Canoeing at the Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the Summer Olympics
Canoeing at the Summer Olympics
Governing body	ICF
Events	16 (men: 8; women: 8)
Games
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; Note: demonstration or exhibition sport years indicated in italics
	Medalists men; women; ;

Canoeing has been featured as competition sports in the Summer Olympic Games since the 1936 Games in Berlin, although they were demonstration sports at the 1924 Games in Paris.^[1] There are two disciplines of canoeing in Olympic competition: slalom and sprint.

Two styles of boats are used in this sport: canoes with 1 or 2 canoers and kayaks with 1, 2 or 4 kayakers. This leads to the name designation of each event. For example, "C-1" is a canoe singles event and "K-2" is a kayak doubles event. Races are usually 500 metres or 1000 metres long, although there were also 10 km events from 1936 to 1956. On 13 August 2009, it was announced by the International Canoe Federation that the men's 500 m events would be replaced at the 2012 Summer Olympics by 200 m events with one of them being K-1 200 m for the women. The other events for men at 200 m will be C-1, K-1, and K-2.^[2] This was confirmed at their 2009 Board of Directors meeting in Windsor, Berkshire, Great Britain on 5 December 2009.^[3]

Summary[]

Games	Year	Events	Best Nation
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8	1924	6	Canada
9
10
11	1936	9	Austria
12
13
14	1948	9	Sweden
15	1952	9	Finland
16	1956	9	Romania

Games	Year	Events	Best Nation
17	1960	7	Soviet Union
18	1964	7	Soviet Union
19	1968	7	Hungary
20	1972	11	Soviet Union
21	1976	11	Soviet Union
22	1980	11	Soviet Union
23	1984	12	New Zealand
24	1988	12	East Germany
25	1992	16	Germany
26	1996	16	Germany
27	2000	16	Hungary
28	2004	16	Germany
29	2008	16	Germany
30	2012	16	Germany
31	2016	16	Germany
32	2020	16	Hungary

Canoe sprint[]

Events[]

Event	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20		Total
Current program
Men's C-1 1000 m	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		21
Men's C-2 500 m									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•					10
Men's K-1 1000 m	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		21
Men's K-2 500 m									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•					10
Men's K-4 500 m																				•		2
Women's C-1 200 m																				•		2
Women's C-2 500 m																				•		2
Women's K-1 500 m		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		20
Women's K-2 500 m					•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		17
Women's K-4 500 m											•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		11
Past events
Event	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20		Total
Men's C-1 200 m																		•	•			2
Men's C-1 500 m									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•					9
Men's C-2 1000 m	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		20
Men's C-1 10000 m		•	•	•																		3
Men's C-2 10000 m	•	•	•	•																		4
Men's K-1 200 m																		•	•	•		3
Men's K-1 500 m									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•					9
Men's K-1 10000 m	•	•	•	•																		4
Men's K-1 4 × 500 m					•																	1
Men's K-2 200 m																		•	•			2
Men's K-2 1000 m	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		20
Men's K-2 10000 m	•	•	•	•																		4
Men's K-4 1000 m						•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			14
Men's folding K-1 10000 m	•																					1
Men's folding K-2 10000 m	•																					1
Women's K-1 200 m																		•	•	•		3
Total	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10

Medal table[]

