# Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 11 to 23 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.
Peter Hochschorner and Pavol Hochschorner from Slovakia became the first slalom canoeists to win three Olympic gold medals.

## Medal summary
### By event
#### Slalom

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's C-1 details | Michal Martikán Slovakia | David Florence Great Britain | Robin Bell Australia |
| Men's C-2 details | Pavol Hochschorner and Peter Hochschorner (SVK) | Ondřej Štěpánek and Jaroslav Volf (CZE) | Mikhail Kuznetsov and Dmitry Larionov (RUS) |
| Men's K-1 details | Alexander Grimm Germany | Fabien Lefèvre France | Benjamin Boukpeti Togo |
| Women's K-1 details | Elena Kaliská Slovakia | Jacqueline Lawrence Australia | Violetta Oblinger-Peters Austria |

#### Sprint
##### Men

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 500 metres details | Maxim Opalev Russia | David Cal Spain | Iurii Cheban Ukraine |
| C-1 1000 metres details | Attila Vajda Hungary | David Cal Spain | Thomas Hall Canada |
| C-2 500 metres details | Meng Guanliang and Yang Wenjun (CHN) | Alexander Kostoglod and Sergey Ulegin (RUS) | Christian Gille and Thomasz Wylenzek (GER) |
| C-2 1000 metres details | Aliaksandr Bahdanovich and Andrei Bahdanovich (BLR) | Christian Gille and Tomasz Wylenzek (GER) | György Kozmann and Tamás Kiss (HUN) |
| K-1 500 metres details | Ken Wallace Australia | Adam van Koeverden Canada | Tim Brabants Great Britain |
| K-1 1000 metres details | Tim Brabants Great Britain | Eirik Verås Larsen Norway | Ken Wallace Australia |
| K-2 500 metres details | Saúl Craviotto and Carlos Pérez (ESP) | Ronald Rauhe and Tim Wieskötter (GER) | Raman Piatrushenka and Vadzim Makhneu (BLR) |
| K-2 1000 metres details | Andreas Ihle and Martin Hollstein (GER) | Kim Wraae Knudsen and René Holten Poulsen (DEN) | Andrea Facchin and Antonio Scaduto (ITA) |
| K-4 1000 metres details | Belarus (BLR) Raman Piatrushenka Aliaksei Abalmasau Artur Litvinchuk Vadzim Makhneu | Slovakia (SVK) Richard Riszdorfer Michal Riszdorfer Erik Vlček Juraj Tarr | Germany (GER) Lutz Altepost Norman Bröckl Torsten Eckbrett Bjorn Hogel Goldschmidt |

##### Women

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 metres details | Inna Osypenko Ukraine | Josefa Idem Italy | Katrin Wagner-Augustin Germany |
| K-2 500 metres details | Katalin Kovács and Natasa Janics (HUN) | Beata Mikołajczyk and Aneta Konieczna (POL) | Marie Delattre and Anne-Laure Viard (FRA) |
| K-4 500 metres details | Germany (GER) Fanny Fischer Nicole Reinhardt Katrin Wagner-Augustin Conny Waßmuth | Hungary (HUN) Katalin Kovács Gabriella Szabó Danuta Kozák Nataša Janić | Australia (AUS) Lisa Oldenhof Hannah Davis Chantal Meek Lyndsie Fogarty |

### By nation

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | Slovakia (SVK) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Togo (TOG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |