Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Canoeing
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Canoeing; at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
Dates	August 11–23, 2008
Competitors	128
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Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 11 to 23 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.

Peter Hochschorner and Pavol Hochschorner from Slovakia became the first slalom canoeists to win three Olympic gold medals.

Qualification

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's C-1 details	Michal Martikán Slovakia	David Florence Great Britain	Robin Bell Australia
Men's C-2 details	Pavol Hochschorner and Peter Hochschorner Slovakia	Ondřej Štěpánek and Jaroslav Volf Czech Republic	Mikhail Kuznetsov and Dmitry Larionov Russia
Men's K-1 details	Alexander Grimm Germany	Fabien Lefèvre France	Benjamin Boukpeti Togo
Women's K-1 details	Elena Kaliská Slovakia	Jacqueline Lawrence Australia	Violetta Oblinger-Peters Austria

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 500 metres details	Maxim Opalev Russia	David Cal Spain	Iurii Cheban Ukraine
C-1 1000 metres details	Attila Vajda Hungary	David Cal Spain	Thomas Hall Canada
C-2 500 metres details	Meng Guanliang and Yang Wenjun China	Alexander Kostoglod and Sergey Ulegin Russia	Christian Gille and Thomasz Wylenzek Germany
C-2 1000 metres details	Aliaksandr Bahdanovich and Andrei Bahdanovich Belarus	Christian Gille and Tomasz Wylenzek Germany	György Kozmann and Tamás Kiss Hungary
K-1 500 metres details	Ken Wallace Australia	Adam van Koeverden Canada	Tim Brabants Great Britain
K-1 1000 metres details	Tim Brabants Great Britain	Eirik Verås Larsen Norway	Ken Wallace Australia
K-2 500 metres details	Saúl Craviotto and Carlos Pérez Spain	Ronald Rauhe and Tim Wieskötter Germany	Raman Piatrushenka and Vadzim Makhneu Belarus
K-2 1000 metres details	Andreas Ihle and Martin Hollstein Germany	Kim Wraae Knudsen and René Holten Poulsen Denmark	Andrea Facchin and Antonio Scaduto Italy
K-4 1000 metres details	Belarus Raman Piatrushenka Aliaksei Abalmasau Artur Litvinchuk Vadzim Makhneu	Slovakia Richard Riszdorfer Michal Riszdorfer Erik Vlček Juraj Tarr	Germany Lutz Altepost Norman Bröckl Torsten Eckbrett Bjorn Hogel Goldschmidt

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 metres details	Inna Osypenko Ukraine	Josefa Idem Italy	Katrin Wagner-Augustin Germany
K-2 500 metres details	Katalin Kovács and Natasa Janics Hungary	Beata Mikołajczyk and Aneta Konieczna Poland	Marie Delattre and Anne-Laure Viard France
K-4 500 metres details	Germany Fanny Fischer Nicole Reinhardt Katrin Wagner-Augustin Conny Waßmuth	Hungary Katalin Kovács Gabriella Szabó Danuta Kozák Nataša Janić	Australia Lisa Oldenhof Hannah Davis Chantal Meek Lyndsie Fogarty

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	3	2	3	8
2	Slovakia	3	1	0	4
3	Hungary	2	1	1	4
4	Belarus	2	0	1	3
5	Spain	1	2	0	3
6	Australia	1	1	3	5
7	Great Britain	1	1	1	3
7	Russia	1	1	1	3
9	Ukraine	1	0	1	2
10	China	1	0	0	1
11	Canada	0	1	1	2
	France	0	1	1	2
	Italy	0	1	1	2
14	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	Denmark	0	1	0	1
	Norway	0	1	0	1
	Poland	0	1	0	1
18	Austria	0	0	1	1
18	Togo	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		16	16	16	48