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Encyclopedia > Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre for the flatwater events and the Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre at the Helliniko Olympic Complex for the canoe and kayak slalom disciplines.


The competitors competed for 16 gold medals.


Flatwater Men: C1 500 m | C1 1000 m | C2 500 m | C2 1000 m | K1 500 m | K1 1000 m
K2 500 m | K2 1000 m | K4 1000 m
Slalom Men: C1 canoe single | C2 canoe double | K1 kayak single


Flatwater Women: K1 500 m | K2 500 m | K4 500 m
Slalom Women: K1 kayak single




Canoeing medal table by country

Position Country: Gold: Silver: Bronze: Total:
1 Germany 4 3 1 8
2 Hungary 3 1 2 6
3 Slovakia 2 1 1 4
4 France 2 0 1 3
5 Spain 1 1 0 2
6 Canada 1 0 2 3
7 Norway 1 0 1 2
8= China, People's Republic of 1 0 0 1
8= Sweden 1 0 0 1
10= Australia 0 2 0 2
10= Italy 0 2 0 2
12= Great Britain 0 1 2 3
12= Russia 0 1 2 3
14= Cuba 0 1 0 1
14= New Zealand 0 1 0 1
14= United States of America 0 1 0 1
17= Belarus 0 0 1 1
17= Czech Republic 0 0 1 1
17= Poland 0 0 1 1
17= Ukraine 0 0 1 1



Flatwater

C1 500 metre men

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Andreas Dittmer, GER David Cal, ESP Maxim Opalev, RUS



Heats

Heat 1

  1. Andreas Dittmer, Germany 1:49.146 QF
  2. Martin Marinov, Australia 1:49.698 QS
  3. Aldo Pruna Diaz, Cuba 1:50.246 QS
  4. Aliaksandr Zhukouski, Belarus 1:50.378 QS
  5. Andreas Kiligkaridis, Greece 1:53.662 QS
  6. Yuriy Cheban, Ukraine 2:00.238 QS
  7. Darwin Correa, Uruguay 2:02.014 QS

Heat 2

  1. Maxim Opalev, Russia 1:48.144 QF
  2. Dagnis Vinogradovs, Latvia 1:50.776 QS
  3. Florin Georgian Mironcic, Romania 1:51.568 QS
  4. Wang Bing, China 1:51.920 QS
  5. Emanuel Horvaticek, Croatia 1:55.528 QS
  6. Kaissar Nurmaganbetov, Kazakhstan 1:55.636 QS

Heat 3

  1. David Cal, Spain 1:48.397 QF
  2. Martin Doktor, Czech Republic 1:49.557 QS
  3. Richard Dalton, Canada 1:50.005 QS
  4. Marton Joob, Hungary 1:51.025 QS
  5. Stanimir Atanasov, Bulgaria 1:52.917 QS
  6. Marian Ostrcil, Slovakia 1:58.357 QS

Semifinal

Heat 1

  1. Martin Doktor, Czech Republic 1:50.253 QF
  2. Marton Joob, Hungary 1:50.813 QF
  3. Wang Bing, China 1:51.649 QF
  4. Aldo Pruna Diaz, Cuba 1:53.229
  5. Kaissar Nurmaganbetov, Kazakhstan 1:53.333
  6. Yuriy Cheban, Ukraine 1:53.385
  7. Andreas Kiligkaridis, Greece 1:53.793
  8. Florin Georgian Mironcic, Romania 1:53.957

Heat 2

  1. Aliaksandr Zhukouski, Belarus 1:50.563 QF
  2. Stanimir Atanasov, Bulgaria 1:50.631 QF
  3. Richard Dalton, Canada 1:51.027 QF
  4. Martin Marinov, Australia 1:51.219
  5. Dagnis Vinogradovs, Latvia 1:52.511
  6. Marian Ostrcil, Slovakia 1:52.871
  7. Darwin Correa, Uruguay 1:58.727
  8. Emanuel Horvaticek, Croatia 2:06.347

