Canoe Sprint — Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Men (discontinued)

Times held 9
Total participants 163
Total countries 61

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1976 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 18 18
1980 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 17 17
1984 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 19 19
1988 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 18 18
1992 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 28 28
1996 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 26 26
2000 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 31 31
2004 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 28 28
2008 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 29 29

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1976 Vasile DîbaROU Zoltán SztanityHUN Rüdiger HelmGDR
1980 Vladimir ParfenovichURS John SumegiAUS Vasile DîbaROU
1984 Ian FergusonNZL Lars-Erik MobergSWE Bernard BrégeonFRA
1988 Zsolt GyulayHUN Andreas StähleGDR Paul MacDonaldNZL
1992 Mikko KolehmainenFIN Zsolt GyulayHUN Knut HolmannNOR
1996 Antonio RossiITA Knut HolmannNOR Piotr MarkiewiczPOL
2000 Knut HolmannNOR Petar MerkovBUL Michael KolganovISR
2004 Adam Van KoeverdenCAN Nathan BaggaleyAUS Ian WynneGBR
2008 Ken WallaceAUS Adam Van KoeverdenCAN Tim BrabantsGBR

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Australia AUS 1 2 0 3
Hungary HUN 1 2 0 3
Norway NOR 1 1 1 3
Canada CAN 1 1 0 2
New Zealand NZL 1 0 1 2
Romania ROU 1 0 1 2
Finland FIN 1 0 0 1
Italy ITA 1 0 0 1
Soviet Union URS 1 0 0 1
East Germany GDR 0 1 1 2
Bulgaria BUL 0 1 0 1
Sweden SWE 0 1 0 1
Great Britain GBR 0 0 2 2
France FRA 0 0 1 1
Israel ISR 0 0 1 1
Poland POL 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Knut Holmann NOR 1 1 1 3
Zsolt Gyulay HUN 1 1 0 2
Adam Van Koeverden CAN 1 1 0 2
Vasile Dîba ROU 1 0 1 2
Mikko Kolehmainen FIN 1 0 0 1
Antonio Rossi ITA 1 0 0 1
Ian Ferguson NZL 1 0 0 1
Vladimir Parfenovich BLR
URS
1 0 0 1
Ken Wallace AUS 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Argentina ARG 2004 Summer Olympics Javier Correa 8 See all
Armenia ARM 2000 Summer Olympics Vladimir Grushikhin AC h2 r2/3 See all
Australia AUS 2008 Summer Olympics Ken Wallace 1 Gold See all
Austria AUT 1980 Summer Olympics Wolfgang Hartl DNS See all
Belarus BLR 1996 Summer Olympics Siarhei Kalesnik 8 h1 r3/4 See all
Belgium BEL 1976 Summer Olympics Gaëtan Frys 4 h3 r3/4 See all
Brazil BRA 1996 Summer Olympics Sébastian Cuattrín 9 h1 r3/4 See all
Bulgaria BUL 2000 Summer Olympics Petar Merkov 2 Silver See all
Canada CAN 2004 Summer Olympics Adam Van Koeverden 1 Gold See all
Croatia CRO 2008 Summer Olympics Stjepan Janić 9 See all
Cuba CUB 1992 Summer Olympics Ángel Pérez 8 h2 r3/4 See all
Czechia CZE 2000 Summer Olympics Pavel Hottmar 5 h1 r2/3 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1988 Summer Olympics Attila Szabó 6 See all
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 1984 Summer Olympics N'Gama 5 h1 r2/4 See all
Denmark DEN 2008 Summer Olympics Kasper Bleibach 6 h3 r2/3 See all
East Germany GDR 1988 Summer Olympics Andreas Stähle 2 Silver See all
Estonia EST 1996 Summer Olympics Hain Helde 5 h1 r2/4 See all
Finland FIN 1992 Summer Olympics Mikko Kolehmainen 1 Gold See all
France FRA 1984 Summer Olympics Bernard Brégeon 3 Bronze See all
