Olympic /Kayak Flatwater Medals & USA Results By Dan Henderson The goal of this paper is to provide the reader with a clear understanding of the history of USA Canoe/Kayak Sprint performance, and where it is trending. From the data it’s clear that the USA Team international performance has been in decline, and there’s not much farther down to go. The American Canoe Association, the National Governing Body for canoe/kayak racing in the United States, is tasked with a turnaround project to stop the decline and improve performance. I believe there’s a set of solutions and that those of us within the sport now can find it: that we can provide the opportunities for American youth to prepare for and successfully compete with the best in the world, that given the opportunity many American youth will step up to the challenge and prepare and compete. Fundamental is that national leadership initiate a discussion involving all stakeholders as to what is to be accomplished, and how to develop performance based structures and programs, to build an attitude of confidence and high expectations to move our nation’s performance forward in a positive direction. It is my hope that this paper will initiate that discussion.

USA Canoe/Kayak Olympic Performance 100% % Entered 90% % Top 9 80% % Medal 70% 60% Trend Line 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%

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Chart 1 – USA Canoe/Kayak Olympic Performance In a given Olympic year, the chart above displays the percentage of total canoe/kayak events the USA Team entered, in what percentage of the total events the USA Team reached the final

1 for sprints (or top 9 for 10,000m events through 1956), and the podium (medal). The higher the percentage the better. The overall trend has seen a steady decline to almost nothing in 2016, with the dotted line representing the trend line. There was a bump up during the late 1980s and early 1990s, when many of us thought we were on our way to solidly developing Canoe/Kayak Sprint in our country. There was even a dramatic improvement in the results at Junior Worlds in the early and mid-1990s. But following a dramatic sport leadership change and change in organizational direction, the decline resumed thereafter. Also impactful was the adoption of an Olympic qualification system in 2000, when nations were required to qualify for the . Prior to 2000, nations could simply enter their selected athletes. The last time USA won a Canoe/Kayak Sprint medal was 1992 in men’s kayak. The last time a woman kayaker won a medal was 1964. The last time a man canoeist won an was Helsinki 1952. The last time USA reached the Final in any event was 2000. Only two athletes (one woman and one man kayaker) qualified for the Olympics in 2012, and Rio 2016 just one woman kayaker. The last time a canoeist qualified to race in the Olympics was in 2004. For these metrics to change, the USA must qualify more boats to race in the Olympics, and also perform at a higher level: reaching the final and the podium. For American youth to have the opportunity to race successfully at the international level, there must be change. And the longer the organization waits, the more young Americans will not have the opportunity at success.

USA Canoe/Kayak Olympic Percentage from 1st Place

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Chart 2 – USA Canoe/Kayak Olympic Percentage from 1st Place The second chart depicts the percentage differences for each discipline, and the combined (overall) disciplines, of USA times compared to the winning times. Here the lower the percentage the better the performance, as that indicates a narrower gap between the winners and the USA athletes. With the nearly flat slope to the line, the percentages Americans have been off the Olympic gold medalists has been virtually unchanged since canoe/kayak became an Olympic sport in 1936: at between eight and nine percent. For American youth to have the opportunity to race successfully at the international level, there must be change. And the longer the organization waits, the more young Americans will not have the opportunity at success. Chart Lessons As a national organization, USA has never delivered a sustained, methodical, and effective program of sport development. The closest was during the late 1980s to early 1990s when we did see a better performance. There was even an improvement in Junior Worlds results through 1995, with and kayaks reaching the middle of the A Final, indicating younger athletes were coming up. Of note, the Junior Women’s K4 at 1996 Junior Pre-Worlds in Helsinki was faster than the Senior Women’s K4 at the Olympics. The adult leaders of the sport during the past 25 years, some of whom are still involved, need to take a hard look at themselves and the deteriorating results under their watch. And those in current leadership positions need to lead our nation to build buy-in and consensus, and develop and implement a sustained, methodical, and aggressive plan that has a high likelihood of success so that American youth have the opportunity and ability to compete successfully with the best in the world. And the plan cannot simply be a recycling of the unrealistic and failed attempts from the last 25 years. And most importantly, everyone, including adult leaders at clubs and at the American Canoe Association, as well as aspiring athletes, must be willing to do the work. Any currently developing athlete who has aspirations of reaching an Olympic podium cannot use performance in any domestic race, including USA Team Trials and National Championships, as a metric for successful international competition because the USA level is so low. For American youth to have the opportunity to race successfully at the international level, there must be change. And the longer the organization waits, the more young Americans will not have the opportunity at success.

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Olympics Results Key USA Final A USA Non-final

1924 Demonstration Sport, Dual meet between Canadian Canoe Association and Washington Canoe Club. Distances and times unknown. Event Gold Silver Bronze C1M Roy C. Nurse (CAN) Harry C. Greenshields (CAN) A. A. Lindsay (CAN) C2M Harry C. Greenshields Roy C. Nurse K. M. Knight, A. A. Lindsay (CAN) G. M. Duncan (CAN) Harry T. Knight Jr. (USA) C4M A. A. Lindsay, J. F. Larcombe Harry C. Greenshields K. M. Knight G. M. Duncan C. W. Havens Roy C. Nurse (CAN) Harry T. Knight Jr. (USA) K1M C. W. Havens (USA) Roy C. Nurse (CAN) Harry T. Knight Jr. (USA) K2M C. W. Havens, Roy C. Nurse Harry T. Knight Jr. (USA) G. M. Duncan (CAN) K4M J. F. Larcombe. A. A. Lindsay K. M. Knight, Harry C. Greenshields C. W. Havens, G. M. Duncan Harry T. Knight Jr. (USA) Roy C. Nurse (CAN)

1932 – no canoe events 1936 – First time as an official full-medal event Event Gold Silver Bronze USA non-Medal C1M 1000m Frank Amyot Bohuslav Karlík Erich Koschik 5th – Joseph Hasenfus (CAN) 5:32.1 (TCH) 5:36.9 (GER) 5:39.0 6:02.6 C2M 1000m Vladimír Syrovátka Rupert Weinstabl Frank Saker 6th – Clarence Jan Brzák-Felix Karl Proisl Harvey Charters McNutt, Robert Graf (TCH) 4:50.1 (AUT) 4:53.8 (CAN) 4:56.7 5:14.0 C2M 10,000m Václav Mottl Frank Saker Rupert Weinstabl 5th – Joseph Hasenfus, Zdeněk Škrland Harvey Charters Karl Proisl Walter Hasenfus (TCH) 50:35.3 (CAN) 51:15.8 (AUT) 51:28.0 57:06.2 K1M 1000m Gregor Hradetzky Helmut Cämmerer Jaap Kraaier 4th – Ernest Riedel (AUT) 4:22.9 (GER) 4:25.6 (NED) 4:35.1 4:38.1 K1M 10,000m Fritz Landertinger Ernest Riedel (GER) 46:01.6 (AUT) 46:14.7 (USA) 47:23.9 K1M 10,000m Gregor Hradetzky Henri Eberhardt (FRA) Xaver Hörmann 10th – Burr Folks (USA) Folding (AUT) 50:01.2 50:04.2 (GER) 50:06.5 55:32.1 K2M 1000m Adolf Kainz Ewald Tilker Nicolaas Tates 5th in Heat 1 –

