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'....

 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...

ing has been featured as a competition sport in the Summer Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games

The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...

since the 1936 Games

1936 Summer Olympics

The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...

 in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

 although it was a demonstration sport at the 1924 Games

1924 Summer Olympics

The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...

 in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

. There are two disciplines of canoeing in Olympic competition: slalom and 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 ....

.

Two styles of boats are used in this sport, 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...

s with 1 or 2 canoers 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...

s with 1, 2 or 4 kayakers. This leads to the name designation of each event. For example, "C-1" is a canoe singles event and "K-2" is a kayak doubles event. Races are usually 500 metres or 1000 metres long, although there were also 10 km events from 1936 to 1956. On 13 August 2009, it was announced by the International Canoe Federation

International Canoe Federation

The International Canoe Federation is the umbrella organization of all national canoe organizations worldwide. It is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, and administers all aspects of canoe sport worldwide...

 that the men's 500 m events would be replaced at the 2012 Summer Olympics

2012 Summer Olympics

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the "London 2012 Olympic Games", are scheduled to take place in London, England, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012...

 by 200 m events with one of them being K-1 200 m for the women. The other events for men at 200 m will be C-1, C-2, and K-1. This was confirmed at their 2009 Board of Directors meeting in Windsor, Berkshire

Windsor, Berkshire

Windsor is an affluent suburban town and unparished area in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. It is widely known as the site of Windsor Castle, one of the official residences of the British Royal Family....

, Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

 on 5 December 2009.

Slalom

Event	72 Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested, and for the first time at the Olympic Games, four events in slalom canoeing were also contested.-Slalom:-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:...	76 Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada consisted of 11 events, all in canoe sprint, held at the rowing basin on Île Notre-Dame. The canoe slalom events introduced at the previous Games in Munich were not included in the Montreal program though four 500 m events for men were...	80 Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held in the Man-made Basin, located at the Trade Unions Olympic Sports Centre . The canoeing schedule began on 30 July and ended on 2 August. 11 canoeing events were contested....	84 Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, twelve events in sprint canoe racing were contested on Lake Casitas. The women's K-4 500 m event was introduced to the Olympic program at these Games.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:...	88 Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, twelve events in sprint canoe racing were contested. The program was unchanged from the previous Games in 1984.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:* pp. 336–50. &...	92 Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics The canoeing competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona was composed of 16 events in two disciplines, slalom and sprint. The slalom events returned to the Olympic program after a 20 year absence, since the 1972 Munich Games...	96 Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics The canoeing competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was composed of 16 events in two disciplines, slalom and sprint...	00 Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held at the Sydney International Regatta Centre for the sprint events and the Whitewater Stadium in Penrith for the canoe and kayak slalom disciplines. The repechage rounds that ran from the 1960 to the 1996 Games were eliminated in the sprint events while...	04 Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics 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....	08 Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeing competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 11 to August 23 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing....	12 Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeing races at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London are scheduled to be held from 29 July to 2 August and from 6-11 August . The slalom events will be held at Lee Valley White Water Centre and the sprint events at Eton Dorney. Total of 330 athletes are expected to take part. The men’s 500 metre...	Total
Men's C-1	•					•	•	•	•	•	•	7
Men's C-2	•					•	•	•	•	•	•	7
Men's K-1	•					•	•	•	•	•	•	7
Women's K-1	•					•	•	•	•	•	•	7
Total Events	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4

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 ....

