Canoe Sprint — Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men

Times held 20
Total participants 624
Total countries 59

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1936 Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 24 12
1948 Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 32 16
1952 Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 38 19
1956 Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 30 15
1960 Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 46 23
1964 Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 28 14
1968 Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 34 17
1972 Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 50 25
1976 Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 48 24
1980 Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 32 16
1984 Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 34 17
1988 Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 40 20
1992 Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 54 27
1996 Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 48 24
2000 Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 36 18
2004 Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 32 16
2008 Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 28 14
2012 Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 24 12
2016 Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 24 12
2020 Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 32 14

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1936 AustriaAUT GermanyGER NetherlandsNED
1948 SwedenSWE DenmarkDEN FinlandFIN
1952 FinlandFIN SwedenSWE AustriaAUT
1956 Unified Team of GermanyGER Soviet UnionURS AustriaAUT
1960 SwedenSWE HungaryHUN PolandPOL
1964 SwedenSWE NetherlandsNED Unified Team of GermanyGER
1968 Soviet UnionURS HungaryHUN AustriaAUT
1972 Soviet UnionURS HungaryHUN PolandPOL
1976 Soviet UnionURS East GermanyGDR HungaryHUN
1980 Soviet UnionURS HungaryHUN SpainESP
1984 CanadaCAN FranceFRA AustraliaAUS
1988 United StatesUSA New ZealandNZL AustraliaAUS
1992 GermanyGER SwedenSWE PolandPOL
1996 ItalyITA GermanyGER BulgariaBUL
2000 ItalyITA SwedenSWE HungaryHUN
2004 SwedenSWE ItalyITA NorwayNOR
2008 GermanyGER DenmarkDEN ItalyITA
2012 HungaryHUN PortugalPOR GermanyGER
2016 GermanyGER SerbiaSRB AustraliaAUS
2020 Australia 1AUS GermanyGER Czech RepublicCZE

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Germany GER 4 3 2 9
Sweden SWE 4 3 0 7
Soviet Union URS 4 1 0 5
Italy ITA 2 1 1 4
Hungary HUN 1 4 2 7
Australia AUS 1 0 3 4
Austria AUT 1 0 3 4
Finland FIN 1 0 1 2
Canada CAN 1 0 0 1
United States USA 1 0 0 1
Denmark DEN 0 2 0 2
Netherlands NED 0 1 1 2
East Germany GDR 0 1 0 1
France FRA 0 1 0 1
New Zealand NZL 0 1 0 1
Portugal POR 0 1 0 1
Serbia SRB 0 1 0 1
Poland POL 0 0 3 3
Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1
Czechia CZE 0 0 1 1
Norway NOR 0 0 1 1
Spain ESP 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Antonio Rossi ITA 2 1 0 3
Sven-Olov Sjödelius SWE 2 0 0 2
Kay Bluhm GDR
GER
1 1 0 2
Torsten Gutsche GER 1 1 0 2
Beniamino Bonomi ITA 1 1 0 2
Henrik Nilsson SWE 1 1 0 2
Markus Oscarsson SWE 1 1 0 2

