| Athlete |
Nation(s) |
Sport(s) |
Role(s) |
Era |
Notes |
| Mikhail Zamotin |
 RUS
 URS |
CSP |
Olympics |
1968 |
0–3–0 1965 București silver: C1 10000 m and C2 1000 m; 1969 Moskva silver: C2 10000 m |
| Holger Zander |
 GER
 FRG |
CSP |
Olympics |
1964—1968 |
0–1–0 1967 Duisburg silver: K1 4×500 m (competed for West Germany) |
| Radek Záruba |
 CZE |
CSP |
Olympics |
2000 |
0–1–0 2000 Poznań silver: K2 500 m |
| Roman Zarubin |
RUS |
CSP |
Olympics |
2000 |
3–2–1 1999 Zagreb gold: K4 200 m and K4 500 m; 2001 Milano gold: K4 500 m, silver: K4 200 m; 2004 Poznań bronze: K4 200 m; 2009 Brandenburg an der Havel silver: K4 200 m |
| Eric Zeidlitz |
 SWE |
CSP |
Olympics |
1968—1980 |
0–0–2 1967 Duisburg bronze: C2 10000 m; 1969 Moskva bronze: C2 10000 m |
| Therese Zenz |
GER
 SAA
FRG |
CSP |
Olympics |
1952—1960 |
0–2–1 1957 Gent silver: K1 500 m and K2 500 m (competed for West Germany); 1959 Duisburg bronze: K2 500 m (competed for West Germany) |
| Michele Zerial |
 ITA |
CSP |
Olympics |
2008 |
0–1–0 2008 Milano silver: K1 500 m |
| Oleg Zhestkov |
RUS |
CSP |
Olympics |
2012—2016 |
0–1–0 2016 Moskva silver: K4 1000 m |
| Aliaksandr Zhukouski |
 BLR |
CSP |
Olympics |
2004—2012 |
1–1–7 2001 Milano bronze: K4 500 m and K4 1000 m; 2004 Poznań bronze: C4 500 m and C4 1000 m; 2005 Poznań bronze: C1 1000 m; 2006 Račice silver: C4 500 m; 2007 Pontevedra gold: C4 500 m; 2008 Milano bronze: C4 200 m; 2012 Zagreb bronze: C1 1000 m |
| Władysław Zieliński |
 POL |
CSP |
Olympics |
1960—1968 |
0–1–2 1959 Duisburg bronze: K2 500 m and K1 4×500 m; 1961 Poznań silver: K2 500 m |
| Annemarie Zimmermann |
GER
FRG |
CSP |
Olympics |
1964—1968 |
0–1–1 1969 Moskva silver: K4 500 m, bronze: K2 500 m (competed for West Germany) |
| Dragan Zorić |
 SRB
 SCG |
CSP |
Olympics |
2000—2004 |
1–1–2 2005 Poznań bronze: K2 200 m; 2007 Pontevedra gold: K4 200 m, bronze: K2 200 m; 2008 Milano silver: K4 200 m |
| Milenko Zorić |
SRB |
CSP |
Olympics |
2012—2016 |
1–1–2 2012 Zagreb bronze: K4 1000 m; 2016 Moskva bronze: K2 1000 m; 2017 Plovdiv silver: K2 1000 m; 2018 Beograd gold: K2 1000 m |
| Henrikas Žustautas |
 LTU |
CSP |
Olympics |
2016 |
1–1–0 2016 Moskva silver: C1 200 m; 2017 Plovdiv gold: C1 200 m |