16 Canoe/Kayak Gold Medalists at Beijing Olympics

Flatwater Races

China retains men's canoe double 500m Olympic title

China's Meng Guanliang and Yang Wenjun claimed their second straight Olympic gold medal in the canoe double (C2) 500 meters on Saturday. Full story

Hungary wins women's kayak double (K2) 500m gold

Hungary's Katalin Kovacs and Natasa Janic retained the Olympic title in the women's kayak double 500 meters at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park Saturday. Full story

Opalev of Russia wins men's canoe single (C1) 500m gold

Maxim Opalev from Russia claimed the men's canoe single (C1) 500m gold in one minute and 47.140 seconds on Saturday. 
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Spain wins men's kayak double (K2) 500m gold

Spanish paddlers snatched the gold medal in the men's kayak double (K2) 500m by finishing the race with a result of 1:28.736, breaking the Germans' eight-year dominance.  Full story

Wallace of Australia wins men's kayak single (K1) gold

Ken Wallace from Australia claimed the men's kayak single (K1) title in one minute and 37.252 seconds on Saturday.  Full story

Ukraine claims title in women's kayak single (K1) 500m

Ukrainian paddler Inna Osypenko-Radomska claimed the title in women's kayak single (K1) 500m on Saturday by clocking 1:50.673. Full story

Belarus wins men's kayak four (K4) 1,000m gold

Belarus claimed the men's kayak four (K4) 1,000m title in two minutes and 55.714 seconds at the Beijing Olympics on Friday. Full story

Belarus wins men's canoe double (C2) 1,000m gold

Belarus claimed the men's canoe double (C2) 1,000m title in three minutes and 36.365 seconds at the Beijing Olympics on Friday. Full story

German paddlers claim title in men's kayak double (K2) 1,000m

German paddlers claimed the men's kayak double (K2) 1,000m title at the Beijing Olympics in Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park on Friday. Full story

Germany wins women's kayak four (K4) 500m gold

Defending champion Germany won the gold medal in the women's kayak four (K4) 500m at the Beijing Olympics with a result of one minute and 32.231 seconds here Friday. Full story

Hungary wins Olympic gold in men's canoe single 1,000m

Attila Sandor Vajda of Hungary came from behind to win the gold medal in the Olympic canoe flatwater men's single (C1) 1,000 meters in the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park on Friday. Full story

British paddler snatches gold in men's kayak single (K1) 1,000m

British paddler Tim Brabants snatched the gold medal in the men's kayak single (K1) 1,000m at the Beijing Olympics held in Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park on Friday with a result of three minutes and 26.323 seconds. Full story

Slalom Races

Slovakia's Kaliska wins women's Kayak (K1) gold

Slovakia's Elena Kaliska retained the title in the Olympic canoeing slalom women's singles on Friday, claiming her country's third gold medal in the white water racing and also at the Beijing Games. Full story

Slovakia twins Hochschorners retain canoeing slalom C2 Olympic title

Slovakia's twins Pavol and Peter Hochschorner on Friday made history by winning the unprecedented third canoeing slalom Olympic gold, extending their years-long dominance in the men's canoe double (C2) event. Full story

Slovakia, Germany win canoeing slalom men's C1, K1 golds

Slovakia and Germany took the Olympic canoeing slalom C1 and K1 titles respectively on Tuesday in Beijing, extending Europeans' domination in the white water canoeing events. Full story