Canoe Sprint — Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men (discontinued)

Times held 9
Total participants 110
Total countries 45

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1976 Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 15 15
1980 Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 11 11
1984 Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 13 13
1988 Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 15 15
1992 Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 19 19
1996 Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 17 17
2000 Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 18 18
2004 Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 19 19
2008 Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men Olympic 22 22

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1976 Aleksandr RogovURS John WoodCAN Matija LjubekYUG
1980 Sergey PostrekhinURS Lyubomir LyubenovBUL Olaf HeukrodtGDR
1984 Larry CainCAN Henning Lynge JakobsenDEN Costică OlaruROU
1988 Olaf HeukrodtGDR Mykhailo SlivinskyURS Martin MarinovBUL
1992 Nikolay BuhalovBUL Mykhailo SlivinskyEUN Olaf HeukrodtGER
1996 Martin DoktorCZE Slavomír KňazovickýSVK Imre PulaiHUN
2000 György KolonicsHUN Maksim OpalevRUS Andreas DittmerGER
2004 Andreas DittmerGER David CalESP Maksim OpalevRUS
2008 Maksim OpalevRUS David CalESP Yuriy ChebanUKR

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Soviet Union URS 2 1 0 3
Bulgaria BUL 1 1 1 3
Russian Federation RUS 1 1 1 3
Canada CAN 1 1 0 2
Germany GER 1 0 2 3
East Germany GDR 1 0 1 2
Hungary HUN 1 0 1 2
Czechia CZE 1 0 0 1
Spain ESP 0 2 0 2
Denmark DEN 0 1 0 1
Slovakia SVK 0 1 0 1
Unified Team EUN 0 1 0 1
Romania ROU 0 0 1 1
Ukraine UKR 0 0 1 1
Yugoslavia YUG 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Maksim Opalev RUS 1 1 1 3
Olaf Heukrodt GDR
GER
1 0 2 3
Andreas Dittmer GER 1 0 1 2
Nikolay Buhalov BUL 1 0 0 1
Larry Cain CAN 1 0 0 1
Martin Doktor CZE 1 0 0 1
György Kolonics HUN 1 0 0 1
Sergey Postrekhin URS
UKR
1 0 0 1
Aleksandr Rogov RUS
URS
1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Angola ANG 2008 Summer Olympics Fortunato Pacavira 8 h1 r1/3 See all
Australia AUS 2004 Summer Olympics Martin Marinov 4 h2 r2/3 See all
Belarus BLR 2004 Summer Olympics Aliaksandr Zhukouski 4 See all
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 1992 Summer Olympics Aleksandar Đurić 5 h1 r2/4 See all
Brazil BRA 2008 Summer Olympics Nivalter Jesus 7 h1 r2/3 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1992 Summer Olympics Nikolay Buhalov 1 Gold See all
Canada CAN 1984 Summer Olympics Larry Cain 1 Gold See all
Croatia CRO 1996 Summer Olympics Dražen Funtak 5 h2 r2/3 See all
Cuba CUB 2000 Summer Olympics Ledys Balceiro 6 See all
Czechia CZE 1996 Summer Olympics Martin Doktor 1 Gold See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1992 Summer Olympics Slavomír Kňazovický 4 See all
Denmark DEN 1984 Summer Olympics Henning Lynge Jakobsen 2 Silver See all
East Germany GDR 1988 Summer Olympics Olaf Heukrodt 1 Gold See all
Estonia EST 1992 Summer Olympics Tiit Tikerpe 9 h2 r3/4 See all
Finland FIN 1984 Summer Olympics Timo Grönlund 5 See all
France FRA 1984 Summer Olympics Philippe Renaud 4 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Mathieu Goubel 4
Germany GER 2004 Summer Olympics Andreas Dittmer 1 Gold See all
Great Britain GBR 1988 Summer Olympics Eric Jamieson 9 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Eric Jamieson AC r4/4
Greece GRE 2008 Summer Olympics Andreas Kiligkaridis 5 h2 r2/3 See all
Guam GUM 2008 Summer Olympics Sean Pangelinan 9 h1 r2/3 See all
Hungary HUN 2000 Summer Olympics György Kolonics 1 Gold See all
Italy ITA 1976 Summer Olympics Pietro Bruschi 4 h2 r2/4 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Franco Lizzio 5 h2 r3/4
Japan JPN 1984 Summer Olympics Kiyoto Inoue 6 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 1996 Summer Olympics Konstantin Negodyayev 7 See all
Latvia LAT 1992 Summer Olympics Jefimijs Klementjevs 6 h1 r3/4 See all
Norway NOR 1984 Summer Olympics Robert Rozanski 8 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2008 Summer Olympics Li Qiang 6 See all
Poland POL 1980 Summer Olympics Marek Łbik 5 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Jan Pinczura 5
Portugal POR 1996 Summer Olympics Silvestre Pereira 7 h1 r2/3 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1984 Summer Olympics Yun Hui-Chun 4 h1 r2/4 See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 1996 Summer Olympics Andrei Placinta 6 h1 r2/3 See all
Romania ROU 1984 Summer Olympics Costică Olaru 3 Bronze See all
Russian Federation RUS 2008 Summer Olympics Maksim Opalev 1 Gold See all
Slovakia SVK 1996 Summer Olympics Slavomír Kňazovický 2 Silver See all
South Africa RSA 2008 Summer Olympics Calvin Mokoto 9 h2 r2/3 See all
Soviet Union URS 1976 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Rogov 1 Gold See all
1980 Summer Olympics Sergey Postrekhin 1 Gold
Spain ESP 2004 Summer Olympics David Cal 2 Silver See all
2008 Summer Olympics David Cal 2 Silver
Sweden SWE 1976 Summer Olympics Göran Backlund 4 h3 r3/4 See all
1980 Summer Olympics Thomas Falk 4 h1 r2/3
1984 Summer Olympics Göran Backlund 4 h3 r3/4
Ukraine UKR 2008 Summer Olympics Yuriy Cheban 3 Bronze See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Mykhailo Slivinsky 2 Silver See all
United States USA 1984 Summer Olympics Rob Plankenhorn 4 h2 r3/4 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Jim Terrell 4 h2 r3/4
Uruguay URU 2004 Summer Olympics Darwin Correa 7 h2 r2/3 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2008 Summer Olympics Vadim Menkov 6 h1 r2/3 See all
West Germany FRG 1984 Summer Olympics Hartmut Faust 7 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1976 Summer Olympics Matija Ljubek 3 Bronze See all