Final

  1. Andreas Dittmer, Germany 1:46.383
  2. David Cal, Spain 1:46.723
  3. Maxim Opalev, Russia 1:47.767
  4. Aliaksandr Zhukouski, Belarus 1:47.903
  5. Martin Doktor, Czech Republic 1:47.999
  6. Richard Dalton, Canada 1:48.103
  7. Marton Joob, Hungary 1:48.195
  8. Stanimir Atanasov, Bulgaria 1:49.759
  9. Wang Bing, China 1:49.903

C1 1000 metre men

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
David Cal, ESP Andreas Dittmer, GER Attila Vajda, HUN



Heats

Heat 1

  1. Andreas Dittmer, Germany 3:52.922 QF
  2. Stanimir Atanasov, Bulgaria 3:55.590 QS
  3. Marian Ostrcil, Slovakia 3:56.962 QS
  4. Dagnis Vinogradovs, Latvia 3:57.070 QS
  5. Jonnathan Tafra, Chile 4:04.402 QS
  6. Jing Ying, People's Republic of China 4:05.874 QS
  7. Emanuel Horvaticek, Croatia 4:27.662 QS

Heat 2

  1. David Cal, Spain 3:50.091 QF
  2. Stephen Giles, Canada 3:52.451 QS
  3. Andreas Kiligkaridis, Greece 3:53.723 QS
  4. Mitica Pricop, Roumania 4:00.559 QS
  5. Aliaksandr Zhukouski, Belarus 4:02.159 QS
  6. Darwin Correa, Uruguay 4:27.115 QS

Heat 3

  1. Konstantin Fomichev, Russia 3.48.690 QF
  2. Martin Doktor, Czech Republic 3:49.029 QS
  3. Karel Aguilar Chacon, Cuba 3:54.250 QS
  4. Attila Vajda, Hungary 3:57.290 QS
  5. Kaissar Nurmaganbetov, Kazakhstan 4:00.486 QS
  6. Yuriy Cheban, Ukraine 4:00.637 QS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

  1. Martin Doktor, Czech Republic 3:51.812 QF
  2. Attila Vajda, Hungary 3:52.236 QF
  3. Marian Ostrcil, Slovakia 3:53.820 QF
  4. Andreas Kiligkaridis, Greece 3:55.608
  5. Mitica Pricop, Roumania 3:59.640
  6. Jing Ying, People's Republic of China 4:00.684
  7. Darwin Correa, Uruguay 4:22.096
  8. Jonnathan Tafra, Chile 4:22.644

Semifinal 2

  1. Stephen Giles, Canada 3:51.720 QF
  2. Karel Aguilar Chacon, Cuba 3:52.260 QF
  3. Dagnis Vinogradovs, Latvia 3:53.656 QF
  4. Aliaksandr Zhukouski, Belarus 3:55.456
  5. Kaissar Nurmaganbetov, Kazakhstan 3:57.804
  6. Stanimir Atanasov, Hungary 4:05.664
  7. Emanuel Horvaticek, Croatia 4:24.604

DSQ- Yuriy Cheban, Ukraine


Finals

  1. David Cal, Spain 3:46.201
  2. Andreas Dittmer, Germany 3:46.721
  3. Attila Vajda, Hungary 3:49.025
  4. Martin Doktor, Czech Republic 3:50.405
  5. Stephen Giles, Canada 3:51.457
  6. Dagnis Vinogradovs, Latvia 3:53.537
  7. Marian Ostrcil, Slovakia 3:54.629
  8. Karel Aguilar Chacon, Cuba 3:54.957
  9. Konstantin Fomichev, Russia 3:55.773

C2 500 metre men

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
People's Republic of China
Meng Guanliang
Yang Wenjun		 Cuba
Ibrahim Rojas Blanco
Ledis Frank Balceiro Pajon		 Russia
Alexander Kostoglod
Alexander Kovalev



Heats

Heat 1

  1. Christian Gille and Tomasz Wylenzek, Germany 1:40.128 QF
  2. Attila Buday and Canada 1:40.488 QF
  3. Pawel Baraszkiewicz and Daniel Jedraszko, Poland 1:40.524 QF
  4. György Kozmann and György Kolonics, Hungary 1:41.324 QS
  5. Maksym Prokopenko and Ruslan Dzhalilov, Ukraine 1:44.532 QS
  6. Peter Pales and Daniel Biksadsky, Slovakia 1:45.860 QS
  7. Jordan Malloch and Nathan Johnson, United States 1:48.172 QS

