Canoeing at the Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the Summer Olympics
Governing body ICF
Events 16 (men: 11; women: 5)
Games
  • 1896
  • 1900
  • 1904
  • 1908
  • 1912
  • 1920

Note: demonstration sport years indicated in italics


Canoeing and kayaking have 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]

Events

The following tables shows which events were contested at each Games.

Slalom

Current program
Event 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
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 Events 4 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Sprint

Current program
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 1000 m 20
Men's C-2 1000 m 20
Men's K-1 200 m 3
Men's K-1 1000 m 20
Men's K-2 1000 m 20
Men's K-4 500 m 1
Women's C-1 200 m 1
Women's C-2 500 m 1
Women's K-1 200 m 3
Women's K-1 500 m 19
Women's K-2 500 m 16
Women's K-4 500 m 1
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-1 10000 m 3
Men's C-2 500 m 9
Men's C-2 10000 m 4
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-2 500 m 9
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
Total Events 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Medal table

Updated after the 2016 Summer Olympics

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Germany (GER) 32 18 20 70
2  Soviet Union (URS) 29 13 9 51
3  Hungary (HUN) 25 29 26 80
4  Sweden (SWE) 15 11 4 30
5  East Germany (GDR) 14 7 9 30
6  Romania (ROU) 10 10 14 34
7  France (FRA) 8 9 19 36
8  Slovakia (SVK) 8 6 4 18
9  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 7 4 1 12
10  New Zealand (NZL) 7 3 2 12
11  Italy (ITA) 6 6 4 16
12  Norway (NOR) 6 4 4 14
13  Great Britain (GBR) 5 7 5 17
14  Spain (ESP) 5 7 4 16
15  United States (USA) 5 5 6 16
16  Finland (FIN) 5 2 3 10
17  Canada (CAN) 4 10 10 24
18  Bulgaria (BUL) 4 5 8 17
19  Czech Republic (CZE) 4 5 5 14
20  United Team of Germany (EUA) 4 5 2 11
21  Australia (AUS) 3 8 13 24
22  Denmark (DEN) 3 6 5 14
23  Austria (AUT) 3 5 6 14
24  Ukraine (UKR) 3 2 3 8
25  West Germany (FRG) 2 6 3 11
26  Russia (RUS) 2 3 7 12
27  Belarus (BLR) 2 2 4 8
28  Yugoslavia (YUG) 2 2 1 5
29  China (CHN) 2 0 0 2
30  Unified Team (EUN) 1 1 0 2
31  Poland (POL) 0 7 13 20
32  Netherlands (NED) 0 3 5 8
33  Cuba (CUB) 0 3 0 3
34  Brazil (BRA) 0 2 1 3
35  Latvia (LAT) 0 2 0 2
 Slovenia (SLO) 0 2 0 2
37  Azerbaijan (AZE) 0 1 1 2
 Lithuania (LTU) 0 1 1 2
 Moldova (MDA) 0 1 1 2
40  Portugal (POR) 0 1 0 1
 Serbia (SRB) 0 1 0 1
 Switzerland (SUI) 0 1 0 1
43  Israel (ISR) 0 0 1 1
 Japan (JPN) 0 0 1 1
 South Africa (RSA) 0 0 1 1
 Togo (TOG) 0 0 1 1
Total 226 226 227 679

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 Years
 Andorra (AND)         11
 Angola (ANG)         122
 Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)         31
 Argentina (ARG)         185432238
 Australia (AUS)         871067859817232116162015
 Austria (AUT)         977710541226243424417
 Armenia (ARM)         11
 Azerbaijan (AZE)         31
 Belarus (BLR)         4598125
 Belgium (BEL)         994242381165223132418
 Bolivia (BOL)         112
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)         1113
 Brazil (BRA)         634223137
 Bulgaria (BUL)         52371212121111772113
 Canada (CAN)       (D)  871196610121415141821161921818
 Chile (CHI)         112
 China (CHN)         44481523187
 Cook Islands (COK)         21
 Costa Rica (CRC)         422
 Croatia (CRO)         4443216
 Cuba (CUB)         23534467
 Czech Republic (CZE)         2519107115
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)         131313510452311992712
 Denmark (DEN)         47979756111664324518
 East Germany (GDR)         12261113155
 Ecuador (ECU)         11
 Egypt (EGY)         11
 Estonia (EST)         1113
 Finland (FIN)         351069354745321124218
 France (FRA)         310136926141311141631191413151418
 Germany (GER)         141029272526222118
 Great Britain (GBR)         377375102011111517251712971518
 Greece (GRE)         16314
 Guam (GUM)         11
 Guatemala (GUA)         11
 Hong Kong (HKG)         67224
 Hungary (HUN)         551213910101214161614191516161317
 Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)         51
 Indonesia (INA)         312
 Iran (IRI)         122
 Ireland (IRL)         4421456321311
 Israel (ISR)         115315
 Italy (ITA)         161242101157518158816816
 Ivory Coast (CIV)         35422217
 Japan (JPN)         122535868259812
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)         843755
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)         21
 Latvia (LAT)         33113227
 Lithuania (LTU)         12334267
 Luxembourg (LUX)         33434
 Macedonia (MKD)         31114
 Malaysia (MAS)         11
 Mexico (MEX)         12742462319
 Moldova (MDA)         412
 Morocco (MAR)         112
 Myanmar (MYA)         11
 Netherlands (NED)         97545722632422215
 New Zealand (NZL)         243678125810
 Nigeria (NGR)         11
 Norway (NOR)         1441256713775461216
 Panama (PAN)         11
 Peru (PER)         11
 Poland (POL)         2346982313151218232123211316
 Portugal (POR)         37611467
 Romania (ROU)         151111111113141451414131051116
 Russia (RUS)         1412814215
 Saar (SAA)         31
 Samoa (SAM)         112
 São Tomé and Príncipe (STP)         11
 Senegal (SEN)         212
 Serbia (SRB)         121
 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)         1623
 Seychelles (SEY)         112
 Singapore (SIN)         11
 Slovakia (SVK)         17191612125
 Slovenia (SLO)         6544366
 South Africa (RSA)         111211026
 South Korea (KOR)         21562116
 Soviet Union (URS)         139121311151515179
 Spain (ESP)         2547510112219171410813
 Sweden (SWE)         991066711101112111113121053618
 Switzerland (SUI)         9674634168341214
 Thailand (THA)         11
 Togo (TOG)         1113
 Tunisia (TUN)         31
 Ukraine (UKR)         13117625
 United Team of Germany (EUA)         1010123
 Unified Team (EUN)         191
 United States (USA)       (D)  10891213111226161616322514177718
 Uruguay (URU)         112
 Uzbekistan (UZB)         1717125
 Venezuela (VEN)         31
 Vietnam (VIE)         11
 West Germany (FRG)         13281315145
 Yugoslavia (YUG)         4134213133310
No. of nations 94
No. of athletes

See also

References

  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.
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