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Canoe Sprint at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Dates 30 July – 4 August 1996
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 flatwater events were contested at Lake Lanier (formally Lake Sidney Lanier) in Gainesville, Georgia, which also hosted the rowing events in 1996.

As in 1992, Germany was the top nation in sprint canoe, winning four gold medals and six medals in all, although Hungary also won six medals. Czech Republic, Hungary, and Italy won two gold medals. Czech paddler Martin Doktor won two individual gold medals by taking both Canadian singles, over 500 and 1,000 metres.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 31 July – 4 August 1996 26 26
Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 30 July – 3 August 1996 23 23
Kayak Doubles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 31 July – 4 August 1996 46 23
Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 30 July – 3 August 1996 48 24
Kayak Fours, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 30 July – 3 August 1996 64 16
Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 31 July – 4 August 1996 17 17
Canadian Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 30 July – 3 August 1996 18 18
Canadian Doubles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 31 July – 4 August 1996 38 19
Canadian Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 30 July – 3 August 1996 34 17
Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women Olympic 31 July – 4 August 1996 23 23
Kayak Doubles, 500 metres, Women Olympic 31 July – 4 August 1996 40 20
Kayak Fours, 500 metres, Women Olympic 30 July – 3 August 1996 64 16
317 (226/91) 45 (40/26)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Men Antonio RossiITA Knut HolmannNOR Piotr MarkiewiczPOL
Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Knut HolmannNOR Beniamino BonomiITA Clint RobinsonAUS
Kayak Doubles, 500 metres, Men GermanyGER ItalyITA AustraliaAUS
Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men ItalyITA GermanyGER BulgariaBUL
Kayak Fours, 1,000 metres, Men GermanyGER HungaryHUN Russian FederationRUS
Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men Martin DoktorCZE Slavomír KňazovickýSVK Imre PulaiHUN
Canadian Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Martin DoktorCZE Ivans KlementjevsLAT György ZalaHUN
Canadian Doubles, 500 metres, Men HungaryHUN Republic of MoldovaMDA RomaniaROU
Canadian Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men GermanyGER RomaniaROU HungaryHUN
Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women Rita KőbánHUN Caroline BrunetCAN Josefa IdemITA
Kayak Doubles, 500 metres, Women SwedenSWE GermanyGER AustraliaAUS
Kayak Fours, 500 metres, Women GermanyGER SwitzerlandSUI SwedenSWE

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Germany GER 4 2 0 6
Italy ITA 2 2 1 5
Hungary HUN 2 1 3 6
Czechia CZE 2 0 0 2
Norway NOR 1 1 0 2
Sweden SWE 1 0 1 2
Romania ROU 0 1 1 2
Canada CAN 0 1 0 1
Latvia LAT 0 1 0 1
Republic of Moldova MDA 0 1 0 1
Slovakia SVK 0 1 0 1
Switzerland SUI 0 1 0 1
Australia AUS 0 0 3 3
Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1
Poland POL 0 0 1 1
Russian Federation RUS 0 0 1 1