Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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Canoeing
Canoeing
Canoeing is an outdoor activity that involves a special kind of canoe.Open canoes may be 'poled' , sailed, 'lined and tracked' or even 'gunnel-bobbed'....

 at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

was held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre
Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre
The Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre was built to host the rowing and canoe sprint events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece....

 for the sprint
Canoe racing
This article discusses canoe sprint and canoe marathon, competitive forms of canoeing and kayaking on more or less flat water. Both sports are governed by the International Canoe Federation ....

 events and the Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre at the Helliniko Olympic Complex
Helliniko Olympic Complex
The Helliniko Olympic Complex is situated at Ellinikon on the east coast of Greece south of Athens, approximately 16 kilometres from the Olympic Village. It was built on the site of the former Ellinikon International Airport for the staging of the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Paralympics...

 for the canoe
Canoe
A canoe or Canadian canoe is a small narrow boat, typically human-powered, though it may also be powered by sails or small electric or gas motors. Canoes are usually pointed at both bow and stern and are normally open on top, but can be decked over A canoe (North American English) or Canadian...

 and kayak
Kayak
A kayak is a small, relatively narrow, human-powered boat primarily designed to be manually propelled by means of a double blade paddle.The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each seating one paddler...

 slalom
Slalom canoeing
Whitewater Slalom is a competitive sport where the aim is to navigate a decked canoe or kayak through a course of hanging gates on river rapids in the fastest time possible. It is one of the two kayak and canoeing disciplines at the Summer Olympics, and is referred to by the International Olympic...

 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).

Slalom

Men's C-1
Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's slalom C-1
These are the results of the men's C-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The C-1 event is raced by one-man canoes through a whitewater course...

Men's C-2
Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's slalom C-2
These are the results of the men's C-2 slalom competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The C-2 event is raced by two-man canoes through a whitewater course...

Men's K-1
Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's slalom K-1
These are the results of the men's K-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by one-man kayaks through a whitewater course...

Women's K-1
Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's slalom K-1
These are the results of the women's K-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by one-man kayaks through a whitewater course...


Sprint

Men
C-1 500 metres
Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's C-1 500 metres
These are the results of the men's C-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The C-1 event is raced by single-man sprint canoes.-Medalists:-Heats:...

C-1 1000 metres
Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's C-1 1000 metres
These are the results of the men's C-1 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The C-1 event is raced by single-man sprint canoes.-Medalists:-Heats:...

C-2 500 metres
Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's C-2 500 metres
These are the results of the men's C-2 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The C-2 event is raced by two-man sprint canoes.-Medalists:-Heats:The 14 teams first raced in two heats on August 24...


Meng Guanliang
Meng Guanliang
Meng Guanliang is a Chinese flatwater canoer who has competed since 1998. Participating in two Summer Olympics, he won the Canadian canoe C-2 500 m gold medal both in 2004 and 2008.Meng became Chinese champion for the first time at the age of twenty...


Yang Wenjun
Yang Wenjun
Yang Wenjun is a Chinese sprint canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. Participating in two Summer Olympics, he won two C-2 500 m gold medals Meng Guanliang, earning them in 2004 and 2008....


Ibrahim Rojas
Ibrahim Rojas
Ibrahim Rojas Blanco is a Cuban sprint canoer who competed from the late 1990s to the mid 2000s....


Ledis Balceiro
Ledis Balceiro
Ledis Frank Balceiro Pajon is a Cuban sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s....


Alexander Kostoglod
Alexander Kostoglod
Aleksandr Viktorovich Kostoglod is a Soviet-born, Russian sprint canoer who has competed since the early 1990s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won three medals with two silvers and one bronze...


Aleksandr Kovalyov
C-2 1000 metres
Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's C-2 1000 metres
These are the results of the men's C-2 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The C-2 event is raced by two-man sprint canoes.-Medalists:-Heats:...


Christian Gille
Christian Gille
Christian Gille is a German flatwater canoer who has competed since the mid 1990s.A junior world champion in 1993, he won two senior world championship gold medals with Thomas Zereske in the C-2 200 m sprint in 1997 and 1998...


