CANOEING AT OLYMPIC GAMES 1924 1936 – 2008 1 C A N O E I N G AT THE 1976 SUMMER OLYMPICS The 1976 Summer Olympics officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad were held July 17 to August 1, 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and Los Angeles, which later hosted the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympic Games respectively. These were the first Olympic Games held in Canada, preceding the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. One blank vote was cast in the second and final round. One factor favoring Montreal was that the IOC did not want the Summer Games hosted in a superpower for fears of political backlash, which would be proven later on in the Olympic boycotts of 1980 and 1984. There were: 92 NOC’s; 6 028 athletes (1247 women and 4781 men); 198 events in 21 sports. LOGO POSTER It is made up of the Olympic rings The Games Organising Committee made mounted on an Olympic podium, which is also two main series of posters. The first illustrated the graphic interpretation of the letter M, the eight key themes: the emblem of the initial of Montreal. In the centre, the athletics International Olympic Committee (here): track, the focal point of the Games. This entitled “The Invitation” and representing the emblem invokes the universal fraternity five rings reflected symbolically by successive offered by the Olympic Ideal, as well as the waves, thus inviting the athletes from all the glory of the winners, the gallant spirit of their continents to the 1976 Olympic Games; the battles and the accession of Montreal to the emblem of the Organising Committee, rank of Olympic city. Kingston 1976, Olympia and the Olympic torch carrier, Montreal and Antiquity, the Olympic Stadium, the international youth camp, the mascot. The second series illustrates sports. 2 MEDAL On the obverse, the design of Guiseppe Cassioli, created for the Amsterdam Games in 1928. The principal symbols are Victory, Fraternity and Universality. The reverse was designed as intentionally bare. It comprises a stylized laurel crown, symbol of victory since the Games of Antiquity, and the emblem of the Montreal Games. MASCOT Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada consisted of 11 events, all in canoe sprint, held at the rowing basin on Île Notre-Dame. The canoe slalom events introduced at the previous Games in Munich were not included in the Montreal program though four 500 m events for men were (C-1, C-2, K-1 and K-2). OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS WOMEN 1948-1976 Kayak-1, 500 m 1948 London Hoff, Karen DEN 2:31.9 1952 Helsinki Saimo, Sylvi FIN 2:18.4 1956 Melbourne Dementyeva, Yelisaveta USSR 2:18.9 1960 Rome Seredina, Antonia USSR 2:08.1 1964 Tokyo Khvedosyuk, Ljudmila USSR 2:12.9 1968 Mexico Pinayeva, Ludmila USSR 2:11.1 1972 Munich Ryabchinskaya, Yulia USSR 2:03.2 1976 Montréal Zirzow, Carola GDR 2:01.05 Kayak-2, 500 m 1960 Rome Shubina, Maria; Seredina, Antonia USSR 1:54.8 1964 Tokyo Esser, Roswitha; Zimmermann, Annemarie GER (EUA) 1:57.0 1968 Mexico Esser, Roswitha; Zimmermann, Annemarie FRG 1:56.4 1972 Munich Pinayeva, Ludmila; Kuryshko, Ekaterina USSR 1:53.5 1976 Montréal Gopova, Nina; Kreft, Galina