Heat 2

  1. Meng Guanliang and Yang Wenjun, China 1:38.916 QF
  2. Ibrahim Rojas Blanco and Ledis Frank Balceiro Pajon, Cuba 1:39.860 QF
  3. Alexander Kostoglod and Alexander Kovalev, Russia 1:40.128 QF
  4. Silviu Simioncencu and Florin Popescu, Romania 1:41.368 QS
  5. Aliaksandr Kurliandchyk and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich, Belarus 1:41.576 QS
  6. Alfredo Bea and David Mascato, Spain 1:43.708 QS
  7. Yannick Lavigne and Jose Lenoir, France 1:49.940 QS

Semifinal

  1. Silviu Simioncencu and Florin Popescu, Romania 1:41.424 QF
  2. György Kozmann and György Kolonics, Hungary 1:41.472 QF
  3. Aliaksandr Kurliandchyk and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich, Belarus 1:42.484 QF
  4. Maksym Prokopenko and Ruslan Dzhalilov, Ukraine 1:42.860
  5. Alfredo Bea and David Mascato, Spain 1:43.160
  6. Peter Pales and Daniel Biksadsky, Slovakia 1:44.732
  7. Yannick Lavigne and Jose Lenoir, France 1:45.548
  8. Jordan Malloch and Nathan Johnson, United States 1:46.424

Final

  1. Meng Guanliang and Yang Wenjun, China 1:40.278
  2. Ibrahim Rojas Blanco and Ledis Frank Balceiro Pajon, Cuba 1:40.350
  3. Alexander Kostoglod and Alexander Kovalev, Russia 1:40.442
  4. Silviu Simioncencu and Florin Popescu, Romania 1:40.618
  5. Christian Gille and Tomasz Wylenzek, Germany 1:40.802
  6. Aliaksandr Kurliandchyk and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich, Belarus 1:40.858
  7. György Kozmann and György Kolonics, Hungary 1:41.138
  8. Attila Buday and Tamas Buday Jr., Canada 1:41.210
  9. Pawel Baraszkiewicz and Daniel Jedraszko, Poland 1:42.046

C2 1000 metre men

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Germany
Christian Gille
Tomasz Wylenzek		 Russia
Alexander Kostoglod
Alexander Kovalev		 Hungary
György Kozmann
György Kolonics

Heats

Heat 1

  1. Silviu Simioncencu and Florin Popescu, Romania 3:30.419 QF
  2. Ibrahim Rojas Blanco and Ledis Frank Balceiro Pajon, Cuba 3:30.435 QF
  3. Michal Sliwinski and Lukasz Woszczynski, Poland 3:30.607 QF
  4. Richard Dalton and Canada 3:31.123 QS
  5. Meng Guanliang and Yang Wenjun, China 3:31.795 QS
  6. Peter Pales and Daniel Biksadsky, Slovakia 3:47.263 QS
  7. Jordan Malloch and Nathan Johnson, United States 3:50.735 QS

Heat 2

  1. Christian Gille and Tomasz Wylenzek, Germany 3:30.059 QF
  2. Alexander Kostoglod and Alexander Kovalev, Russia 3:31.023 QF
  3. György Kozmann and György Kolonics, Hungary 3:31.775 QF
  4. Alfredo Bea and David Mascato, Spain 3:32.355 QS
  5. Yannick Lavigne and Jose Lenoir, France 3:35.939 QS
  6. Maksym Prokopenko and Ruslan Dzhalilov, Ukraine 3:36.075 QS
  7. Aliaksandr Kurliandchyk and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich, Belarus 3:38.391 QS

