Canoeing At The 1992 Summer Olympics
The canoeing competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona was composed of 16 events (12 for men and 4 for women) in two disciplines, slalom and sprint.
The slalom events returned to the Olympic program after a 20-year absence, since the 1972 Munich Games. Slalom events took place at La Seu d'Urgell while the sprint events took place at Castelldefels.
| Canoeing at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| No. of events | 16 |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany (GER) | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 |  Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Unified Team (EUN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 7 |  United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 |  Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 |  Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 |  Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | |
Medal summary
Slalom
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's C-1 | Lukáš Pollert Czechoslovakia | Gareth Marriott Great Britain | Jacky Avril France |
| Men's C-2 | Joe Jacobi and Scott Strausbaugh  United States | Jiří Rohan and Miroslav Šimek Czechoslovakia | Frank Adisson and Wilfrid Forgues France |
| Men's K-1 | Pierpaolo Ferrazzi Italy | Sylvain Curinier France | Jochen Lettmann Germany |
| Women's K-1 | Elisabeth Micheler-Jones Germany | Danielle Woodward Australia | Dana Chladek United States |
Sprint
Men's events
Women's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| K-1 500 metres | Birgit Schmidt Germany | Rita Kőbán Hungary | Izabela Dylewska Poland |
| K-2 500 metres | Ramona Portwich and Anke von Seck (GER) | Susanne Gunnarsson and Agneta Andersson (SWE) | Rita Kőbán and Éva Dónusz (HUN) |
| K-4 500 metres | Hungary (HUN) Rita Kőbán Éva Dónusz Erika Mészáros Kinga Czigány | Germany (GER) Katrin Borchert Ramona Portwich Birgit Schmidt Anke von Seck | Sweden (SWE) Anna Olsson Agneta Andersson Maria Haglund Susanne Rosenqvist |
References
- 1992 Summer Olympics official report Volume 5. pp. 134–52. (in Catalan, English, French, and Spanish)
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-20.
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