Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, seven events in flatwater canoe racing were contested. The program was unchanged from the previous Games in 1964.
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[edit] Medal summary
[edit] Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 1000 metres |  Tibor TataiHungary (HUN) |
 Detlef LeweWest Germany (FRG) |
 Vitali GalkovSoviet Union (URS) |
| C-2 1000 metres |  Romania (ROM)Ivan Patzaichin Serghei Covaliov |
Hungary (HUN) Tamas Wichmann Gyula Petrikovics |
Soviet Union (URS) Naum Prokupets Mikhail Zamotin |
| K-1 1000 metres | Mihaly Hesz Hungary (HUN) |
Aleksandr Shaparenko Soviet Union (URS) |
 Erik HansenDenmark (DEN) |
| K-2 1000 metres | Soviet Union (URS) Aleksandr Shaparenko Volodymyr Morozov |
Hungary (HUN) Csaba Giczi Istvan Timar |
 Austria (AUT)Gerhard Seibold Günther Pfaff |
| K-4 1000 metres |  Norway (NOR)Steinar Amundsen Tore Berger Egil Søby Jan Johansen |
Romania (ROM) Anton Calenic Haralambie Ivanov Dimitrie Ivanov Mihai Turcas |
Hungary (HUN) Csaba Giczi Imre Szöllösi Istvan Timar Istvan Csizmadia |
[edit] Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 metres | Lyudmila Khvedosyuk-Pinaeva Soviet Union (URS) |
Renate Breuer-Dukat West Germany (FRG) |
Viorica Dumitru Romania (ROM) |
| K-2 500 metres | West Germany (FRG) Annemarie Zimmermann Roswitha Esser |
Hungary (HUN) Anna Pfeffer Katalin Sagi-Rozsnyoi |
Soviet Union (URS) Lyudmila Khvedosyuk-Pinaeva Antonina Seredina |
[edit] Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary (HUN) |
2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) |
2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Romania (ROM) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Norway (NOR) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Austria (AUT) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Denmark (DEN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
[edit] Reference
- Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on December 20, 2006.
| Events at the 1968 Summer Olympics (Mexico City) |
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| Athletics • Basketball • Basque pelota (demonstration) • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Hockey • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Tennis (demonstration) • Volleyball • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling |
| Canoeing at the Summer Olympics |  |
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| 1924 (demonstration) • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 See also: List of Olympic medalists in canoeing (men) and List of Olympic medalists in canoeing (women) |