Source:^[4]
Last updated after the 2020 Summer Olympics and after silver and bronze medals reallocation in 2021 in London 2012 Men's C-1 200 metres event.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	29	17	16	62
2	Soviet Union (URS)	29	13	9	51
3	Hungary (HUN)	28	31	27	86
4	Sweden (SWE)	15	11	4	30
5	Romania (ROU)	10	10	14	34
6	East Germany (GDR)	10	7	8	25
7	New Zealand (NZL)	10	2	2	14
8	Norway (NOR)	6	4	4	14
9	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	6	3	1	10
10	United States (USA)	5	3	4	12
11	Finland (FIN)	5	2	3	10
12	Canada (CAN)	4	11	11	26
13	Spain (ESP)	4	9	4	17
14	Italy (ITA)	4	7	3	14
15	Australia (AUS)	4	5	11	20
16	Bulgaria (BUL)	4	5	8	17
17	United Team of Germany (EUA)	4	5	2	11
18	Denmark (DEN)	3	6	7	16
19	Austria (AUT)	3	4	5	12
20	Ukraine (UKR)	3	3	4	10
21	China (CHN)	3	2	0	5
22	Great Britain (GBR)	3	1	5	9
23	Russia (RUS)	2	4	6	12
24	Belarus (BLR)	2	3	4	9
25	West Germany (FRG)	2	3	2	7
26	Yugoslavia (YUG)	2	2	1	5
27	Czech Republic (CZE)	2	1	3	6
28	France (FRA)	1	6	11	18
29	Cuba (CUB)	1	3	0	4
30	Brazil (BRA)	1	2	1	4
31	Unified Team (EUN)	1	1	0	2
32	Poland (POL)	0	7	14	21
33	Netherlands (NED)	0	3	5	8
34	Slovakia (SVK)	0	3	2	5
35	Latvia (LAT)	0	2	0	2
36	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	1	1	2
	Moldova (MDA)	0	1	1	2
	Portugal (POR)	0	1	1	2
39	Serbia (SRB)	0	1	0	1
39	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
41	Israel (ISR)	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	0	1	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (43 nations)		206	206	207	619

Canoe slalom[]

Events[]

Event	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	Total
Current program
Men's C-1	•					•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9
Men's K-1	•					•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9
Women's C-1													•	1
Women's K-1	•					•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9
Past events
Event	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	Total
Men's C-2	•					•	•	•	•	•	•	•		8
Total	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Medal table[]

Source:^[5]
Last updated after the 2020 Summer Olympics


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Slovakia (SVK)	8	4	3	15
2	France (FRA)	7	3	8	18
3	Germany (GER)	5	2	8	15
4	East Germany (GDR)	4	0	1	5
5	Czech Republic (CZE)	3	5	3	11
6	Great Britain (GBR)	2	7	1	10
7	Italy (ITA)	2	0	1	3
8	Australia (AUS)	1	3	3	7
9	United States (USA)	1	2	2	5
10	Slovenia (SLO)	1	2	0	3
11	Spain (ESP)	1	1	1	3
12	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	1	0	2
13	West Germany (FRG)	0	3	1	4
14	Austria (AUT)	0	1	1	2
15	New Zealand (NZL)	0	1	0	1
15	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
17	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
	Russia (RUS)	0	0	1	1
	Togo (TOG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 nations)		36	36	36	108

Overall medal table[]

Updated after the 2020 Summer Olympics and after silver and bronze medals reallocation in 2021 in London 2012 Men's C-1 200 metres event.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	34	19	24	77
2	Soviet Union	29	13	9	51
3	Hungary	28	31	27	86
4	Sweden	15	11	4	30
5	East Germany	14	7	9	30
6	Romania	10	10	14	34
7	New Zealand	10	3	2	15
8	France	8	9	19	36
9	Slovakia	8	7	5	20
10	Czechoslovakia	7	4	1	12
11	Italy	6	7	4	17
12	United States	6	5	6	17
13	Norway	6	4	4	14
14	Spain	5	10	5	20
15	Australia	5	8	14	27
16	Great Britain	5	8	6	19
17	Czech Republic	5	6	6	17
18	Finland	5	2	3	10
19	Canada	4	11	11	26
20	Bulgaria	4	5	8	17
21	United Team of Germany	4	5	2	11
22	Denmark	3	6	7	16
23	Austria	3	5	6	14
24	Ukraine	3	3	4	10
25	China	3	2	0	5
26	West Germany	2	6	3	11
27	Russia	2	4	7	13
28	Belarus	2	3	4	9
29	Yugoslavia	2	2	1	5
30	Cuba	1	3	0	4
31	Brazil	1	2	1	4
32	Slovenia	1	2	0	3
33	Unified Team	1	1	0	2
34	Poland	0	8	14	22
35	Netherlands	0	3	5	8
36	Latvia	0	2	0	2
37	Azerbaijan	0	1	1	2
	Moldova	0	1	1	2
	Portugal	0	1	1	2
40	Serbia	0	1	0	1
40	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
42	Israel	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
	South Africa	0	0	1	1
	Togo	0	0	1	1
Totals (46 nations)		242	242	243	727

