Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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

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 summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 500 metres	Larry Cain  Canada	Henning Lynge Jakobsen  Denmark	Costicǎ Olaru  Romania
C-1 1000 metres	Ulrich Eicke  West Germany	Larry Cain  Canada	Henning Lynge Jakobsen  Denmark
C-2 500 metres	Matija Ljubek and Mirko Nišović  Yugoslavia	Ivan Patzaichin and Toma Simionov  Romania	Enrique Míguez and Narcisco Suárez  Spain
C-2 1000 metres	Ivan Patzaichin and Toma Simionov  Romania	Matija Ljubek and Mirko Nišović  Yugoslavia	Didier Hoyer and Eric Renaud  France
K-1 500 metres	Ian Ferguson  New Zealand	Lars-Erik Moberg  Sweden	Bernard Brégeon  France
K-1 1000 metres	Alan Thompson  New Zealand	Milan Janić  Yugoslavia	Greg Barton  United States
K-2 500 metres	Ian Ferguson and Paul MacDonald  New Zealand	Per-Inge Bengtsson and Lars-Erik Moberg  Sweden	Hugh Fisher and Alwyn Morris  Canada
K-2 1000 metres	Hugh Fisher and Alwyn Morris  Canada	Bernard Brégeon and Patrick Lefoulon  France	Barry Kelly and Grant Kenny  Australia
K-4 1000 metres	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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 metres	Agneta Andersson  Sweden	Barbara Schüttpelz  West Germany	Annemiek Derckx  Netherlands
K-2 500 metres	Agneta Andersson and Anna Olsson  Sweden	Alexandra Barre and Susan Holloway  Canada	Josefa Idem and Barbara Schüttpelz  West Germany
K-4 500 metres	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

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
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1

See also

• Canoeing at the Friendship Games

References

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