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Alfons Dorfner Fritz Bondroit Wim van der Kroft Ernest Riedel (AUT) 4:03.8 (GER) 4:08.9 (NED) 4:12.2 Burr Folks 4:24.8 K2M 10,000m Paul Wevers Viktor Kalisch Tage Fahlborg 7th – William Gaehler, Ludwig Landen Karl Steinhuber Helge Larsson William Lofgren (GER) 41:45.0 (AUT) 42:05.4 (SWE) 43:06.1 45:15.4 K2M 10,000m Sven Johansson Willi Horn Adolf Kainz 7th – John Lysak, Folding Erik Bladström Erich Hanisch Alfons Dorfner James O'Rourke (SWE) 45:48.9 (GER) 45:49.2 (AUT) 46:12.4 49:46.0

1940 Tokyo, changed to Helsinki – Then cancelled due to World War II 1944 – No Olympics due to World War II 1948 London Event Gold Silver Bronze USA non-Medal K1W 500m Karen Hoff Alida van der Anker- Fritzi Schwingl No entry (DEN) 2:31.9 Doedens (NED) 2:32.8 (AUT) 2:32.9 C1M 1000m Josef Holeček Douglas Bennett Robert Boutigny 5th – William Havens (TCH) 5:42.0 (CAN) 5:53.3 (FRA) 5:55.9 6:14.3 C1M 10,000m František Čapek Frank Havens Norman Lane (TCH) 1:02:05.2 (USA) 1:02:40.4 (CAN) 1:04:35.3 C2M 1000m Jan Brzák-Felix Steven Lysak Georges Dransart Bohumil Kudrna Stephen Macknowski Georges Gandil (TCH) 5:07.1, (USA) 5:08.2 (FRA) 5:15.2 C2M 10,000m Steven Lysak Václáv Havel Georges Dransart Stephen Macknowski Jiří Pecka Georges Gandil (USA) 55:55.4 (TCH) 57:38.5 (FRA) 58:00.8 K1M 1000m Johan Frederik Henri Eberhardt 6th in Heat 2 – Thomas (SWE) 4:33.2 Kobberup (DEN) 4:39.9 (FRA) 4:41.4 Horton 4:58.0 K1M 10,000m Gert Fredriksson Kurt Wires Elvind Skabo 12th – Ernest Riedel (SWE) 50:47.7 (FIN) 51:18.2 (NOR) 51:35.4 56:34.5 K2M 1000m Hans Berglund Ejvind Hansen Thor Axelsson 9TH in Heat 2 – Lennart Klingström Bernhard Jensen (DEN) Nils Björklöf Raymond Clark, John (SWE) 4:07.3 4:07.5 (FIN) 4:08.7 Eiseman No Times K2M 10,000m Gunnar Åkerlund Ivar Mathisen Thor Axelsson 13th – Raymond Clark, Hans Wetterström Knut Østby Nils Björklof John Eiseman (SWE) 46:09.4 (NOR) 46:44.8 (FIN) 46:46.2 50:26.6

1952 Helsinki Event Gold Silver Bronze USA non-Medal K1W 500m Sylvi Saimo Gertrude Liebhart Nina Savina No Entry (FIN) 2:18.4 (AUT) 2:18.8 (URS) 2:21.6 C1M 1000m Josef Holeček (TCH) János Parti Olavi Ojanperä 4th – Frank Havens 4:56.3 (HUN) 5:03.6 (FIN) 5:08.5 5:13.7 C1M 10,000m Frank Havens (USA) Gábor Novák Alfréd Jindra 57:41.1 (HUN) 57:49.9 (TCH) 57:53.1

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C2M 1000m Bent Peder Rasch Jan Brzák-Felix Egon Drews 7th – John Haas, Finn Haunstoft (DEN) Bohumil Kudrna Wilfried Soltau Frank Krick 4:38.3 (TCH) 4:42.9 (GER) 4:48.3 4:59.0 C2M 10,000m Georges Turlier Kenneth Lane Egon Drews 5th – John Haas, Jean Laudet Donald Hawgood Wilfried Soltau Frank Krick (FRA) 54:08.3 (CAN) 54:09.9 (GER) 54:28.1 54:42.5 K1M 1000m Gert Fredriksson Thorvald Strömberg Louis Gantois 5th in Heat 1 – (SWE) 4:07.9 (FIN) 4:09.7 (FRA) 4:20.1 Michael Budrock 4:39.5 K1M 10,000m Thorvald Strömberg Gert Fredriksson Michael Scheuer 14th – William (FIN) 47:22.8 (SWE) 47:34.1 (GER) 47:54.5 Schuette 52:44.6 K2M 1000m Kurt Wires Lars Glassèr Max Raub and 5th in Heat 3 – Yrjö Hietanen Ingemar Hedberg Herbert Wiedermann Thomas Horton, John (FIN) 3:51.1 (SWE) 3:51.1 (AUT) 3:51.4 Eiseman 4:02.9 K2M 10,000m Kurt Wires Gunnar Åkerlund Ferenc Varga 14th – John Anderson, Yrjö Hietanen Hans Wetterström József Gurovits Paul Bochenwich (FIN) 44:21.3 (SWE) 44:21.7 (HUN) 44:26.6 48:30.7

1956 Event Gold Silver Bronze USA non-Medal K1W 500m Yelizaveta Therese Zenz Tove Søby No Entry Dementyeva (EUA) 2:19.6 (DEN) 2:22.3 (URS) 2:18.9 C1M 1000m Leon Rotman István Hernek Gennady Bukharin 9th – William (ROU) 5:05.3 (HUN) 5:06.2 (URS) 5:12.7 Schuette 5:47.7 C1M 10,000m Leon Rotman János Parti Gennady Bukharin 8th – Frank Havens (ROU) 56:41.0 (HUN) 57:11.0 (URS) 57:14.5 1:01:23.6 C2M 1000m Alexe Dumitru Pavel Kharin Károly Wieland and 5th in Heat 2 – Simion Ismailciuc Gratsian Botev Ferenc Mohácsi George Byers, (ROU) 4:47.4 (URS) 4:48.6 (HUN) 4:54.3 Richard Moran 5:16.1 C2M 10,000m Pavel Kharin Georges Dransart Imre Farkas 10th – John Haas, Gratsian Botev József Hunics Frank Krick (URS) 54:02.4 (FRA) 54:48.3 (HUN) 55:15.6 58:30.0 K1M 1000m Gert Fredriksson Igor Pissarov Lajos Kiss 5th in Heat 3 – David (SWE) 4:12.8 (URS) 4:15.3 (HUN) 4:16.2 Merwin 4:35.9 K1M 10,000m Gert Fredriksson Ferenc Hatlaczky Michael Scheuer 11th – Robert O'Brien (SWE) 47:43.4 (HUN) 47:53.3 (EUA) 48:00.3 53:02.8 K2M 1000m Michel Scheuer Mikhail Kaaleste Max Raub 5th in Heat 2 – Meinrad Anatoly Demitkov Herbert Wiedermann Russell Dermond, Miltenberger (URS) 3:51.4 (AUT) 3:55.8 John Pagkos 4:22.7 (EUA) 3:49.6 K2M 10,000m János Urányi Fritz Briel Dennis Green 12th – Edward László Fábián Theodor Kleine Walter Brown Houston, Kenneth (HUN) 43:37.0 (EUA) 43:40.6 (AUS) 43:43.2 Wilson 51:25.8

