Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the
2004 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 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre for the sprint events and the Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre at the Helliniko Olympic Complex for the canoe and kayak slalom disciplines.

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 (FRA)  Michal Martikán (SVK)  Stefan Pfannmöller (GER)
Men's C-2  Pavol Hochschorner
and Peter Hochschorner (SVK)		  Marcus Becker
and Stefan Henze (GER)		  Jaroslav Volf
and Ondřej Štěpánek (CZE)
Men's K-1  Benoît Peschier (FRA)  Campbell Walsh (GBR)  Fabien Lefèvre (FRA)
Women's K-1  Elena Kaliská (SVK)  Rebecca Giddens (USA)  Helen Reeves (GBR)

Sprint

Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
C-1 500 metres  Andreas Dittmer (GER)  David Cal (ESP)  Maxim Opalev (RUS)
C-1 1000 metres  David Cal (ESP)  Andreas Dittmer (GER)  Attila Vajda (HUN)
C-2 500 metres  Meng Guanliang
and Yang Wenjun (CHN)		  Ibrahim Rojas
and Ledis Balceiro (CUB)		  Alexander Kostoglod
and Aleksandr Kovalyov (RUS)
C-2 1000 metres  Germany (GER)
Christian Gille
Tomasz Wylenzek		  Russia (RUS)
Alexander Kostoglod
Aleksandr Kovalyov		  Hungary (HUN)
György Kozmann
György Kolonics
K-1 500 metres  Adam van Koeverden (CAN)  Nathan Baggaley (AUS)  Ian Wynne (GBR)
K-1 1000 metres  Eirik Verås Larsen (NOR)  Ben Fouhy (NZL)  Adam van Koeverden (CAN)
K-2 500 metres  Germany (GER)
Ronald Rauhe
Tim Wieskötter		  Australia (AUS)
Clint Robinson
Nathan Baggaley		  Belarus (BLR)
Raman Piatrushenka
Vadzim Makhneu
K-2 1000 metres  Sweden (SWE)
Markus Oscarsson
Henrik Nilsson		  Italy (ITA)
Antonio Rossi
Beniamino Bonomi		  Norway (NOR)
Eirik Verås Larsen
Nils Olav Fjeldheim
K-4 1000 metres  Hungary (HUN)
Zoltán Kammerer
Botond Storcz
Ákos Vereckei
Gábor Horváth		  Germany (GER)
Andreas Ihle
Mark Zabel
Björn Bach
Stefan Ulm		  Slovakia (SVK)
Richard Riszdorfer
Michal Riszdorfer
Erik Vlček
Juraj Bača
Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
K-1 500 metres  Natasa Janics (HUN)  Josefa Idem Guerrini (ITA)  Caroline Brunet (CAN)
K-2 500 metres  Katalin Kovács
and Natasa Janics (HUN)		  Birgit Fischer
and Carolin Leonhardt (GER)		  Aneta Pastuszka
and Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza (POL)
K-4 500 metres  Germany (GER)
Birgit Fischer
Maike Nollen
Katrin Wagner
Carolin Leonhardt		  Hungary (HUN)
Katalin Kovács
Szilvia Szabó
Erzsébet Viski
Kinga Bóta		  Ukraine (UKR)
Inna Osypenko
Tetyana Semykina
Hanna Balabanova
Olena Cherevatova

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Germany (GER) 4 4 1 9
2  Hungary (HUN) 3 1 2 6
3  Slovakia (SVK) 2 1 1 4
4  France (FRA) 2 0 1 3
5  Spain (ESP) 1 1 0 2
6  Canada (CAN) 1 0 2 3
7  Norway (NOR) 1 0 1 2
8  China (CHN) 1 0 0 1
 Sweden (SWE) 1 0 0 1
10  Australia (AUS) 0 2 0 2
 Italy (ITA) 0 2 0 2
12  Great Britain (GBR) 0 1 2 3
 Russia (RUS) 0 1 2 3
14  Cuba (CUB) 0 1 0 1
 New Zealand (NZL) 0 1 0 1
 United States (USA) 0 1 0 1
17  Belarus (BLR) 0 0 1 1
 Czech Republic (CZE) 0 0 1 1
 Poland (POL) 0 0 1 1
 Ukraine (UKR) 0 0 1 1

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