Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
No.of events	7

Men's K-2 1000 metres medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics. 1st: Sweden withGert FredrikssonandSven-Olov Sjödelius.2nd: Hungary withAndrás SzenteandGyörgy Mészáros.3rd: Poland withStefan KapłaniakandWładysław Zieliński.

At the1960 Summer OlympicsinRome,seven events in sprintcanoe racingwere contested atLake Albano.Four changes were done to the program. First, the 10000 metre events that were raced from1936to1956were 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, arepechagesystem was introduced that was used to the1996 gamesinAtlantaatLake Lanier.

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
Totals (8 entries)		7	7	7	21

Medal summary

Men's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 1000 m	János Parti Hungary	Aleksandr Silayev Soviet Union	Leon Rotman Romania
C-2 1000 m	Leonid Geishtor andSergei Makarenko(URS)	Aldo Dezi andFrancesco La Macchia(ITA)	Imre Farkas andAndrás Törő(HUN)
K-1 1000 m	Erik Hansen Denmark	Imre Szöllősi Hungary	Gert Fredriksson Sweden
K-1 4 × 500 m relay	United Team of Germany(EUA) Dieter Krause Günther Perleberg Paul Lange Friedhelm Wentzke	Hungary(HUN) Imre Szöllősi Imre Kemeczei András Szente György Mészáros	Denmark(DEN) Erik Hansen Helmuth Nyborg Arne Høyer Erling Jessen
K-2 1000 m	Gert Fredriksson andSven-Olov Sjödelius(SWE)	György Mészáros andAndrás Szente(HUN)	Stefan Kapłaniak andWładysław Zieliński(POL)

Women's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 metres	Antonina Seredina Soviet Union	Therese Zenz United Team of Germany	Daniela Walkowiak Poland
K-2 500 metres	Mariya Shubina andAntonina Seredina(URS)	Therese Zenz andIngrid Hartmann(EUA)	Klára Fried-Bánfalvi andVilma Egresi(HUN)

References

• 1960 Summer Olympics official report Volume 2, Part 1.pp. 248–70.
• "Olympic Medal Winners".International Olympic Committee.Retrieved2006-12-20.