Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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C-1 1000 m		men
C-2 1000 m		men
K-1 500 m				women
K-1 1000 m		men
K-1 4×500 m		men
K-2 500 m				women
K-2 1000 m		men

At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested at Lake Albano. Four changes were done to the program. First, the 10000 metre events that were raced from 1936 to 1956 were permanently dropped from the Olympic program, leaving all races at the 500 metre and 1000 metre distances. Second, the women's K-2 500 m event was added to the program, as was a men's K-1 4 × 500 m relay event (though for these games). Third, event timing in 1/100ths of a second at these games. Fourth, a repechage system was introduced that was used to the 1996 games in Atlanta at Lake Lanier.

Medal summary

Men's events

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Men's K-2 1000 metres medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics. 1st: Sweden with Gert Fredriksson and Sven-Olov Sjödelius. 2nd: Hungary with András Szente and György Mészáros. 3rd: Poland with Stefan Kapłaniak and Władysław Zieliński.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 1000 metres	János Parti (HUN)	Aleksandr Silayev (URS)	Leon Rotman (ROU)
C-2 1000 metres	Leonid Geishtor and Sergei Makarenko (URS)	Aldo Dezi and Francesco La Macchia (ITA)	Imre Farkas and András Törő (HUN)
K-1 1000 metres	Erik Hansen (DEN)	Imre Szöllösi (HUN)	Gert Fredriksson (SWE)
K-1 4 × 500 meter relay	United Team of Germany (EUA) Dieter Krause Günther Perleberg Paul Lange Friedhelm Wentzke	Hungary (HUN) Imre Szöllösi Imre Kemeczei András Szente György Mészáros	Denmark (DEN) Erik Hansen Helmuth Nyborg Arne Høyer Erling Jessen
K-2 1000 metres	Gert Fredriksson and Sven-Olov Sjödelius (SWE)	György Mészáros and András Szente (HUN)	Stefan Kapłaniak and Władysław Zieliński (POL)

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 metres	Antonina Seredina (URS)	Therese Zenz (EUA)	Daniela Walkowiak (POL)
K-2 500 metres	Mariya Shubina and Antonina Seredina (URS)	Therese Zenz and Ingrid Hartmann (EUA)	Klára Fried-Bánfalvi and Vilma Egresi (HUN)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	3	1	0	4
2	Hungary (HUN)	1	3	2	6
3	United Team of Germany (EUA)	1	2	0	3
4	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	1	2
	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	1	2
6	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
7	Poland (POL)	0	0	2	2
8	Romania (ROU)	0	0	1	1

References

• 1960 Summer Olympics official report Volume 2, Part 1. pp. 248–70.