Canoeing at the Summer Olympics explained

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Code:CSL (Canoe Slalom)
CSP (Canoe Sprint)
Sport:canoeing
Menevents:8
Womenevents:8

Canoeing has been featured as competition sports in the Summer Olympic Games since the 1936 Games in Berlin, and they were also demonstration sports at the 1924 Games in Paris.[1] There are two disciplines of canoeing in Olympic competition: slalom and sprint.

Two styles of boats are used in this sport: canoes with 1 or 2 canoers and kayaks with 1, 2 or 4 kayakers. This leads to the name designation of each event. For example, "C-1" is a canoe singles event and "K-2" is a kayak doubles event. '"KX-1" denotes kayak cross. Races are usually 500 metres or 1000 metres long, although there were also 10 km events from 1936 to 1956. On 13 August 2009, it was announced by the International Canoe Federation that the men's 500 m events would be replaced at the 2012 Summer Olympics by 200 m events with one of them being K-1 200 m for the women. The other events for men at 200 m will be C-1, K-1, and K-2.[2] This was confirmed at their 2009 Board of Directors meeting in Windsor, Berkshire, Great Britain on 5 December 2009.[3] Kayak cross was introduced in the 2024 Summer Olympics.[4]

Summary

See also: List of Olympic medalists in canoeing (men) and List of Olympic medalists in canoeing (women).

Key Canoeing was demonstration sport
Canoeing events not held
Olympic Games not held
width=50Gameswidth=50Year width=50Eventswidth=150Best Nation
6 (1)
9 (1)
9 (1)
9 (1)
9 (1)
7 (1)
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width=50Gameswidth=50Year width=50Eventswidth=150Best Nation
7 (2)
7 (1)
11 (3)
11 (4)
11 (5)
12 (1)
12 (1)
16 (1)
16 (2)
16 (2)
16 (3)
16 (4)
16 (5)
16 (6)
16 (3)
16 (2)

Canoe sprint

Men's

Event
36 !Total
C-1 1000 m• ••••••••••••••••••••21
C-2 500 m••••••••••10
K-1 1000 m• ••••••••••••••••••••21
K-2 500 m••••••••••10
K-4 500 m••2
Past events
Event Total
C-1 200 m••2
C-1 500 m•••••••••9
C-2 1000 m• •••••••••••••••••••20
C-1 10000 m•••3
C-2 10000 m••••4
K-1 200 m•••3
K-1 500 m•••••••••9
K-1 10000 m••••4
K-1 4 × 500 m• 1
K-2 200 m••2
K-2 1000 m• ••••••••••••••••••• 20
K-2 10000 m••••4
K-4 1000 m••••••••••••••14
Folding K-1 10000 m•1
Folding K-2 10000 m•1
Total9 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10

Women's

Event 36 !Total
C-1 200 m••2
C-2 500 m••2
K-1 500 m••••••••••••••••••••20
K-2 500 m •••••••••••••••••17
K-4 500 m•••••••••• • 11
K-1 200 m•••3

Medal table

Source:[5]
Last updated after the 2024 Paris Olympics

Canoe slalom

Events

Current program
Event Total
Men's C-1••••••••••10
Men's K-1••••••••••10
Men’s KX-1•1
Women's C-1••2
Women's K-1••••••••••10
Women’s KX-1•1
Past events
Event Total
Men's C-2••••••••8
Total 4 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6

Medal table

Source:[6]
Last updated after the 2024 Summer Olympics

Overall medal table

Updated after 2024

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/disciplines_uk.asp?DiscCode=CF Olympic sprint events
  2. Web site: IOC announcement of canoe sprint format changes for the 2012 Summer Olympics . International Canoe Federation . 14 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120815125426/http://www.canoeicf.com/icf/Canoe-Events/Olympic-Games/2012-London-Olympic-Games/New-Olympic-Formats-and-Qualifying-System.html . 15 August 2012 . dead .
  3. http://www.canoeicf.com/default.asp?Page=2632 "The Board of Directors Wrap Up in Windsor." - International Canoe Federation (5 December 2009) - accessed 18 December 2009.
  4. Web site: Explained: What is Kayak Cross? . www.teamgb.com . Team GB . 7 August 2024 . en-gb.
  5. Web site: Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries . olympanalyt.com . 2022-01-31.
  6. Web site: Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries . olympanalyt.com . 2022-01-31.

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