The canoeing competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona was composed of 16 events (12 for men and 4 for women) in two disciplines, slalom and sprint. The slalom events returned to the Olympic program after a 20-year absence, since the 1972 Munich Games. Slalom events took place at La Seu d'Urgell while the sprint events took place at Castelldefels.
Medal table
Medal summary Slalom Men's C-1Men's C-2Men's K-1Women's K-1
Sprint
Men's events C-1 500 metres()C-1 1000 metresC-2 500 metresDmitri Dovgalenok Aleksandr Maseikov()Ulrich Papke Ingo SpellyMartin Marinov Blagovest StoyanovC-2 1000 metresUlrich Papke Ingo SpellyArne Nielsson Christian FrederiksenDidier Hoyer Olivier BoivinK-1 500 metresK-1 1000 metresK-2 500 metresKay Bluhm Torsten GutscheMaciej Freimut Wojciech KurpiewskiBruno Dreossi Antonio RossiK-2 1000 metresKay Bluhm Torsten GutscheGunnar Olsson Kalle SundqvistGrzegorz Kotowicz Dariusz BiałkowskiK-4 1000 metresMario von AppenOliver KegelThomas ReineckAndré WohllebeFerenc CsipesZsolt GyulayAttila ÁbrahámLászló FidelRamon AnderssonKelvin GrahamIan RowlingSteven Wood
Women's events K-1 500 metresK-2 500 metresK-4 500 metresRita KőbánÉva DónuszErika MészárosKinga CzigányKatrin BorchertRamona PortwichBirgit SchmidtAnke von SeckAnna OlssonAgneta AnderssonMaria HaglundSusanne Rosenqvist
Participating nations
References 1992 Summer Olympics official report Volume 5. pp. 134–52.