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1960 Rome Event Gold Silver Bronze USA non-Medal K1W 500m Antonina Seredina Therese Zenz Daniela Walkowiak 4th in Repechage 1 - (URS) 2:08.08 (EUA) 2:08.22 (POL) 2:15.68 Glorianne Perrier 2:21.20 K2W 500m Mariya Shubina Therese Zenz Klára Fried-Bánfalvi 5th in Repechage 1 – Antonina Seredina Ingrid Hartmann Vilma Egresi (HUN) Mary Ann DuChai, (URS) 1:54.76 (EUA) 1:56.66 1:58.22 Diane Jerome 2:21.13 C1M 1000m János Parti Aleksandr Silayev Leon Rotman 4th in Repechage 2 – (HUN) 4:33.03 (URS) 4:34.41 (ROU) 4:35.87 Frank Havens 5:13.34 C2M 1000m Leonid Geishtor Aldo Dezi Imre Farkas and – DQ in Repechage – Sergei Makarenko Francesco La Macchia András Törő (HUN) Arnold Demos, (URS) 4:17.04 (ITA) 4:20.77 4:20.89 Richard Moran 5:03.83 K1M 1000m Erik Hansen Imre Szöllősi Gert Fredriksson 5th in Semifinal 3 – (DEN) 3:53.00 (HUN) 3:54.02 (SWE) 3:55.89 Paul Beachem 4:15.10 K1M 4×500m Paul Lange, Günther Imre Szöllősi Helmuth Sørensen, 3rd in Repechage 2 – Relay Perleberg, Friedhelm Imre Kemecsey Arne Høyer, Erling Russell Dermond, Wentzke, Dieter András Szente Jessen, Erik Hansen Charles Lundmark, Krause (EUA) 7:39.43 György Mészáros (DEN) 8:18.51 Robert O'Brien, John (HUN) 8:18.51 Pagkos 8:18.51 K2M 1000m Gert Fredriksson and György Mészáros Stefan Kapłaniak 6th in Semifinal 2 – Sven-Olov Sjödelius András Szente Władysław Zieliński Kenneth Wilson, John (SWE) 3:34.73 (HUN) 3:34.91 (POL) 3:37.34 Wolters 4:01.06

1964 Tokyo Event Gold Silver Bronze USA non-Medal K1W 500m Lyudmila Khvedosiuk Hilde Lauer Marcia Jones (URS) 2:12.87 (ROU) 2:15.35 (Smoke) (USA) 2:15.68 K2W 500m Roswitha Esser Francine Fox Hilde Lauer Annemarie Glorianne Perrier Cornelia Sideri Zimmermann (USA) 1:59.16 (ROU) 2:00.25 (EUA) 1:56.95 C1M 1000m Jürgen Eschert Andrei Igorov Yevgeny Penyayev 8th – Dennis van (EUA) 4:35.14 (ROU) 4:37.89 (URS) 4:38.31 Valkenburgh 5:12.55 C2M 1000m Andrei Khimich Jean Boudehen Peer Nielsen 5th in Semifinal – Stepan Oshchepkov Michel Chapuis John Sørensen James O'Rourke, Jr, (URS) 4:04.65 (FRA) 4:06.52 (DEN) 4:07.48 Joseph Dronzek 4:51.98 K1M 1000m (SWE) Mihály Hesz Aurel Vernescu Did Not Start Semi- 3:57.13 (HUN) 3:57.28 (ROU) 4:00.77 final 2 – Tony Ralphs K2M 1000m Sven-Olov Sjödelius Antonius Geurts Heinz Büker 4th in Repechage 1 – Gunnar Utterberg Paul Hoekstra Holger Zander Tony Ralphs, Gert (SWE) 3:38.54 (NED) 3:39.30 (EUA) 3:40.69 Grigoleit 3:54.31

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K4M 1000m Nikolai Chuzhikov Günther Perleberg Simion Cuciuc, 4th in Repechage 2 – Vyacheslav Ionov Friedhelm Wentzke Mihai Ţurcaş William Jewell, Walter Anatoli Grishin Bernhard Schulze Atanase Sciotnic Richards, Tony Ralphs, Vladimir Morozov Holger Zander Aurel Vernescu William Smoke (URS) 3:14.67 (EUA) 3:15.39 (ROU) 3:15.51 3:46.48

1968 Mexico Event Gold Silver Bronze USA non-Medal K1W 500m Lyudmila Pinayeva Viorica Dumitru 4th – Marcia Smoke (URS) 2:11.09 (FRG) 2:12.71 (ROU) 2:13.22 2:14.68 K2W 500m Roswitha Esser Lyudmila Pinayeva 7th – Sperry Annemarie Katalin Rozsnyói Antonina Seredina Rademaker, Marcia Zimmermann (HUN) 1:56.44 (URS) 1:58.60 Smoke 2:02.97 (FRG) 1:56.44 C1M 1000m Tibor Tatai Vitaly Galkov 8th – Andreas (HUN) 4:36.14 (FRG) 4:38.31 (URS) 4:40.42 Weigand 4:50.42 C2M 1000m Ivan Patzaichin Tamás Wichmann Naum Prokupets 6th in Semifinal – Serghei Covaliov Gyula Petrikovics Mikhail Zamotin William Gates, (ROU) 4:07.18 (HUN) 4:08.77 (URS) 4:11.30 Malcolm Hickox 4:33.49 K1M 1000m Mihály Hesz Aleksandr Shaparenko Erik Hansen 4th in Semifinal 3 – (HUN) 4:02.63 (URS) 4:03.58 (DEN) 4:03.58 John Glair 4:08.31 K2M 1000m Aleksandr Csaba Giczi Gerhard Siebold 4th in Repechage 2 – Shaparenko István Timár Günther Pfaff Paul Beachem, Peter Vladimir Morozov (HUN) 3:38.44 (AUT) 3:40.71 Weigand 4:00.04 (URS) 3:37.54 K4M 1000m Steinar Amundsen, Anton Calenic Csaba Giczi 5th in Repechage 2 – Tore Berger Dimitrie Ivanov István Timár Lester Cutler, Ernst Egil Søby Haralambie Ivanov Imre Szöllősi Heincke, Mervil Mihai Ţurca István Csizmadia Larson, John Pickett (NOR) 3:14.38 (ROU) 3:14.81 (HUN) 3:15.10 3:32.21

1972 Event Gold Silver Bronze USA non-Medal K1W 500m Yulia Ryabchinskaya Mieke Jaapies Anna Pfeffer 9th – Marcia Smoke (URS) 2:03.17 (NED) 2:04.03 (HUN) 2:05.50 2:07.98 K2W 500m Lyudmila Pinayeva Ilse Kaschube Maria Nichiforov 4th in Semifinal – Yekaterina Kuryshko Petra Grabowski Viorica Dumitru Nancy Purves, Linda (URS) 1:53.50 (GDR) 1:54.30 (ROU) 1:55.01 Murray 2:01.27 C1M 1000m Ivan Patzaichin Tamás Wichmann Detlef Lewe 6th in Semifinal – (ROU) 4:08.94 (HUN) 4:12.42 (FRG) 4:13.63 András Törő 4:25.23 C2M 1000m Vladas Česiūnas Ivan Patzaichin Fedia Damianov 6th – Roland Muhlen, Yuri Lobanov Serghei Covaliov Ivan Burtchin Andreas Weigand (URS) 3:52.60 (ROU) 3:52.63 (BUL) 3:58.10 4:01.28