USSR 1:51.15 MEN 1936-1976 Kayak-1, 500 m 1976 Montréal Diba, Vasile ROU 1:46.41 Kayak-2, 500 m 1976 Montréal Mattem, Joachim; Olbricht, Bernd GDR 1:35.8 Canadian-1, 500 m 1976 Montréal Rogov, Aleksandr USSR 1:59.23 Canadian-2, 500 m 1976 Montréal Petrenko, Serhei; Vinogradov, Aleksandr USSR 1:45.81 3 Kayak-1, 1000 m 1936 Berlin Hradetzky, Gregor AUT 4:22.9 1948 London Fredriksson, Gert SWE 4:33.2 1952 Helsinki Fredriksson, Gert SWE 4:07.9 1956 Melbourne Fredriksson, Gert SWE 4:12.8 1960 Rome Hansen, Erik DEN 3:53.0 1964 Tokyo Peterson, Rolf SWE 3:57.1 1968 Mexico Hesz, Mihaly HUN 4:02.6 1972 Munich Shaparenko, Aleksandr USSR 3:48.0 1976 Montréal Helm, Rüdiger GDR 3:48.20 Kayak-2, 1000 m 1936 Berlin Kainz, Adolf; Dorfner, Alfons AUT 4:03.8 1948 London Berglund, Hans; Klingstrom, Lennart SWE 4:07.3 1952 Helsinki Wires, Kurt; Hietanen, Yrjo FIN 3:51.1 1956 Melbourne Scheuer, Michael; Miltenberger, Meinrad GER (EUA) 3:49.6 1960 Rome Fredriksson, Gert; Sjodelius, Sven Olof SWE 3:34.7 1964 Tokyo Sjodelius, Sven Olof; Utterberg, Gunnar SWE 3:38.54 1968 Mexico Shaparenko, Aleksander; Morozov, Volodymyr USSR 3:37.54 1972 Munich Gorbachev, Nikolai; Kratassyuk, Viktor USSR 3:30.7 1976 Montréal Nahorny, Serhei; Romanovsky, Vladimir USSR 3:29.01 Kayak-4, 1000 m 1964 Tokyo Chuzhikov, Nikolai Grishin, Anatoli USSR 3:14.7 Jonov, Vyacheslav Morozov, Volodymyr 1968 Mexico Amundsen, Steinar Soby, Egil NOR 3:14.4 Berger, Tore Johansen, Jan 1972 Munich Filatov, Yuri Stezenko, Yuri USSR 3:14.0 Morozov, Volodymyr Didenko, Valeri 1976 Montréal Chukhray, Sergei Degtyarev, Aleksandr USSR 3:08.69 Filatov, Yuri Morozov, Vladimir Canadian-1, 1000 m 1936 Berlin Amyot, Francis CAN 5:32.1 1948 London Holecek, Josef TCH 5:42.0 1952 Helsinki Holecek, Josef TCH 4:56.3 1956 Melbourne Rotman, Leon ROU 5:05.3 1960 Rome Parti, Janos HUN 4:33.9 1964 Tokyo Eschert, Jurgen GER (EUA) 4:35.1 1968 Mexico Tatai, Tibor HUN 4:36.1 1972 Munich Patzaichin, Ivan ROU 4:08.9 1976 Montréal Ljubek, Matija YUG 4:09.51 Canadian-2, 1000 m 1936 Berlin Syrovatka, Wladimir; Brzak, Jan TCH 4:50.1 1948 London Brzak, Jan; Kudrna, Bohumil TCH 5:07.1 1952 Helsinki Rasch, Bent; Haunstoft, Finn DEN 4:38.3 1956 Melbourne Dumitru, Alexe; Ismailciuc, Simion ROU 4:47.4 1960 Rome Geishtor, Leonid; Makarenko, Sergei USSR 4:17.0 1964 Tokyo Khimich, Andrei; Oshchepkov, Stepan USSR 4:04.7 1968 Mexico Patzaichin, Ivan; Covaliov, Sergei ROU 4:07.2 1972 Munich Chessyunas, Vladas; Lobanov, Yuri USSR 3:52.6 1976 Montréal Petrenko, Serhei; Vinogradov, Aleksandr USSR 3:52.76 4 INTERNATIONAL CANOE FEDERATION President and Tech nical Del egate Chief of Officials and Tech nical Del egate De Coquereaumont, Charles (FRA ) Navasart, Nicolae (RO U) 1st Vice -president Competition Committee Bonn, Otto (HUN ) Deakin, Tom (CAN ) Dientsmann, Tom (CAN ) 2nd Vice -president Knight, Ray (CAN ) Maassen, Peter (FRG) Competition Secretary Secretary General Ross, Robert (CAN ) Orsi, Sergio (ITA ) Medical Committee Jury Dr Burger, Horst ( GDR ) Dudderidge, John (GBR ) Lukatin, Viktor (USS R) Information Officer Simon, Wilfred (CAN ) Vesper, Hans (FRG) Stock, Pablo (MEX ) Weiskopf, Joachim (GDR ) INTERNATIONAL OFFICIALS Chief Finish Line Judge Course Judges