Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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Canoeing
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
1964 Olympics kayak stamp of Japan.jpg
Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics (women's K2) on a stamp of Japan
No. of events7
  1960
1968  

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 table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)3014
2Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany  (EUA)2114
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)2002
4Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania  (ROU)0235
5Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)0112
6Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)0101
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)0101
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)0101
9Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)0011
Totals (9 entries)77721

Medal summary

Men's events

GamesGoldSilverBronze
C-1 1000 m
details
Jürgen Eschert
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Andrei Igorov
Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania
Yevgeny Penyayev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
C-2 1000 m
details
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Andrei Khimich
and Stepan Oshchepkov  (URS)
Flag of France.svg  Jean Boudehen
and Michel Chapuis  (FRA)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Peer Nielsen
and John Sørensen  (DEN)
K-1 1000 m
details
Rolf Peterson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Mihály Hesz
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Aurel Vernescu
Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania
K-2 1000 m
details
Flag of Sweden.svg  Gunnar Utterberg
and Sven-Olov Sjödelius  (SWE)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Antonius Geurts
and Paul Hoekstra  (NED)
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Heinz Büker
and Holger Zander  (EUA)
K-4 1000 m
details
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Nikolai Chuzhikov
Anatoli Grishin
Vyacheslav Ionov
Vladimir Morozov
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany  (EUA)
Günther Perleberg
Bernhard Schulze
Friedhelm Wentzke
Holger Zander
Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania  (ROU)
Simion Cuciuc
Atanase Sciotnic
Mihai Țurcaș
Aurel Vernescu

Women's events

GamesGoldSilverBronze
K-1 500 m
details
Lyudmila Khvedosyuk
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Hilde Lauer
Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania
Marcia Jones
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
K-2 500 m
details
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Annemarie Zimmermann
and Roswitha Esser  (EUA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Francine Fox
and Glorianne Perrier  (USA)
Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Hilde Lauer
and Cornelia Sideri  (ROU)

References

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