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K1M 1000m Aleksandr Rolf Peterson Géza Csapó 4th in Repechage 3 - Shaparenko (SWE) 3:48.35 (HUN) 3:49.38 Robert Mitchell (URS) 3:48.06 4:02.43 K2M 1000m Nikolai Gorbachev József Deme Władysław 6th in Semifinal 1 – Viktor Kratasyuk János Rátkai Szuzkiewicz John Brosius, Alan (URS) 3:31.23 (HUN) 3:32.00 Rafal Piszcz Whitney 3:46.43 (POL) 3:33.63 K4M 1000m Yuri Filatov Aurel Vernescu Steinar Amundsen 4th in Repechage 2 – Yuri Stetsenko Mihai Zaifu Tore Berger John van Dyke, Jerry Volodymyr Morozov Roman Vartolomeu Egil Søby Welborn, Philip Valeri Didenko Atanase Sciotnic Jan Johansen Rogosheske, Stepehn (URS) 3:14.02 (ROU) 3:22.89 (NOR) 3:15.27 Kelly 3:22.89 1976 Event Gold Silver Bronze USA non-Medal K1W 500m Carola Zirzow Tatiana Korshunova Klára Rajnai 7th – Julie Leach (GDR) 2:01.05 (URS) 2:03.07 (HUN) 2:05.01 2:06.92 K2W 500m Nina Gopova Anna Pfeffer Bärbel Köster 4th in Semifinal 1 – Galina Kreft Klára Rajnai Carola Zirzow Linda Dragan, Ann (URS) 1:51.15 (HUN) 1:51.69 (GDR) 1:51.81 Turner 1:57.10 C1M 500m Aleksandr Rogov John Wood Matija Ljubek 5th in Repechage 2 – (URS) 1:59.29 (CAN) 1:59.58 (YUG) 1:59.58 Angus Morrison 2:12.92 C1M 1000m Matija Ljubek (YUG) Vasyl Yurchenko (URS) Tamás Wichmann 4th in Semifinal 2 – 4:09.51 4:12.57 (HUN) 4:14.11 Angus Morrison 4:25.83 C2M 500m Serhei Petrenko Jerzy Opara Tamás Buday 4th in Semifinal 3 - Aleksandr Vinogradov Andrezj Gronowicz Oszkár Frey Roland Muhlen. (URS) 1:45.81 (POL) 1:47.77 (HUN) 1:48.35 Andreas Weigand 1:52.33 C2M 1000m Serhei Petrenko Gheorghe Danielov Tamás Buday 5th in Repechage 1 – Aleksandr Vinogradov Gheorghe Simionov Oszkár Frey Chuck Lyda, András (URS) 3:52.76 (ROU) 3:54.28 (HUN) 3:55.66 Törő 4:04.95 K1M 500m Vasile Dîba Zoltán Sztanity Rüdiger Helm 4th in Repechage 1 – (ROU) 1:46.41 (HUN) 1:46.95 (GDR) 1:48.30 Henry Krawczyk 2:03.25 K1M 1000m Rüdiger Helm Géza Csapó Vasile Dîba 5th in Semifinal 1 – (GDR) 3:48.20 (HUN) 3:48.84 (ROU) 3:48.84 David Gilman 3:54.12 K2M 500m Joachim Mattern Sergey Nagomy Larion Serghei 4th in Repechage 3 – Bernd Olbricht (GDR) Vladimir Romanovskiy Policarp Malîhin Michael Johnson, 1:35.87 (URS) 1:36.81 (ROU) 1:37.43 William Leach 1:49.95 K2M 1000m Serhei Nahorny Bernd Olbricht – Zoltán Bakó István 6th in Semifinal 3 – Vladimir Romanovsky Joachim Mattern (GDR) Szabó (HUN), 3:33.36 Bruce Barton Peter (URS) 3:29.01 3:29.33 Deyo 3:41.35 K4M 1000m Sergei Chukhray José María Esteban Frank-Peter Bischof 4th in Repechage 1 – Aleksandr Degtyarev José Ramón López Bernd Duvigneau Bruce Barton, Peter Yuri Filatov Herminio Menéndez Rüdiger Helm Deyo, Stephen Kelly, Volodymyr Morozov Luis Gregorio Ramos Jürgen Lehnert Brent Turner 3:11.71 (URS) 3:08.69 (ESP) 3:08.95 (GDR) 3:10.76

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1980 – no USA entries due to presidential boycott Event Gold Silver Bronze K1W 500m Vanja Gesheva Antonina Melnikova (GDR) 1:57.96 (BUL) 1:59.48 (URS) 1:59.66 K2W 500m Carsta Genäuß Galina Kreft Éva Rakusz Martina Bischof Nina Gopova Mária Zakariás (GDR) 1:43.88 (URS) 1:46.91 (HUN) 1:47.95 C1M 500m Sergei Postrekhin Lyubomir Lyubenov Olaf Heukrodt (URS) 1:53.37 (BUL) 1:53.49 (GDR) 1:54.38 C1M 1000m Lyubomir Lyubenov Sergei Postrekhin Eckhard Leue (BUL) 4:12.38 (URS) 4:13.53 (GDR) 4:15.02 C2M 500m László Foltán Ivan Patzaichin Borislav Ananiev István Vaskúti Petre Capusta Nikolai Ilkov (HUN) 1:43.39 (ROU) 1:44.12 (BUL) 1:44.83 C2M 1000m Ivan Patzaichin Olaf Heukrodt Vasyl Yurchenko Toma Simionov Uwe Madeja Yuri Lobanov (ROU) 3:47.65 (GDR) 3:49.93 (URS) 3:49.93 K1M 500m Vladimir Parfenovich John Sumegi Vasile Dîba (URS) 1:43.43 (AUS) 1:44.12 (ROU) 1:44.12 K1M 1000m Rüdiger Helm (GDR) Alain Lebas (FRA) Ion Bîrlădeanu (ROU) 3:48.77 3:50.20 3:50.49 K2M 500m Vladimir Parfenovich Herminio Menéndez Rüdiger Helm Sergei Chukhray Guillermo del Riego Bernd Olbricht (URS) 1:32.38 (ESP) 1:33.65 (GDR) 1:33.65 K2M 1000m Vladimir Parfenovich István Szábó Luis Gregorio Ramos and Sergei Chukhray István Joós Herminio Menéndez (URS) 3:26.72 (HUN) 3:28.49 (ESP) 3:28.66 K4M 1000m Rüdiger Helm Mihai Zaifu Borislav Borisov Bernd Olbricht Vasile Dîba Bozhidar Milenkov Harald Marg Ion Genatǎ Lazar Khristov Bernd Duvigneau Nicuşor Eşanu Ivan Manev (GDR) 3:13.76 (ROU) 3:15.35 (BUL) 3:15.46

