Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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Canoeing
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
No. of events7
  1956
1964  
Men's K-2 1000 metres medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics. 1st: Sweden with Gert Fredriksson and Sven-Olov Sjodelius. 2nd: Hungary with Andras Szente and Gyorgy Meszaros. 3rd: Poland with Stefan Kaplaniak and Wladyslaw Zielinski. K-2 1000 metres medalists at 1960 Summer Olympics.jpg
Men's K-2 1000 metres medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics. 1st: Sweden with Gert Fredriksson and Sven-Olov Sjödelius. 2nd: Hungary with András Szente and György Mészáros. 3rd: Poland with Stefan Kapłaniak and Władysław Zieliński.

At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested at Lake Albano. Four changes were done to the program. First, the 10000 metre events that were raced from 1936 to 1956 were permanently dropped from the Olympic program, leaving all races at the 500 metre and 1000 metre distances. Second, the women's K-2 500 m event was added to the program, as was a men's K-1 4 × 500 m relay event (though for these games). Third, event timing in 1/100ths of a second at these games. Fourth, a repechage system was introduced that was used to the 1996 games in Atlanta at Lake Lanier.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)3104
2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)1326
3Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany  (EUA)1203
4Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)1012
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)1012
6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)0101
7Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland  (POL)0022
8Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania  (ROU)0011
Totals (8 entries)77721

Medal summary

Men's events

GamesGoldSilverBronze
C-1 1000 m
details
János Parti
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Aleksandr Silayev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Leon Rotman
Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania
C-2 1000 m
details
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Leonid Geishtor
and Sergei Makarenko  (URS)
Flag of Italy.svg  Aldo Dezi
and Francesco La Macchia  (ITA)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Imre Farkas
and András Törő  (HUN)
K-1 1000 m
details
Erik Hansen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Imre Szöllősi
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Gert Fredriksson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
K-1 4 × 500 m relay
details
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany  (EUA)
Dieter Krause
Günther Perleberg
Paul Lange
Friedhelm Wentzke
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)
Imre Szöllősi
Imre Kemeczei
András Szente
György Mészáros
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)
Erik Hansen
Helmuth Nyborg
Arne Høyer
Erling Jessen
K-2 1000 m
details
Flag of Sweden.svg  Gert Fredriksson
and Sven-Olov Sjödelius  (SWE)
Flag of Hungary.svg  György Mészáros
and András Szente  (HUN)
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Stefan Kapłaniak
and Władysław Zieliński  (POL)

Women's events

GamesGoldSilverBronze
K-1 500 metres
details
Antonina Seredina
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Therese Zenz
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Daniela Walkowiak
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
K-2 500 metres
details
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Mariya Shubina
and Antonina Seredina  (URS)
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Therese Zenz
and Ingrid Hartmann  (EUA)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Klára Fried-Bánfalvi
and Vilma Egresi  (HUN)

Participating nations

References