Semifinal

  1. Alfredo Bea and David Mascato, Spain 3:31.876 QF
  2. Richard Dalton and Michael Scarola, Canada 3:32.280 QF
  3. Meng Guanliang and Yang Wenjun, China 3:32.792 QF
  4. Aliaksandr Kurliandchyk and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich, Belarus 3:33.588
  5. Yannick Lavigne and Jose Lenoir, France 3:35.232
  6. Maksym Prokopenko and Ruslan Dzhalilov, Ukraine 3:35.740
  7. Peter Pales and Daniel Biksadsky, Slovakia 3:36.572
  8. Jordan Malloch and Nathan Johnson, United States 3:46.036

Final

  1. Christian Gille and Tomasz Wylenzek, Germany 3:41.802
  2. Alexander Kostoglod and Alexander Kovalev, Russia 3:42.990
  3. György Kozmann and György Kolonics, Hungary 3:43.106
  4. Silviu Simioncencu and Florin Popescu, Romania 3:43.858
  5. Michal Sliwinski and Lukasz Woszczynski, Poland 3:44.338
  6. Richard Dalton and Michael Scarola, Canada 3:45.638
  7. Alfredo Bea and David Mascato, Spain 3:45.766
  8. Ibrahim Rojas Blanco and Ledis Frank Balceiro Pajon, Cuba 3:50.346
  9. Meng Guanliang and Yang Wenjun, China 3:52.926

K1 500 metre men

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Adam van Koeverden, CAN Nathan Baggaley, AUS Ian Wynne, GBR

Heats

Heat 1

  1. Eirik Verås Larsen, Norway 1:36.905 QS
  2. Nathan Baggaley, Australia 1:37.997 QS
  3. Babak Amir Tahmasseb, France 1:39.401 QS
  4. Michael Kolganov, Israel 1:39.745 QS
  5. Kimmo Latvamaki, Finland 1:40.645 QS
  6. Anders Gustafsson, Sweden 1:40.689 QS
  7. Andrey Shkiotov, Russia 1:40.809 QS

Heat 2

  1. Ian Wynne, Great Britain 1:37.341 QS
  2. Akos Vereckei, Hungary 1:37.589 QS
  3. Petar Merkov, Bulgaria 1:38.725 QS
  4. Andrea Facchin, Italy 1:40.025 QS
  5. Carlos Perez, Spain 1:40.149 QS
  6. Anton Ryahov, Uzbekistan 1:42.253 QS
  7. Liu Haitao, China 1:43.337 QS

Heat 3

  1. Adam van Koeverden, Canada 1:37.591 QS
  2. Javier Correa, Argentina 1:38.675 QS
  3. Lutz Altepost, Germany 1:38.859 QS
  4. Emanuel Silva, Portugal 1:40.067 QS
  5. Sebastian Cuattrin, Brazil 1:40.999 QS
  6. Martin Chorvath, Slovakia 1:42.383 QS
  7. Simon Faeh, Switzerland 1:42.415 QS

Heat 4

  1. Alan van Coller, South Africa 1:40.089 QS
  2. Rami Zur, United States 1:40.349 QS
  3. Alvydas Duonela, Lithania 1:40.365 QS
  4. Pawel Baumann, Poland 1:42.581 QS
  5. Apostolos Papandreou, Greece 1:44.217 QS
  6. Tony Lespoir, Seychelles 2:02.669 QS
  7. Steven Ferguson, New Zealand 2:06.937

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

  1. Eirik Verås Larsen, Norway 1:38.361 QF
  2. Akos Vereckei, Hungary 1:38.737 QF
  3. Javier Correa, Argentina 1:39.525 QF
  4. Alvydas Duonela, Lithania 1:40.253
  5. Anton Ryahov, Uzbekistan 1:40.737
  6. Kimmo Latvamaki, Finland 1:40.753
  7. Andrey Shkiotov, Russia 1:40.765
  8. Sebastian Cuattrin, Brazil 1:42.213
  9. Kimmo Latvamaki, Finland 1:43.125

Semifinal 2

  1. Ian Wynne, Great Britain 1:38.911 QF
  2. Lutz Altepost, Germany 1:39.643 QF
  3. Babak Amir Tahmasseb, France 1:40.467 QF
  4. Rami Zur, United States 1:40.727
  5. Simon Faeh, Switzerland 1:41.039
  6. Carlos Perez, Spain 1:41.335
  7. Emanuel Silva, Portugal 1:43.051
  8. Michael Kolganov, Israel 1:43.411
  9. Tony Lespoir, Seychelles 2:04.975