1984 Los Angeles – no Soviet Empire entries due to reciprocal boycott Event Gold Silver Bronze USA non-Medal K1W 500m Barbara Schüttpelz Annemiek Derckx 6th – Shelia Conover (SWE) 1:58.72 (FRG) 1:59.93 (NED) 2:00.11 2:02.38 K2W 500m Agneta Andersson Alexandra Barre 5th – Shirley Dery Susan Holloway Barbara Schüttpelz Leslie Klein (SWE) 1:45.25 (CAN) 1:47.13 (FRG) 1:47.32 1:49.51 K4W 500m Agafia Constantin Agneta Andersson Alexandra Barre 4th – Shelia Conover Nastasia Ionescu Anna Olsson Lucie Guay Shirley Dery Tecla Marinescu Eva Karlsson Susan Holloway Leslie Klein Maria Ştefan Susanne Wiberg Ann Turner

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(ROU) 1:38.34 (SWE) 1:38.87 Barbara Olmsted 1:40.49 (CAN) 1:39.40 C1M 500m Larry Cain (CAN) Henning Lynge Costicǎ Olaru 4th in Semifinal 2 – 1:57.91 Jakobsen (ROU) 1:59.86 John Plankenhorn (DEN) 1:58.45 2:04.54 C1M 1000m Ulrich Eicke Larry Cain Henning Lynge 7th – Bruce Merritt (FRG) 4:06.32 (CAN) 4:08.67 Jakobsen 4:18.17 (DEN) 4:09.51 C2M 500m Matija Ljubek Ivan Patzaichin Toma Enrique Míguez 9th – Bret Young, Mirko Nišović Simionov Narciso Suárez Bruce Merritt (YUG) 1:43.67 (ROU) 1:45.58 (ESP) 1:47.71 1:50.55 C2M 1000m - Ivan Patzaichin Matija Ljubek Didier Hoyer 5th – John Toma Simionov Mirko Nišović Eric Renaud Plankenhorn, Rodney (ROU) 3:40.60 (YUG) 3:41.56 (FRA) 3:48.01 McLain 3:52.72 K1M 500m Lars-Erik Moberg Bernard Brégeon 4th in Semifinal 1 – (NZL) 1:47.84 (SWE) 1:48.18 (FRA) 1:48.41 Terry White 1:50.00 K1M 1000m Milan Janić (NZL) 3:45.73 (YUG) 3:46.88 (USA) 3:47.38 K2M 500m Ian Ferguson Per-Inge Bengtsson Hugh Fisher 4th in Semifinal 1 – Paul MacDonald Lars-Erik Moberg David Halpern, Terry (NZL) 1:34.21 (SWE) 1:35.26 (CAN) 1:35.41 Kent 1:38.59 K2M 1000m Hugh Fisher Bernard Brégeon Barry Kelly 4th – Terry Kent, Alwyn Morris Patrick Lefoulon Grant Kenny Terry White (CAN) 3:24.22, (FRA) 3:25.97 (AUS) 3:26.80 3:27.01 K4M 1000m Grant Bramwell Per-Inge Bengtsson François Barouh 4th in Repechage 1 – Ian Ferguson Tommy Karls Philippe Boccara Norman Bellingham, Paul MacDonald Lars-Erik Moberg Pascal Boucherit David Gilman, Dan Alan Thompson Didier Vavasseur Schnurrenberger, (NZL) 3:02.28, (SWE) 3:02.81 (FRA) 3:02.81 Chris Spelius 3:19.72

1988 Event Gold Silver Bronze USA non-Medal K1W 500m Vanja Gesheva Birgit Schmidt Izabela Dylewska 6th – Traci Phillips (BUL) 1:55.19 (GDR) 1:55.31 (POL) 1:57.38 2:00.81 K2W 500m Birgit Schmidt Vanja Gesheva Annemiek Derckx 7th – Shelia Conover, Anke Nothnagel Diana Paliiska (BUL) Annemarie Cox Cathy Marino-Geers (GDR) 1:43.46 1:44.06 (NED) 1:46.00 1:50.33 K4W 500m Birgit Schmidt Erika Géczi Vanja Gesheva 9th – Traci Phillips, Anke Nothnagel Erika Mészáros Diana Paliiska Shelia Conover, Cathy Ramona Portwich Éva Rakusz Ogniana Petkova Marino-Geers, Shirley Heike Singer Rita Kőbán Borislava Ivanova Dery-Batlik 1:47.94 (GDR) 1:40.78 (HUN) 1:41.88 (BUL) 1:42.63 C1M 500m Olaf Heukrodt Michał Śliwiński Martin Marinov 4th in Semifinal 2 – (GDR) 1:56.42 (URS) 1:57.26 (BUL) 1:57.27 James Terrell 2:00.13 C1M 1000m Ivans Klementyev Jörg Schmidt Nikolay Bukhalov 4th in Semifinal 1 – (URS) 4:12.78 (GDR) 4:15.83 (BUL) 4:18.94 Bruce Merritt 4:16.51

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C2M 500m Viktor Reneysky Marek Dopierała 5th in Semifinal 2 – Nicolae Juravschi Marek Łbik Joël Bettin Rodney McLain, Bruce (URS) 1:41.77 (POL) 1:43.61 (FRA) 1:43.81 Merritt 1:53.32 C2M 1000m Viktor Reneysky Olaf Heukrodt Marek Dopierała 4th in Repechage Nicolae Juravschi Ingo Spelly (GDR) Marek Łbik (POL) Gregory Steward, (URS) 3:48.36 3:51.44 3:54.33 Ronald Urick 4:17.77 K1M 500m Zsolt Gyulay Andreas Stähle Paul MacDonald 4th – Mike Herbert (HUN) 1:44.82 (GDR) 1:46.38 (NZL) 1:46.46 1:46.73 K1M 1000m Greg Barton Grant Davies André Wohllebe (USA) 3:55.27 (AUS) 3:55.28 (GDR) 3:55.55 K2M 500m Ian Ferguson Igor Nagaev Attila Ábrahám 8th – Terry Kent Paul MacDonald Viktor Denisov Ferenc Csipes Terry White (NZL) 1:33.98 (URS) 1:34.15 (HUN) 1:34.32 1:36.62 K2M 1000m Greg Barton Ian Ferguson and Paul Peter Foster and Norman Bellingham MacDonald (NZL) Kelvin Graham (AUS) (USA) 3:32.42 3:32.71 3:33.76 K4M 1000m Zsolt Gyulay Aleksandr Motuzenko Kay Bluhm 5th in Semifinal Ferenc Csipes Sergey Kirsanov André Wohllebe Michael Harbold, Sándor Hódosi Igor Nagaev Andreas Stähle Terry White, Curt Attila Ábrahám Viktor Denisov Hans-Jörg Bliesener Bader, Terry Kent (HUN) 3:00.20 (URS) 3:01.40 (GDR) 3:02.37 3:15.60