Nations[]

Nation	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	Years
Algeria (ALG)																													1	1
Andorra (AND)																										1			1	2
Angola (ANG)																										1	2			2
Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)																							3							1
Argentina (ARG)																				1	8	5	4	3	2	2	3	10	4	10
Australia (AUS)													8	7	10	6	7	8	5	9	8	17	23	21	16	16	20	18	16	17
Austria (AUT)										9	7	7	7	10	5	4	12	2	6	2		4	3	4	2	4	4	2	5	19
Armenia (ARM)																								1						1
Azerbaijan (AZE)																											3	4		2
Belarus (BLR)																							4	5	9	8	12	12	12	7
Belgium (BEL)										9	9	4	2	4	2	3	8	11	6	5	2	2	3	1	3	2	4	1	4	20
Belize (BIZ)																													1	1
Bolivia (BOL)															1	1														2
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)																						1	1		1					3
Brazil (BRA)																						6	3	4	2	2	3	13	5	8
Bulgaria (BUL)														5	2	3	7	12	12		12	11	11	7	7	2	1	2	1	15
Canada (CAN)							(D)			8	7	11	9	6	6	10	12	14		15	14	18	21	16	19	21	8	9	18	20
Chile (CHI)																									1	1			2	3
China (CHN)																				4	4	4	8		15	23	18	10	18	9
Chinese Taipei (TPE)																													1	1
Cook Islands (COK)																											2	2	3	3
Costa Rica (CRC)																						4	2							2
Croatia (CRO)																						4	4	4	3	2	1		3	7
Cuba (CUB)																	2		3			5		3	4	4	6	6	5	9
Czech Republic (CZE)																							25	19	10	7	11	12	9	7
Czechoslovakia (TCH)										13	13	13	5	10	4	5	23	11	9		9	27								12
Denmark (DEN)										4	7	9	7	9	7	5	6	1	1	1	6	6	4	3	2	4	5	5	4	20
East Germany (GDR)																12	26	11	13		15									5
Ecuador (ECU)																											1	1		2
Egypt (EGY)																											1	2	2	3
Estonia (EST)																						1	1	1						3
Finland (FIN)										3	5	10	6	9	3	5	4	7	4	5	3	2	1	1	2	4	2			18
France (FRA)										3	10	13	6	9	2	6	14	13	11	14	16	31	19	14	13	15	14	15	13	20
Georgia (GEO)																												1		1
Germany (GER)										14		10										29	27	25	26	22	21	16	21	20
Great Britain (GBR)										3	7	7	3	7	5	10	20	11	11	15	17	25	17	12	9	7	15	11	8	20
Greece (GRE)																								1	6	3	1			4
Guam (GUM)																										1				1
Guatemala (GUA)																							1							1
Hong Kong (HKG)																		6		7	2	2								4
Hungary (HUN)										5	5	12	13	9	10	10	12	14	16		16	14	19	15	16	16	13	18	18	19
Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)																						5								1
Indonesia (INA)																						3			1					2
Iran (IRI)																								1			2		1	3
Ireland (IRL)																	4	4	2	1	4	5	6	3	2	1	3		1	12
Israel (ISR)																				1			1	5	3	1				5
Italy (ITA)										1		6		12	4	2	10	11	5	7	5	18	15	8	8	16	8	4	7	18
Ivory Coast (CIV)																3	5			4	2	2	2			1				7
Japan (JPN)															12	2	5	3		5	8	6	8	2	5	9	8	5	12	14
Kazakhstan (KAZ)																							8	4	3	7	5	13	7	7
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)																							2							1
Latvia (LAT)																						3	3	1	1	3	2	2	1	8
Lebanon (LIB)																												1		1
Lithuania (LTU)																						1	2	3	3	4	2	6	1	8
Luxembourg (LUX)										3	3	4		3																4
North Macedonia (MKD)																							3	1	1	1				4
Malaysia (MAS)																							1							1
Mexico (MEX)																12	7	4		2		4	6	2		3	1	1	1	11
Moldova (MDA)																							4					1	3	3
Morocco (MAR)																								1			1	1	2	4
Mozambique (MOZ)																												1	1	2
