Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom kayak cross

The men's kayak cross slalom canoeing event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place 2 August to 5 August 2024 at the National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France in Vaires-sur-Marne.

Men's slalom kayak cross at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France, Vaires-sur-Marne
Dates	2 August 2024 (time trial) 3 August 2024 (round 1 and repechage) 4 August 2024 (heats) 5 August 2024 (quarterfinal, semifinal, and final)
Medalists
Finn Butcher  New Zealand Joseph Clarke  Great Britain Noah Hegge  Germany
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Background

This will be the inaugural appearance of the event.

Qualification

Main article: Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Competition format

The kayak cross event begins with a time trial to determine each canoeist's seeding for round 1 of the competition.

Round 1 features a series of 11 races with three or four competitors each. The top two in each race will advance to the heats, while the rest will move to the repechage.

The repechage features five races with the same format as round 1. In each race the top two competitors will advance to the heats, while the rest are eliminated.

The heats feature 8 races with four competitors each. The top two in each heat will advance to the quarterfinals, the top two in each of the quarterfinal races will advance to the semifinals, and the top two in each of the semifinal races will advance to the finals.^[1]

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

The men's kayak cross slalom will take place over four days.^[2]

Date	Time	Round
2 August 2024	15:30	Time trial
3 August 2024	16:40 18:45	Round 1 Repechage
4 August 2024	15:30	Heats
5 August 2024	15:52 16:28 16:48	Quarterfinal Semifinal Final

Results

Time Trial

Time Trial^[3]

Rank	Bib	Canoeist	Time	Notes
1	1	Joseph Clarke (GBR)	66.08
2	11	Pedro Gonçalves (BRA)	66.41
3	13	Titouan Castryck (FRA)	67.29
4	2	Boris Neveu (FRA)	67.48
5	3	Giovanni De Gennaro (ITA)	67.71
6	6	Finn Butcher (NZL)	67.74
7	5	Felix Oschmautz (AUT)	67.87
8	18	Noah Hegge (GER)	68.01
9	14	Mateusz Polaczyk (POL)	68.11
10	8	Manuel Ochoa (ESP)	68.66
11	16	Miquel Travé (ESP)	68.70
12	24	Salim Jemai (TUN)	68.91
13	17	Quan Xin (CHN)	69.13
14	22	Noel Hendrick (IRL)	69.31
15	23	Lukáš Rohan (CZE)	69.80
16	12	Isak Öhrström (SWE)	70.29
17	15	Mathis Soudi (MAR)	70.53
18	33	Liam Jegou (IRL)	70.81
19	27	Jakub Grigar (SVK)	71.18
20	9	Timothy Anderson (AUS)	71.41
21	32	Jiří Prskavec (CZE)	71.71
22	19	Tristan Carter (AUS)	72.94
23	25	Matej Beňuš (SVK)	73.54
24	10	Alex Baldoni (CAN)	73.70
25	35	Benjamin Savšek (SLO)	74.18
26	30	Adam Burgess (GBR)	74.66
27	34	Matija Marinić (CRO)	74.80
28	4	Martin Dougoud (SUI)	74.89
29	29	Joris Otten (NED)	75.95
30	21	Andy Barat (COM)	76.95
31	31	Yves Bourhis (SEN)	78.15
32	28	Amir Rezanejad (EOR)	79.15
33	37	Casey Eichfeld (USA)	81.13
34	20	Yuuki Tanaka (JPN)	81.35
35	38	Grzegorz Hedwig (POL)	81.42
36	36	Wu Shao-hsuan (TPE)	82.73
37	26	Peter Kauzer (SLO)	70.74	FLT (8)
38	7	Stefan Hengst (GER)	69.67	FLT (6)

Round 1

  Proceed to Heats
  Proceed to Repechage

Race 1 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 1  Joseph Clarke (GBR) 2 12  Salim Jemai (TUN) 3 33  Casey Eichfeld (USA) FLT (2)

Race 2 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 13  Quan Xin (CHN) 2 2  Pedro Gonçalves (BRA) FLT (S) 3 32  Amir Rezanejad (EOR) FLT (6,7,8)

Race 3 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 3  Titouan Castryck (FRA) 2 31  Yves Bourhis (SEN) 3 14  Noel Hendrick (IRL)

Race 4 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 4  Boris Neveu (FRA) 2 15  Lukáš Rohan (CZE) 3 30  Andy Barat (COM)

Race 5 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 5  Giovanni De Gennaro (ITA) 2 16  Isak Öhrström (SWE) 3 29  Joris Otten (NED)

Race 6 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 6  Finn Butcher (NZL) 2 28  Martin Dougoud (SUI) 3 17  Mathis Soudi (MAR)

Race 7 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 7  Felix Oschmautz (AUT) 2 38  Stefan Hengst (GER) 3 27  Matija Marinić (CRO) FLT (3) 4 18  Liam Jegou (IRL) FLT (2,8)

Race 8 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 8  Noah Hegge (GER) 2 19  Jakub Grigar (SVK) 3 37  Peter Kauzer (SLO) 4 26  Adam Burgess (GBR)

Race 9 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 20  Timothy Anderson (AUS) 2 9  Mateusz Polaczyk (POL) 3 36  Wu Shao-hsuan (TPE) 4 25  Benjamin Savšek (SLO) FLT (2)

Race 10 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 10  Manuel Ochoa (ESP) 2 24  Alex Baldoni (CAN) 3 21  Jiří Prskavec (CZE) FLT (8) 4 35  Grzegorz Hedwig (POL) FLT (3)

Race 11 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 11  Miquel Travé (ESP) 2 34  Yuuki Tanaka (JPN) 3 23  Matej Beňuš (SVK) 4 22  Tristan Carter (AUS) FLT (1)

Repechages

  Proceed to Heats
  Eliminated

Race 1 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 14  Noel Hendrick (IRL) 2 36  Wu Shao-hsuan (TPE) 3 23  Matej Beňuš (SVK) FLT (2)

Race 2 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 35  Grzegorz Hedwig (POL) 2 25  Benjamin Savšek (SLO) 3 17  Mathis Soudi (MAR) FLT (S)

Race 3 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 18  Liam Jegou (IRL) 2 26  Adam Burgess (GBR) 3 33  Casey Eichfeld (USA)

Race 4 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 21  Jiří Prskavec (CZE) 2 27  Matija Marinić (CRO) 3 32  Amir Rezanejad (EOR)

Race 5 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 22  Tristan Carter (AUS) 2 37  Peter Kauzer (SLO) 3 29  Joris Otten (NED) 4 30  Andy Barat (COM) FLT (8)

Heats

  Proceed to Quarterfinals
  Eliminated

Heat 1 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 1  Joseph Clarke (GBR) 2 17  Jakub Grigar (SVK) 3 32  Peter Kauzer (SLO) 4 16  Isak Öhrström (SWE) FLT (6)

Heat 2 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 8  Manuel Ochoa (ESP) 2 25  Jiří Prskavec (CZE) 3 24  Liam Jegou (IRL) 4 9  Miquel Travé (ESP) FLT (8)

Heat 3 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 5  Finn Butcher (NZL) 2 28  Benjamin Savšek (SLO) 3 21  Yuuki Tanaka (JPN) FLT (8) 4 12  Pedro Gonçalves (BRA) FLT (2)

Heat 4 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 4  Giovanni De Gennaro (ITA) 2 13  Mateusz Polaczyk (POL) 3 20  Yves Bourhis (SEN) 4 29  Adam Burgess (GBR)

Heat 5 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 3  Boris Neveu (FRA) 2 19  Martin Dougoud (SUI) 3 14  Salim Jemai (TUN) 4 30  Matija Marinić (CRO) FLT (R)

Heat 6 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 11  Timothy Anderson (AUS) 2 27  Grzegorz Hedwig (POL) 3 6  Felix Oschmautz (AUT) 4 22  Stefan Hengst (GER)

Heat 7 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 7  Noah Hegge (GER) 2 26  Tristan Carter (AUS) 3 23  Noel Hendrick (IRL) 4 10  Quan Xin (CHN) FLT (8)

Heat 8 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 2  Titouan Castryck (FRA) 2 15  Lukáš Rohan (CZE) 3 31  Wu Shao-hsuan (TPE) 4 18  Alex Baldoni (CAN)

Quarterfinals

  Proceed to Semifinals
  Eliminated

Quarterfinal 1 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 1  Joseph Clarke (GBR) 2 17  Jakub Grigar (SVK) 3 25  Jiří Prskavec (CZE) 4 8  Manuel Ochoa (ESP) FLT (8)

Quarterfinal 2 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 5  Finn Butcher (NZL) 2 13  Mateusz Polaczyk (POL) 3 28  Benjamin Savšek (SLO) 4 4  Giovanni De Gennaro (ITA)

Quarterfinal 3 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 3  Boris Neveu (FRA) 2 19  Martin Dougoud (SUI) 3 11  Timothy Anderson (AUS) 4 27  Grzegorz Hedwig (POL)

Quarterfinal 4 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 7  Noah Hegge (GER) 2 15  Lukáš Rohan (CZE) 3 2  Titouan Castryck (FRA) FLT (3) 4 26  Tristan Carter (AUS) FLT (R,6,8)

Semifinals

  Proceed to Finals
  Eliminated

Semifinal 1 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 1  Joseph Clarke (GBR) 2 5  Finn Butcher (NZL) 3 17  Jakub Grigar (SVK) 4 13  Mateusz Polaczyk (POL)

Semifinal 2 Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 7  Noah Hegge (GER) 2 15  Lukáš Rohan (CZE) 3 3  Boris Neveu (FRA) 4 19  Martin Dougoud (SUI) FLT (6)

Finals

Final Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 5  Finn Butcher (NZL) 1  Joseph Clarke (GBR) 7  Noah Hegge (GER) 4 15  Lukáš Rohan (CZE)

Small Final Rank Bib Canoeist Notes 1 19  Martin Dougoud (SUI) 2 17  Jakub Grigar (SVK) 3 3  Boris Neveu (FRA) 4 13  Mateusz Polaczyk (POL) FLT (1)

Final Ranking

Final Ranking^[4]

Rank	Bib	Canoeist
	5	Finn Butcher (NZL)
	1	Joseph Clarke (GBR)
	7	Noah Hegge (GER)
4	15	Lukáš Rohan (CZE)
5	19	Martin Dougoud (SUI)
6	17	Jakub Grigar (SVK)
7	3	Boris Neveu (FRA)
8	13	Mateusz Polaczyk (POL)
9	2	Titouan Castryck (FRA)
10	11	Timothy Anderson (AUS)
11	25	Jiří Prskavec (CZE)
12	28	Benjamin Savšek (SLO)
13	4	Giovanni De Gennaro (ITA)
14	8	Manuel Ochoa (ESP)
15	26	Tristan Carter (AUS)
16	27	Grzegorz Hedwig (POL)
17	5	Felix Oschmautz (AUT)
18	24	Salim Jemai (TUN)
19	31	Yves Bourhis (SEN)
20	20	Yuuki Tanaka (JPN)
21	22	Noel Hendrick (IRL)
22	33	Liam Jegou (IRL)
23	23	Wu Shao-hsuan (TPE)
24	26	Peter Kauzer (SLO)
25	16	Miquel Travé (ESP)
26	13	Quan Xin (CHN)
27	11	Pedro Gonçalves (BRA)
28	12	Isak Öhrström (SWE)
29	10	Alex Baldoni (CAN)
30	7	Stefan Hengst (GER)
31	30	Adam Burgess (GBR)
32	34	Matija Marinić (CRO)
33	33	Mathis Soudi (MAR)
34	25	Matej Beňuš (SVK)
35	35	Joris Otten (NED)
36	36	Amir Rezanejad (EOR)
37	37	Casey Eichfeld (USA)
38	38	Andy Barat (COM)