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Canoe Sprint at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Dates 23 – 28 August 2004
Medal Events 12

The Olympic canoeing program was standardized in 1992, with no change in the men’s and women’s programs from 1992-2008. There were nine men’s flatwater events (five kayak, four Canadian canoe) and three women’s flatwater kayak events, all considered canoe sprint events.

The top nations in sprint canoeing at Athina were Germany and Hungary, which was fairly standard for this discipline. Germany won seven medals and four gold medals, while Hungary took six medals and three gold medals.

The 2004 flatwater events were held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre. This was constructed in Schinias National Park, just north of the town of Marathon, and was the northernmost venue of the 2004 Olympic Games, save for some of the football matches. The centre was built specifically for the 2004 Olympics but was not actually completed until early in 2004.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 24 – 28 August 2004 28 28
Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 23 – 27 August 2004 25 25
Kayak Doubles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 24 – 28 August 2004 38 19
Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 23 – 27 August 2004 32 16
Kayak Fours, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 23 – 27 August 2004 40 10
Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 24 – 28 August 2004 19 19
Canadian Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 23 – 27 August 2004 19 19
Canadian Doubles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 24 – 28 August 2004 28 14
Canadian Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 23 – 27 August 2004 28 14
Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women Olympic 24 – 28 August 2004 23 23
Kayak Doubles, 500 metres, Women Olympic 24 – 28 August 2004 30 15
Kayak Fours, 500 metres, Women Olympic 23 – 27 August 2004 40 10
244 (169/75) 45 (42/29)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Men Adam Van KoeverdenCAN Nathan BaggaleyAUS Ian WynneGBR
Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Eirik Verås LarsenNOR Ben FouhyNZL Adam Van KoeverdenCAN
Kayak Doubles, 500 metres, Men GermanyGER AustraliaAUS BelarusBLR
Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men SwedenSWE ItalyITA NorwayNOR
Kayak Fours, 1,000 metres, Men HungaryHUN GermanyGER SlovakiaSVK
Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men Andreas DittmerGER David CalESP Maksim OpalevRUS
Canadian Singles, 1,000 metres, Men David CalESP Andreas DittmerGER Attila VajdaHUN
Canadian Doubles, 500 metres, Men People's Republic of ChinaCHN CubaCUB Russian FederationRUS
Canadian Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men GermanyGER Russian FederationRUS HungaryHUN
Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women Natasa JanicsHUN Josefa IdemITA Caroline BrunetCAN
Kayak Doubles, 500 metres, Women HungaryHUN GermanyGER PolandPOL
Kayak Fours, 500 metres, Women GermanyGER HungaryHUN UkraineUKR

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Germany GER 4 3 0 7
Hungary HUN 3 1 2 6
Spain ESP 1 1 0 2
Canada CAN 1 0 2 3
Norway NOR 1 0 1 2
People's Republic of China CHN 1 0 0 1
Sweden SWE 1 0 0 1
Australia AUS 0 2 0 2
Italy ITA 0 2 0 2
Russian Federation RUS 0 1 2 3
Cuba CUB 0 1 0 1
New Zealand NZL 0 1 0 1
Belarus BLR 0 0 1 1
Great Britain GBR 0 0 1 1
Poland POL 0 0 1 1
Slovakia SVK 0 0 1 1
Ukraine UKR 0 0 1 1