Participation by year

Country # 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Argentina ARG 2 9 h1 r3/4 9 h1 r1/3
Australia AUS 15 7 6 h3 r3/4 8 5 h3 r3/4 4 h2 r3/4 5 h2 r3/4 Bronze Bronze 4 h1 r2/4 7 8 h1 r2/3 4 4 Bronze Gold, 13
Austria AUT 10 Gold 5 h2 r1/2 Bronze Bronze 5 h3 r3/4 DNS Bronze 7 5 h1 r3/4 4 h2 r3/4 4 h2 r3/4
Belarus BLR 1 7
Belgium BEL 16 5 h2 r1/2 6 h2 r1/2 4 h3 r1/2 6 4 h1 r3/4 4 h3 r3/4 7 6 h2 r3/4 6 5 h1 r3/4 9 8 h1 r3/4 6 h2 r2/4 5 4 h1 r2/3 10
Brazil BRA 2 7 h2 r2/4 6 h1 r2/3
Bulgaria BUL 5 4 h1 r2/4 9 9 DNS Bronze 8 h1 r1/3
Canada CAN 15 6 7 6 h3 r1/2 4 h3 r1/2 4 h2 r2/4 4 h2 r3/4 4 h1 r3/4 5 h3 r3/4 8 Gold 5 h2 r3/4 7 h1 r3/4 5 h1 r2/3 12 14
Cuba CUB 4 4 h3 r2/4 6 9 h1 r3/4 9
Czechia CZE 4 7 h1 r3/4 AC h1 r2/3 12 Bronze
Czechoslovakia TCH 8 4 5 5 h1 r1/2 8 6 4 h3 r3/4 4 h1 r3/4 7
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 2 5 h2 r3/4 4 h2 r2/4
Denmark DEN 11 7 Silver 9 5 9 DNS 4 h1 r3/4 6 4 h1 r2/3 6 h1 r2/3 Silver 9
East Germany GDR 5 4 h3 r3/4 4 Silver 5 5
Finland FIN 6 Bronze Gold AC h3 r1/2 6 h1 r3/4 DNS 4 h3 r3/4 6 h1 r2/3
France FRA 14 6 h1 r1/2 7 h2 r1/2 6 5 6 4 DNS Silver AC h1 r3/4 5 h1 r3/4 5 5 6 10 15
Germany GER 13 Silver 4 Gold 8 Bronze Gold Silver 4 6 Gold Bronze Gold Silver
Great Britain GBR 14 7 h1 r1/2 7 h1 r1/2 9 5 h1 r2/4 5 h1 r3/4 5 h2 r3/4 4 h3 r2/4 4 h3 r3/4 4 h1 r3/4 6 h2 r3/4 9 h2 r3/4 9 h2 r3/4 5 h1 r2/3 7
Hong Kong, China HKG 2 5 h3 r2/4 6 h3 r2/4
Hungary HUN 19 6 h2 r1/2 AC r2/2 7 5 h1 r1/2 Silver 5 Silver Silver Bronze Silver 9 6 9 Bronze 9 4 Gold 7 4, 12
Independent Olympic Athletes IOA 1 5 h1 r2/4
Indonesia INA 1 6 h2 r2/4
Ireland IRL 5 4 h1 r2/4 4 h1 r2/4 4 h1 r3/4 5 h3 r2/4 6 h1 r2/4
Israel ISR 1 7 h1 r2/3
Italy ITA 16 6 h1 r1/2 9 6 8 6 h3 r3/4 6 h1 r3/4 9 6 5 h1 r3/4 5 Gold Gold Silver Bronze 6 11
Japan JPN 2 4 h2 r2/4 4 h2 r2/4
Kazakhstan KAZ 3 5 h1 r2/4 11 11
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 1 7 h2 r2/4
Latvia LAT 1 7
Lithuania LTU 2 8 h2 r3/4 5
Luxembourg LUX 3 5 h1 r1/2 6 h2 r1/2 4 h3 r2/4
Mexico MEX 3 5 h2 r2/4 5 h3 r2/4 5 h2 r2/4
Netherlands NED 10 Bronze 6 8 7 Silver 4 4 h2 r2/4 7 5 h2 r3/4 5 h2 r2/4
New Zealand NZL 10 5 h1 r2/4 5 h1 r2/4 8 5 h1 r3/4 Silver 8 8 5 7 5
Norway NOR 10 4 5 4 h2 r3/4 DNS AC h3 r1/4 5 h3 r3/4 5 h3 r3/4 8 6 h1 r3/4 9 Bronze
People's Republic of China CHN 6 4 h1 r2/4 5 h3 r3/4 7 h1 r2/4 AC h1 r2/3 8 8
Poland POL 11 8 h2 r1/2 4 h2 r1/2 Bronze 4 h1 r3/4 Bronze 4 h1 r3/4 4 h2 r2/4 Bronze 4 8 DQ
Portugal POR 5 5 h1 r2/4 8 h2 r3/4 6 h2 r3/4 Silver 4
ROC ROC 1 9
Republic of Korea KOR 2 6 h2 r2/4 AC h4 r1/4
Romania ROU 10 4 5 h1 r3/4 4 6 5 7 4 4 h3 r3/4 6 7 h2 r3/4
Russian Federation RUS 4 7 h2 r3/4 7 5 h1 r2/3 6
Saar SAA 1 4 h2 r1/2
Samoa SAM 1 16
Serbia SRB 1 Silver
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 1 8 h1 r2/3
Slovakia SVK 5 6 h1 r3/4 6 8 8 10
South Africa RSA 1 4 h3 r2/4
Soviet Union URS 9 4 h1 r1/2 Silver 4 7 Gold Gold Gold Gold 4 h2 r3/4
Spain ESP 10 5 h2 r3/4 4 h3 r3/4 5 Bronze 7 5 h2 r2/4 9 8 h1 r3/4 4 h1 r2/3 6
Sweden SWE 18 AC r2/2 Gold Silver 4 h1 r1/2 Gold Gold 5 5 h1 r3/4 4 h2 r3/4 5 h3 r3/4 8 7 Silver 8 Silver Gold AC h1 r1/3 5
Switzerland SUI 5 5 6 h1 r1/2 5 h2 r1/2 5 h2 r2/4 5 h2 r3/4
Unified Team EUN 1 6 h2 r3/4
United States USA 15 5 h1 r1/2 9 h2 r1/2 5 h3 r1/2 5 h2 r1/2 6 h2 r3/4 4 h1 r2/4 4 h2 r2/4 6 h1 r3/4 6 h3 r3/4 4 Gold 4 5 h2 r3/4 9 h2 r1/3 7 h1 r2/3
Uzbekistan UZB 2 8 h1 r2/4 8 h2 r1/3
Venezuela VEN 1 7 h1 r2/3
West Germany FRG 5 9 8 6 h2 r3/4 5 4
Yugoslavia YUG 3 4 h3 r3/4 DNS 4 h2 r3/4 6 h1 r2/4 DNS

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Argentina ARG 1996 Summer Olympics Abelardo Sztrum / Javier Correa 9 h1 r3/4 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Fernando Redondo / Abelardo Sztrum 9 h1 r1/3
Australia AUS 2020 Summer Olympics Jean van der Westhuyzen / Tom Green 1 Gold See all
Austria AUT 1936 Summer Olympics Adi Kainz / Alfons Dorfner 1 Gold See all
Belarus BLR 2020 Summer Olympics Mikita Borykau / Aleh Yurenia 7 See all
Belgium BEL 2004 Summer Olympics Wouter D'Haene / Bob Maesen 5 See all
Brazil BRA 2000 Summer Olympics Guto / Sébastian Cuattrín 6 h1 r2/3 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1996 Summer Olympics Andrian Dushev / Milko Kazanov 3 Bronze See all
Canada CAN 1984 Summer Olympics Hugh Fisher / Alwyn Morris 1 Gold See all
Cuba CUB 1980 Summer Olympics José Marrero / Reynaldo Cunill 6 See all
Czechia CZE 2020 Summer Olympics Josef Dostál / Radek Šlouf 3 Bronze See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1936 Summer Olympics František Brzák / Josef Dusil 4 See all
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 1968 Summer Olympics Paul Gnamia M'Boule / N'Gama 5 h2 r3/4 See all
Denmark DEN 1948 Summer Olympics Ejvind Hansen / Bernhard Jensen 2 Silver See all
2008 Summer Olympics Kim Knudsen / René Poulsen 2 Silver
East Germany GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Bernd Olbricht / Joachim Mattern 2 Silver See all
Finland FIN 1952 Summer Olympics Kurt Wires / Yrjö Hietanen 1 Gold See all
France FRA 1984 Summer Olympics Bernard Brégeon / Patrick Lefoulon 2 Silver See all
Germany GER 1956 Summer Olympics Michel Scheuer / Meinrad Miltenberger 1 Gold See all
1992 Summer Olympics Kay Bluhm / Torsten Gutsche 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Martin Hollstein / Andreas Ihle 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Max Rendschmidt / Marcus Groß 1 Gold
Great Britain GBR 2004 Summer Olympics Ian Wynne / Paul Darby-Dowman 7 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 1976 Summer Olympics Hui Cheong / Ng Hin Wan 5 h3 r2/4 See all
Hungary HUN 2012 Summer Olympics Rudolf Dombi / Roland Kökény 1 Gold See all
Independent Olympic Athletes IOA 1992 Summer Olympics Srđan Marilović / Žarko Vekić 5 h1 r2/4 See all
Indonesia INA 1992 Summer Olympics Abdul Razak / Abdul Karim 6 h2 r2/4 See all
Ireland IRL 1988 Summer Olympics Declan Burns / Peter Connor 4 h1 r3/4 See all
Israel ISR 2000 Summer Olympics Rami Zur / Ro'l Yellin 7 h1 r2/3 See all
Italy ITA 1996 Summer Olympics Antonio Rossi / Daniele Scarpa 1 Gold See all
2000 Summer Olympics Beniamino Bonomi / Antonio Rossi 1 Gold
Japan JPN 1964 Summer Olympics Hideo Kobayashi / Katsufusa Kashimura 4 h2 r2/4 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2012 Summer Olympics Yevgeny Alekseyev / Aleksey Dergunov 11 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Yevgeny Alekseyev / Aleksey Dergunov 11
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 1996 Summer Olympics Andrey Mitkovets / Yury Ulyachenko 7 h2 r2/4 See all
Latvia LAT 2008 Summer Olympics Krists Straume / Kristaps Zaļupe 7 See all
Lithuania LTU 2016 Summer Olympics Ričardas Nekriošius / Andrejus Olijnikas 5 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1948 Summer Olympics René Fonck / Jean Nickels 5 h1 r1/2 See all