Event	36 Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics Canoeing was an official Olympic sport for the first time at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. It had been a demonstration sport twelve years earlier at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of nine events were contested at the 1936 Games, all in canoe sprint for men.The competitions were...	48 Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, nine events in sprint canoe racing were contested. For the first time, a women's event was part of the Olympic program.-Men's events:-Women's event:-Medal table:-References:* pp. 307–16....	52 Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, nine events in sprint canoe racing were contested. The program was unchanged from the previous Games in 1948.-Men's events:-Women's event:-Medal table:-References:* pp. 624–37....	56 Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, nine events in sprint canoe racing were contested. The program was unchanged from the previous two Games in 1948 and 1952. The competition was held on Lake Wendouree in Ballarat.-Men's events:...	60 Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested at Lake Albano. Four changes were done to the program. First, the 10000 metre events that were raced from 1936 to 1956 were permanently dropped from the Olympic program, leaving all races at the 500 metre and...	64 Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics was held between 20 October 1964 and 22 October 1964 on Lake Sagami, from Sagamiko, Kanagawa, Japan. There were 7 events, 5 of which were for men and 2 for women. Both of the women's events were 500 metre kayaking events; there were three kayaking and two...	68 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.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:...	72 Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested, and for the first time at the Olympic Games, four events in slalom canoeing were also contested.-Slalom:-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:...	76 Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada consisted of 11 events, all in canoe sprint, held at the rowing basin on Île Notre-Dame. The canoe slalom events introduced at the previous Games in Munich were not included in the Montreal program though four 500 m events for men were...	80 Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held in the Man-made Basin, located at the Trade Unions Olympic Sports Centre . The canoeing schedule began on 30 July and ended on 2 August. 11 canoeing events were contested....	84 Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, twelve events in sprint canoe racing were contested on Lake Casitas. The women's K-4 500 m event was introduced to the Olympic program at these Games.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:...	88 Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, twelve events in sprint canoe racing were contested. The program was unchanged from the previous Games in 1984.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:* pp. 336–50. &...	92 Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics The canoeing competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona was composed of 16 events in two disciplines, slalom and sprint. The slalom events returned to the Olympic program after a 20 year absence, since the 1972 Munich Games...	96 Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics The canoeing competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was composed of 16 events in two disciplines, slalom and sprint...	00 Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held at the Sydney International Regatta Centre for the sprint events and the Whitewater Stadium in Penrith for the canoe and kayak slalom disciplines. The repechage rounds that ran from the 1960 to the 1996 Games were eliminated in the sprint events while...	04 Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics 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....	08 Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeing competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 11 to August 23 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing....	12 Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeing races at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London are scheduled to be held from 29 July to 2 August and from 6-11 August . The slalom events will be held at Lee Valley White Water Centre and the sprint events at Eton Dorney. Total of 330 athletes are expected to take part. The men’s 500 metre...	Total
Current program
Men's C-1 200 m																		•	1
Men's C-1 1000 m	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	18
Men's C-2 1000 m	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	18
Men's K-1 200 m																		•	1
Men's K-1 1000 m	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	18
Men's K-2 200 m																		•	1
Men's K-2 1000 m	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	18
Men's K-4 1000 m						•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	13
Women's K-1 200 m																		•	1
Women's K-1 500 m		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	17
Women's K-2 500 m					•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	14
Women's K-4 500 m											•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8
Past events
Men's C-1 500 m									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		9
Men's C-1 10000 m		•	•	•															3
Men's C-2 500 m									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		9
Men's C-2 10000 m	•	•	•	•															4
Men's K-1 500 m									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		9
Men's K-1 10000 m	•	•	•	•															4
Men's K-1 4 × 500 m					•														1
Men's K-2 500 m									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		9
Men's K-2 10000 m	•	•	•	•															4
Men's folding K-1 10000 m	•																		1
Men's folding K-2 10000 m	•																		1
Total Events	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Medal table

1	Soviet Union	29	13	9	51
2	Germany	25	14	16	55
3	Hungary	19	27	25	71
4	Sweden	15	11	4	30
5	German Democratic Republic	14	7	9	30
6	Romania	10	10	14	34
7	Slovakia	7	4	2	13
8	Czechoslovakia	7	4	1	12
9	France	5	8	18	31
10	Italy	5	6	4	15
11	United States	5	5	6	16
12	Norway	5	4	4	13
13	Finland	5	2	3	10
14	New Zealand	5	2	1	8
15	Canada	4	9	8	21
16	Bulgaria	4	5	8	17
17	'	4	5	2	11
18	Czech Republic	4	3	2	9
19	Austria	3	5	6	14
20	Denmark	3	5	5	13
21	Australia	2	7	11	20
22	West Germany	2	6	3	11
23	Spain	2	5	2	9
24	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	2	2	1	5
25	Belarus	2	0	2	4
26	People's Republic of China	2	0	0	2
27	United Kingdom	1	4	4	9
28	Russia	1	3	4	8
29	'	1	1	0	2
30	Ukraine	1	0	2	3
31	Poland	0	6	11	17
32	Netherlands	0	3	5	8
33	Cuba	0	3	0	3
34	Latvia	0	2	0	2
35	Moldova	0	1	0	1
35	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
35	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
38	Israel	0	0	1	1
38	Togo	0	0	1	1
Total		194	194	194	582

