Canoeing at the 2018 Asian Games

The canoeing races at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang were contested in three main disciplines: the slalom from 21 to 23 August, and the sprint from 29 August to 1 September.^[1] The slalom canoe competition was held at the Bendung Rentang in Majalengka Regency, West Java;^[2] whereas the sprint events were staged in Jakabaring Lake at the Jakabaring Sport City, Palembang.^[3] Additionally, the games also contested the canoe polo discipline as demonstration sport.^[4][5][6][7] Also in part of canoeing event was the dragon boat event.^[8]

Canoeing at the 2018 Asian Games
Venue	Bendung Rentang Jakabaring Lake
Dates	21 August – 1 September 2018
Competitors	228 from 23 nations
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During a preparation meeting, West Java provincial secretary stated that the quality of the water in Bendung Rentang was polluted by sand and soil mining waste (galian C).^[9] According to Indonesian Minister of Public Works and People's Housing Basuki Hadimuljono, the quantity of water in Bandung Rentang was enough, about 15 cubic meters per second, so the speed (water) had met the standard, and to improve the water quality, sand excavation activity around the venue would be stopped for a while.^[10]

Schedule

H

Heats

S

Semifinal

F

Final

Event↓/Date →	21st Tue	22nd Wed		23rd Thu		24th Fri	25th Sat	26th Sun	27th Mon	28th Tue	29th Wed		30th Thu	31st Fri		1st Sat
Slalom
Men's C-1	H	S	F
Men's K-1	H			S	F
Women's C-1	H			S	F
Women's K-1	H	S	F
Sprint
Men's C-1 1000 m													F
Men's C-2 200 m														H	S	F
Men's C-2 1000 m													F
Men's K-1 200 m														H	S	F
Men's K-2 1000 m											H	S	F
Men's K-4 500 m											H	S	F
Women's C-1 200 m														H	S	F
Women's C-2 500 m													F
Women's K-1 200 m														H	S	F
Women's K-1 500 m													F
Women's K-2 500 m																F
Women's K-4 500 m																F

Medalists

Slalom

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 details	Takuya Haneda  Japan	Chen Fangjia  China	Alexandr Kulikov  Kazakhstan
K-1 details	Quan Xin  China	Kazuya Adachi  Japan	Hermann Husslein  Thailand

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 details	Chen Shi  China	Chen Wei-han  Chinese Taipei	Atcharaporn Duanglawa  Thailand
K-1 details	Aki Yazawa  Japan	Li Tong  China	Chang Chu-han  Chinese Taipei

Sprint

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 1000 m details	Vadim Menkov  Uzbekistan	Shahriyor Daminov  Tajikistan	Mohammad Nabi Rezaei  Iran
C-2 200 m details	China Xing Song Li Qiang	Uzbekistan Artur Guliev Elyorjon Mamadaliev	Kazakhstan Merey Medetov Timur Khaidarov
C-2 1000 m details	China Liu Hao Wang Hao	Kazakhstan Sergey Yemelyanov Timofey Yemelyanov	Uzbekistan Nurislom Tukhtasin Ugli Serik Mirbekov
K-1 200 m details	Cho Gwang-hee  South Korea	Sergii Tokarnytskyi  Kazakhstan	Mervyn Toh  Singapore
K-2 1000 m details	China Zhang Dong Bu Tingkai	Kazakhstan Ilya Golendov Andrey Yerguchyov	Uzbekistan Shakhriyor Makhkamov Shokhrukhbek Azamov
K-4 500 m details	Kazakhstan Ilya Golendov Alexey Dergunov Sergii Tokarnytskyi Yevgeniy Alexeyev	South Korea Cho Gwang-hee Cho Jeong-hyun Choi Min-kyu Kim Ji-won	Iran Ahmad Reza Talebian Peyman Ghavidel Ali Aghamirzaei Amin Boudaghi

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 200 m details	Sun Mengya  China	Riska Andriyani  Indonesia	Dilnoza Rakhmatova  Uzbekistan
C-2 500 m details	China Ma Yanan Sun Mengya	Uzbekistan Dilnoza Rakhmatova Nilufar Zokirova	Indonesia Riska Andriyani Nurmeni
K-1 200 m details	Inna Klinova  Kazakhstan	Li Yue  China	Yuka Ono  Japan
K-1 500 m details	Li Yue  China	Hedieh Kazemi  Iran	Lee Sun-ja  South Korea
K-2 500 m details	China Li Yue Zhou Yu	Uzbekistan Ekaterina Shubina Yuliya Borzova	Japan Yuka Ono Hideka Tatara
K-4 500 m details	China Ma Qing Zhou Yu Yang Jiali Huang Jieyi	Kazakhstan Inna Klinova Irina Podoinikova Zoya Ananchenko Viktoriya Kopyova	Uzbekistan Natalya Kazantseva Yuliya Borzova Ekaterina Shubina Kseniya Kochneva

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	10	3	0	13
2	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	2	4	2	8
3	Japan (JPN)	2	1	2	5
4	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	3	4	8
5	South Korea (KOR)	1	1	1	3
6	Iran (IRI)	0	1	2	3
7	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	1	1	2
	Indonesia (INA)	0	1	1	2
9	Tajikistan (TJK)	0	1	0	1
10	Thailand (THA)	0	0	2	2
11	Singapore (SGP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		16	16	16	48

Participating nations

A total of 228 athletes from 23 nations competed in canoeing at the 2018 Asian Games:

•  Cambodia (2)
•  China (22)
•  Chinese Taipei (10)
•  Hong Kong (3)
•  India (17)
•  Indonesia (22)
•  Iran (17)
•  Iraq (1)
•  Japan (19)
•  Kazakhstan (18)
•  Kyrgyzstan (2)
•  Macau (3)
•  Malaysia (2)
•  Myanmar (4)
•  North Korea (3)
•  Philippines (2)
•  Singapore (9)
•  South Korea (18)
•  Sri Lanka (1)
•  Tajikistan (6)
•  Thailand (23)
•  Uzbekistan (22)
•  Vietnam (2)