Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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This article details the Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics qualifying phase. A new qualification system has been set up for both slalom and sprint canoeing at these games. The quotas were set for each event by the International Canoe Federation in July 2010.

Qualification summary[]

NOC Slalom Sprint Total
K1
M
C1
M
C2
M
K1
W
Men Women Boats Athletes
K1
200
K1
1000
K2
200
K2
1000
K4
1000
C1
200
C1
1000
C2
1000
K1
200
K1
500
K2
500
K4
500
 Angola X 1 2
 Argentina X X 2 2
 Australia X X X X X X X X X X X X 12 21
 Austria X X X 3 4
 Azerbaijan X X 2 3
 Belarus X X X X X X 6 11
 Belgium X X X 3 4
 Brazil X X 2 3
 Bulgaria X 1 1
 Canada X X X X X X X X 8 8
 China X X X X X X X X X X X 11 19
 Cook Islands X 1 1
 Croatia X 1 1
 Cuba X X X X 4 6
 Czech Republic X X X X X X 6 11
 Denmark X X X 3 6
 Ecuador X 1 1
 Finland X X 2 2
 France X X X X X X X X X 9 14
 Germany X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 15 21
 Great Britain X X X X X X X X X X X 11 14
 Greece X 1 1
 Hungary X X X X X X X X 8 14
 Iran X X 2 2
 Ireland X X X 3 3
 Italy X X X X X X X 7 8
 Japan X X X X X X X 7 7
 Kazakhstan X X X X 4 5
 Latvia X 1 2
 Lithuania X X 2 2
 Mexico X 1 1
 Morocco X 1 1
 New Zealand X X X X X X X 7 9
 Nigeria X 1 1
 Norway X X 2 2
 Poland X X X X X X X X X 9 12
 Portugal X X X X X X 6 6
 Romania X X X X X 5 11
 Russia X X X X X X X X X X X X X 13 19
 Serbia X X X X X X 6 12
 Singapore X 1 1
 Slovakia X X X X X X X 7 12
 Slovenia X X X X X 5 6
 South Africa X X X X X 5 5
 Spain X X X X X X 6 6
 Sweden X X X X 4 6
 Switzerland X X 2 2
 Thailand X 1 1
 Togo X 1 1
 Tunisia X X X 3 3
 Ukraine X X X 3 3
 United States X X X X X X 6 7
 Uzbekistan X X X 3 3
Total: 53 NOCs 22 16 12 21 16 15 10 10 10 13 13 12 18 20 14 10 234 325

Slalom[]

For the slalom events, the men competed in C-1, C-2, and K-1. Women competed in K-1 only. Qualifications were allocated to NOCs, not to specific competitors.[2]

Qualification timeline[]

Event Date Venue
2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships September 7–11, 2011 Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
2011 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships December 16–18, 2011 China Miyi, China
2012 African Canoeing Championships February 3–4, 2012 South Africa Bethlehem, South Africa
2012 Oceania Canoeing Championships February 24–26, 2012 Australia Penrith, Australia
2012 Canoe Slalom Pan American Championships March 10–11, 2012 Brazil Foz do Iguassu, Brazil
2012 Canoe Slalom European Championships May 9–13, 2012 Germany Augsburg, Germany

Qualification table[]

Event K1 Men C1 Men C2 Men K1 Women
World Championships  France
 Slovenia
 Germany
 Czech Republic
 Italy
 Poland
 Belgium
 Spain
 Switzerland
 United States
 New Zealand
 Austria
 Japan
 Great Britain
 China
 Czech Republic
 Germany
 Slovakia
 Spain
 France
 Japan
 China
 Poland
 Great Britain
 Slovenia
 Russia
 France
 Slovakia
 Russia
 Slovenia
 Great Britain
 Poland
 Czech Republic
 Germany
 Spain
 Austria
 Czech Republic
 Slovakia
 Great Britain
 Poland
 Russia
 Slovenia
 Germany
 France
 Australia
 Italy
 China
 New Zealand
 United States
Asian Championships  Thailand  Kazakhstan  China  Japan
African Championships  Nigeria  South Africa  Morocco
Oceania Championships  Australia  Australia  Australia  Cook Islands
American Championships  Canada  United States  United States  Brazil
European Championships  Ireland
 Croatia
 Greece
 Italy
 Italy  Ireland
 Switzerland
Tripartite Invite  Togo  Argentina
Additional  Great Britain
 Czech Republic
Total 22 17 14 21

Sprint[]

Qualification timeline[]

Event Date Venue
2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships August 17–21, 2011 Hungary Szeged, Hungary
2011 All-Africa Games[4] September 9–10, 2011 Mozambique Maputo, Mozambique
2011 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships[5] October 13–16, 2011 Iran Tehran, Iran
2011 Pan American Games October 26–29, 2011 Mexico Guadalajara, Mexico
2012 Oceania Canoeing championships February 24–26, 2012 Australia Penrith, Australia
European Qualifier May 16–17, 2012 Poland Poznań, Poland

Qualification table[]

NOCs are limited to one boat per event, and in kayaking to 8 men and 6 women positions. Qualification enables an NOC to participate, not necessarily in the person of the paddler who gained the qualification. Quotas given are for boats.