Myanmar (MYA)																										1				1
Netherlands (NED)										9	7	5		4	5	7	2	2	6	3	2	4	2		2	2			1	16
New Zealand (NZL)																	2	4	3	6	7	8	1		2	5	8	9	8	12
Nigeria (NGR)																											1	1	1	3
Norway (NOR)										1	4	4	1	2		5	6	7		13	7	7	5	4	6	1	2		1	17
Palau (PLW)																												1		1
Panama (PAN)																							1							1
Peru (PER)																						1								1
Poland (POL)										2	3		4	6	9	8	23	13	15		12	18	23	21	23	21	13	15	13	18
Portugal (POR)																					3	7	6	1	1	4	6	7	8	9
Refugee Olympic Team (ROT)																													1	1
Romania (ROU)												1	5	11	11	11	11	13	14	14	5	14	14	13	10	5	11	8	2	18
Russia (RUS)																							14	12	8	14	21	19	17	6
Saar (SAA)												3																		1
Samoa (SAM)																										1	1	1	3	4
São Tomé and Príncipe (STP)																										1		1	2	3
Senegal (SEN)																										2	1	3	1	4
Serbia (SRB)																											12	10	3	3
Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)																							1	6	2					3
Seychelles (SEY)																									1	1				2
Singapore (SIN)																											1			1
Slovakia (SVK)																							17	19	16	12	12	12	9	7
Slovenia (SLO)																						6	5	4	4	3	6	6	6	8
South Africa (RSA)																						11	1	2	1	10	2	1		7
South Korea (KOR)																				2	15	6	2	1		1		2	1	8
Soviet Union (URS)												13	9	12	13	11	15	15	15		17									9
Spain (ESP)														2		5	4	7	5	10	11	22	19	17	14	10	8	11	15	15
Sweden (SWE)										9	9	10	6	6	7	11	10	11	12	11	11	13	12	10	5	3	6	5	3	20
Switzerland (SUI)										9	6	7		4			6		3	4	1	6	8	3	4	1	2		3	15
Thailand (THA)																											1		1	2
Togo (TOG)																									1	1	1			3
Tunisia (TUN)																											3	3	4	3
Turkey (TUR)																												1		1
Ukraine (UKR)																							13	11	7	6	2	9	11	7
United Team of Germany (EUA)													10	10	12															3
Unified Team (EUN)																						19								1
United States (USA)							(D)			10	8	9	12	13	11	12	26	16		16	16	32	25	14	17	7	7	6	4	20
Uruguay (URU)																						1			1					2
Uzbekistan (UZB)																							17	1	7	1	2	4	2	7
Venezuela (VEN)																										3				1
Vietnam (VIE)																									1					1
West Germany (FRG)																13	28	13		15	14									5
Yugoslavia (YUG)										4		1		3	4	2	13	1	3	3	3									10

No. of nations																														94
No. of athletes
Year	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20

References[]

^ Olympic sprint events
^ "IOC announcement of canoe sprint format changes for the 2012 Summer Olympics". International Canoe Federation. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
^ "The Board of Directors Wrap Up in Windsor." - International Canoe Federation (5 December 2009) - accessed 18 December 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
^ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.

[1] Olympic sprint events

[2] "IOC announcement of canoe sprint format changes for the 2012 Summer Olympics". International Canoe Federation. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.

[3] "The Board of Directors Wrap Up in Windsor." - International Canoe Federation (5 December 2009) - accessed 18 December 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.

[5] "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.

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Events[]

Medal table[]

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Nations[]

See also[]

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