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Canoeing At The 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 500 Metres
The men's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held in the Krylatskoe Canoeing and Rowing Basin, located at the ''Krylatskoye Olympic Sports Complex'' (Krylatskoye district, Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Mo ... program. Medalists Results Heats 20 crews were entered into the event on July 30 though two teams did not start. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the semifinals while the remaining nine teams were relegated to the repechages. Repechages The nine crews first raced in two repechages on July 30. The top three finishers from each of the repechages advanced directly to the semifinals. Semifinals The top three finishers in each of the semifinals (raced on August 1) advanced to the final. Final The final was held on August 1. References1980 Summer Olympics official report ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kayak
A kayak is a small, narrow watercraft which is typically propelled by means of a double-bladed paddle. The word kayak originates from the Greenlandic word ''qajaq'' (). The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each seating one paddler. The cockpit is sometimes covered by a spray deck that prevents the entry of water from waves or spray, differentiating the craft from a canoe. The spray deck makes it possible for suitably skilled kayakers to roll the kayak: that is, to capsize and right it without it filling with water or ejecting the paddler. ] Some modern boats vary considerably from a traditional design but still claim the title "kayak", for instance in eliminating the cockpit by seating the paddler on top of the boat ("sit-on-top" kayaks); having inflated air chambers surrounding the boat; replacing the single hull with twin hulls; and replacing paddles with other human-powered propulsion methods, such as foot-powered rotational propellers and "fli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jens Nordqvist
Jens Nordqvist (born July 3, 1959) is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. He won two medals in the K-4 500 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver in 1981 and a bronze in 1982. Nordqvist also competing at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ... in Moscow, finishing ninth in the K-2 500 m event while being eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 1000 m event. References * * * 1959 births Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Sweden Swedish male canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{Sweden-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Walker (canoeist)
Geoffrey Seddon Walker (21 July 1952 – 18 October 1997) was a New Zealand canoeist who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo .... He partnered Alan Thompson in the K2 500 metres and K-2 1000 metres events, reaching the semi-finals of the former and finishing eighth in the final of the latter. He first represented New Zealand in swimming, but narrowly missed selection for the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. Then he became one of New Zealand's top surf lifesavers, and the New Zealand surf ski champion six times between 1974 and 1988. He branched into kayaking, was selected for the team for the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He was in the New Zealand surf lifesaving team in 1980, 1982 and 1988. He won the New Zealand ironman championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Thompson (canoeist)
Alan Blair Thompson (born 14 June 1959) is a sprint canoeist who competed in the early to mid-1980s. He competed at three Olympic Games (1980–1988) and won two Olympic gold medals for New Zealand. Thompson was born in 1959 in Gisborne, New Zealand. He attended Te Hapara Primary School, Gisborne Intermediate and Gisborne Boys' High School. and played rugby union for his high school. He was also selected for the under-18 North Island rugby team. Thompson attended his first Summer Olympics in 1980 in Moscow and was part of the small New Zealand team of just four athletes that attended that year, as most western athletes stayed away due to the boycott that year. In the K-2 500 metres, Thompson and Geoff Walker were eliminated in the semi-final. In the K-4 1000 metres, Thompson's team did not start. Thompson competed at six ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships between 1981 and 1987 and won three medals; two silvers (K-1 1000 m and K-2 500 m: both 1982), and a bronze (K-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dionys Thalmann
Dionysius "Dionys" Thalmann (born 30 October 1953) is a Swiss sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ... in Moscow, he was eliminated in the repechages of the K-2 500 m event and the semifinals of the K-2 1000 m event. ReferencesSports-Reference.com profile 1953 births Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Switzerland Swiss male canoeists {{Switzerland-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Ammann
Peter Ammann (born 5 February 1957) is a Swiss sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he was eliminated in the repechages of the K-2 500 m event and the semifinals of the K-2 1000 m event. Four years later in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ..., Ammann was eliminated in the repechages of the K-2 500 m event and the semifinals of the K-4 1000 m event. ReferencesSports-Reference.com profile 1957 births Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists of Switzerland Swiss male canoeists {{Switzerland-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gert Jan Lebbnik
Gert Jan Lebbink (born November 21, 1961 in Deventer) is a Dutch sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-1980s. He won a silver in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1982 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade. Lebbnik also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of seventh in the K-2 1000 m event at Moscow in 1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – .... References * * * 1961 births Living people Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Dutch male canoeists Olympic canoeists of the Netherlands Sportspeople from Deventer ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Stevens (canoeist)
Ronaldus Cornelis "Ron" Stevens (born 15 February 1959 in Lienden, Gelderland) is a Dutch sprint canoeist who competed in the early to mid-1980s. He won a silver in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1982 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade. Stevens also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of seventh in the K-2 1000 m event at Moscow in 1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – .... References * * * 1959 births Living people Sportspeople from Buren Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Dutch male canoeists Olympic canoeists for the Netherlands ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zdzisław Szubski
Zdzisław Szubski (born 26 January 1958 in Grudziądz) is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won four medals in the K-4 10000 m at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three silvers (1978, 1979, 1981) and a bronze (1977). He represent club Astoria Bydgoszcz. Father of Sebastian Szubski. Szubski also finished seventh in the K-2 500 m event at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ... in Moscow. References * *Sports-reference.com profile 1958 births Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Astoria Bydgoszcz sportspeople Living people Olympic canoeists for Poland Polish male canoeists People from Grudziądz ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Sportspeople from Kuya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldemar Merk
Waldemar Merk (born June 13, 1959) is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. He won two medals at the 1981 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Nottingham with a silver in the K-2 500 m and a bronze in the K-2 1000 m events. Merk also competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ..., finishing seventh in the K-2 500 m and being eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 1000 m events. References * *Sports-reference.com profile 1959 births Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Poland Polish male canoeists Sportspeople from Warsaw ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{Poland-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Bachmayer
Werner Bachmayer ( Vienna, 6 December 1960) is an Austrian sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1980s. He won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1983 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Tampere. Bachmayer also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of ninth in the K-2 500 m event at Los Angeles in 1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A .... References * * Sports-reference.com profile 1960 births Austrian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Austria ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{Austria-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Hartl
Wolfgang Hartl ( Linz, 2 February 1941) is an Austrian sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1980s. He won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1983 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Tampere. Hartl also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of ninth in the K-2 500 m event at Los Angeles in 1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A .... References * *Sports-reference.com profile* 1941 births Austrian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Austria ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{Austria-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
