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C-2 1000m Men’s Olympic Flatwater Canoe / Kayak Past Medalists and Times
Your Guide to the Historical Results

By George Sayour, About.com

This is your guide to the historical results for the Olympic Canoe / Kayak 1000m men's C-2 Flatwater race. See how the men did over the years and learn who the gold, silver, and bronze men's medalists were along with their corresponding times and countries.

1936 Berlin Olympics Canoe / Kayak C-2 1000m Medalists

  • Gold: Jan Brzak-Felix & Vladimir Syrovatka TCH 4:50.1
  • Silver: Joseph Kampfl & Alois Edletitsch AUT 4:53.8
  • Bronze: Frank Saker & Harvey Charters CAN 4:56.7

1948 London Olympics Canoe / Kayak C-2 1000m Medalists

  • Gold: Jan Brzak-Felix & Bohumil Kudrna TCH 5:07.1
  • Silver: Steven John Lysak & Stephen Albert Macknowski USA 5:08.2
  • Bronze: Georges Dransart & Georges Gandil FRA 5:15.2

1952 Helsinki Olympics Canoe / Kayak C-2 1000m Medalists

  • Gold: Finn Haunstoft & Bent Rasch DEN 4:38.3
  • Silver: Jan Brzak-Felix & Bohumil Kudrna TCH 4:42.9
  • Bronze: Egon Drews & Wilfried Soltau FRA 4:48.6

1956 Melbourne / Stockholm Olympics Canoe / Kayak C-2 1000m Medalists

  • Gold: Simion Ismailciuc & Alexe Dumitru ROM 4:47.4
  • Silver: Pavel Kharin & Botev Gratsian URS 4:48.6
  • Bronze: Karoly Wieland & Ferenc Mohacsi FRA 4:57.7

1960 Rome Olympics Canoe / Kayak C-2 1000m Medalists

  • Gold: Leonid Geishtor & Sergei Makarenko URS 4:17.0
  • Silver: Aldo Dezi & Francesco La Macchia ITA 4:20.8
  • Bronze: Imre Farkas & Andras Istvan Tro HUN 4:20.9

1964 Tokyo Olympics Canoe / Kayak C-2 1000m Medalists

  • Gold: Andrei Khimich & Stepan Oschchepkov URS 4:04.6
  • Silver: Michel Chapuis & Jean Boudehen FRA 4:06.5
  • Bronze: Peer Nielsen & John Srensen DEN 4:07.5

1968 Mexico Olympics Canoe / Kayak C-2 1000m Medalists

  • Gold: Serghei Covaliov & Ivan Patzaichin ROM 4:07.2
  • Silver: Gyula Petrikovics & Tamas Wichmann HUN 4:08.8
  • Bronze: naum Prokupets & Mikahail Zamotin URS 4:11.3

1972 Munich Olympics Canoe / Kayak C-2 1000m Medalists

  • Gold: Vladislavas Chessyunas & Yuri Lobanov URS 3:52.6
  • Silver: Serghei Covaliov & Ivan Patzaichin ROM 3:52.6
  • Bronze: Fedia Damianov & Ivan Burtchin BUL 3:58.1

1976 Montreal Olympics Canoe / Kayak C-2 1000m Medalists

  • Gold: Sergei Petranko & Aleksandr Vinogradov URS 3:52.8
  • Silver: Gheorghe Danielov & Gheorge Simionov ROM 3:54.3
  • Bronze: Tamas Buday & Oszkar Frey HUN 3:55.7

1980 Moscow Olympics Canoe / Kayak C-2 1000m Medalists

  • Gold: Toma Simionov & Ivan Patzaichin ROM 3:47.6
  • Silver: Uwe Madeja & Olaf Heukrodt GDR 3:49.9
  • Bronze: Vasili Yurchenko & Yuri Lobanov URS 3:51.3

1984 Los Angeles Olympics Canoe / Kayak C-2 1000m Medalists

  • Gold: Toma Simionov & Ivan Patzaichin ROM 3:40.6
  • Silver: Matija Ljubek & Mirko Nisovic YUG 3:41.6
  • Bronze: Eric Renaud & Didier Hoyer FRA 3:48.0

1988 Seoul Olympics Canoe / Kayak C-2 1000m Medalists

  • Gold: Viktor Reneyskiy & Nikolai Juravschi URS 3:48.4
  • Silver: Olaf Heukrodt & Ingo Spelly GDR 3:51.4
  • Bronze: Marek Dopierala & Marek Lubik POL 3:54.3

1992 Barcelona Olympics Canoe / Kayak C-2 1000m Medalists

  • Gold: Ulrich Papke & Ingo Spelly GER 3:37.4
  • Silver: Christian Frederiksen & Arne Nielsson DEN 3:39.3
  • Bronze: Didier Hoyer & Olivier Boivin FRA 3:39.5

1996 Atlanta Olympics Canoe / Kayak C-2 1000m Medalists

  • Gold: Andreas Dittmer & Gunar Kirchbach GER 3:31.9
  • Silver: Antonel Borsan & Marsel Glavan ROM 3:32.3
  • Bronze: Gyorgy Kolonics & Csaba Horvath HUN 3:32.5

2000 Sydney Olympics Canoe / Kayak C-2 1000m Medalists

  • Gold: Florin Popescu & Mitica Pricop ROM 3:327.3
  • Silver: Leobaldo Pereira & Ibrahin Royas CUB 3:38.7
  • Bronze: Lars Kober & Stefan Utess GER 3:41.1

2004 Athens Olympics Canoe / Kayak C-2 1000m Medalists

  • Gold: Christian Gille & Tomasz Wylenzek GER 3:41.8
  • Silver: Alexander Kostoglod & Alexander Kovalev RUS 3:43.0
  • Bronze: Gyorgy Kozmann & Gyorgy Kolonics HUN 3:43.1

2008 Beijing Olympics Canoe / Kayak C-2 1000m Medalists

  • Gold: Andrei Bahdanovich & Aliaksandr BLR 3:36.365
  • Silver: Christian Gille & Thomasz Wylenzek GER 3:36.588
  • Bronze: Gyorgy Kozmann & Tamas Kiss HUN 3:40.258

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