Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Canoeing was a sport at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and was contested in two main disciplines: canoe slalom, which took place from 25 to 30 July 2021, and canoe sprint, from 2 to 7 August.^[1] The slalom competitions were held at the Kasai Canoe Slalom Course; whereas the sprint events were staged at Sea Forest Waterway.

Canoeing at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Pictograms for slalom (left) and sprint (right)
Venue	Sea Forest Waterway Kasai Canoe Slalom Course
Dates	25–30 July 2021 (slalom) 2–7 August 2021 (sprint)
No. of events	16
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The competition featured 16 events. The programme saw four event changes, all replacements, from 2016. In sprint, the men's C-1 200 metres and men's K-2 200 metres were replaced with women's C-1 200 metres and women's C-2 500 metres. In slalom, the men's C-2 was removed. Women's C-1 was added. These three changes were part of the Olympics' move towards gender equality.^[2] In addition, the sprint men's K-4 1000 metres was replaced with a shorter race, the men's K-4 500 metres.

Qualification

Main article: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Competition schedule

Legend

H

Heats

¼

Quarter-finals

½

Semi-finals

F

Final

Slalom^[3]

Event↓/Date →	Sun 25	Mon 26		Tue 27		Wed 28	Thu 29		Fri 30
Men's C-1	H	½	F
Men's K-1						H			½	F
Women's C-1						H	½	F
Women's K-1	H			½	F

Sprint^[4]

Event↓/Date →	Mon 2		Tue 3		Wed 4		Thu 5		Fri 6		Sat 7
Men's C-1 1000 m									H	¼	½	F
Men's C-2 1000 m	H	¼	½	F
Men's K-1 200 m					H	¼	½	F
Men's K-1 1000 m	H	¼	½	F
Men's K-2 1000 m					H	¼	½	F
Men's K-4 500 m									H		½	F
Women's C-1 200 m					H	¼	½	F
Women's C-2 500 m									H	¼	½	F
Women's K-1 200 m	H	¼	½	F
Women's K-1 500 m					H	¼	½	F
Women's K-2 500 m	H	¼	½	F
Women's K-4 500 m									H		½	F

Participating nations

Below is the list of NOCs participants in the canoeing competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

•  Algeria (1)
•  Andorra (1)
•  Argentina (4)
•  Australia (16)
•  Austria (5)
•  Belarus (12)
•  Belgium (4)
•  Belize (1)
•  Brazil (5)
•  Bulgaria (1)
•  Canada (18)
•  Chile (2)
•  China (18)
•  Chinese Taipei (1)
•  Cook Islands (3)
•  Croatia (3)
•  Cuba (5)
•  Czech Republic (9)
•  Denmark (4)
•  Egypt (2)
•  France (13)
•  Germany (21)
•  Great Britain (8)
•  Hungary (18)
•  Iran (1)
•  Ireland (1)
•  Italy (7)
•  Japan (12) Hosts
•  Kazakhstan (7)
•  Latvia (1)
•  Lithuania (1)
•  Mexico (1)
•  Moldova (3)
•  Morocco (2)
•  Mozambique (1)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  New Zealand (8)
•  Nigeria (1)
•  Norway (1)
•  Poland (13)
•  Portugal (8)
•  Refugee Olympic Team (1)
•  Romania (2)
•  ROC (17)
•  Samoa (3)
•  São Tomé and Príncipe (2)
•  Senegal (1)
•  Serbia (3)
•  Slovakia (9)
•  Slovenia (6)
•  South Korea (1)
•  Spain (15)
•  Sweden (3)
•  Switzerland (3)
•  Thailand (1)
•  Tunisia (4)
•  Ukraine (11)
•  United States (4)
•  Uzbekistan (2)

