Having already won a gold medal in the C2 1000 canoe class together with fellow countryman Kirbach at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, German canoeist Andreas Dittmer went solo in Sydney, clinching the 1000 metre C1 event after overcoming his principle rival, the Czech canoeist Martin Doktor.By contrast, Dittmer was to concede victory over the shorter 500 metre course to Hungary's Kolonics, the Olympic C2 sprint champion in Atlanta.