Olaf Heukrodt had the following podium finishes at the Flatwater World Championships: 1st 1981 C1 500 m, 1st 1982 C1 500 m, 1st 1985 C1 500 m, 1st 1985 C2 1000 m (with Alexander Schuck), 1st 1986 C1 500 m, 1st 1987 C1 500 m, 1st 1987 C1 1000 m, 2nd 1981 C2 1000 m (with Uwe Madeja), 2nd 1983 C2 1000 m (with Alexander Schuck), 2nd 1989 C1 500 m, 2nd 1991 C4 1000 m (with Ulrich Papke, Ingo Spelly), and the non-Olympian Sven Montag), 3rd 1991 C1 500 m.
Heukrodt is married to swimming World Champion Birgit Meineke.
