Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics (women's K2) on a stamp of Japan | |
No. of events | 7 |
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Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics was held between 20 October 1964 and 22 October 1964 on Lake Sagami, 60 kilometres (37 miles) 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 canoeing events for men, all of which covered 1000 metres. The K-4 event for men was introduced to the Olympic program at these Games, replacing the 4×500 metre K-1 event that was raced in the 1960 Games.
The Romanian canoeists garnered the most medals at 5, but did not win a single gold medal. In that category the Soviet competitors were the most successful, taking three championships. The German team and the Swedish team each won a pair of golds as well.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
2 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
3 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
5 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (9 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Medal summary
Men's events
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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C-1 1000 m details | Jürgen Eschert United Team of Germany | Andrei Igorov Romania | Yevgeny Penyayev Soviet Union |
C-2 1000 m details | Andrei Khimich and Stepan Oshchepkov (URS) | Jean Boudehen and Michel Chapuis (FRA) | Peer Nielsen and John Sørensen (DEN) |
K-1 1000 m details | Rolf Peterson Sweden | Mihály Hesz Hungary | Aurel Vernescu Romania |
K-2 1000 m details | Gunnar Utterberg and Sven-Olov Sjödelius (SWE) | Antonius Geurts and Paul Hoekstra (NED) | Heinz Büker and Holger Zander (EUA) |
K-4 1000 m details | Soviet Union (URS) Nikolai Chuzhikov Anatoli Grishin Vyacheslav Ionov Vladimir Morozov | United Team of Germany (EUA) Günther Perleberg Bernhard Schulze Friedhelm Wentzke Holger Zander | Romania (ROU) Simion Cuciuc Atanase Sciotnic Mihai Țurcaș Aurel Vernescu |
Women's events
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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K-1 500 m details | Lyudmila Khvedosyuk Soviet Union | Hilde Lauer Romania | Marcia Jones United States |
K-2 500 m details | Annemarie Zimmermann and Roswitha Esser (EUA) | Francine Fox and Glorianne Perrier (USA) | Hilde Lauer and Cornelia Sideri (ROU) |
References
- Canoeing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games. sports-reference.com
- 1964 Summer Olympics official report Volume 2, Part 1. pp. 246–52.
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-20.
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