Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification explained

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This article details the Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics qualifying phase.A new qualification system has been set up for both slalom and sprint canoeing at these games. The quotas were set for each event by the International Canoe Federation in July 2010.

Qualification summary

NOC	Slalom				Sprint												Total
	width=33 rowspan="2"	K1 M!	width=33 rowspan="2"	C1 M!	width=33 rowspan="2"	C2 M!	width=33 rowspan="2"	K1 W!	Men								Women				width=50 rowspan="2"	Boats !	width=50 rowspan="2"	Athletes
	width=33	K1 200 !	width=33	K1 1000 !	width=33	K2 200 !	width=33	K2 1000 !	width=33	K4 1000 !	width=33	C1 200 !	width=33	C1 1000 !	width=33	C2 1000 !	width=33	K1 200 !	width=33	K1 500 !	width=33	K2 500 !	width=33	K4 500
												X					1	2
					X		X										2	2
	X	X	X	X	X		X		X	X		X	X	X		X	12	21
	X			X											X		3	4
										X		X					2	3
						X	X			X	X	X				X	6	11
	X				X			X									3	4
				X								X					2	3
						X											1	1
	X				X	X		X		X	X		X	X			8	8
	X	X	X	X	X				X		X	X		X	X	X	11	19
				X													1	1
	X																1	1
						X						X	X		X		4	6
	X	X	X	X					X			X					6	11
					X				X					X			3	6
					X												1	1
													X	X			2	2
	X	X	X	X	X	X	X				X					X	9	14
	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	15	21
	X	X	X	X	X	X	X				X		X	X		X	11	14
		X															1	1
					X			X	X		X		X	X	X	X	8	14
						X							X				2	2
	X			X						X							3	3
	X	X	X	X		X							X	X			7	8
	X	X		X			X						X	X	X		7	7
		X						X		X				X			4	5
							X										1	2
					X					X							2	2
											X						1	1
				X													1	1
	X			X		X		X					X	X	X		7	9
	X																1	1
						X								X			2	2
	X	X	X	X	X					X		X	X		X		9	12
						X		X					X	X	X	X	6	6
							X		X		X	X			X		5	11
			X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13	19
					X	X			X				X		X	X	6	12
														X			1	1
		X	X	X				X	X	X					X		7	12
	X	X	X	X									X				5	6
		X			X						X		X	X			5	5
	X	X		X						X	X		X				6	6
						X		X					X		X		4	6
	X			X													2	2
	X																1	1
	X																1	1
						X				X				X			3	3
										X			X	X			3	3
	X	X	X	X	X									X			6	7
											X			X	X		3	3
Total: 53 NOCs	22	16	12	21	16	15	10	10	10	13	13	12	18	20	14	10	234	325

Slalom

For the slalom events, the men competed in C-1, C-2, and K-1. Women competed in K-1 only. Qualifications were allocated to NOCs, not to specific competitors.^[1]

Qualification timeline

width=350	Event !	width=200	Date !	width=200	Venue
	September 7–11, 2011	Bratislava, Slovakia
2011 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships	December 16–18, 2011	Miyi, China
2012 African Canoeing Championships	February 3–4, 2012	Bethlehem, South Africa
2012 Oceania Canoeing Championships	February 24–26, 2012	Penrith, Australia
2012 Canoe Slalom Pan American Championships	March 10–11, 2012	Foz do Iguassu, Brazil
	May 9–13, 2012	Augsburg, Germany

Qualification table

width=170	Event !	width=160	K1 Men !	width=160	C1 Men !	width=160	C2 Men !	width=160	K1 Women
World Championships
Asian Championships
African Championships			—
Oceania Championships
American Championships
European Championships
Tripartite Invite			—	—
Additional	—	—		—
Total	22	17	14	21

Sprint

Qualification timeline

width=350	Event !	width=200	Date !	width=200	Venue
	August 17–21, 2011	Szeged, Hungary
2011 All-Africa Games^[2]	September 9–10, 2011	Maputo, Mozambique
2011 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships^[3]	October 13–16, 2011	Tehran, Iran
	October 26–29, 2011	Guadalajara, Mexico
2012 Oceania Canoeing championships	February 24–26, 2012	Penrith, Australia
European Qualifier	May 16–17, 2012	Poznań, Poland

Qualification table

NOCs are limited to one boat per event, and in kayaking to 8 men and 6 women positions.Qualification enables an NOC to participate, not necessarily in the person of the paddler who gained the qualification.Quotas given are for boats.

Event	2011 World Championships	Continental qualification					Total
width=100	Event !	width=140 rowspan="2"	2011 World Championships !	Continental qualification					width=50 rowspan="2"	Total
Men Kayak	width=140	Europe !	width=140	Americas !	width=140	Asia !	width=140	Africa !	width=140	Oceania
K1 200m							14 +2
K1 1000m							14 +1
K2 200m					—		10
K2 1000m					—		10
K4 1000m		—	—	—	—	—	10
Men Canoe	2011 World Championships	Europe	Americas	Asia	Africa	Oceania	Total
C1 200m							13
C1 1000m	^						13
C2 1000m							12
Event	2011 World Championships	Continental qualification					Total
Women	2011 World Championships	Europe	Americas	Asia	Africa	Oceania	Total
K1 200m							14 +4
K1 500m							14 +5
K2 500m	^ ^				—		10 +5
K4 500m		—	—	—	—	—	10

Host quota

Italic: National federation has qualified a boat but the athlete that did this was already counted in another boat
^: ICF decided that two of the events in Oceania needed to be reattributed to the World Championships lists because the events seen as invalid due to lack of eligible competitors.

Notes and References

Web site: Canoe Slalom Boat Qualification . 2012-05-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130510132536/http://www.canoeicf.com/icf/Aboutoursport/Canoe-Slalom/London-2012/main/0/text_files/file/2012%20ICF%20CANOE%20SLALOM%20QUALIFICATION%20TABLE.pdf# . 2013-05-10 . dead .
Web site: Maputo 2011 Results. Confederation of African Canoeing. 15 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425062306/http://www.kayakafrica.org/resultsAAG2011.htm#. 2012-04-25. dead.
Web site: 14th Asian Canoe Sprint Championships Results. I.R. Iran Canoeing Federation. 15 October 2011. https://archive.today/20111015005929/http://84.47.228.114/#. 2011-10-15. dead.