Nations

Nation	36 Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics Canoeing was an official Olympic sport for the first time at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. It had been a demonstration sport twelve years earlier at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of nine events were contested at the 1936 Games, all in canoe sprint for men.The competitions were...	48 Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, nine events in sprint canoe racing were contested. For the first time, a women's event was part of the Olympic program.-Men's events:-Women's event:-Medal table:-References:* pp. 307–16....	52 Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, nine events in sprint canoe racing were contested. The program was unchanged from the previous Games in 1948.-Men's events:-Women's event:-Medal table:-References:* pp. 624–37....	56 Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, nine events in sprint canoe racing were contested. The program was unchanged from the previous two Games in 1948 and 1952. The competition was held on Lake Wendouree in Ballarat.-Men's events:...	60 Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested at Lake Albano. Four changes were done to the program. First, the 10000 metre events that were raced from 1936 to 1956 were permanently dropped from the Olympic program, leaving all races at the 500 metre and...	64 Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics was held between 20 October 1964 and 22 October 1964 on Lake Sagami, from Sagamiko, Kanagawa, Japan. There were 7 events, 5 of which were for men and 2 for women. Both of the women's events were 500 metre kayaking events; there were three kayaking and two...	68 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.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:...	72 Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested, and for the first time at the Olympic Games, four events in slalom canoeing were also contested.-Slalom:-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:...	76 Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada consisted of 11 events, all in canoe sprint, held at the rowing basin on Île Notre-Dame. The canoe slalom events introduced at the previous Games in Munich were not included in the Montreal program though four 500 m events for men were...	80 Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held in the Man-made Basin, located at the Trade Unions Olympic Sports Centre . The canoeing schedule began on 30 July and ended on 2 August. 11 canoeing events were contested....	84 Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, twelve events in sprint canoe racing were contested on Lake Casitas. The women's K-4 500 m event was introduced to the Olympic program at these Games.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:...	88 Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, twelve events in sprint canoe racing were contested. The program was unchanged from the previous Games in 1984.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:* pp. 336–50. &...	92 Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics The canoeing competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona was composed of 16 events in two disciplines, slalom and sprint. The slalom events returned to the Olympic program after a 20 year absence, since the 1972 Munich Games...	96 Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics The canoeing competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was composed of 16 events in two disciplines, slalom and sprint...	00 Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held at the Sydney International Regatta Centre for the sprint events and the Whitewater Stadium in Penrith for the canoe and kayak slalom disciplines. The repechage rounds that ran from the 1960 to the 1996 Games were eliminated in the sprint events while...	04 Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics 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....	08 Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeing competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 11 to August 23 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing....	Years
Andorra	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–									1	1
Angola	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–						1	1
Netherlands Antilles	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–				3				1
Argentina										–	1	8	5	4	3	2	2	7
