Peter Hempel

Peter Hempel had the following podium finishes at the Flatwater World Championships: 1st 1981 K4 1000 m (with Frank-Peter Bischof, Rüdiger Helm, and Harald Marg), 1st 1983 K4 500 m (with Rüdiger Helm, Harald Marg, and Andreas Stähle), 1st 1985 K4 500 m (with André Wohllebe and the non-Olympians Frank Fischer and Heiko Zinke), 2nd 1982 K4 500 m (with Frank-Peter Bischof, Rüdiger Helm, and Harald Marg), 2nd 1983 K4 1000 m (with Rüdiger Helm, Harald Marg, and Andreas Stähle), 3rd 1978 K1 500 m, 3rd 1979 K1 500 m, 3rd 1985 K4 1000 m (with Hans-Jörg Bliesener, Guido Behling, and Andreas Stähle).