Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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Canoeing at the 1984 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-4 500 m		women
K-4 1000 m	men
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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.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Zealand (NZL)	4	0	0	4
2	Sweden (SWE)	2	4	0	6
3	Canada (CAN)	2	2	2	6
4	Romania (ROU)	2	1	1	4
5	Yugoslavia (YUG)	1	2	0	3
6	West Germany (FRG)	1	1	1	3
7	France (FRA)	0	1	3	4
8	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	1	2
9	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		12	12	12	36

Medal summary

Men's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 500 metres details	Larry Cain  Canada	Henning Lynge Jakobsen  Denmark	Costică Olaru  Romania
C-1 1000 metres details	Ulrich Eicke  West Germany	Larry Cain  Canada	Henning Lynge Jakobsen  Denmark
C-2 500 metres details	Matija Ljubek and Mirko Nišović (YUG)	Ivan Patzaichin and Toma Simionov (ROU)	Enrique Míguez and Narcisco Suárez (ESP)
C-2 1000 metres details	Ivan Patzaichin and Toma Simionov (ROU)	Matija Ljubek and Mirko Nišović (YUG)	Didier Hoyer and Eric Renaud (FRA)
K-1 500 metres details	Ian Ferguson  New Zealand	Lars-Erik Moberg  Sweden	Bernard Brégeon  France
K-1 1000 metres details	Alan Thompson  New Zealand	Milan Janić  Yugoslavia	Greg Barton  United States
K-2 500 metres details	Ian Ferguson and Paul MacDonald (NZL)	Per-Inge Bengtsson and Lars-Erik Moberg (SWE)	Hugh Fisher and Alwyn Morris (CAN)
K-2 1000 metres details	Hugh Fisher and Alwyn Morris (CAN)	Bernard Brégeon and Patrick Lefoulon (FRA)	Barry Kelly and Grant Kenny (AUS)
K-4 1000 metres details	New Zealand (NZL) Grant Bramwell Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald Alan Thompson	Sweden (SWE) Per-Inge Bengtsson Tommy Karls Lars-Erik Moberg Thomas Ohlsson	France (FRA) François Barouh Philippe Boccara Pascal Boucherit Didier Vavasseur

Women's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 metres details	Agneta Andersson  Sweden	Barbara Schüttpelz  West Germany	Annemiek Derckx  Netherlands
K-2 500 metres details	Agneta Andersson and Anna Olsson (SWE)	Alexandra Barre and Susan Holloway (CAN)	Josefa Idem and Barbara Schüttpelz (FRG)
K-4 500 metres details	Romania (ROU) Agafia Constantin Nastasia Ionescu Tecla Marinescu Maria Ştefan	Sweden (SWE) Agneta Andersson Anna Olsson Eva Karlsson Susanne Wiberg	Canada (CAN) Alexandra Barre Lucie Guay Susan Holloway Barbara Olmsted

See also

• Canoeing at the Friendship Games

References

• 1984 Summer Olympics official report Volume 2, Part 2. pp. 364–71. (in English and French)
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-20.