Germany GER 1996 Summer Olympics Lutz Liwowski 5 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Lutz Liwowski 5
Great Britain GBR 2004 Summer Olympics Ian Wynne 3 Bronze See all
2008 Summer Olympics Tim Brabants 3 Bronze
Greece GRE 2004 Summer Olympics Apostolos Papandreou 9 h3 r2/3 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 1988 Summer Olympics Tang Kwok Cheung 5 h2 r3/4 See all
Hungary HUN 1988 Summer Olympics Zsolt Gyulay 1 Gold See all
Independent Olympic Athletes IOA 1992 Summer Olympics Žarko Vekić 6 h1 r2/4 See all
Indonesia INA 1992 Summer Olympics Anisi 7 h2 r2/4 See all
Ireland IRL 1980 Summer Olympics Declan Burns 4 h2 r2/4 See all
1984 Summer Olympics Ian Pringle 6 h2 r3/4
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2000 Summer Olympics Nader Eivazi Khiarak 8 h3 r1/3 See all
Israel ISR 2000 Summer Olympics Michael Kolganov 3 Bronze See all
Italy ITA 1996 Summer Olympics Antonio Rossi 1 Gold See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2008 Summer Olympics Dmitry Torlopov 7 h3 r2/3 See all
Lithuania LTU 2000 Summer Olympics Alvydas Duonėla 7 See all
Mexico MEX 2008 Summer Olympics Manuel Cortina 7 h1 r2/3 See all
Myanmar MYA 2008 Summer Olympics Phone Myint Tayzar 8 h3 r2/3 See all
Netherlands NED 1980 Summer Olympics Jan Baaijens 5 h3 r3/4 See all
New Zealand NZL 1984 Summer Olympics Ian Ferguson 1 Gold See all
Norway NOR 2000 Summer Olympics Knut Holmann 1 Gold See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2004 Summer Olympics Liu Haitao 8 h3 r2/3 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Pan Yao 8 h2 r2/3
Poland POL 1996 Summer Olympics Piotr Markiewicz 3 Bronze See all
Portugal POR 2008 Summer Olympics Emanuel Silva 5 h1 r2/3 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1988 Summer Olympics Cheon In-Sik 5 h3 r3/4 See all
Romania ROU 1976 Summer Olympics Vasile Dîba 1 Gold See all
Russian Federation RUS 2008 Summer Olympics Anton Ryakhov 5 See all
Samoa SAM 2008 Summer Olympics Rudolf Berking-Williams DNS h2 r2/3 See all
Senegal SEN 2008 Summer Olympics Assane Fall 9 h1 r2/3 See all
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 2000 Summer Olympics Ognjen Filipović 7 h2 r2/3 See all
Seychelles SEY 2004 Summer Olympics Tony Lespoir 9 h2 r2/3 See all
Slovakia SVK 1996 Summer Olympics Róbert Erban 8 See all
South Africa RSA 2000 Summer Olympics Alan van Coller 8 See all
Soviet Union URS 1980 Summer Olympics Vladimir Parfenovich 1 Gold See all
Spain ESP 1976 Summer Olympics Herminio Menéndez 4 See all
Sweden SWE 1984 Summer Olympics Lars-Erik Moberg 2 Silver See all
Switzerland SUI 1992 Summer Olympics Roberto Liberato 6 See all
São Tomé and Príncipe STP 2008 Summer Olympics Alcino Silva 9 h3 r2/3 See all
Ukraine UKR 1996 Summer Olympics Vladyslav Tereshchenko 6 h2 r3/4 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Siarhei Kalesnik 5 See all
United States USA 1988 Summer Olympics Mike Herbert 4 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Norm Bellingham 4
Uruguay URU 1992 Summer Olympics Enrique Leite 6 h2 r2/4 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2004 Summer Olympics Anton Ryakhov 5 h1 r2/3 See all
West Germany FRG 1984 Summer Olympics Reiner Scholl 8 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Dirk Joestel 8
Yugoslavia YUG 1980 Summer Olympics Milan Janić 4 See all