1992 Barcelona Event Gold Silver Bronze USA Non-Medal K1W 500m Birgit Schmidt Rita Kőbán Izabela Dylewska 5th in Semifinal 1 – (GER) 1:51.80 (HUN) 1:51.96 (POL) 1:52.36 Shelia Conover 1:53.05 K2W 500m Ramona Portwich Agneta Andersson Rita Kőbán 5th in Semifinal 2 – Anke von Seck Éva Dónusz Cathy Marino-Geers, (GER) 1:40.29 (SWE) 1:40.41 (HUN) 1:40.81 Traci Phillips 1:45.50 K4W 500m Éva Dónusz Katrin Borchert Agneta Andersson 7th – Shelia Conover, Kinga Czigány Ramona Portwich Maria Haglund Alexandra Harbold, Rita Kőbán Birgit Schmidt Anna Olsson Cathy Marino-Geers, Erika Mészáros Anke von Seck Susanne Rosenqvist Traci Phillips (HUN) 1:36.32 (GER) 1:38.47 (SWE) 1:39.79 1:43.00 C1M 500m Nikolay Bukhalov Michał Śliwiński (EUN) Olaf Heukrodt (GER) 6th Semifinal 2 – (BUL) 1:51.15 1:51.40 1:53.00 Fred Spaulding 1:57.48 C1M 1000m Nikolay Bukhalov Ivans Klementyev (LAT) György Zala (HUN) 6th Semifinal 2 – Fred (BUL) 4:05.92 4:06.60 4:07.35 Spaulding 4:13.83 C2M 500m Dmitri Dovgalenok , Ulrich Papke Martin Marinov 5th in Semifinal 1 – Aleksandr Maseikov Ingo Spelly Blagovest Stoyanov Stewart Carr. James (EUN) 1:41.54 (GER) 1:41.68 (BUL) 1:41.94 Terrell 1:46.62 C2M 1000m Ulrich Papke Didier Hoyer DSQ in Semifinal 2 – Ingo Spelly Olivier Boivin Wyatt Jones, Gregory (GER) 3:37.42 (DEN) 3:39.26 (FRA) 3:39.51 Steward 3:56.33 K1M 500m Zsolt Gyulay 4th – Norman (FIN) 1:40.34 (HUN) 1:40.64 (NOR) 1:40.71 Bellingham 1:40.84

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K1M 1000m Clint Robinson Knut Holmann Greg Barton (AUS) 3:37.26 (NOR) 3:37.50 3:37.93 K2M 500m Kay Bluhm Maciej Freimut 8th – Michael Harbold, Torsten Gutsche Wojciech Kurpiewski Bruno Dreossi Peter Newton (GER) 1:28.27 (POL) 1:29.84 (ITA) 1:30.00 1:33.02 K2M 1000m Kay Bluhm Gunnar Olsson Grzegorz Kotowicz 4th – Greg Barton, Torsten Gutsche Kalle Sundqvist Dariusz Białkowski Norman Bellingham (GER) 3:16.10 (SWE) 3:17.70 (POL) 3:18.86 3:19.26 K4M 1000m Mario von Appen Ferenc Csipes Kelvin Graham 9th – Chris Barlow, Oliver Kegel Zsolt Gyulay Ian Rowling Mark Hamilton, Mike Attila Ábrahám Steven Wood Herbert, Terry Kent André Wohllebe László Fidel Ramon Andersson 3:04.30 (GER) 2:54.18 (HUN) 2:54.82 (AUS) 2:56.97

1996 Atlanta Event Gold Silver Bronze USA Non-Medal K1W 500m Rita Kőbán Josefa Idem 9th in Semifinal 2 – (HUN) 1:47.655 (CAN) 1:47.891 (ITA) 1:48.731 Traci Phillips 1:55.339 K2W 500m Agneta Andersson Birgit Fischer 8th in Semifinal 2 – Susanne Gunnarsson Ramona Portwich Katrin Borchert DeAnne Hemmens, (SWE) 1:39.329 (GER) 1:39.689 (AUS) 1:40.641 Lia Rousset 1:49.465 K4W 500m Ramona Portwich Ingrid Haralamow Agneta Andersson 4th in Semifinal 2 – Birgit Fischer Daniela Baumer Ingela Ericsson Alexandra Harbold, Anett Schuck Sabine Eichenberger Anna Olsso DeAnne Hemmens, Lia Manuela Mucke Gabi Müller Susanne Rosenqvist Rousset, Druella Van (GER) 1:31.077 (SUI)1:32.701 (SWE) 1:32.917 Hengel 1:40.045 C1M 500m Slavomír Kňazovický Imre Pulai 4th in Semifinal 2 – (CZE) 1:49.934 (SVK) 1:50.510 (HUN) 1:50.758 James Terrell 1:54.086 C1M 1000m Martin Doktor Ivans Klementyev György Zala 7th in Semifinal 2 – (CZE) 3:54.418 (LAT) 3:54.954 (HUN) 3:56.366 Joseph Harper 4:39.949 C2M 500m György Kolonics Viktor Reneysky Gheorghe Andriev No Entry Csaba Horváth Nicolae Juravschi Grigore Obreja (HUN) 1:40.420 (MDA) 1:40.456 (ROU) 1:41.336 C2M 1000m Marcel Glavan Csaba Horváth No entry Gunar Kirchbach Antonel Borsan György Kolonics (GER) 3:31.870 (ROU) 3:32.294 (HUN) 3:32.514 K1M 500m Antonio Rossi Knut Holmann Piotr Markiewicz 8th in Semifinal 2 – (ITA) 1:37.423 (NOR) 1:38.339 (POL) 1:38.615 Mike Herbert 1:42.335 K1M 1000m Knut Holmann Beniamino Bonomi Clint Robinson 7th in Semifinal 2 – (NOR) 3:25.785 (ITA) 3:27.073 (AUS) 3:29.713 Michael Harbold 3:44.663 K2M 500m Kay Bluhm Beniamino Bonomi Daniel Collins 6th in Semifinal 1 – Torsten Gutsche Daniele Scarpa Stein Jorgensen, John (GER) 1:28.697 (ITA) 1:28.729 (AUS) 1:29.409 Mooney 1:32.253

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K2M 1000m Antonio Rossi Kay Bluhm Andrian Dushev 5th in Semifinal 2 – Daniele Scarpa Torsten Gutsche Milko Kazanov Peter Newton, John (ITA) 3:09.190 (GER) 3:10.518 (BUL) 3:11.206 Mooney 3:19.834 K4M 1000m Thomas Reineck Ferenc Csipes Anatoli Tishchenko 6th in Semifinal 1 – Gábor Horváth Oleg Gorobiy Curt Bader, Philippe Detlef Hofmann Attila Adrovicz Sergey Verlin Boccara, Mark András Rajna Georgiy Tsybulnikov Hamilton, Cliff Meidl (GER) 2:51.528 (HUN) 2:53.184 (RUS) 2:53.996 3:06.855

