Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the
1980 Summer Olympics

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C-1 500 m| men|
C-1 1000 m| men|
C-2 500 m| men|
C-2 1000 m| men|
K-1 500 m| men| women
K-1 1000 m| men|
K-2 500 m| men| women
K-2 1000 m| men|
K-4 1000 m| men|

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Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held in the Krylatskoe Canoeing and Rowing Basin, located at the Krylatskoye Olympic Sports Complex (Krylatskoye district, Moscow). The canoeing schedule began on 30 July and ended on 2 August. 11 canoeing events were contested.

## Medal summary[edit]

### Men's events[edit]

Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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C-1 500 metres
details | Sergei Postrekhin
Soviet Union | Lyubomir Lyubenov
Bulgaria | Olaf Heukrodt
East Germany
C-1 1000 metres
details | Lyubomir Lyubenov
Bulgaria | Sergei Postrekhin
Soviet Union | Eckhard Leue
East Germany
C-2 500 metres
details | László Foltán
István Vaskúti
Hungary | Ivan Patzaichin
Petre Capusta
Romania | Borislav Ananiev
Nikolai Ilkov
Bulgaria
C-2 1000 metres
details | Ivan Patzaichin
Toma Simionov
Romania | Olaf Heukrodt
Uwe Madeja
East Germany | Vasyl Yurchenko
Yuri Lobanov
Soviet Union
K-1 500 metres
details | Vladimir Parfenovich
Soviet Union | John Sumegi
Australia | Vasile Dîba
Romania
K-1 1000 metres
details | Rüdiger Helm
East Germany | Alain Lebas
France | Ion Bîrlădeanu
Romania
K-2 500 metres
details | Vladimir Parfenovich
Sergei Chukhray
Soviet Union | Herminio Menéndez
Guillermo del Riego
Spain | Rüdiger Helm
Bernd Olbricht
East Germany
K-2 1000 metres
details | Vladimir Parfenovich
Sergei Chukhray
Soviet Union | István Szabó
István Joós
Hungary | Luis Gregorio Ramos
Herminio Menéndez
Spain
K-4 1000 metres
details |  East Germany (GDR)
Rüdiger Helm
Bernd Olbricht
Harald Marg
Bernd Duvigneau |  Romania (ROM)
Mihai Zafiu
Vasile Dîba
Ion Geantă
Nicuşor Eşanu |  Bulgaria (BUL)
Borislav Borisov
Bozhidar Milenkov
Lazar Khristov
Ivan Manev

### Women's events[edit]

Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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K-1 500 metres
details | Birgit Fischer
East Germany | Vanja Gesheva
Bulgaria | Antonina Melnikova
Soviet Union
K-2 500 metres
details | Carsta Genäuß
Martina Bischof
East Germany | Galina Alexeyeva
Nina Trofimova
Soviet Union | Éva Rakusz
Mária Zakariás
Hungary

## Medal table[edit]

All events took place at the Moscow Canoeing and Rowing Basin in Krylatskoye Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Soviet Union (URS)| 4| 2| 2| 8
2|  East Germany (GDR)| 4| 1| 3| 8
3|  Bulgaria (BUL)| 1| 2| 2| 5
Romania (ROU)| 1| 2| 2| 5
5|  Hungary (HUN)| 1| 1| 1| 3
6|  Spain (ESP)| 0| 1| 1| 2
7|  Australia (AUS)| 0| 1| 0| 1
France (FRA)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Totals (8 entries)| 11| 11| 11| 33

## Participating nations[edit]

179 canoeists from 23 nations competed

* Australia (5)
* Austria (6)
* Belgium (6)
* Bulgaria (12)
* Cuba (3)
* Denmark (1)
* Spain (5)
* Finland (4)

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* France (11)
* Great Britain (10)
* East Germany (13)
* Hungary (16)
* Ireland (2)
* Italy (5)
* Netherlands (6)
* New Zealand (3)

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* Poland (15)
* Romania (14)
* Switzerland (3)
* Sweden (12)
* Czechoslovakia (9)
* Soviet Union (17)
* Yugoslavia (3)

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## References[edit]

* "1980 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF). pp. 183–97. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007.(in English and French)

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Events at the 1980 Summer Olympics (Moscow)

* Archery
* Athletics
* Basketball
* Boxing
* Canoeing
* Cycling
* Diving
* Equestrian
* Fencing
* Field hockey
* Football
* Gymnastics
* Handball
* Judo
* Modern pentathlon
* Rowing
* Sailing
* Shooting
* Swimming
* Volleyball
* Water polo
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling

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