Tomasz Wylenzek
Tomasz Wylenzek
Tomasz Wylenzek is a German sprint canoer who has competed since the early 2000s....


Alexander Kostoglod
Alexander Kostoglod
Aleksandr Viktorovich Kostoglod is a Soviet-born, Russian sprint canoer who has competed since the early 1990s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won three medals with two silvers and one bronze...


Aleksandr Kovalyov

György Kozmann
György Kozmann
György Kozmann is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed since the late 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two bronze medals in the C-2 1000 m event, earning them in 2004 and 2008....


György Kolonics
György Kolonics
György Kolonics , nicknamed Kolo, was a Hungarian sprint canoer who won two gold and two bronze medals at four Summer Olympics...

K-1 500 metres
Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's K-1 500 metres
These are the results of the men's K-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-man canoe sprint kayaks.-Medalists:-Heats:...

K-1 1000 metres
Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's K-1 1000 metres
These are the results of the men's K-1 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-man canoe sprint kayaks.-Medalists:-Heats:...

K-2 500 metres
Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's K-2 500 metres
These are the results of the men's K-2 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks.-Medalists:-Heats:...


Ronald Rauhe
Ronald Rauhe
Ronald Rauhe is a German sprint canoer who has competed since 1997. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a complete set of medals in the K-2 500 m event...


Tim Wieskötter
Tim Wieskötter
Tim Wieskötter is a German sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s...


Clint Robinson
Clint Robinson
Clint Robinson is an Australian sprint kayaker and surf lifesaver who has won a complete set of medals at the Summer Olympics ....


Nathan Baggaley
Nathan Baggaley
Nathan Baggaley is an Australian sprint canoer and surfski champion. He is a three-times world champion in the K-1 500 m events and has also won two Olympic silver medals. His career has been tarnished by drug scandal.-Career summary:He made his international debut for Australia in 1997, initially...


Raman Piatrushenka
Raman Piatrushenka
Raman Piatrushenka is a Belarusian sprint canoer who has competed since 2000...


Vadzim Makhneu
Vadzim Makhneu
Vadzim Makhneu or Vadim Makhnev is a Belarusian flatwater canoer who has competed since 2000...

K-2 1000 metres
Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's K-2 1000 metres
These are the results of the men's K-2 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks.-Medalists:-Heats:...


Markus Oscarsson
Markus Oscarsson
Markus Oscarsson is a Swedish sprint kayaker who has competed since 1995. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 1000 m event with a gold in 2004 and a silver in 2000....


Henrik Nilsson
Henrik Nilsson
Henrik Nilsson is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to 2004. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 1000 m event with a gold in 2004 and a silver in 2000....


Antonio Rossi
Antonio Rossi
Antonio Rossi is an Italian sprint canoer who has competed since the early 1990s. Competing in five Summer Olympics, he won five medals which included three golds , one silver , and one bronze .Rossi has also been successful at the ICF Canoe Sprint World...


Beniamino Bonomi
Beniamino Bonomi
Beniamino Bonomi is an Italian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the mid 2000s. Competing in five Summer Olympics, he won four medals with one gold and three silvers .Bonomi also won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold Beniamino Bonomi (born March...


Eirik Verås Larsen
Eirik Verås Larsen
-Biography:Name: Eirik Verås LarsenDate of birth: 26 March 1976Born: Flekkefjord, NorwayResidence: Oslo, NorwayEducation: M.Sc...


Nils Olav Fjeldheim
Nils Olav Fjeldheim
Nils Olav Fjeldheim is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed from 1998 to 2004. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze in the K-2 1000 m event at Athens in 2004....

K-4 1000 metres
Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's K-4 1000 metres
These are the results of the men's K-4 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-4 event is raced by four-man canoe sprint kayaks.-Medalists:-Heats:...


Zoltán Kammerer
Zoltán Kammerer
Zoltán Kammerer is a Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 1990s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won three gold medals ....


Botond Storcz
Botond Storcz
Botond Storcz is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from 1997 to 2004. Competing in two Summer Olympics he won three gold medals ....


Ákos Vereckei
Akos Vereckei
Ákos Vereckei is a Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s...


