Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Pictograms for slalom (left) and sprint canoeing (right)
Venue	Hellinikon Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre (slalom) Schinias Rowing and Canoeing Centre (sprint)
Dates	17–28 August 2004

Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre for the sprint events and the Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre at the Helliniko Olympic Complex for the canoe and kayak slalom disciplines. A total of 16 events were contested, 12 sprint events (9 for men and 3 for women) and 4 slalom events (3 for men and 1 for women).

Medal summary

By event

Slalom

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's C-1	Tony Estanguet  Frankreich	Michal Martikán  Slowakei	Stefan Pfannmöller  Deutschland
Men's C-2	Pavol Hochschorner and Peter Hochschorner  Slowakei	Marcus Becker and Stefan Henze  Deutschland	Jaroslav Volf and Ondřej Štěpánek  Tschechische Republik
Men's K-1	Benoît Peschier  Frankreich	Campbell Walsh  Great Britain	Fabien Lefèvre  Frankreich
Women's K-1	Elena Kaliská  Slowakei	Rebecca Giddens  Vereinigte Staaten	Helen Reeves  Great Britain

Sprint

Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 500 metres	Andreas Dittmer  Deutschland	David Cal  Spanien	Maxim Opalev  Russland
C-1 1000 metres	David Cal  Spanien	Andreas Dittmer  Deutschland	Attila Vajda  Ungarn
C-2 500 metres	Meng Guanliang and Yang Wenjun  China	Ibrahim Rojas and Ledis Balceiro  Cuba	Alexander Kostoglod and Aleksandr Kovalyov  Russland
C-2 1000 metres	Christian Gille and Tomasz Wylenzek  Deutschland	Aleksandr Kostoglod and Aleksandr Kovalyov  Russland	György Kozmann and György Kolonics  Ungarn
K-1 500 metres	Adam van Koeverden  Kanada	Nathan Baggaley  Australien	Ian Wynne  Great Britain
K-1 1000 metres	Eirik Verås Larsen  Norwegen	Ben Fouhy  Neuseeland	Adam van Koeverden  Kanada
K-2 500 metres	Ronald Rauhe and Tim Wieskötter  Deutschland	Clint Robinson and Nathan Baggaley  Australien	Raman Piatrushenka and Vadzim Makhneu  Weißrussland
K-2 1000 metres	Markus Oscarsson and Henrik Nilsson  Schweden	Antonio Rossi and Beniamino Bonomi  Italien	Eirik Verås Larsen and Nils Olav Fjeldheim  Norwegen
K-4 1000 metres	Ungarn (HUN) Zoltán Kammerer Botond Storcz Ákos Vereckei Gábor Horváth	Deutschland (GER) Andreas Ihle Mark Zabel Björn Bach Stefan Ulm	Slowakei (SVK) Richard Riszdorfer Michal Riszdorfer Erik Vlček Juraj Bača

Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 metres	Natasa Janics  Ungarn	Josefa Idem Guerrini  Italien	Caroline Brunet  Kanada
K-2 500 metres	Katalin Kovács and Natasa Janics  Ungarn	Birgit Fischer and Carolin Leonhardt  Deutschland	Aneta Pastuszka and Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza  Polen
K-4 500 metres	Deutschland (GER) Birgit Fischer Carolin Leonhardt Maike Nollen Katrin Wagner	Ungarn (HUN) Katalin Kovács Szilvia Szabó Erzsébet Viski Kinga Bóta	Ukraine (UKR) Inna Osypenko Tetyana Semykina Hanna Balabanova Olena Cherevatova

By nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Deutschland (GER)	4	4	1	9
2	Ungarn (HUN)	3	1	2	6
3	Slowakei (SVK)	2	1	1	4
4	Frankreich (FRA)	2	0	1	3
5	Spanien (ESP)	1	1	0	2
6	Kanada (CAN)	1	0	2	3
7	Norwegen (NOR)	1	0	1	2
8	China (CHN)	1	0	0	1
	Schweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
10	Australien (AUS)	0	2	0	2
	Italien (ITA)	0	2	0	2
12	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	2	3
	Russland (RUS)	0	1	2	3
14	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	0	1
	Neuseeland (NZL)	0	1	0	1
	Vereinigte Staaten (USA)	0	1	0	1
17	Weißrussland (BLR)	0	0	1	1
	Tschechische Republik (CZE)	0	0	1	1
	Polen (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		16	16	16	48

References

• 2004 Summer Olympics official report Volume 2. pp. 284–92.

External links

• Official result book – Canoe / Kayak Flatwater Racing
• Official result book – Canoe / Kayak Slalom Racing