Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Canoeing at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |
Venue | Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park |
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Dates | 11–23 August |
Competitors | 128 |
Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||||
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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 competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 11 to August 23 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing.
Peter Hochschorner and Pavol Hochschorner from Slovakia became the first slalom canoeists to win three Olympic gold medals.
Slalom events course is generally considered to be very tough, even by Olympic standards [1]
Qualification
Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification
Slalom
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's C-1 |
Michal Martikán![]() |
David Florence![]() |
Robin Bell![]() |
Men's C-2 |
Pavol Hochschorner and Peter Hochschorner ![]() |
Ondřej Štěpánek and Jaroslav Volf ![]() |
Mikhail Kuznetsov and Dmitry Larionov ![]() |
Men's K-1 |
Alexander Grimm![]() |
Fabien Lefèvre![]() |
Benjamin Boukpeti![]() |
Women's K-1 |
Elena Kaliská![]() |
Jacqueline Lawrence![]() |
Violetta Oblinger-Peters![]() |
Sprint
- Men
- Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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K-1 500 metres |
Inna Osypenko![]() |
Josefa Idem![]() |
Katrin Wagner-Augustin![]() |
K-2 500 metres |
Katalin Kovács and Natasa Janics ![]() |
Beata Mikołajczyk and Aneta Konieczna ![]() |
Marie Delattre and Anne-Laure Viard ![]() |
K-4 500 metres |
![]() Fanny Fischer Nicole Reinhardt Katrin Wagner-Augustin Conny Waßmuth |
![]() Katalin Kovács Gabriella Szabó Danuta Kozák Nataša Janić |
![]() Lisa Oldenhof Hannah Davis Chantal Meek Lyndsie Fogarty |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
18 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
References
- International Canoe Federation
- 2008 Olympic Qualification System
- Flatwater Racing Quotas Situation after Global Qualification Competition
- Slalom Racing Quotas Situation after Global Qualification Competition
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