Sleeth, R.M. (CAN ) Bennback, Lars (SUI ) Finish Judges Bohnert, Eckardt (GDR ) Lane, Kenneth (CAN ) Falkner, Alfred (AUT ) Lempert, Werner (GDR ) Jones, R. (GBR ) Moir, Mike (CAN ) Mathews, Bert (CAN ) Raub, Maximilian (AUT ) Mc Kee, William (CAN ) Rohrbach, Guenter (FRG) Radulovic Ciric, Velimir (USA ) Serednicki, Edward (POL ) Smith, James (CAN ) Silaev, Vladimir (USS R) Veljic, Caslav (YUG ) Turcot, Jacques (CAN ) Woivalin, Erkic (FIN ) Whitebrook, Frank (AUS ) Starters Chief Timer Bredowskis, Atis (CAN ) Strange, Bob (CAN ) Gilmore, Grant (CAN ) Krasnopevisev, Georgij (USS R) Judges, 15 metres Mc Cabe, Peter (CAN ) Bilan, Stipo (YUG ) Regurira, Jacinto (ESP ) Jordans, Arthur (CAN ) Tomiuc, Oto (RO U) Powell, George (CAN ) Boat measurers Adams, Glen (CAN ) Bertrand, Raymond (CAN ) Bravo, Hernandez (ESP ) Drexler, Ernet (AUT ) Kuzmin, Anatolij (USS R) Nadeau, Yves (CAN ) 5 Superior style and strength is demonstrated by Carola ZIRZOW (GDR) during her gold- medal performance in the kayak singles. After the presentation of medals, the top three competitors in the women's kayak singles parade along the course in order of finish. 6 WOMEN Kayak-1, 500 m ELIMINATIONS – July 28th ELIMINATION 1 Place Country Name Time 1 POL 36 Kaminska, Ewa 2:12.38 2 GDR 24 Zirzow, Carola 2:12.54 3 HUN 31 Rajnai, Klara 2:14.90 4 RO U 40 Mihoreanu, Maria 2:15.00 5 TCH 44 Hajna, Anastazie 2:16.43 6 BEL 5 Vernaillen, Brigitte 2:21.21 7 SWE 43 Skogh, Marita 2:22.14 8 FRA 14 Bonetat, Françoise 2:22.38 ELIMINATION 2 Place Country Name Time 1 USSR 47 Korshunova, Tatiana 2:11.58 2 USA 52 Leach, Julie 2:13.00 3 FRG 27 Peppinhege, Irene 2:13.90 4 BUL 7 Gheorghieva, Roza 2:14.23 5 GBR 17 Burnett, Sheila 2:17.07 6 DEN 54 Olsen, Kate 2:18.26 7 CAN 11 Holloway, Susan 2:18.86 REPECHAGES – July 28th REPECHAGE 1 Place Country Name Time 1 RO U 40 Mihoreanu, Maria 2:06.60 2 GBR 17 Burnett, Sheila 2:10.59 3 CAN 11 Holloway, Suzan 2:11.39 4 FRA 14 Bonetat, Françoise 2:11.61 5 BEL 5 Vernaillen, Brigitte 2:15.72 REPECHAGE 2 Place Country Name Time 1 TCH 44 Hajna, Anastazie 2:10.22 2 BUL 7 Gheorghieva, Roza 2:10.57 3 DEN 54 Olsen, Kate 2:13.10 4 SWE 43 Skogh, Marita 2:14.60 SEMI-FINALS – July 30th SEMI-FINAL 1 Place Country Name Time 1 POL 36 Kaminska, Ewa 2:08.48 2 TCH 44 Hajna, Anastazie 2:10.31 3 FRG 27 Peppinhege, Irene 2:11.45 4 CAN 11 Holloway, Susan 2:13.23 SEMI-FINAL 2 Place Country Name Time 1 USSR 47 Korshunova, Tatiana 2:07.90 2 HUN 31 Rajnai, Klara 2:09.39 3 BUL 7 Gheorghieva, Roza 2:10.51 4 GBR 17 Burnett, Sheila 2:12.07 7 SEMI-FINAL 3 Place Country Name Time 1 GDR 24 Zirzow, Carola 2:04.21 2 RO U 40 Mihoreanu, Maria 2:05.72 3 USA 52 Leach, Julie 2:09.44 4 DEN 54 Olsen, Kate 2:12.71 FINAL – July 30th Place Country Name Time 1 GDR 24 Zirzow, Carola 2:01.05 2 USSR 47 Korshunova, Tatiana 2:03:07 3 HUN 31 Rajnai, Klara 2:05.01 4 POL 36 Kaminska, Ewa 2:05.16 5 RO U 40 Mihoreanu, Maria 2:05.40 6 TCH 44 Hajna, Anastazie 2:06.72 7 USA 52 Leach, Julie 2:06.92 8 FRG 27 Peppinhege, Irene 2:07.80 9 BUL 7 Gheorghieva, Roza 2:08.54 The medal presentation for the women's kayak singles shows winner Carola ZIRZOW (GDR) flanked by Tatiana KORSHUNOVA (USSR) and Klara RAJNAI (HUN) silver and bronze medalists respectively.