The 2016 European Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifier took place in Duisburg, Germany on 18 & 19 May 2016.[1] It served as the sole Olympic qualification regatta for European sprint canoeists that did not claim Rio 2016 berths at the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.[2]
This event shared the venue with, and was held concurrently with the 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships.[3]
Four athlete quota places were provided in the men's C2 1000m (two NOCs). For all other events, two athlete quota places were provided in each (two NOCs per single-man event, one NOC per double-man event).
| C1 200 m |  Alfonso Benavides |  Zaza Nadiradze |  Thomas Simart | |
| C1 1000 m |  Leonid Carp |  Carlo Tacchini | Angel Kodinov | |
| C2 1000 m | RomaniaLeonid Carp Stefan Andrei Strat |  Czech RepublicJaroslav RadoňFilip Dvořák |  MoldovaOleg TarnovschiOleg Nuta | |
| K1 200 m | Saúl Craviotto |  Bence Horváth | Manfredi Rizza | |
| K1 1000 m | Bence Dombvári |  Roman Anoshkin | Marcus Walz | |
| K2 200 m | SpainSaúl Craviotto Cristian Toro |  BelarusDzmitry TratsiakouTaras Valko | ItalyMichele Bertolini Riccardo Cecchini | |
| K2 1000 m | HungaryTibor Hufnagel Bence Dombvári |  UkraineOleg KukharykVitaliy Tsurkan | SpainGabriel Campo Ruben Millan |
| K1 200 m | Sabine Volz |  Linnea Stensils |  Martina Kohlova | |
| K1 500 m | Sabrina Hering | Martina Kohlova |  Yvonne Schuring | |
| K2 500 m | SwedenKarin Johansson Sofia Paldanius |