Mexico MEX 1968 Summer Olympics Alonso Heinze / Jerónimo Gómez 5 h2 r2/4 See all
Netherlands NED 1964 Summer Olympics Toon Geurts / Paul Hoekstra 2 Silver See all
New Zealand NZL 1988 Summer Olympics Ian Ferguson / Paul MacDonald 2 Silver See all
Norway NOR 2004 Summer Olympics Eirik Verås Larsen / Nils Olav Fjeldheim 3 Bronze See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2008 Summer Olympics Shen Jie / Huang Zhipeng 8 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Wang Congkang / Bu Tingkai 8
Poland POL 1960 Summer Olympics Stefan Kapłaniak / Władysław Zieliński 3 Bronze See all
1972 Summer Olympics Władysław Szuszkiewicz / Rafał Piszcz 3 Bronze
1992 Summer Olympics Grzegorz Kotowicz / Dariusz Białkowski 3 Bronze
Portugal POR 2012 Summer Olympics Fernando Pimenta / Emanuel Silva 2 Silver See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Roman Anoshkin / Maksim Spesivtsev 9 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1988 Summer Olympics Park Cha-Geun / Cheon In-Sik 6 h2 r2/4 See all
Romania ROU 1956 Summer Olympics Mircea Anastasescu / Stavru Teodorof 4 See all
1964 Summer Olympics Haralambie Ivanov / Vasile Nicoară 4
1980 Summer Olympics Alexandru Giura / Nicolae Țicu 4
Russian Federation RUS 2012 Summer Olympics Ilya Medvedev / Anton Ryakhov 6 See all
Saar SAA 1952 Summer Olympics Heinrich Heß / Kurt Zimmer 4 h2 r1/2 See all
Samoa SAM 2020 Summer Olympics Tuva'a Clifton / Rudolf Berking-Williams 16 See all
Serbia SRB 2016 Summer Olympics Marko Tomićević / Milenko Zorić 2 Silver See all
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 2004 Summer Olympics Ognjen Filipović / Dragan Zorić 8 h1 r2/3 See all
Slovakia SVK 2000 Summer Olympics Juraj Bača / Michal Riszdorfer 6 See all
South Africa RSA 1992 Summer Olympics Willem van Riet / Barry Hayward 4 h3 r2/4 See all
Soviet Union URS 1968 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Shaparenko / Vladimir Morozov 1 Gold See all
1972 Summer Olympics Nikolay Gorbachov / Vikt'or K'rat'asiuk'i 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics Vladimir Romanovsky / Sergey Nagorny 1 Gold
1980 Summer Olympics Vladimir Parfenovich / Sergey Chukhray 1 Gold
Spain ESP 1980 Summer Olympics Luis Ramos / Herminio Menéndez 3 Bronze See all
Sweden SWE 1948 Summer Olympics Hans Berglund / Lennart Klingström 1 Gold See all
1960 Summer Olympics Gert Fredriksson / Sven-Olov Sjödelius 1 Gold
1964 Summer Olympics Sven-Olov Sjödelius / Gunnar Utterberg 1 Gold
2004 Summer Olympics Markus Oscarsson / Henrik Nilsson 1 Gold
Switzerland SUI 1936 Summer Olympics Rudolf Vilim / Werner Klingelfuss 5 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Ivan Kireyev / Anatoly Tyurin 6 h2 r3/4 See all
United States USA 1988 Summer Olympics Greg Barton / Norm Bellingham 1 Gold See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2004 Summer Olympics Danila Turchin / Mikhail Tarasov 8 h2 r1/3 See all
Venezuela VEN 2008 Summer Olympics José Ramos / Gabriel Rodríguez 7 h1 r2/3 See all
West Germany FRG 1988 Summer Olympics Niels Ellwanger / Carsten Lömker 4 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1960 Summer Olympics Staniša Radmanović / Radovan Božin 4 h3 r3/4 See all
1968 Summer Olympics Staniša Radmanović / Zlatomir Šuvački 4 h2 r3/4