Semifinal 3

  1. Adam van Koeverden, Canada 1:38.907 QF
  2. Nathan Baggaley, Australia 1:39.031 QF
  3. Andrea Facchin, Italy 1:40.387 QF
  4. Alan van Coller, South Africa 1:41.131
  5. Anders Gustafsson, Sweden 1:41.291
  6. Petar Merkov, Bulgaria 1:42.207
  7. Martin Chorvath, Slovakia 1:43.095
  8. Liu Haitao, China 1:46.179
  9. Apostolos Papandreou, Greece 1:46.627

Finals

  1. Adam van Koeverden, Canada 1:37.919
  2. Nathan Baggaley, Australia 1:38.467
  3. Ian Wynne, Great Britain 1:38.547
  4. Eirik Verås Larsen, Norway 1:38.667
  5. Akos Vereckei, Hungary 1:39.315
  6. Lutz Altepost, Germany 1:39.647
  7. Babak Amir Tahmasseb, France 1:40.187
  8. Javier Correa, Argentina 1:40.639
  9. Andrea Facchin, Italy 1:41.575

K1 500 metre women

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Natasa Janics, HUN Josefa Idem, ITA Caroline Brunet, CAN



Heats

Heat 1

  1. Natasa Janics, Hungary 1:49.870 QF
  2. Katrin Wagner, Germany 1:53.234 QS
  3. Larissa Peisakhovitch, Israel 1:54.234　QS
  4. Li Ting, China 1:55.474　QS
  5. Nathalie Marie, France 1:57.342 QS
  6. Fernanda Lauro, Argentina 1:59.474 QS
  7. Doan Thi Cach, Vietnam 2:06.126 QS

DSQ Natalya Sergeyeva, Kazakhstan


Heat 2

  1. Caroline Brunet, Canada 1:50.366 QF
  2. Josefa Idem, Italy 1:50.466 QS
  3. Petra Santy, Belgium 1:52.834 QS
  4. Lucy Hardy, Great Britain 1:54.518 QS
  5. Michaela Strnadova, Czech Republic 1:55.806 QS
  6. Yulia Borzova, Uzbekistan 1:56.586 QS
  7. Amanda Rankin, Australia 1:56.678 QS
  8. Sarce Aronggear, Indonesia 2:03.790

Heat 3

  1. Marcela Erbanova, Slovakia 1:53.508 QF
  2. Aneta Pastuszka, Poland 1:53.840 QS
  3. Athina-Theodora Alexopoulou, Greece 1:54.828 QS
  4. Jenni Honkanen, Finland 1:55.244 QS
  5. Carrie Johnson, United States 1:57.708 QS
  6. Olga Kostenko, Russia 1:58.520 QS
  7. Miyuki Shirata, Japan 2:00.860 QS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

  1. Katrin Wagner, Germany 1:52.630 QF
  2. Jenni Honkanen, Finland 1:53.050 QF
  3. Li Ting, China 1:53.598 QF
  4. Petra Santy, Belgium 1:54.534
  5. Athina-Theodora Alexopoulou, Greece 1:54.950
  6. Olga Kostenko, Russia 1:55.766
  7. Michaela Strnadova, Czech Republic 1:56.154
  8. Amanda Rankin, Australia 1:56.198
  9. Fernanda Lauro, Argentina 2:00.198

Semifinal 2

  1. Josefa Idem, Italy 1:50.844 QF
  2. Larissa Peisakhovitch, Israel 1:55.096 QF
  3. Lucy Hardy, Great Britain 1:56.432 QF
  4. Carrie Johnson, United States 1:56.712
  5. Nathalie Marie, France 1:57.944
  6. Yulia Borzova, Uzbekistan 1:59.560
  7. Miyuki Shirata, Japan 2:03.076
  8. Doan Thi Cach, Vietnam 2:06.692

