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

Times held	9
Total participants	110
Total countries	45

Participants

Year	Event	Status	Participants	NOCs
1976	Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men	Olympic	15	15
1980	Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men	Olympic	11	11
1984	Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men	Olympic	13	13
1988	Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men	Olympic	15	15
1992	Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men	Olympic	19	19
1996	Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men	Olympic	17	17
2000	Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men	Olympic	18	18
2004	Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men	Olympic	19	19
2008	Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men	Olympic	22	22

Medal winners

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1976	Aleksandr Rogov	URS	John Wood	CAN	Matija Ljubek	YUG
1980	Sergey Postrekhin	URS	Lyubomir Lyubenov	BUL	Olaf Heukrodt	GDR
1984	Larry Cain	CAN	Henning Lynge Jakobsen	DEN	Costică Olaru	ROU
1988	Olaf Heukrodt	GDR	Mykhailo Slivinsky	URS	Martin Marinov	BUL
1992	Nikolay Buhalov	BUL	Mykhailo Slivinsky	EUN	Olaf Heukrodt	GER
1996	Martin Doktor	CZE	Slavomír Kňazovický	SVK	Imre Pulai	HUN
2000	György Kolonics	HUN	Maksim Opalev	RUS	Andreas Dittmer	GER
2004	Andreas Dittmer	GER	David Cal	ESP	Maksim Opalev	RUS
2008	Maksim Opalev	RUS	David Cal	ESP	Yuriy Cheban	UKR

Medals by country

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Soviet Union	URS	2	1	0	3
Bulgaria	BUL	1	1	1	3
Russian Federation	RUS	1	1	1	3
Canada	CAN	1	1	0	2
Germany	GER	1	0	2	3
East Germany	GDR	1	0	1	2
Hungary	HUN	1	0	1	2
Czechia	CZE	1	0	0	1
Spain	ESP	0	2	0	2
Denmark	DEN	0	1	0	1
Slovakia	SVK	0	1	0	1
Unified Team	EUN	0	1	0	1
Romania	ROU	0	0	1	1
Ukraine	UKR	0	0	1	1
Yugoslavia	YUG	0	0	1	1

Top medallists

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Maksim Opalev	RUS	1	1	1	3
Olaf Heukrodt	GDR GER	1	0	2	3
Andreas Dittmer	GER	1	0	1	2
Nikolay Buhalov	BUL	1	0	0	1
Larry Cain	CAN	1	0	0	1
Martin Doktor	CZE	1	0	0	1
György Kolonics	HUN	1	0	0	1
Sergey Postrekhin	URS UKR	1	0	0	1
Aleksandr Rogov	RUS URS	1	0	0	1