Canoe Sprint — Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men

Times held 21
Total participants 350
Total countries 73

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1936 Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 15 15
1948 Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 15 15
1952 Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 20 20
1956 Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 13 13
1960 Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 22 22
1964 Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 15 15
1968 Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 21 21
1972 Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 24 24
1976 Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 19 19
1980 Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 20 20
1984 Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 19 19
1988 Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 19 19
1992 Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 26 26
1996 Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 23 23
2000 Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 31 31
2004 Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 25 25
2008 Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 26 26
2012 Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 22 22
2016 Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 21 21
2020 Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 27 23
2024 Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Olympic 29 24

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1936 Gregor HradetzkyAUT Helmut CämmererGER Jaap KraaierNED
1948 Gert FredrikssonSWE Frederik Kobberup AndersenDEN Henri EberhardtFRA
1952 Gert FredrikssonSWE Thorvald StrömbergFIN Louis GantoisFRA
1956 Gert FredrikssonSWE Igor PisarevURS Lajos KissHUN
1960 Erik HansenDEN Imre SzöllősiHUN Gert FredrikssonSWE
1964 Rolf PetersonSWE Mihály HeszHUN Aurel VernescuROU
1968 Mihály HeszHUN Aleksandr ShaparenkoURS Erik HansenDEN
1972 Aleksandr ShaparenkoURS Rolf PetersonSWE Géza CsapóHUN
1976 Rüdiger HelmGDR Géza CsapóHUN Vasile DîbaROU
1980 Rüdiger HelmGDR Alain LebasFRA Ion BîrlădeanuROU
1984 Alan ThompsonNZL Milan JanićYUG Greg BartonUSA
1988 Greg BartonUSA Grant DaviesAUS André WohllebeGDR
1992 Clint RobinsonAUS Knut HolmannNOR Greg BartonUSA
1996 Knut HolmannNOR Beniamino BonomiITA Clint RobinsonAUS
2000 Knut HolmannNOR Petar MerkovBUL Tim BrabantsGBR
2004 Eirik Verås LarsenNOR Ben FouhyNZL Adam Van KoeverdenCAN
2008 Tim BrabantsGBR Eirik Verås LarsenNOR Ken WallaceAUS
2012 Eirik Verås LarsenNOR Adam Van KoeverdenCAN Max HoffGER
2016 Marcus CooperESP Josef DostálCZE Roman AnoshkinRUS
2020 Bálint KopaszHUN Ádám VargaHUN Fernando PimentaPOR
2024 Josef DostálCZE Ádám VargaHUN Bálint KopaszHUN