Gábor Horváth

Andreas Ihle
Andreas Ihle
Andreas Ihle is a German sprint canoer who has competed since 1997. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals with a gold and a silver ....


Mark Zabel
Mark Zabel
Mark Zabel is a German sprint canoer and Surfski Champion. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won three medals in the K-4 1000 m event with one gold and two silvers ....


Björn Bach
Björn Bach
Björn Bach is a German sprint canoer who competed from 1997 to 2006. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two silver medals in the K-4 1000 m ....


Stefan Ulm
Stefan Ulm
Stefan Ulm is a German sprint canoer who competed from 1997 to 2004. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two silvers in the K-4 1000 m event ....


Richard Riszdorfer
Richard Riszdorfer
Richard Riszdorfer is a Slovakian sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-4 1000 m event with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004....


Michal Riszdorfer
Michal Riszdorfer
Michal Riszdorfer is a Slovak sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-4 1000 m with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004....


Erik Vlček
Erik Vlcek
Erik Vlček is a Slovak sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-4 1000 m event with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004....


Juraj Bača
Juraj Baca
Juraj Bača is a Slovak sprint canoer who competed from 1998 to 2005. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Athens in 2004....



Women
K-1 500 metres
Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's K-1 500 metres
These are the results of the women's K-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-person canoe sprint kayaks.-Medalists:-Heats:...

K-2 500 metres
Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's K-2 500 metres
These are the results of the women's K-2 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-2 event is raced by two-person canoe sprint kayaks.-Medalists:-Heats:...

K-4 500 metres
Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's K-4 500 metres
These are the results of the women's K-4 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-4 event is raced by four-person canoe sprint kayaks.-Medalists:-Heats:...


Birgit Fischer
Birgit Fischer
Birgit Fischer is a kayaker, who has won eight gold medals over six different Olympic Games, a record she shares with Aladár Gerevich, spanning seven Olympiads: twice representing East Germany , then four times representing the reunited nation...


Maike Nollen
Maike Nollen
Maike Nollen is a German sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 2000s. She won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....


Katrin Wagner
Katrin Wagner
Katrin Wagner-Augustin is a German sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s...


Carolin Leonhardt
Carolin Leonhardt
Carolin Leonhardt is a German sprint canoer who competed in the 2000s. She won two medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with a gold in the K-4 500 m and a silver in the K-2 500 m events.Leonhardt also won twelve medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with five golds Carolin...


Katalin Kovács
Katalin Kovács
Katalin Kovács is a Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed since 1997. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won six medals with two golds and four silvers .Kovács also won a record 40 medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships including 31 golds Katalin Kovács (born 29 February 1976...


Szilvia Szabó
Szilvia Szabó
Szilvia Szabó is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from 1997 to 2005. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won three silvers ....


Erzsébet Viski
Erzsebet Viski
Erzsébet Viski is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from 1998 to 2005. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won two silver medals in the K-4 500 m event ....


Kinga Bóta
Kinga Bóta
Kinga Bóta is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from 1999 to 2005. She won silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....


Inna Osypenko
Inna Osypenko
Inna Volodymyrivna Osipenko-Radomska is an Ukrainian sprint canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won two medals with a gold in the K-1 500 m in 2008 and a bronze in the K-4 500 m in 2004....


Tetyana Semykina
Tetyana Semykina
Tetyana Teklian-Semykina is a Ukrainian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1990s to the mid 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the K-4 500 m event at Athens in 2004....


Hanna Balabanova
Hanna Balabanova
Hanna Balabanova is a Ukrainian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1990s to the mid 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the K-4 500 m event at Athens in 2004....


Olena Cherevatova
Olena Cherevatova
Olena Cherevatova is a Ukrainian sprint canoer who competed in the 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the K-4 500 m event at Athens in 2004....


Medal table

1 4 4 1 9
2 3 1 2 6
3 2 1 1 4
4 2 0 1 3
5 1 1 0 2
6 1 0 2 3
7 1 0 1 2
8 1 0 0 1
1 0 0 1
10 0 2 0 2
0 2 0 2
12 0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3
14 0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
17 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
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