Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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.

Canoeing at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Sprint
C-1 500 mmen
C-1 1000 mmen
C-2 500 mmen
C-2 1000 mmen
K-1 500 mmenwomen
K-1 1000 mmen
K-2 500 mmenwomen
K-2 1000 mmen
K-4 1000 mmen

Medal summary

Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
C-1 500 metres
 Sergei Postrekhin
 Soviet Union		 Lyubomir Lyubenov
 Bulgaria		 Olaf Heukrodt
 East Germany
C-1 1000 metres
 Lyubomir Lyubenov
 Bulgaria		 Sergei Postrekhin
 Soviet Union		 Eckhard Leue
 East Germany
C-2 500 metres
 László Foltán
István Vaskúti
 Hungary		 Ivan Patzaichin
Petre Capusta
 Romania		 Borislav Ananiev
Nikolai Ilkov
 Bulgaria
C-2 1000 metres
 Ivan Patzaichin
Toma Simionov
 Romania		 Olaf Heukrodt
Uwe Madeja
 East Germany		 Vasyl Yurchenko
Yuri Lobanov
 Soviet Union
K-1 500 metres
 Vladimir Parfenovich
 Soviet Union		 John Sumegi
 Australia		 Vasile Dîba
 Romania
K-1 1000 metres
 Rüdiger Helm
 East Germany		 Alain Lebas
 France		 Ion Bîrlădeanu
 Romania
K-2 500 metres
 Vladimir Parfenovich
Sergei Chukhray
 Soviet Union		 Herminio Menéndez
Guillermo del Riego
 Spain		 Rüdiger Helm
Bernd Olbricht
 East Germany
K-2 1000 metres
 Vladimir Parfenovich
Sergei Chukhray
 Soviet Union		 István Szabó
István Joós
 Hungary		 Luis Gregorio Ramos
Herminio Menéndez
 Spain
K-4 1000 metres
  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
Event Gold Silver Bronze
K-1 500 metres
 Birgit Fischer
 East Germany		 Vanja Gesheva
 Bulgaria		 Antonina Melnikova
 Soviet Union
K-2 500 metres
 Carsta Genäuß
Martina Bischof
 East Germany		 Galina Alexeyeva
Nina Trofimova
 Soviet Union		 Éva Rakusz
Mária Zakariás
 Hungary

Medal table
All events took place at the Moscow Canoeing and Rowing Basin in Krylatskoye
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)4228
2 East Germany (GDR)4138
3 Bulgaria (BUL)1225
 Romania (ROU)1225
5 Hungary (HUN)1113
6 Spain (ESP)0112
7 Australia (AUS)0101
 France (FRA)0101
Totals (8 nations)11111133

Participating nations

179 canoeists from 23 nations competed

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References
  • "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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