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Norway NOR 4 2 0 6
Sweden SWE 4 1 1 6
Hungary HUN 2 5 3 10
East Germany GDR 2 0 1 3
Soviet Union URS 1 2 0 3
Australia AUS 1 1 2 4
Denmark DEN 1 1 1 3
Czechia CZE 1 1 0 2
New Zealand NZL 1 1 0 2
United States USA 1 0 2 3
Great Britain GBR 1 0 1 2
Austria AUT 1 0 0 1
Spain ESP 1 0 0 1
France FRA 0 1 2 3
Canada CAN 0 1 1 2
Germany GER 0 1 1 2
Bulgaria BUL 0 1 0 1
Finland FIN 0 1 0 1
Italy ITA 0 1 0 1
Yugoslavia YUG 0 1 0 1
Romania ROU 0 0 3 3
Netherlands NED 0 0 1 1
Portugal POR 0 0 1 1
Russian Federation RUS 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Gert Fredriksson SWE 3 0 1 4
Knut Holmann NOR 2 1 0 3
Eirik Verås Larsen NOR 2 1 0 3
Rüdiger Helm GDR 2 0 0 2
Mihály Hesz HUN 1 1 0 2
Rolf Peterson SWE 1 1 0 2
Aleksandr Shaparenko URS
UKR
1 1 0 2
Josef Dostál CZE 1 1 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Argentina ARG 2000 Summer Olympics Javier Correa 5 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Agustín Vernice =4
Armenia ARM 2000 Summer Olympics Vladimir Grushikhin 4 h3 r2/3 See all
Australia AUS 1992 Summer Olympics Clint Robinson 1 Gold See all
Austria AUT 1936 Summer Olympics Gregor Hradetzky 1 Gold See all
Belarus BLR 2012 Summer Olympics Aleh Yurenia 6 See all
Belgium BEL 1972 Summer Olympics Jean-Pierre Burny 4 See all
Belize BIZ 2020 Summer Olympics Amado Cruz 25 See all
Bolivia BOL 1964 Summer Olympics Fernando Inchauste 3 h2 r2/4 See all
Brazil BRA 1996 Summer Olympics Sébastian Cuattrín 8 See all
Bulgaria BUL 2000 Summer Olympics Petar Merkov 2 Silver See all
Canada CAN 2012 Summer Olympics Adam Van Koeverden 2 Silver See all
Cook Islands COK 2012 Summer Olympics Joshua Utanga 21 See all
Croatia CRO 2008 Summer Olympics Stjepan Janić 7 See all
Cuba CUB 2012 Summer Olympics Jorge García 9 See all
Czechia CZE 2024 Summer Olympics Josef Dostál 1 Gold See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1972 Summer Olympics Ladislav Souček 5 See all
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 1972 Summer Olympics N'Gama 6 h1 r3/4 See all
Denmark DEN 1960 Summer Olympics Erik Hansen 1 Gold See all
East Germany GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Rüdiger Helm 1 Gold See all
1980 Summer Olympics Rüdiger Helm 1 Gold
Egypt EGY 2012 Summer Olympics Mostafa Sa'id 20 See all
Estonia EST 1996 Summer Olympics Hain Helde 6 h2 r3/4 See all
Finland FIN 1952 Summer Olympics Thorvald Strömberg 2 Silver See all
France FRA 1980 Summer Olympics Alain Lebas 2 Silver See all
Germany GER 1936 Summer Olympics Helmut Cämmerer 2 Silver See all
Great Britain GBR 2008 Summer Olympics Tim Brabants 1 Gold See all
Greece GRE 2004 Summer Olympics Apostolos Papandreou 8 h1 r1/3 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 1984 Summer Olympics Tsoi Ngai Wan 5 h1 r2/4 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Luk Kwok Sun 5 h2 r2/4
Hungary HUN 1968 Summer Olympics Mihály Hesz 1 Gold See all
2020 Summer Olympics Bálint Kopasz 1 Gold
Independent Olympic Athletes IOA 1992 Summer Olympics Srđan Marilović 6 h2 r2/4 See all
Individual Neutral Athletes AIN 2024 Summer Olympics Uladzislau Kravets =4 See all
Indonesia INA 1992 Summer Olympics Anisi 7 h2 r2/4 See all
Ireland IRL 1984 Summer Olympics Ian Pringle 5 h3 r3/4 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Pat Holmes 5 h1 r3/4
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2012 Summer Olympics Ahmad Reza Talebian 18 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Ali Aghamirzaei 18
Israel ISR 2000 Summer Olympics Michael Kolganov 4 See all
Italy ITA 1996 Summer Olympics Beniamino Bonomi 2 Silver See all
Japan JPN 1964 Summer Olympics Hideo Shigashiyama 4 h1 r3/4 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2008 Summer Olympics Dmitry Torlopov 8 h1 r2/3 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Ilya Golendov 18
Lithuania LTU 1992 Summer Olympics Artūras Vieta 9 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1948 Summer Olympics Marcel Lentz 7 h1 r1/2 See all
Mexico MEX 2008 Summer Olympics Manuel Cortina 7 h2 r2/3 See all
Morocco MAR 2024 Summer Olympics Achraf El-Aidi 29 See all
Myanmar MYA 2008 Summer Olympics Phone Myint Tayzar 8 h1 r1/3 See all
Netherlands NED 1936 Summer Olympics Jaap Kraaier 3 Bronze See all
New Zealand NZL 1984 Summer Olympics Alan Thompson 1 Gold See all
Norway NOR 1996 Summer Olympics Knut Holmann 1 Gold See all
2000 Summer Olympics Knut Holmann 1 Gold
2004 Summer Olympics Eirik Verås Larsen 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Eirik Verås Larsen 1 Gold
People's Republic of China CHN 2020 Summer Olympics Zhang Dong 6 See all
Poland POL 1956 Summer Olympics Stefan Kapłaniak 4 See all
1968 Summer Olympics Władysław Szuszkiewicz 4
Portugal POR 2020 Summer Olympics Fernando Pimenta 3 Bronze See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Maksim Spesivtsev 13 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1988 Summer Olympics Kim Dong-Su 4 h2 r2/4 See all
Romania ROU 1964 Summer Olympics Aurel Vernescu 3 Bronze See all
1976 Summer Olympics Vasile Dîba 3 Bronze
1980 Summer Olympics Ion Bîrlădeanu 3 Bronze
Russian Federation RUS 2016 Summer Olympics Roman Anoshkin 3 Bronze See all
Samoa SAM 2008 Summer Olympics Rudolf Berking-Williams 9 h1 r2/3 See all
Senegal SEN 2008 Summer Olympics Assane Fall 9 h1 r1/3 See all
Serbia SRB 2012 Summer Olympics Marko Tomićević 10 See all
Seychelles SEY 2008 Summer Olympics Tony Lespoir 8 h3 r1/3 See all
Slovakia SVK 2016 Summer Olympics Peter Gelle 8 See all
Slovenia SLO 2004 Summer Olympics Jernej Župančič Regent 6 h2 r2/3 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Jernej Župančič Regent 6 h1 r2/3
South Africa RSA 2024 Summer Olympics Hamish Lovemore 9 See all
Soviet Union URS 1972 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Shaparenko 1 Gold See all
Spain ESP 2016 Summer Olympics Marcus Cooper 1 Gold See all
Sweden SWE 1948 Summer Olympics Gert Fredriksson 1 Gold See all
1952 Summer Olympics Gert Fredriksson 1 Gold
1956 Summer Olympics Gert Fredriksson 1 Gold
1964 Summer Olympics Rolf Peterson 1 Gold
Switzerland SUI 1980 Summer Olympics Helmut Lehmann 4 h3 r3/4 See all
São Tomé and Príncipe STP 2008 Summer Olympics Alcino Silva 9 h2 r1/3 See all
Tunisia TUN 2012 Summer Olympics Mohamed Mrabet 12 See all
Ukraine UKR 1996 Summer Olympics Vladyslav Tereshchenko 9 h2 r3/4 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Igor Nagayev 8 h2 r3/4 See all
United States USA 1988 Summer Olympics Greg Barton 1 Gold See all
Uruguay URU 2024 Summer Olympics Matías Otero 14 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2016 Summer Olympics Aleksey Mochalov 12 See all
West Germany FRG 1984 Summer Olympics Christoph Wolf 4 h3 r3/4 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1984 Summer Olympics Milan Janić 2 Silver See all
Équipe Olympique des Réfugies EOR 2020 Summer Olympics Saeid Fazloula 21 See all