Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics was held between 20 October 1964 and 22 October 1964 on Lake Sagami, 60 kilometres (37 miles) from Sagamiko, Kanagawa, Japan. There were 7 events, 5 of which were for men and 2 for women. Both of the women's events were 500 metre kayaking events; there were three kayaking and two canoeing events for men, all of which covered 1000 metres. The K-4 event for men was introduced to the Olympic program at these Games, replacing the 4×500 metre K-1 event that was raced in the 1960 Games.
| Canoeing at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |
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Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics (women's K2) on a stamp of Japan
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| No. of events | 7 |
← 1960
1968 →
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The Romanian canoeists garnered the most medals at 5, but did not win a single gold medal. In that category the Soviet competitors were the most successful, taking three championships. The German team and the Swedish team each won a pair of golds as well.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 |  United Team of Germany (EUA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 |  Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Romania (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 |  United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| C-1 1000 m details |
Jürgen Eschert United Team of Germany
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Andrei Igorov Romania
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Yevgeny Penyayev Soviet Union
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| C-2 1000 m details |
Andrei Khimich and Stepan Oshchepkov (URS) |
Jean Boudehen and Michel Chapuis (FRA) |
Peer Nielsen and John Sørensen (DEN) |
| K-1 1000 m details |
Rolf Peterson Sweden
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Mihály Hesz Hungary
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Aurel Vernescu Romania
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| K-2 1000 m details |
Gunnar Utterberg and Sven-Olov Sjödelius (SWE) |
Antonius Geurts and Paul Hoekstra (NED) |
Heinz Büker and Holger Zander (EUA) |
| K-4 1000 m details |
Soviet Union (URS) Nikolai Chuzhikov Anatoli Grishin Vyacheslav Ionov Vladimir Morozov |
United Team of Germany (EUA) Günther Perleberg Bernhard Schulze Friedhelm Wentzke Holger Zander |
Romania (ROU) Simion Cuciuc Atanase Sciotnic Mihai Țurcaș Aurel Vernescu |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| K-1 500 m details |
Lyudmila Khvedosyuk Soviet Union
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Hilde Lauer Romania
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Marcia Jones United States
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| K-2 500 m details |
Annemarie Zimmermann and Roswitha Esser (EUA) |
Francine Fox and Glorianne Perrier (USA) |
Hilde Lauer and Cornelia Sideri (ROU) |
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