Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Canoeing was an official Olympic sport for the first time at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. It had been a demonstration sport twelve years earlier at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of nine events were contested at the 1936 Games, all in canoe sprint for men. In total, 158 canoeists from 19 nations took part in the canoe races. All these countries had sent in entries before the deadline, the only late entry came from Latvia, which was as a result excluded from participating in the canoeing competitions.
| Canoeing at the Games of the XI Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Langer See, Grünau |
| Dates | 7–8 August |
| Competitors | 119 from 19 nations |
| Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics | |
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| Sprint | |
| C-1 1000 m | |
| C-2 1000 m | |
| C-2 10000 m | |
| K-1 1000 m | |
| K-1 10000 m | |
| K-1 10000 m folding | |
| K-2 1000 m | |
| K-2 10000 m | |
| K-2 10000 m folding | |
The competitions were held on Friday, August 7, 1936, and Saturday, August 8, 1936. They were held on a regatta course at Grünau on the Langer See.
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| C-1 1000 m |
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| C-2 1000 m |
and Vladimír Syrovátka (TCH) |
 and Karl Proisl (AUT)[1] |
and Harvey Charters (CAN) |
| C-2 10000 m |
and Zdeněk Škrland (TCH) |
and Harvey Charters (CAN) |
and Karl Proisl (AUT) |
| K-1 1000 m |
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| K-1 10000 m |
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| K-1 10000 m folding |
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| K-2 1000 m |
and Alfons Dorfner (AUT) |
and Fritz Bondroit (GER) |
and Wim van der Kroft (NED) |
| K-2 10000 m |
and Ludwig Landen (GER) |
and Karl Steinhuber (AUT) |
 and Helge Larsson (SWE) |
| K-2 10000 m folding |
and Sven Johansson (SWE) |
and Willi Horn (GER) |
and Kees Wijdekop (NED) |
Participating nations
A total of 119 canoers from 19 nations competed at the Berlin Games:
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Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 nations) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |
Notes
- The 1936 official Olympic Report has the silver medalists listed as Josef Kampfl and Alois Edeltitsch, but information from Olympisch Enzyklopaedie (in German), the Austrian Olympic Committee, and from Volker Kluge's Olympia Chronik (in German) all confirm that the actual silver medalists were Weinstabl and Proisl.
References
- 1936 Summer Olympics Official Report Volume 2. pp. 1020–9.
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-05.
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