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Canoeing At The 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 500 Metres
The men's C-1 500 metres event was an open-style, individual canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, twelve events in sprint canoe racing were contested. The program was unchanged from the previous Games in 1984. Medal table Medal summary Men's events Women's events References1988 Summer Olympics of ... program. Medallists Results Heats 18 competitors were entered, but three withdrew prior to the heats. Held on September 26, the top three finishers in each heat moved on to the semifinals with the others were relegated to the repechages. Heat 2 was scheduled, but not held with all three competitors advancing to the semifinals due to an insufficient number of entrants. Repechages Two repechages were held on September 26 with the top three finishers in each repechage advancing to the semifinals. The second repechage was scheduled, but not held with both competitors advancing to the semifinals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canoe
A canoe is a lightweight narrow water vessel, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing the direction of travel and using a single-bladed paddle. In British English, the term ''canoe'' can also refer to a kayak, while canoes are called Canadian or open canoes to distinguish them from kayaks. Canoes were developed by cultures all over the world, including some designed for use with sails or outriggers. Until the mid-19th century, the canoe was an important means of transport for exploration and trade, and in some places is still used as such, sometimes with the addition of an outboard motor. Where the canoe played a key role in history, such as the Northern United States, Canada, and New Zealand, it remains an important theme in popular culture. Canoes are now widely used for competition and pleasure, such as racing, whitewater, touring and camping, freestyle and general recreation. Canoeing has been part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timo Grönlund
Timo Tapio Grönlund (6 January 1954 – 27 December 2022) was a Finnish sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1970s to the late 1980s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fourth in the C-1 1000 m event at |
Ivan Šabjan
Ivan Šabjan (born 21 November 1961) is a Yugoslav-born Croatian sprint canoer who competed from 1986 to 1996. He won a complete set of medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold in 1987 (C-1 10000 m), a silver in 1986 (C-1 10000 m), and a bronze in 1986 (C-1 1000 m). Šabjan also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of eighth twice, both in the C-1 1000 m event (1988 for Yugoslavia, 1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ... for Croatia). References * * * 1961 births Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Croatian male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Croatia Olympic canoeists for Yugoslavia Yugoslav male canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Jamieson
Oric Jamieson (born 11 August 1960, in Kilwinning) is a former British sprint canoeist and slalom canoeist who competed in the 1980s and the 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of seventh in the C-2 500 m event at Los Angeles in 1984. He also won two medals in the C-2 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold in 1981 and a bronze in 1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid .... References * 1960 births Scottish male canoeists Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Great Britain Sportspeople from Kilwinning British male canoeists Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurel Macarencu
Aurel Macarencu (born March 8, 1963) is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed from 1985 to 1988. Career Macarencu won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (C-1 1000 m and C-1 10000 m: both 1986), one silver (C-1 500 m: 1986), and two bronzes (C-1 500 m and C-1 1000 m: both 1985). Macarencu competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ..., finishing fifth in the C-1 1000 m and sixth in the C-1 500 m events. References * * * 1963 births Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Romania Romanian male canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Place of birth missing (living people) {{Romania-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attila Szabó (Hungarian Canoeist)
Attila Szabó (born 3 May 1963) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from 1987 to 1995. He won eleven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with five golds (C-2 500 m: 1991, C-4 200 m: 1995, C-4 500 m: 1993, 1994, 1995), five silvers (C-4 200 m: 1994, C-4 500 m: 1989, 1990; C-4 1000 m: 1989, 1990), and one bronze (C-1 500 m: 1987). Szabó also finished fourth in the C-1 500 m event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of .... References * * * 1963 births Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Hungarian male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists of Hungary ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian 20th-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Terrell
James Terrell (born April 20, 1965) is an American sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the C-1 500 m event at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ... in Seoul. Four years later in Barcelona, Terrell was eliminated in the semifinals of the C-2 500 m event. At his third and final Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Terrell was eliminated in the semifinals of the C-1 500 m event. ReferencesSports-Reference.com profile 1965 births Living people American male canoeists Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for the United States Canoeists at the 1987 Pan American Games Canoeists at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Cain
Laurence J. "Larry" Cain, (born January 9, 1963) is a Canadian sprint canoeist. He was the first Canadian canoeist since Frank Amyot to win an Olympic gold medal in canoeing. Early life Cain was born in Toronto, Ontario. He attended Oakville Trafalgar High School. Career Cain began his career in 1974 at the Oakville Racing Canoe Club, now the Burloak Canoe Club, in Oakville, Ontario. Cain competed in three Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in the C-1 500 m, and a silver medal in the C1 1000 m events. He also won a silver medal in the C-1 1000 m event at the 1989 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Plovdiv. In 1984, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. In 1997, he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. A trail in Oakville has been named in his honour running along the town's waterfront where Cain trained. Cain taught Physical Education at St. Mildred's-Lightbourn School until 2014. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jang Yeong-Cheol
Jang Yeong-cheol (born September 9, 1964) is a South Korean sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1980s. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the C-2 500 m event. Four years later in Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ..., Jang was eliminated in the semifinals of the C-1 500 m event and the repechages of the C-1 1000 m event. External linksSports-Reference.com profile 1964 births Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for South Korea South Korean male canoeists {{SouthKorea-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canoeing At The 1988 Summer Olympics ...
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, twelve events in sprint canoe racing were contested. The program was unchanged from the previous Games in 1984. Medal table Medal summary Men's events Women's events References1988 Summer Olympics official report Volume 2, Part 2.pp. 336–50. * {{Canoeing and kayaking at the Summer Olympics 1988 Summer Olympics events 1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Pinczura
Jan Pinczura (born 20 October 1960 in Balin) is a Polish sprint canoeist who competed in the 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the C-1 500 m event in Seoul in 1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian .... ReferencesSports-Reference.com profile External links * 1960 births Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Poland Polish male canoeists People from Chrzanów County Sportspeople from Lesser Poland Voivodeship 20th-century Polish sportspeople {{Poland-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
