Canoe and Kayak 

by Aileen

The difference between a kayak and a canoe is that a kayak has a closed in top, the athlete sits in it and the paddle is double ended.  A canoe is open, the athlete kneels on it to paddle and the paddle has only one blade.  Men race in both kayaks and canoes, women in kayaks only. 

Sprint canoe-kayak races are held on flat water with lanes marked out. 

Slalom events are around obstacles.  Women’s events are 500 metres long.

The numbers in K1, K2, K4 show  how many paddlers in the kayak.   

 

Canoe/Kayak Slalom Medals

Country

G

S

B

Total

France

1

1

1

3

Slovakia

1

1

1

3

Czechoslovakia

1

0

1

2

Germany

1

0

0

1

Great Britain

0

1

0

1

Canoe/Kayak Sprint Medals

Country

G

S

B

Total

Hungary

4

2

1

7

Germany

3

1

3

7

Italy

2

0

0

2

Norway

2

0

0

2

Romania

1

0

2

3

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