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Canoeing At The 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's K-4 1000 Metres
The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics program. Medalists Results Heats 15 crews entered in two heats on August 7. 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 Nine teams competed in two repechages on August 7. The top three finishers from each of the repechages advanced directly to the semifinals. Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ... recorded a time of 48.45 at the 250 m mark which was in fourth, but did not finish. Semifinals The top three finishers in each of the semifinals (raced on August 9) advanced to the final. Final The final was held on August 11 ... [...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] |
Ionel Constantin
Ionel Constantin (born 6 May 1963) is a Romanian sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1980s. He won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-4 1000 m: 1983) and a silver (K-4 10000 m: 1986). Constantin also finished fourth in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1984 Summer Olympics 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' .... References * * * 1963 births Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists of Romania Romanian male canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{Romania-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenzo Damista
Vincenzo Damista (born 7 June 1963) is an Italian sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1980s. He did not finish in the repechages of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1984 Summer Olympics 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' .... ReferencesSports-Reference.com profile External links * 1963 births Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Italian male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Italy Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Italian sportspeople {{Italy-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gennaro Cirillo
Gennaro Cirillo (born September 2, 1961) is an Italian sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1980s. He did not finish in the repechages of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1984 Summer Olympics 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' .... References * 1961 births Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Italian male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists of Italy 20th-century Italian people {{Italy-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Shaw (canoeist)
Colin Shaw (born March 17, 1954 in Powell River, British Columbia) is a retired Canadian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. He won bronze medal with partner Don Brien in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1985 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mechelen. Shaw also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of ninth in the K-4 1000 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 1954 births Canadian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Living people People from Powell River, British Columbia Olympic canoeists for Canada ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{Canada-canoe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Irvine (canoeist)
Don Irvine (born September 26, 1954 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1980s. He finished ninth in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1984 Summer Olympics 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' .... ReferencesSports-Reference.com profile 1954 births Canadian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists of Canada Sportspeople from Calgary 20th-century Canadian people {{Canada-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Holmes (canoeist)
Mark Holmes (born October 28, 1964) is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1980s. He finished ninth in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1984 Summer Olympics 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' .... ReferencesSports-Reference.com profile External links * 1964 births Canadian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Canada Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Canadian sportspeople {{Canada-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Brien
Don Brien (born September 1, 1959 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian sprint canoer, who competed in the mid to late 1980s. He won a bronze medal with partner Colin Shaw in the K-2 1000 m at the 1985 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships at Mechelen. Brien also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of ninth in the K-4 1000 m event at Los Angeles in 1984. Brien began paddling in 1975 at the Banook Canoe Club in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Don's older brother Alvin Brien was also a successful paddler, and served as an early mentor. Alvin and Don were both named to the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, but did not compete due to the Canadian boycott of those games. In 1982, Alvin died at sea after a sailing accident. Don Brien went on to compete at both the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympic Games. He was on the Canadian national team for 12 years, and achieved some of the best international results of any Canadian kayaker during that period. Following his paddling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reiner Scholl
Reiner Scholl (born 31 May 1961) is a West German sprint canoeist who competed from the mid to late 1980s. He won a complete set of medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-2 500 m: 1986), a silver (K-4 500 m: 1989), and a bronze (K-4 500 m: 1987). Scholl also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in the K-2 500 m event at 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 .... References * *Sports-reference.com profile 1961 births Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics German male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for West Germany ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{Germany-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detlef Schmidt
Detlef Schmidt (born 24 February 1958) is a West Germany, West German Canoe racing, sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1980s. He won a silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1986 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Montreal. Schmidt also finished eighth in the Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's K-4 1000 metres, K-4 1000 m event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. References * *Sports-reference.com profile 1958 births Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics German male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists of West Germany ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{Germany-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Kegel
Oliver Kegel (born 14 June 1961 in Berlin) is a West German-German sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Barcelona in 1992. Kegel also won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-4 500 m: 1991, K-4 1000 m: 1993, K-4 10000 m: 1991, 1993), two silvers (K-4 500 m: 1993, K-4 1000 m: 1991), and two bronzes (K-4 1000 m: 1994, K-4 10000 m: 1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...). References * * * ''New York Times'' article on doping prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics featuring Hofmann.* External links * * 1961 births Canoeists from Berlin Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1992 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernd Hessel
Bernd Hessel (born 3 July 1961, in Munich) is a West German sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-1980s. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1982 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade. Hessel also finished eighth in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1984 Summer Olympics 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' .... References * *Sports-reference.com profile 1961 births Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics German male canoeists Living people Sportspeople from Munich Olympic canoeists for West Germany ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{Germany-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
