1968 Summer Olympics / Canoe

At the XIX. Summer Olympics 1968 in Mexico City seven total canoeing competitions take place, five for men and two for women.

Men

Single kayak 1000 m

space	country	athlete	time
1	HUN	Mihály Hesz	4: 02.63 min
2	URS	Oleksandr Schaparenko	4: 03.58 min
3	THE	Erik Hansen	4: 04.39 min

Two-person kayak 1000 m

space	country	athlete	time
1	URS	Oleksandr Schaparenko Volodymyr Morozov	3: 37.54 min
2	HUN	Csaba Giczi István Timár	3: 38.44 min
3	AUT	Gerhard Seibold Günther Pfaff	3: 40.71 min

Quad kayak 1000 m

space	country	athlete	time
1	NOR	Steinar Amundsen Tore Berger Egil Søby Jan Johansen	3: 14.38 min
2	ROU	Anton Calenic Haralambie Ivanov Dimitrie Ivanov Mihai Turcas	3: 14.81 min
3	HUN	Csaba Giczi Imre Szöllősi István Timár István Csizmadia	3: 15.10 min

Single canoe 1000 m

space	country	athlete	time
1	HUN	Tibor Tatai	4: 36.14 min
2	FRG	Detlef Lewe	4: 38.31 min
3	URS	Vitaly Galkow	4: 40.42 min

Two-person canoe 1000 m

space	country	athlete	time
1	ROU	Ivan Patzaichin Serghei Covaliov	4: 07.18 min
2	HUN	Tamás Wichmann Gyula Petrikovics	4: 08.77 min
3	URS	Naum Prokupez Mikhail Samotin	4: 11.30 min

Women

Single kayak 500 m

space	country	sportswoman	time
1	URS	Lyudmila Pinaeva	2: 11.09 min
2	FRG	Renate Breuer	2: 12.71 min
3	ROU	Viorica Dumitru	2: 13.22 min

Two-person kayak 500 m

space	country	Sportswomen	time
1	FRG	Roswitha Esser Annemarie Zimmermann-Weber	1: 56.44 min
2	HUN	Anna Pepper Katalin Rozsnyói	1: 58.60 min
3	URS	Lyudmila Pinajewa Antonina Seredina	1: 58.61 min