2000 Sydney – national federation qualifying was enacted Event Gold Silver Bronze USA Non-Medal K1W 500m Josefa Idem Caroline Brunet Katrin Borchert 6th in Semifinal – (ITA) 2:13.848 (CAN) 2:14.646 (AUS) 2:15.138 Kathryn Colin 1:57.000 K2W 500m Birgit Fischer Katalin Kovács Beata Sokołowska 6th in Semifinal – Katrin Wagner Szilvia Szabó Aneta Pastuszka Tamara Jenkins, (GER) 1:56.996 (HUN) 1:58.580 (POL) 1:58.784 Kathryn Colin 1:48.300 K4W 500m Katrin Wagner Rita Kőbán Raluca Ioniţǎ Didn’t Qualify Birgit Fischer Katalin Kovács Mariana Limbău Anett Schuck Szilvia Szabó Elena Radu Manuela Mucke Erzsébet Viski Sanda Toma (GER) 1:34.532 (GER) 1:34.946 (ROM) 1:37.010 C1M 500m György Kolonics Maxim Opalev Andreas Dittmer 9th in Heat 1 – Jordan (HUN) 2:24.813 (RUS) 2:25.809 (GER) 2:27.591 Malloch 1:58.938 C1M 1000m Andreas Dittmer Ledis Balceiro Stephen Giles 8th in Heat 2 – Jordan (GER) 3:54.379 (CUB) 3:56.071 (CAN) 3:56.437 Malloch 4:05.440 C2M 500m Ferenc Novák Daniel Jędraszko Mitică Pricop Didn’t Qualify Imre Pulai Paweł Baraszkiewicz (HUN) 1:51.284 (POL) 1:51.536 (ROM) 1:54.260 C2M 1000m Mitică Pricop Stefan Uteß Didn’t Qualify Florin Popescu Leobaldo Pereira Lars Kober (ROM) 3:37.355 (CUB) 3:38.753 (GER) 3:41.129 K1M 500m Knut Holmann Petar Merkov Petar Merkov 8th in Semifinal 1 – (NOR) 1:57.847 (BUL) 1:58.393 (BUL) 1:58.393 Stein Jorgensen 1:44.182 K1M 1000m Knut Holmann Petar Merkov No Entry (NOR) 3:33.269 (BUL) 3:34.649 (GBR)3:35.057 K2M 500m Zoltán Kammerer Andrew Trim 6th – Peter Newton Botond Storcz Daniel Collins Tim Wieskötter Angel Pérez (HUN) 1:47.055 (AUS) 1:47.895 (GER) 1:48.771 1:52.617 K2M 1000m Antonio Rossi Markus Oscarsson Krisztián Bártfai 9th in Heat 1 – Beniamino Bonomi Henrik Nilsson Krisztián Veréb Philippe Boccara, Cliff (ITA) 3:14.461 (SWE) 3:16.075 (HUN) 3:16.357 Meidl 3:26.439 K4M 1000m Ákos Vereckei Björn Bach Dariusz Białkowski 6th – Stein Jorgensen, Zoltán Kammerer Jan Schäfer Grzegorz Kotowicz John Mooney, Peter Gábor Horváth Adam Seroczyński Newton, Angel Pérez Botond Storcz Mark Zabel Marek Witkowski 2:59.472 (HUN) 2:55.188 (GER) 2:55.704 (POL) 2:55.704

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2004 Athens Event Gold Silver Bronze USA Non-Medal K1W 500m Nataša Janić Josefa Idem Caroline Brunet 4th in Semifinal 2 – (HUN) 1:47.741 (ITA) 1:49.729 (CAN) 1:50.601 Carrie Johnson 1:56.712 K2W 500m Katalin Kovács Birgit Fischer Aneta Pastuszka 7th in Semifinal – Nataša Janić Beata Sokołowska- Kathryn Colin. Lauren (HUN) 1:38.101 (GER) 1:39.533 Kulesza Spalding 1:46.786 (POL) 1:40.077 K4W 500m Birgit Fischer Katalin Kovács Inna Osypenko 4th in Semifinal – Szilvia Szabó Tetyana Semykina Carrie Johnson, Katrin Wagner Erzsébet Viski Hanna Balabanova Kathryn Colin, Lauren Carolin Leonhardt Kinga Bóta Olena Cherevatova Spalding, Marie Mijalis (GER) 1:34.340 (HUN) 1:34.536 (UKR) 1:36.192 1:35.869 C1M 500m Andreas Dittmer Maxim Opalev No Entry (GER) 1:46.383 (ESP) 1:46.723 (RUS) 1:47.767 C1M 1000m David Cal Andreas Dittmer No entry (ESP) 3:46.201 (GER) 3:46.721 (HUN) 3:49.025 C2M 500m Ibrahim Rojas Alexander Kostoglod 8th in Semifinal – Yang Wenjun Ledis Balceiro Aleksandr Kovalyov Jordan Malloch, (CHN) 1:40.278 (CUB) 1:40.350 (RUS) 1:40.442 Nathan Johnson 1:46.424 C2M 1000m Alexander Kostoglod György Kozmann 8th in Semifinal – Tomasz Wylenzek Aleksandr Kovalyov György Kolonics Jordan Malloch, (GER) 3:41.802 (RUS) 3:42.990 (HUN) 3:43.106 Nathan Johnson 3:46.036 K1M 500m Ian Wynne 4th in Semifinal 2 – (CAN) 1:37.919 (AUS) 1:38.467 (GBR) 1:38.547 Rami Zur 1:40.727 K1M 1000m Eirik Verås Larsen Adam van Koeverden 8th in Semifinal 2 – (NOR) 3:25.897 (NZL)3:27.413 (CAN) 3:28.218 Benjamin Lewis 3:47.426 K2M 500m Ronald Rauhe Clint Robinson and 6th in Semifinal 1 – Tim Wieskötter Nathan Baggaley Vadzim Makhneu Bartosz Wolski, Rami (GER) 1:27.040 (AUS) 1:27.920 (BLR) 1:27.996 Zur 1:33.482 K2M 1000m Markus Oscarsson Antonio Rossi Eirik Verås Larsen 7th in Semifinal – Henrik Nilsson Beniamino Bonomi Nils Olav Fjeldheim Jeffrey Smoke, (SWE) 3:18.420 (ITA) 3:19.484 (NOR) 3:19.528 Andrew Bussey 3:16.341 K4M 1000m Zoltán Kammerer No entry Botond Storcz Mark Zabel Michal Riszdorfer Ákos Vereckei Björn Bach Erik Vlček Gábor Horváth Stefan Ulm Juraj Bača (HUN) 2:56.919 (GER) 2:58.659 (SVK) 2:59.314

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2008 Event Gold Silver Bronze USA Non-Medal K1W 500m Inna Osypenko Josefa Idem Katrin Wagner- 4th in Semifinal 1 – (UKR) 1:50.673 (ITA) 1:50.677 Augustin Carrie Johnson (GER) 1:51.022 1:53.721 K2W 500m Katalin Kovács Beata Mikołajczyk Marie Delattre Didn’t Qualify Nataša Janić Anne-Laure Viard (HUN) 1:41.308 (POL) 1:42.092 (FRA) 1:42.128 K4W 500m Katalin Kovács Lisa Oldenhof, Didn’t Qualify Gabriella Szabó Hannah Davis Katrin Wagner- Danuta Kozák Chantal Meek Augustin Nataša Janić Lyndsie Fogarty Conny Waßmuth (HUN) 1:32.971 (AUS) 1:34.704 (GER) 1:32.231 C1M 500m Maxim Opalev David Cal Yuriy Cheban Didn’t Qualify (RUS) 1:47.140 (ESP) 1:48.397 (UKR) 1:48.766 C1M 1000m Attila Vajda David Cal Didn’t Qualify (HUN) 3:50.467 (ESP) 3:52.751 (CAN) 3:53.653 C2M 500m Meng Guanliang, Christian Gille Didn’t Qualify Yang Wenjun Thomas Wylenzek Aliaksandr (CHN) 1:41.025 (GER) 1:41.964 Bahdanovich (BLR) 1:41.996 C2M 1000m Andrei Bahdanovich, Christian Gille György Kozmann, Didn’t Qualify Aliaksandr Tomasz Wylenzek Tamás Kiss Bahdanovich (GER) 3:36.588 (HUN) 3:40.258 (BLR) 3:36.365 K1M 500m Adam van Koeverden Tim Brabants 6th in Semifinal 1 – (AUS) 1:37.252 (CAN) 1:37.630 (GBR) 1:37.671 Rami Zur 1:47.163 K1M 1000m Tim Brabants Eirik Verås Larsen Ken Wallace 7th in Semifinal 1 – (GBR) 3:26.323 (NOR) 3:27.342 (AUS) 3:27.485 Rami Zur 3:46.204 K2M 500m Saúl Craviotto Ronald Rauhe Raman Piatrushenka Didn’t Qualify Carlos Perez Tim Wieskötter Vadzim Makhneu (ESP) 1:28.736 (GER) 1:28.827 (BLR) 1:30.005 K2M 1000m Kim Wraae Knudsen Andrea Facchin Didn’t Qualify Andreas Ihle René Holten Poulsen Antonio (GER) 3:11.809 (DEN) 3:13.580 Massimiliano Scaduto (ITA) 3:14.750 K4M 1000m Raman Piatrushenka Richard Riszdorfer Didn’t Qualify Aliaksei Abalmasau Michal Riszdorfer Norman Bröckl Artur Litvinchuk Erik Vlček Torsten Eckbrett Vadzim Makhneu Björn Goldschmidt (BLR) 2:55.714 (SVK) 2:56.593 (GER) 2:56.676

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2012 London Event Gold Silver Bronze USA Non-Medal K1W 200m Inna Osypenko Nataša Dušev-Janić 8th in Semifinal 1 – (NZL) 44.638 Radomska (HUN) 45.12 Carrie Johnson 43.321 (UKR) 45.053 K1W 500m Danuta Kozák Inna Osypenko Bridgette Hartley 6th in Semifinal 3 – (HUN) 1:51.456 (UKR) 1:52.685 (RSA) 1:52.923 Carrie Johnson 1:54.628 K2W 500m Katalin Kovács Didn’t Qualify Natasa Dusev-Janics Beata Mikołajczyk (GER) 1:42.213 (HUN) 1:43.278 (POL) 1:44.000 K4W 500m Gabriella Szabó Carolin Leonhardt Iryna Pamialova Didn’t Qualify Danuta Kozák Franziska Weber Nadzeya Papok Katalin Kovács Katrin Wagner- Krisztina Fazekas Zur Augustin Maryna Pautaran (HUN) 1:30.827 Tina Dietze (BLR) 1:31.400 (GER) 1:31.298 C1M 200m Yuriy Cheban Jevgenij Shuklin Didn’t Qualify (UKR) 42.291 (LTU) 42.792 (RUS) 42.853 C1M 1000m David Cal Mark Oldershaw Didn’t Qualify (GER) 3:47.176 (ESP) 3:48.053 (CAN) 3:48.502 C2M 1000m Andrei Bahdanovich Alexey Korovashkov Didn’t Qualify Aliaksandr Bahdanovich (GER) 3:33.804 (BLR) 3:35.206 (RUS) 3:36.414 K1M 200m Ed McKeever Saúl Craviotto 7th in Final B – Tim (GBR) 36.246 (ESP) 36.540 (CAN) 36.657 Hornsby 39.370 K1M 1000m Eirik Verås Larsen Adam van Koeverden Didn’t Qualify (NOR) 3:26.462 (CAN) 3:27.170 (GER) 3:27.759 K2M 200m Yury Postrigay Raman Piatrushenka Didn’t Qualify Alexander Vadzim Makhneu Dyachenko (BLR) 34.266 (GBR) 34.421 (RUS) 33.507 K2M 1000m Rudolf Dombi Martin Hollstein Didn’t Qualify Roland Kökény Andreas Ihle (HUN) 3:09.646 (POR) 3:09.699 (GER) 3:10.117 K4M 1000m Zoltán Kammerer Didn’t Qualify Dave Smith Dávid Tóth Lukáš Trefil Tamás Kulifai Josef Dostál Dániel Pauman Jan Štěrba (AUS) 2:55.085 (HUN) 2:55.699 (CZE) 2:55.850

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2016 Event Gold Silver Bronze USA Non-Medal K1W 200m Lisa Carrington Inna Osypenko- 7th in Heat 3 – Maggie (NZL) 39.864 (POL) 40.279 Radomska Hogan 44.668 (AZE) 40.401 K1W 500m Danuta Kozák Emma Jørgensen Lisa Carrington 6th in Heat 3 – Maggie (HUN) 1:52.494 (DEN) 1:54.326 (NZL) 1:54.372 Hogan (USA) 1:58.970 K2W 500m Gabriella Szabó Franziska Weber Karolina Naja Didn’t Qualify Danuta Kozák Tina Dietze Beata Mikołajczyk (HUN) 1:43.687 (GER) 1:43.738 (POL) 1:45.207 K4W 500m Gabriella Szabó Sabrina Hering Marharyta Makhneva Didn’t Qualify Danuta Kozák Franziska Weber Nadzeya Liapeshka Steffi Kriegerstein Volha Khudzenka Krisztina Fazekas Tina Dietze (HUN) 1:34.482 (GER) 1:35.383 (BLR) 1:36.908 C1M 200m Yuriy Cheban Valentin Demyanenk Didn’t Qualify (UKR) 39.279 (AZE) 39.493 (BRA) 39.628 C1M 1000m Sebastian Brendel Isaquias Queiroz Ilia Shtokalov Didn’t Qualify (GER) 3:56.926 (BRA) 3:58.529 (RUS) 4:00.963 C2M 1000m Sebastian Brendel Erlon Silva Dmytro Ianchuk Didn’t Qualify Isaquias Queiroz Taras Mishchuk (GER) 3:43.912 (BRA)3:44.819 (UKR) 3:45.949 K1M 200m Liam Heath Maxime Beaumont Saúl Craviotto (ESP) Didn’t Qualify (GBR) 35.197 (FRA) 35.362 Ronald Rauhe (GER) Tie at 35.662 K1M 1000m Josef Dostál Roman Anoshkin Didn’t Qualify (ESP) 3:31.447 (CZE) 3:32.145 (RUS) 3:33.363 K2M 200m Saúl Craviotto Liam Heath Aurimas Lankas Didn’t Qualify Cristian Toro Jon Schofield Edvinas (ESP) 32.075 (GBR) 32.368 Ramanauskas (LTU) 32.382 K2M 1000m Marko Tomićević Ken Wallace Didn’t Qualify Milenko Zorić Lachlan Tame (GER) 3:10.781 (SRB) 3:10.969 (AUS) 3:12.593 K4M 1000m Max Rendschmidt Denis Myšák Daniel Havel Didn’t Qualify Erik Vlček Lukáš Trefil Max Hoff Juraj Tarr Josef Dostál Marcus Gross Jan Štěrba (GER) 3:02.143 (SVK) 3:05.044 (CZE)3:05.176

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