DSQ Sarce Aronggear, Indonesia


Final

  1. Natasa Janics, Hungary 1:47.741
  2. Josefa Idem, Italy 1:49.729
  3. Caroline Brunet, Canada 1:50.601
  4. Katrin Wagner, Germany 1:52.557
  5. Marcela Erbanova, Slovakia 1:52.685
  6. Larissa Peisakhovitch, Israel 1:53.089
  7. Lucy Hardy, Great Britain 1:53.717
  8. Jenni Honkanen, Finland 1:53.937
  9. Li Ting, China 1:54.473

K1 1000 metre men

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Eirik Verås Larsen, Norway Ben Fouhy, New Zealand Adam van Koeverden, Canada



Heats

Heat 1

  1. Ben Fouhy, New Zealand 3:26.064 QF
  2. Roland Kokeny, Hungary 3:27.904 QS
  3. Adam Seroczynski, Poland 3:28.464 QS
  4. Javier Correa, Argentina 3:28.492 QS
  5. Robert Erban, Slovakia 3:30.576 QS
  6. Alan van Coller, South Africa 3:32.516 QS
  7. Jernej Zupancic Regent, Slovenia 3:32.552 QS
  8. Apostolos Papandreou, Greece 3:41.664
  9. Tony Lespoir, Seychelles 4:17.128

Heat 2

  1. Tim Brabants, Great Britain 3:24.412 QF
  2. Adam van Koeverden, Canada 3:24.984 QS
  3. Roei Yellin, Israel 3:34.036 QS
  4. Andrey Shkiotov, Russia 3:35.708 QS
  5. Andrea Facchin, Italy 3:36.492 QS
  6. Simon Faeh, Switzerland 3:41.392 QS
  7. Benjamin Lewis, United States 3:43.052 QS
  8. Danila Turchin, Uzbekistan 3:48.140

Heat 3

  1. Eirik Veraas Larsen, Norway 3:25.150 QF
  2. Nathan Baggaley, Australia 3:29.414 QS
  3. Emanuel Silva, Portugal 3:29.854 QS
  4. Bjoern Goldschmidt, Germany 3:31.310 QS
  5. Sebastian Cuattrin, Brazil 3:36.506 QS
  6. Babak Amir Tahmasseb, France 3:36.882 QS
  7. Romas Petrukanecas, Lithuania 3:37.758 QS
  8. Liu Haitao, China 3:38.522

Semifinals

  1. Nathan Baggaley, Australia 3:28.417 QF
  2. Bjoern Goldschmidt, Germany 3:29.561 QF
  3. Roei Yellin, Israel 3:30.005 QF
  4. Adam Seroczynski, Poland 3:30.201
  5. Alan van Coller, South Africa 3:32.893
  6. Robert Erban, Slovakia 3:33.481
  7. Andrey Shkiotov, Russia 3:35.349
  8. Simon Faeh, Switzerland 3:37.569
  9. Romas Petrukanecas, Lithuania 3:39.493

Semifinal 2

  1. Adam van Koeverden, Canada 3:27.502 QF
  2. Roland Kokeny, Hungary 3:29.134 QF
  3. Emanuel Silva, Portugal 3:29.942 QF
  4. Javier Correa, Argentina 3:31.934
  5. Babak Amir Tahmasseb, France 3:32.582
  6. Jernej Zupancic Regent, Slovenia 3:35.050
  7. Sebastien Cuattrin, Brazil 3:37.682
  8. Andrea Facchin, Italy 3:39.510
  9. Benjamin Lewis, United States of America 3:47.426

Finals

  1. Eirik Veraas Larsen, Norway 3:25.897
  2. Ben Fouhy, New Zealand 3:27.413
  3. Adam van Koeverden, Canada 3:28.218
  4. Nathan Baggaley, Australia 3:28.310
  5. Tim Brabants, Great Britain 3:30.552
  6. Roland Kokeny, Hungary 3:31.121
  7. Semanuel Silva, Portugal 3:33.862
  8. Bjoern Goldschmidt, Germany 3:34.381
  9. Roei Yellin, Israel 3:43.485

K2 500 metre men

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Germany
Ronald Rauhe
Tim Wieskötter		 Australia
Clint Robinson
Nathan Baggaley

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