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Canoeing

Facts

Disciplines	Canoe Slalom, Canoe Sprint
Participants	3575
NOCs	107
Competitions held	258
Distinct events	47
IF	International Canoe Federation

Description

All-time medal table

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Germany	GER	40	26	28	94
Soviet Union	URS	29	13	9	51
Hungary	HUN	28	35	30	93
Sweden	SWE	15	11	4	30
East Germany	GDR	14	7	9	30
New Zealand	NZL	14	3	2	19
Romania	ROU	10	10	14	34
France	FRA	9	11	19	39
Australia	AUS	8	9	15	32
Slovakia	SVK	8	7	6	21
Italy	ITA	7	8	4	19
Czechia	CZE	7	6	6	19
Czechoslovakia	TCH	7	4	1	12
United States	USA	6	6	7	19
Norway	NOR	6	4	4	14
Canada	CAN	5	11	12	28
Great Britain	GBR	5	10	8	23
Spain	ESP	5	10	8	23
Finland	FIN	5	2	3	10
People's Republic of China	CHN	5	2	0	7
Bulgaria	BUL	4	5	8	17
Denmark	DEN	3	6	8	17
Austria	AUT	3	5	6	14
Ukraine	UKR	3	4	4	11
West Germany	FRG	2	6	3	11
Russian Federation	RUS	2	4	7	13
Belarus	BLR	2	3	4	9
Yugoslavia	YUG	2	2	1	5
Brazil	BRA	1	3	1	5
Cuba	CUB	1	3	1	5
Slovenia	SLO	1	2	0	3
Unified Team	EUN	1	1	0	2
Poland	POL	0	9	14	23
Netherlands	NED	0	3	5	8
Latvia	LAT	0	2	0	2
Republic of Moldova	MDA	0	1	2	3
Azerbaijan	AZE	0	1	1	2
Portugal	POR	0	1	1	2
Serbia	SRB	0	1	0	1
Switzerland	SUI	0	1	0	1
Israel	ISR	0	0	1	1
Japan	JPN	0	0	1	1
Lithuania	LTU	0	0	1	1
South Africa	RSA	0	0	1	1
Togo	TOG	0	0	1	1

Most successful competitors

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Birgit Fischer-Schmidt	GDR GER	8	4	0	12
Lisa Carrington	NZL	8	0	1	9
Gert Fredriksson	SWE	6	1	1	8
Danuta Kozák	HUN	6	1	1	8
Ivan Patzaichin	ROU	4	3	0	7
Katrin Wagner-Augustin	GER	4	1	1	6
Ian Ferguson	NZL	4	1	0	5
Max Rendschmidt	GER	4	0	0	4
Katalin Kovács	HUN	3	5	0	8
Agneta Andersson	SWE	3	2	2	7

Event types

Discipline	Name	Gender	Still contested?	Times held?
Canoe Slalom	Kayak Cross (KX), Slalom	Men		1
Canoe Slalom	Kayak Singles (K1), Slalom	Men		10
Canoe Slalom	Canoe Singles (C1), Slalom	Men		10
Canoe Slalom	Kayak Singles (K1), Slalom	Women		10
Canoe Slalom	Canoe Singles (C1), Slalom	Women		2
Canoe Slalom	Kayak Cross (KX), Slalom	Women		1
Canoe Slalom	Canoe Doubles (C2), Slalom	Men		8
Canoe Sprint	Kayak Singles (K1), 1,000 metres	Men		21
Canoe Sprint	Kayak Doubles (K2), 500 metres	Men		10
Canoe Sprint	Kayak Fours (K4), 500 metres	Men		2
Canoe Sprint	Canoe Singles (C1), 1,000 metres	Men		21
Canoe Sprint	Canoe Doubles (C2), 500 metres	Men		10
Canoe Sprint	Kayak Singles (K1), 500 metres	Women		20
Canoe Sprint	Kayak Doubles (K2), 500 metres	Women		17
Canoe Sprint	Kayak Fours (K4), 500 metres	Women		11
Canoe Sprint	Canoe Singles (C1), 200 metres	Women		2
Canoe Sprint	Canoe Doubles (C2), 500 metres	Women		2
Canoe Sprint	Kayak Singles (K1), Head-to-Head	Boys		3
Canoe Sprint	Kayak Singles (K1), Obstacle Slalom	Boys		3
Canoe Sprint	Canoe Singles (C1), Head-to-Head	Boys		3
Canoe Sprint	Canoe Singles (C1), Obstacle Slalom	Boys		3
Canoe Sprint	Kayak Singles (K1), Obstacle Slalom	Girls		3
Canoe Sprint	Kayak Singles (K1), Head-to-Head	Girls		3
Canoe Sprint	Canoe Singles (C1), Head-to-Head	Girls		2
Canoe Sprint	Canoe Singles (C1), Obstacle Slalom	Girls		2
Canoe Sprint	Kayak Singles (K1), 200 metres	Men		3
Canoe Sprint	Kayak Singles (K1), 500 metres	Men		9
Canoe Sprint	Kayak Singles (K1), 10,000 metres	Men		4
Canoe Sprint	Kayak Doubles (K2), 200 metres	Men		2
Canoe Sprint	Kayak Doubles (K2), 1,000 metres	Men		20
Canoe Sprint	Kayak Doubles (K2), 10,000 metres	Men		4
Canoe Sprint	Kayak Fours (K4), 1,000 metres	Men		14
Canoe Sprint	Kayak Relay (K×4), 4 × 500 metres	Men		1
Canoe Sprint	Canoe Singles (C1), 200 metres	Men		2
Canoe Sprint	Canoe Singles (C1), 500 metres	Men		9
Canoe Sprint	Canoe Singles (C1), 10,000 metres	Men		3
Canoe Sprint	Canoe Doubles (C2), 1,000 metres	Men		20
Canoe Sprint	Canoe Doubles (C2), 10,000 metres	Men		4
Canoe Sprint	Folding Kayak Singles (FK1), 10,000 metres	Men		1
Canoe Sprint	Folding Kayak Doubles (FK2), 10,000 metres	Men		1
Canoe Sprint	Kayak Singles (K1), 800 metres	Men		1
Canoe Sprint	Kayak Doubles (K2), 800 metres	Men		1
Canoe Sprint	Kayak Fours (K4), 800 metres	Men		1
Canoe Sprint	Canoe Singles (C1), 800 metres	Men		1
Canoe Sprint	Canoe Doubles (C2), 800 metres	Men		1
Canoe Sprint	Canoe Fours (C4), 800 metres	Men		1
Canoe Sprint	Kayak Singles (K1), 200 metres	Women		3