Event 2011 World
Championships
Continental qualification Total
Men Kayak Europe Americas Asia Africa Oceania
K1 200m  Poland
 Great Britain
 Germany
 France
 Russia
 Canada
 Ecuador
 Hungary
 Denmark
 Belgium
 Lithuania
 United States  China
 Japan
 South Africa
 Egypt
 Tunisia
 Australia
 Cook Islands
14
+2
K1 1000m  Canada
 Sweden
 Norway
 Germany
 Belarus
 Serbia
 Bulgaria
 Great Britain
 New Zealand
 France
 Italy
 Cuba  Iran
 China
 Tunisia
 Egypt
 Cook Islands
 Australia
14
+1
K2 200m  France
 Great Britain
 Belarus
 Romania
 Germany
 Latvia
 Russia  Argentina
 Canada
 Japan
 Kazakhstan
 Australia 10
K2 1000m  Slovakia
 Sweden
 Russia
 Belgium
 Germany
 Hungary
 Portugal  Canada  Kazakhstan  New Zealand
 Australia
10
K4 1000m  Germany
 Australia
 Russia
 Slovakia
 Romania
 Czech Republic
 Hungary
 Serbia
 Denmark
 China
10
Event 2011 World
Championships
Continental qualification Total
Men Canoe Europe Americas Asia Africa Oceania
C1 200m  Azerbaijan
 Russia
 Spain
 Ukraine
 Lithuania
 Belarus
 Poland
 Slovakia
 Ireland
 Canada
 Brazil
 Mexico
 Japan
 China
 Kazakhstan
 Tunisia
 Angola
 Senegal
 Australia
 Samoa
13
C1 1000m  Hungary
 Spain
 Uzbekistan
 Belarus
 Canada
 Russia
 France^
 Great Britain*
 Germany
 Romania
 Mexico  Kazakhstan  South Africa
 Senegal
 Angola
 Samoa
 Australia
13
C2 1000m  Germany
 Azerbaijan
 Romania
 Czech Republic
 Russia
 Belarus
 Cuba
 Poland  Brazil  China  Angola  Australia 12
Event 2011 World
Championships
Continental qualification Total
Women Europe Americas Asia Africa Oceania
K1 200m  New Zealand
 Poland
 Japan
 Portugal
 Great Britain
 Russia
 Hungary
 Spain
 Germany
 Finland
 Slovenia
 Sweden
 Ukraine
 Italy
 Cuba
 United States
 Iran
 China
 Singapore

 Uzbekistan
 South Africa
 Tunisia
 Australia 14
+4
K1 500m  Germany
 Hungary
 Ukraine
 Kazakhstan
 Australia
 Portugal
 Italy
 Denmark
 Finland
 South Africa
 Great Britain
 Russia
 Norway
 United States
 Cuba
 Singapore
 Uzbekistan
 China
 Iran
 Tunisia  New Zealand 14
+5
K2 500m  Austria
 Germany
 Poland
 Hungary
 China
 Romania
 Russia
 Slovakia
 New Zealand
 Portugal^
 Serbia^
 Sweden  Cuba  Japan  Australia 10
+5
K4 500m  Hungary
 Germany
 Belarus
 Great Britain
 Australia
 Russia
 Portugal
 France
 Serbia
 China
10

^* Host quota

  • Italic: National federation has qualified a boat but the athlete that did this was already counted in another boat
  • ^: ICF decided that two of the events in Oceania needed to be reattributed to the World Championships lists because the events seen as invalid due to lack of eligible competitors.

References[]

  1. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXX Olympiad - Canoe Slalom" (PDF). ICF. Retrieved 5 Aug 2011.
  2. ^ "Canoe Slalom Boat Qualification" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-10. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  3. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXX Olympiad - Canoe Sprint" (PDF). ICF. Retrieved 5 Aug 2011.
  4. ^ "Maputo 2011 Results". Confederation of African Canoeing. Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  5. ^ "14th Asian Canoe Sprint Championships Results". I.R. Iran Canoeing Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-10-15. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
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