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. The slalom competitions were held at the Kasai Canoe Slalom Course; whereas the sprint events were staged at Sea Forest Waterway.

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. In addition, the sprint men's K-4 1000 metres was replaced with a shorter race, the men's K-4 500 metres.

Qualification

Competition schedule

+Slalom 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 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.

Hosts

Competitors

Medal summary Medal table

Slalom Men's canoe Men's kayak Women's canoe Women's kayak

Sprint Men C-1 1000 metres 4:04.408 4:05.724 4:06.069 C-2 1000 metres Serguey Torres Fernando Jorge 3:24.995 OB Liu Hao Zheng Pengfei 3:25.198 Sebastian Brendel Tim Hecker 3:25.615 K-1 200 metres 35.035 35.080 35.202 K-1 1000 metres 3:20.643 OB 3:22.431 3:22.478 K-2 1000 metres Jean van der Westhuyzen Thomas Green 3:15.280 Max Hoff Jacob Schopf 3:15.584 Josef Dostál Radek Šlouf 3:16.106 K-4 500 metres Max Rendschmidt Ronald Rauhe Tom Liebscher Max Lemke 1:22.219 Saúl Craviotto Marcus Walz Carlos Arévalo Rodrigo Germade 1:22.445 Samuel Baláž Denis Myšák Erik Vlček Adam Botek 1:23.534

Women C-1 200 metres 45.932 46.786 47.034 C-2 500 metres Xu Shixiao Sun Mengya 1:55.495 OB Liudmyla Luzan Anastasiia Chetverikova 1:57.499 Laurence Vincent Lapointe Katie Vincent 1:59.041 K-1 200 metres 38.120 OB 38.883 38.901 K-1 500 metres 1:51.216 1:51.855 1:52.773 K-2 500 metres Lisa Carrington Caitlin Regal 1:35.785 OB Karolina Naja Anna Puławska 1:36.753 Danuta Kozák Dóra Bodonyi 1:36.867 K-4 500 metres Danuta Kozák Tamara Csipes Anna Kárász Dóra Bodonyi 1:35.463 Marharyta Makhneva Nadzeya Papok Volha Khudzenka Maryna Litvinchuk 1:36.073 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

References

External links International Canoe Federation Results book – Canoe Slalom Results book – Canoe Sprint