Canoe sprint at the 2015 European Games – Qualification explained

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The sole qualification event for the canoe sprint events at the 2015 European Games will be the 2014 Canoe Sprint European Championships in Brandenburg 11–13 July 2014.

Qualification summary

NOC	Men									Women						! width=55 colspan=2	Total
NOC	width=30	C1 200	width=30	C1 1000	width=30	C2 1000	width=30	K1 200	width=30	K1 1000	width=30	K1 5000	width=30	K2 200	width=30	K2 1000	width=30	K4 1000	width=30	K1 200	width=30	K1 500	width=30	K1 5000	width=30	K2 200	width=30	K2 500	width=30	K4 500	width=50	Boats	width=50	Athletes
					X	X				X	X	X				4	2
	X	X	X	X	X	X				X	X	X				9	7
	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		14	13
				X	X	X					X	X				5	3
					X	X				X						3	2
				X	X		X				X	X				5	4
				X	X	X				X	X	X				6	2
				X	X	X										3	1
	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X		X		X	X	11	14
					X	X				X	X					2	1
					X	X		X			X	X				5	4
	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		X	X				X	10	12
	X			X						X	X	X				5	3
	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	15	20
	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	13	15
				X	X	X				X	X					5	3
	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	15	16
	X			X			X	X		X	X	X				7	5
	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	13	9
	X				X					X	X					4	4
	X			X			X	X		X	X					6	7
					X	X										2	1
	X	X								X	X	X				5	2
				X	X						X	X				2	1
					X	X					X					2	1
	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14	16
	X			X	X	X		X	X	X	X		X	X	X	11	13
		X	X	X	X				X			X	X	X	X	8	13
	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14	19
		X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12	13
	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X		12	15
					X	X		X		X	X					5	4
	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		13	13
				X			X			X	X	X			X	4	7
					X	X										2	1
	X	X		X	X	X				X	X	X	X	X		10	6
	X		X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	13	14
Total quotas	20	14	10	27	31	29	16	17	10	27	27	24	13	14	13	289	286

Qualification rules

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) is restricted to one boat per event, a maximum of fifteen boats, and therefore a maximum of 26 qualified athletes. Azerbaijan, as host, is guaranteed entry of three athletes, in three boats; K1-1000 metres and C1-1000 metres for men, and the K1-500 metres for women.

The bulk of qualification (all places other than host and 'universality' places) will be awarded by virtue of performance in the 2014 European Canoe Sprint Championships. Places will be awarded to NOCs rather than individual athletes. Each event has a quota of places available as set out below:^[1]

Event	Quota (boats/athletes)	Event	Quota (boats/athletes)
Men	Women
K1 200m	23 (23)	K1 200m	18 (18)
K1 1000m	23 (23)	K1 500m	18 (18)
K1 5000m	13 (13)	K1 5000m	13 (13)
K2 200m	14 (28)	K2 200m	14 (28)
K2 1000m	14 (28)	K2 500m	14 (28)
K4 1000m	10 (40)	K4 500m	10 (40)
C1 200m	15 (15)	colspan=2 rowspan=3
C1 1000m	15 (15)
C2 1000m	10 (20)

In the event an athlete qualifies in two boats (e.g. K1-1000m and K2-1000m), he or she will be allowed to compete in both events, but will only take up the quota place in the larger boat; the unused quota place in the smaller boat will then be redistributed. Where a boat qualifies in two events of the same boat size but over two distances (e.g. 200m and 1000m in K2), that boat will be allowed to compete in both events, but will only take up the quota place in the longer event; the unused quota place in the shorter event will then be redistributed. In both cases this will allow for more boats to compete in a particular event than there are quota places.

Qualified countries

Men's events

Place	K1 200m	K1 1000m	K1 5000m	K2 200m	K2 1000m	K4 1000m	C1 200m	C1 1000m	C2 1000m
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11						rowspan=13			rowspan=13
12
13
14			rowspan=10
15			rowspan=9	rowspan=9
16			rowspan=8	rowspan=8
17
18
19
20
21
22
23

						rowspan=16			rowspan=16
							rowspan=15
				rowspan=14
				rowspan=13

	rowspan=11			rowspan=11



	rowspan=7






Boats	27	31	29	16	17	10	20	14	10

Women's events

Place	K1 200m	K1 500m	K1 5000m	K2 200m	K2 500m	K4 500m
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11						rowspan=8
12
13
14			rowspan=5
15			rowspan=4	rowspan=4
16
17
18

				rowspan=12
				rowspan=11

				rowspan=9






	rowspan=2

Boats	27	27	24	13	14	13

Host quota

Italic: National federation has qualified a boat but the athlete that did this was already counted in another boat.

Notes and References

http://www.olympics.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/BEGOC-Sport-Qualification-CF-v2.0.pdf Canoe sprint qualification version 2