)
Ronald Rauhe
Tim Wieskötter
K-2 1000 metres  Italy (ITA)
Antonio Rossi
Beniamino Bonomi		  Sweden (SWE)
Markus Oscarsson
Henrik Nilsson		  Hungary (HUN)
Krisztián Bártfai
Krisztián Veréb
K-4 1000 metres  Hungary (HUN)
Ákos Vereckei
Gábor Horváth
Zoltán Kammerer
Botond Storcz		  Germany (GER)
Jan Schäfer
Mark Zabel
Björn Bach
Stefan Ulm		  Poland (POL)
Grzegorz Kotowicz
Adam Seroczyński
Dariusz Białkowski
Marek Witkowski
Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
K-1 500 metres  Josefa Idem
Italy (ITA)		  Caroline Brunet
Canada (CAN)		  Katrin Borchert
Australia (AUS)
K-2 500 metres  Birgit Fischer
Katrin Wagner
Germany (GER)		  Katalin Kovács
Szilvia Szabó
Hungary (HUN)		  Beata Sokołowska
Aneta Pastuszka
Poland (POL)
K-4 500 metres  Germany (GER)
Birgit Fischer
Manuela Mucke
Anett Schuck
Katrin Wagner		  Hungary (HUN)
Rita Kőbán
Katalin Kovács
Szilvia Szabó
Erzsébet Viski		  Romania (ROU)
Raluca Ioniţǎ
Mariana Limbău
Elena Radu
Sanda Toma

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Hungary (HUN) 4 2 1 7
2  Germany (GER) 4 1 3 8
3  Italy (ITA) 2 0 1 3
4  Norway (NOR) 2 0 0 2
5  France (FRA) 1 1 1 3
 Slovakia (SVK) 1 1 1 3
7  Romania (ROU) 1 0 2 3
8  Czech Republic (CZE) 1 0 1 2
9  Poland (POL) 0 2 2 4
10  Bulgaria (BUL) 0 2 0 2
 Cuba (CUB) 0 2 0 2
12  Australia (AUS) 0 1 1 2
 Canada (CAN) 0 1 1 2
 Great Britain (GBR) 0 1 1 2
15  Sweden (SWE) 0 1 0 1
 Russia (RUS) 0 1 0 1
17  Israel (ISR) 0 0 1 1

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