Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested. The program was unchanged from the previous Games in 1964. Lake Xochimilco was where the events took place.

Canoeing
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
No. of events7
← 1964
1972 →
Erik Hansen at the 1968 Olympics
Erik Hansen at the 1968 Olympics

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Hungary (HUN)2316
2  Soviet Union (URS)2136
3  West Germany (FRG)1203
4  Romania (ROU)1113
5  Norway (NOR)1001
6  Austria (AUT)0011
  Denmark (DEN)0011
Totals (7 entries)77721

Medal summary

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Men's events

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
C-1 1000 metres
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Tibor Tatai
  Hungary
Detlef Lewe
  West Germany
Vitaly Galkov
  Soviet Union
C-2 1000 metres
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  Ivan Patzaichin
and Serghei Covaliov (ROU)
  Tamás Wichmann
and Gyula Petrikovics (HUN)
  Naum Prokupets
and Mikhail Zamotin (URS)
K-1 1000 metres
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Mihály Hesz
  Hungary
Aleksandr Shaparenko
  Soviet Union
Erik Hansen
  Denmark
K-2 1000 metres
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  Aleksandr Shaparenko
and Vladimir Morozov (URS)
  Csaba Giczy
and István Timár (HUN)
  Gerhard Siebold
and Günther Pfaff (AUT)
K-4 1000 metres
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  Norway (NOR)
Steinar Amundsen
Tore Berger
Egil Søby
Jan Johansen
  Romania (ROU)
Anton Calenic
Haralambie Ivanov
Dimitrie Ivanov
Mihai Țurcaș
  Hungary (HUN)
Csaba Giczy
Imre Szöllősi
István Timár
István Csizmadia

Women's events

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
K-1 500 metres
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Lyudmila Pinayeva
  Soviet Union
Renate Breuer
  West Germany
Viorica Dumitru
  Romania
K-2 500 metres
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  Annemarie Zimmermann
and Roswitha Esser (FRG)
  Anna Pfeffer
and Katalin Rozsnyói (HUN)
  Lyudmila Pinayeva
and Antonina Seredina (URS)

References

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  • 1968 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3, Part 2. pp. 614–21. (in English and French)
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-20.