Competitors

Main article: List of canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Japan)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary	3	2	1	6
2	New Zealand	3	0	0	3
3	Germany	2	1	4	7
4	Australia	2	0	1	3
5	China	1	2	0	3
6	Czech Republic	1	1	1	3
7	Brazil	1	0	0	1
	Cuba	1	0	0	1
	Slovenia	1	0	0	1
	United States	1	0	0	1
11	Spain	0	3	0	3
12	Canada	0	1	1	2
	Great Britain	0	1	1	2
	Poland	0	1	1	2
	Slovakia	0	1	1	2
	Ukraine	0	1	1	2
17	Belarus	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
19	Denmark	0	0	2	2
20	Moldova	0	0	1	1
	Portugal	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		16	16	16	48

Slalom

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's canoe details	Benjamin Savšek  Slovenia	Lukáš Rohan  Czech Republic	Sideris Tasiadis  Germany
Men's kayak details	Jiří Prskavec  Czech Republic	Jakub Grigar  Slovakia	Hannes Aigner  Germany
Women's canoe details	Jessica Fox  Australia	Mallory Franklin  Great Britain	Andrea Herzog  Germany
Women's kayak details	Ricarda Funk  Germany	Maialen Chourraut  Spain	Jessica Fox  Australia

Sprint

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
C-1 1000 metres details	Isaquias Queiroz  Brazil	4:04.408	Liu Hao  China	4:05.724	Serghei Tarnovschi  Moldova	4:06.069
C-2 1000 metres details	Cuba Serguey Torres Fernando Jorge	3:24.995 OB	China Liu Hao Zheng Pengfei	3:25.198	Germany Sebastian Brendel Tim Hecker	3:25.615
K-1 200 metres details	Sándor Tótka  Hungary	35.035	Manfredi Rizza  Italy	35.080	Liam Heath  Great Britain	35.202
K-1 1000 metres details	Bálint Kopasz  Hungary	3:20.643 OB	Ádám Varga  Hungary	3:22.431	Fernando Pimenta  Portugal	3:22.478
K-2 1000 metres details	Australia Jean van der Westhuyzen Thomas Green	3:15.280	Germany Max Hoff Jacob Schopf	3:15.584	Czech Republic Josef Dostál Radek Šlouf	3:16.106
K-4 500 metres details	Germany Max Rendschmidt Ronald Rauhe Tom Liebscher Max Lemke	1:22.219	Spain Saúl Craviotto Marcus Walz Carlos Arévalo Rodrigo Germade	1:22.445	Slovakia Samuel Baláž Denis Myšák Erik Vlček Adam Botek	1:23.534

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
C-1 200 metres details	Nevin Harrison  United States	45.932	Laurence Vincent-Lapointe  Canada	46.786	Liudmyla Luzan  Ukraine	47.034
C-2 500 metres details	China Xu Shixiao Sun Mengya	1:55.495 OB	Ukraine Liudmyla Luzan Anastasiia Chetverikova	1:57.499	Canada Laurence Vincent Lapointe Katie Vincent	1:59.041
K-1 200 metres details	Lisa Carrington  New Zealand	38.120 OB	Teresa Portela  Spain	38.883	Emma Jørgensen  Denmark	38.901
K-1 500 metres details	Lisa Carrington  New Zealand	1:51.216	Tamara Csipes  Hungary	1:51.855	Emma Jørgensen  Denmark	1:52.773
K-2 500 metres details	New Zealand Lisa Carrington Caitlin Regal	1:35.785 OB	Poland Karolina Naja Anna Puławska	1:36.753	Hungary Danuta Kozák Dóra Bodonyi	1:36.867
K-4 500 metres details	Hungary Danuta Kozák Tamara Csipes Anna Kárász Dóra Bodonyi	1:35.463	Belarus Marharyta Makhneva Nadzeya Papok Volha Khudzenka Maryna Litvinchuk	1:36.073	Poland Karolina Naja Anna Puławska Justyna Iskrzycka Helena Wiśniewska	1:36.445

See also

• Canoeing at the 2018 Asian Games
• Canoeing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
• Canoeing at the 2019 African Games
• Canoe sprint at the 2019 European Games
• Canoeing at the 2019 Pan American Games
• Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics