This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in canoeing from 1936 to 2012.
See also: List of Olympic medalists in canoeing (women), Canoeing and kayaking at the Summer Olympics, and Lists of Olympic medalistsFamous quotes containing the words olympic, champions and/or men:
“Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.”
—Joseph Heller (b. 1923)
“While the Governor, and the Mayor, and countless officers of the Commonwealth are at large, the champions of liberty are imprisoned.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“A bronzed, lank man! His suit of ancient black,
A famous high top-hat and plain worn shawl
Make him the quaint great figure that men love,
The prairie-lawyer, master of us all.”
—Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)