Canoeing at the Friendship Games
# Canoeing at the Friendship Games

Canoeing at the Friendship Games took place in Grünau, East Berlin, East Germany between 21 and 22 July 1984. 12 events (9 men's and 3 women's) were contested.

## Medal summary

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| C-1 500 metres | Olaf Heukrodt (GDR) | 2:07.41 | Ivans Klementjevs (URS) | 2:07.62 | Jan Pinczura (POL) | 2:09.47 |
| C-1 1000 metres | Ivans Klementjevs (URS) | 4:27.28 | Jörg Schmidt (GDR) | 4:29.56 | Jiří Vrdlovec (TCH) | 4:31.14 |
| C-2 500 metres | Soviet Union (URS) Sergei Postrekhin Vassiliy Beresa | 1:51.09 | East Germany (GDR) Ulrich Papke Alexander Schuck | 1:52.10 | Hungary (HUN) János Sarusi Gyula Hajdu | 1:52.33 |
| C-2 1000 metres | East Germany (GDR) Olaf Heukrodt Alexander Schuck | 3:56.23 | Soviet Union (URS) Ivan Kovalchuk Edem Muradosilov | 3:56.92 | Poland (POL) Marek Łbik Marek Dopierała | 3:58.18 |
| K-1 500 metres | Vladimir Parfenovich (URS) | 1:53.31 | Andreas Stähle (GDR) | 1:54.99 | András Rajna (HUN) | 1:58.40 |
| K-1 1000 metres | Rüdiger Helm (GDR) | 4:08.84 | Witold Terechowicz (POL) | 4:11.97 | Felix Masár (TCH) | 4:12.51 |
| K-2 500 metres | Soviet Union (URS) Sergey Superata Viktor Pusev | 1:39.63 | Poland (POL) Janusz Wegner Witold Terechowicz | 1:42.10 | East Germany (GDR) Jens Fiedler Hans-Jörg Bliesener | 1:43.27 |
| K-2 1000 metres | Soviet Union (URS) Sergey Superata Viktor Pusev | 3:35.90 | East Germany (GDR) André Wohllebe Frank Fischer | 3:37.82 | Cuba (CUB) Jorge L. Garcia Reynaldo Cunill | 3:37.99 |
| K-4 1000 metres | East Germany (GDR) Jens Fiedler Peter Hampel Rüdiger Helm Hans-Jörg Bliesener | 3:12.69 | Poland (POL) Daniel Wełna Kazimierz Krzyżański Janusz Wegner Grzegorz Krawców | 3:13.36 | Hungary (HUN) András Rajna Zsolt Gyulay István Joós Csaba Ábraham | 3:14.10 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| K-1 500 metres | Birgit Fischer (GDR) | 2:05.69 | Rita Kőbán (HUN) | 2:07.53 | Galina Alexeyeva (URS) | 2:09.36 |
| K-2 500 metres | East Germany (GDR) Birgit Fischer Carsta Kühn | 1:53.55 | Soviet Union (URS) Galina Alexeyeva Yelena Dudina | 1:55.37 | Hungary (HUN) Rita Kőbán Erika Géczi | 1:56.52 |
| K-4 500 metres | Soviet Union (URS) Galina Alexeyeva Yelena Dudina Irina Salomykova Nelliy Yefremova | 1:41.77 | East Germany (GDR) Birgit Fischer Carsta Kühn Heike Singer Kathrin Giese | 1:43.41 | Hungary (HUN) Rita Kőbán Erika Géczi Éva Rakusz Katalin Povázsán | 1:44.56 |

## Medal table

* Host nation (East Germany)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | East Germany (GDR)* | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
