Canoeing has been featured as competition sports in the Summer Olympic Games since the 1936 Games in Berlin, and they were also demonstration sports at the 1924 Games in Paris.Olympic sprint events There are two current 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. '"KX-1" denotes kayak cross. 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. This was confirmed at their 2009 Board of Directors meeting in Windsor, Berkshire, Great Britain on 5 December 2009."The Board of Directors Wrap Up in Windsor." - International Canoe Federation (5 December 2009) - accessed 18 December 2009. Kayak cross was introduced in the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Key Canoeing was demonstration sport Canoeing events not held Olympic Games not held GamesYear EventsBest Nation1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1924 6 (1)9 10 11 1936 9 (1)12 13 14 1948 9 (1)15 1952 9 (1)16 1956 9 (1)17 1960 7 (1)GamesYear EventsBest Nation18 1964 7 (2)19 1968 7 (1)20 1972 11 (3)21 1976 11 (4)22 1980 11 (5)23 1984 12 (1)24 1988 12 (1)25 1992 16 (1)26 1996 16 (2)27 2000 16 (2)28 2004 16 (3)29 2008 16 (4)30 2012 16 (5)31 2016 16 (6)32 2020 16 (3)33 2024 16 (2)34 2028 16

Canoe sprint

Men's

+ Current programme Event 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 28 Total C-1 1000 m• ••••••••••••••••••••• 22 C-2 500 m ••••••••• •• 11 K-1 1000 m• ••••••••••••••••••••• 22 K-2 500 m ••••••••• •• 11 K-4 500 m • • • 3

+ Past events Event 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 28 Total C-1 200 m •• 2 C-1 500 m ••••••••• 9 C-2 1000 m• ••••••••••••••••••• 20 K-1 200 m •• • 3 K-1 500 m ••••••••• 9 K-1 4 × 500 m • 1 K-2 200 m •• 2 K-2 1000 m• ••••••••••••••••••• 20 K-4 1000 m •••••••••••••• 14 Total 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 10

Women's

Event 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 28 Total C-1 200 m • • • 3 C-2 500 m • • • 3 K-1 500 m •••••••••••••••••••••21 K-2 500 m ••••••••••••••••••18 K-4 500 m •••••••••• • • 12 K-1 200 m ••• 3

Medal table Source: Last updated after the 2024 Paris Olympics. Note that this table includes both canoe sprint and canoe marathon medals.

Canoe slalom

Events Current program Event 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 28 Total Men's C-1• •••••••• • • 11 Men's K-1• •••••••• • • 11 Men’s KX-1 •• 2 Women's C-1 • • • 3 Women's K-1• •••••••• • • 11 Women’s KX-1 •• 2 Past events Event 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 28 Total Men's C-2• ••••••• 8 Total 4 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6

Medal table Source: Last updated after the 2024 Summer Olympics

Canoe marathon

Men's races of 10,000 metres were held from 1936 to 1956 and were considered canoe marathons, separate from the sprint and slalom disciplines.

Men's

+ Past events Event 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 28 Total C-1 10000 m ••• 3 C-2 10000 m•••• 4 K-1 10000 m•••• 4 K-2 10000 m•••• 4 Folding K-1 10000 m• 1 Folding K-2 10000 m• 1 Total 5 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Overall medal table Updated after 2024

Nations No. of nations 94 No. of athletes Notes:: Due to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine in violation of the Olympic Truce, the Russian Federation and Belarus were banned from sending athletes to the 2024 Summer Olympics. Russian and Belarusian athletes competed under the designation of Individual Neutral Athletes and are listed separately. : Due to the Russian doping scandal, the Russian Federation was not permitted to send athletes to the 2020 Summer Olympics; athletes instead competed under the acronym "ROC" ("Russian Olympic Committee") and are listed separately.

See also List of Olympic venues in canoeing Paracanoe at the Summer Paralympics

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