Australia				8	7	10	6	7	8	5	9	8	17	23	21	16	16	14
Austria	9	7	7	7	10	5	4	12	2	6	2		4	3	4	2	4	16
Armenia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1			1
Belarus	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	5	9	8	4
Belgium	9	9	4	2	4	2	3	8	11	6	5	2	2	3	1	3	2	17
Bolivia		–	–	–	–	1	1			–								2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1		1		3
Brazil													6	3	4	2	2	5
Bulgaria		–			5	2	3	7	12	12	–	12	11	11	7	7	2	12
Canada	8	7	11	9	6	6	10	12	14	–	15	14	18	21	16	19	21	16
Chile										–						1	1	2
People's Republic of China	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	4	4	8		15	23	6
Costa Rica		–	–	–	–								4	2				2
Côte d'Ivoire	–	–	–	–	–		3	5		–	4	2	2	2			1	7
Croatia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	4	4	3	2	5
Cuba	–							2		3	–	–	5		3	4	4	6
Czech Republic	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	19	10	7	4
Czechoslovakia	13	13	13	5	10	4	5	23	11	9	–	9	27	–	–	–	–	12
Denmark	4	7	9	7	9	7	5	6	1	1	1	6	6	4	3	2	4	17
German Democratic Republic	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	26	11	13	–	15	–	–	–	–	–	5
Estonia		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1			3
Finland	3	5	9	6	9	3	5	4	7	4	5	3	2	1	1	2	4	17
France	3	10	13	6	9	2	6	14	13	11	14	16	31	19	14	13	15	17
Germany	14	–	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	29	27	25	26	22	7
United Kingdom	3	7	7	3	7	5	10	20	11	11	15	17	25	17	12	9	7	17
Greece															1	6	3	3
Guam	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–							1	1
Guatemala	–	–		–	–	–								1				1
Hong Kong	–	–							6	–	7	2	2					4
Hungary	5	5	12	13	9	10	10	12	14	16	–	16	14	19	15	16	16	16
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	1
Indonesia	–	–				–				–			3			1		2
Iran										–	–				1			1
Republic of Ireland	–							4	4	2	1	4	5	6	3	2	1	10
Israel	–	–									1			1	5	3	1	5
Italy	1		6		12	4	2	10	11	5	7	5	18	15	8	8	16	15
Japan		–				12	2	5	3	–	5	8	6	8	2	5	9	11
Kazakhstan	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	4	3	7	4
Kyrgyzstan	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2				1
Latvia		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	3	1	1	3	5
Lithuania	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	3	3	4	5
Luxembourg	3	3	4	3														4
Republic of Macedonia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		3	1	1	1	4
Malaysia	–	–	–	–						–				1				1
Mexico							12	7	4		2		4	6	2		3	8
Moldova	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4				1
Morocco	–	–	–	–	–					–					1			1
MYA	–							–									1	1
Netherlands	9	7	5		4	5	7	2	2	6	3	2	4	2		2	2	15
New Zealand								2	4	3	6	7	8	1		2	5	9
Norway	1	4	4	1	2		5	6	7	–	13	7	7	5	4	6	1	15
Panama	–			–						–				1				1
Peru			–										1					1
Poland	2	3		4	6	9	8	23	13	15	–	12	18	23	21	23	21	15
Portugal												3	7	6	1	1	4	6
Romania		–	1	5	11	11	11	11	13	14	14	5	14	14	13	10	5	15
Russia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	12	8	14	4
Saar (protectorate)	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Samoa	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–							1	1
São Tomé and Príncipe	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–				1	1
Senegal	–	–	–	–	–												2	1
Serbia and Montenegro	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	6	2	–	3
Seychelles	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–			–				1	1	2
Slovakia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	19	16	12	4
Slovenia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	5	4	4	3	5
South Africa						–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	1	2	1	10	5
South Korea										–	2	15	6	2	1		1	6
Soviet Union	–	–	13	9	12	13	11	15	15	15	–	17	–	–	–	–	–	9
Spain	–				2		5	4	7	5	10	11	22	19	17	14	10	12
Sweden	9	9	10	6	6	7	11	10	11	12	11	11	13	12	10	5	3	17
Switzerland	9	6	7		4			6		3	4	1	6	8	3	4	1	13
Togo	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–						1	1	2
Ukraine	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	11	7	6	4
	–	–	–	10	10	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	19	–	–	–	–	1
United States	10	8	9	12	13	11	12	26	16	–	16	16	32	25	14	17	7	16
Uruguay										–			1			1		2
Uzbekistan	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	1	7	1	4
Venezuela	–																3	1
Vietnam	–	–							–		–					1		1
West Germany	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	28	13	–	15	14	–	–	–	–	–	5
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	4		1		3	4	2	13	1	3	3	3	–	–	–	–	–	10
No. of nations																		85
No. of athletes																		2814