Olaf Søyland
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1975 BelgradeK-4 10000 m
Gold medal – first place1979 DuisburgK-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place1978 BelgradeK-2 1000 m

Olaf Søyland (born 28 July 1952) is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. He was born in Flekkefjord. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 1000 m: 1979, K-4 10000 m: 1975) and a silver (K-2 1000 m: 1978). Søyland also finished sixth in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

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