Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Canoeing
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
DatesAugust 11–23, 2008
Competitors128
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Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 11 to 23 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.

Contents

Peter Hochschorner and Pavol Hochschorner from Slovakia became the first slalom canoeists to win three Olympic gold medals.

Qualification

Medal summary

By event

Slalom

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Men's C-1
details 		Michal Martikán
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 		David Florence
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 		Robin Bell
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Men's C-2
details 		Pavol Hochschorner
and Peter Hochschorner
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 		Ondřej Štěpánek
and Jaroslav Volf
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 		Mikhail Kuznetsov
and Dmitry Larionov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Men's K-1
details 		Alexander Grimm
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 		Fabien Lefèvre
Flag of France.svg  France 		Benjamin Boukpeti
Flag of Togo.svg  Togo
Women's K-1
details 		Elena Kaliská
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 		Jacqueline Lawrence
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 		Violetta Oblinger-Peters
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria

Sprint

Men
GamesGoldSilverBronze
C-1 500 metres
details 		Maxim Opalev
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 		David Cal
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 		Iurii Cheban
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
C-1 1000 metres
details 		Attila Vajda
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 		David Cal
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 		Thomas Hall
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
C-2 500 metres
details 		Meng Guanliang
and Yang Wenjun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 		Alexander Kostoglod
and Sergey Ulegin
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 		Christian Gille
and Thomasz Wylenzek
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
C-2 1000 metres
details 		Aliaksandr Bahdanovich
and Andrei Bahdanovich
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 		Christian Gille
and Tomasz Wylenzek
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 		György Kozmann
and Tamás Kiss
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
K-1 500 metres
details 		Ken Wallace
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 		Adam van Koeverden
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 		Tim Brabants
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
K-1 1000 metres
details 		Tim Brabants
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 		Eirik Verås Larsen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 		Ken Wallace
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
K-2 500 metres
details 		Saúl Craviotto
and Carlos Pérez
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 		Ronald Rauhe
and Tim Wieskötter
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 		Raman Piatrushenka
and Vadzim Makhneu
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
K-2 1000 metres
details 		Andreas Ihle
and Martin Hollstein
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 		Kim Wraae Knudsen
and René Holten Poulsen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 		Andrea Facchin
and Antonio Scaduto
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
K-4 1000 metres
details 		Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
Raman Piatrushenka
Aliaksei Abalmasau
Artur Litvinchuk
Vadzim Makhneu 		Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Richard Riszdorfer
Michal Riszdorfer
Erik Vlček
Juraj Tarr 		Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Lutz Altepost
Norman Bröckl
Torsten Eckbrett
Bjorn Hogel Goldschmidt
Women
GamesGoldSilverBronze
K-1 500 metres
details 		Inna Osypenko
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 		Josefa Idem
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 		Katrin Wagner-Augustin
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
K-2 500 metres
details 		Katalin Kovács
and Natasa Janics
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 		Beata Mikołajczyk
and Aneta Konieczna
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 		Marie Delattre
and Anne-Laure Viard
Flag of France.svg  France
K-4 500 metres
details 		Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Fanny Fischer
Nicole Reinhardt
Katrin Wagner-Augustin
Conny Waßmuth 		Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Katalin Kovács
Gabriella Szabó
Danuta Kozák
Nataša Janić 		Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Lisa Oldenhof
Hannah Davis
Chantal Meek
Lyndsie Fogarty

By nation

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3238
2Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 3104
3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2114
4Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 2013
5Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1203
6Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1135
7Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1113
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1113
9Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1012
10Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1001
11Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0112
Flag of France.svg  France 0112
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0112
14Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0101
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 0101
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0101
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0101
18Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0011
Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 0011
Totals (19 entries)16161648

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