István Szabó (canoeist)

István Szabó

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
	1980 Moscow	K-2 1000 m
	1976 Montreal	K-2 1000 m
World Championships
	1971 Belgrade	K-1 4 x 500 m
	1974 Mexico City	K-2 1000 m
	1975 Belgrade	K-2 10000 m
	1977 Sofia	K-2 1000 m
	1978 Belgrade	K-2 10000 m
	1974 Mexico City	K-4 10000 m
	1977 Sofia	K-2 10000 m
	1979 Duisburg	K-2 1000 m
	1981 Nottingham	K-2 10000 m
	1983 Tampere	K-2 10000 m
	1985 Mechelen	K-2 10000 m
	1970 Copenhagen	K-4 1000 m
	1971 Belgrade	K-4 1000 m
	1975 Belgrade	K-4 1000 m
	1978 Belgrade	K-2 1000 m
	1982 Belgrade	K-2 10000 m

István Szabó (born 15 June 1950) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 1000 m event with a silver in 1980 and a bronze in 1976.

Szabó also won sixteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with five golds (K-1 4 x 500 m: 1971, K-2 1000 m: 1974, 1977; K-2 10000 m: 1975, 1978), six silvers (K-2 1000 m: 1979, K-2 10000 m: 1977, 1981, 1983, 1985, K-4 10000 m: 1974), and five bronzes (K-2 1000 m: 1978, K-2 10000 m: 1982, K-4 1000 m: 1970, 1971, 1975).

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "István Szabó". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-03-22.