Canoeing at the Summer Olympics

Today, Canoeing at the Summer Olympics represents a topic of great importance and interest in today's society. With the advancement of technology and globalization, Canoeing at the Summer Olympics has become a key point of discussion in various areas. Whether in the political, social, scientific, cultural or economic sphere, Canoeing at the Summer Olympics plays a fundamental role in decision making and in the way we interact with our environment. In this article, we will explore in depth the impact of Canoeing at the Summer Olympics on different aspects of everyday life, as well as its relevance in an increasingly interconnected world.

Canoeing at the Summer Olympics
IOC CodeCSL (Canoe Slalom)
CSP (Canoe Sprint)
Governing bodyICF
Events16 (men: 8; women: 8)
Summer Olympics
  • 1896
  • 1900
  • 1904
  • 1908
  • 1912
  • 1920
Note: demonstration or exhibition sport years indicated in italics

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

Games Year Events Best Nation
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8 1924 6  Canada (1)
9
10
11 1936 9  Austria (1)
12
13
14 1948 9  Sweden (1)
15 1952 9  Finland (1)
16 1956 9  Romania (1)
17 1960 7  Soviet Union (1)
Games Year Events Best Nation
18 1964 7  Soviet Union (2)
19 1968 7  Hungary (1)
20 1972 11  Soviet Union (3)
21 1976 11  Soviet Union (4)
22 1980 11  Soviet Union (5)
23 1984 12  New Zealand (1)
24 1988 12  East Germany (1)
25 1992 16  Germany (1)
26 1996 16  Germany (2)
27 2000 16  Hungary (2)
28 2004 16  Germany (3)
29 2008 16  Germany (4)
30 2012 16  Germany (5)
31 2016 16  Germany (6)
32 2020 16  Hungary (3)
33 2024 16  New Zealand (2)

Canoe sprint

Men's

Current programme
Event 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 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 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 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
Total 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10

Women's

Event 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany31181766
2 Soviet Union2913951
3 Hungary28353093
4 Sweden1511430
5 New Zealand132217
6 Romania10101434
7 East Germany107825
8 Norway64414
9 Czechoslovakia63110
10 Canada5111228
11 Spain510823
12 United States54413
13 Finland52310
14 China5207
15 Italy48315
16 Australia461222
17 Bulgaria45817
18 United Team of Germany45211
19 Czech Republic4138
20 Denmark36817
21 Austria34512
22 Ukraine34411
23 Great Britain3159
24 Russia24612
25 Belarus2349
26 West Germany2327
27 Yugoslavia2215
28 France161118
29 Brazil1315
 Cuba1315
31 Unified Team1102
32 Poland071421
33 Netherlands0358
34 Slovakia0325
35 Latvia0202
36 Moldova0123
37 Azerbaijan0112
 Portugal0112
39 Serbia0101
 Switzerland0101
41 Israel0011
 Lithuania0011
 South Africa0011
Totals (43 entries)217217220654

Canoe slalom

Events

Current program
Event 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 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 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France85821
2 Slovakia84416
3 Germany53917
4 Australia43310
5 East Germany4015
6 Czech Republic35311
7 Italy3014
8 Great Britain29314
9 United States1236
10 Slovenia1203
11 Spain1124
12 Czechoslovakia1102
 New Zealand1102
14 West Germany0314
15 Poland0202
16 Austria0112
17 Japan0011
 Russia0011
 Togo0011
Totals (19 entries)424242126

Medal table

Updated after 2024

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany36212683
2 Soviet Union2913951
3 Hungary28353093
4 Sweden1511430
5 East Germany147930
6 New Zealand143219
7 Romania10101434
8 France9111939
9 Australia891532
10 Slovakia87621
11 Italy78419
12 Czech Republic76619
13 Czechoslovakia74112
14 United States66719
15 Norway64414
16 Canada5111228
17 Great Britain510823
 Spain510823
19 Finland52310
20 China5207
21 Bulgaria45817
22 United Team of Germany45211
23 Denmark36817
24 Austria35614
25 Ukraine34411
26 West Germany26311
27 Russia24713
28 Belarus2349
29 Yugoslavia2215
30 Brazil1315
 Cuba1315
32 Slovenia1203
33 Unified Team1102
34 Poland091423
35 Netherlands0358
36 Latvia0202
37 Moldova0123
38 Azerbaijan0112
 Portugal0112
40 Serbia0101
 Switzerland0101
42 Israel0011
 Japan0011
 Lithuania0011
 South Africa0011
 Togo0011
Totals (46 entries)258258260776

Nations

Nation 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 Years
 Algeria                 1 1 2
 Andorra                 1 1 1 3
 Angola                 1 2 2 3
 Antigua and Barbuda                 3 1
 Argentina                 1 8 5 4 3 2 2 3 10 4 2 11
 Australia                 8 7 10 6 7 8 5 9 8 17 23 21 16 16 20 18 16 15 18
 Austria                 9 7 7 7 10 5 4 12 2 6 2 4 3 4 2 4 4 2 5 2 20
 Armenia                 1 1
 Azerbaijan                 3 4 2
 Belarus                 4 5 9 8 12 12 12 7
 Belgium                 9 9 4 2 4 2 3 8 11 6 5 2 2 3 1 3 2 4 1 4 3 21
 Belize                 1 1
 Bolivia                 1 1 2
 Bosnia and Herzegovina                 1 1 1 3
 Brazil                 6 3 4 2 2 3 13 5 8 9
 Bulgaria                 5 2 3 7 12 12 12 11 11 7 7 2 1 2 1 1 16
 Canada             (D)     8 7 11 9 6 6 10 12 14 15 14 18 21 16 19 21 8 9 18 15 21
 Chile                 1 1 2 2 4
 China                 4 4 4 8 15 23 18 10 18 17 10
 Chinese Taipei                 1 3 2
 Cook Islands                 2 2 3 3
 Colombia                 1 1
 Comoros                 1 1
 Costa Rica                 4 2 2
 Croatia                 4 4 4 3 2 1 3 2 8
 Cuba                 2 3 5 3 4 4 6 6 5 3 10
 Czech Republic                 25 19 10 7 11 12 9 9 8
 Czechoslovakia                 13 13 13 5 10 4 5 23 11 9 9 27 12
 Denmark                 4 7 9 7 9 7 5 6 1 1 1 6 6 4 3 2 4 5 5 4 6 21
 East Germany                 12 26 11 13 15 5
 Ecuador                 1 1 2
 Egypt                 1 2 2 1 4
 Estonia                 1 1 1 3
 Finland                 3 5 10 6 9 3 5 4 7 4 5 3 2 1 1 2 4 2 18
 France                 3 10 13 6 9 2 6 14 13 11 14 16 31 19 14 13 15 14 15 13 13 21
 Georgia                 1 1
 Germany                 14 10 29 27 25 26 22 21 16 21 21 21
 Great Britain                 3 7 7 3 7 5 10 20 11 11 15 17 25 17 12 9 7 15 11 8 4 21
 Greece                 1 6 3 1 4
 Guam                 1 1 2
 Guatemala                 1 1
 Hong Kong                 6 7 2 2 4
 Hungary                 5 5 12 13 9 10 10 12 14 16 16 14 19 15 16 16 13 18 18 15 20
 Independent Olympic Participants                 5 1
 Indonesia                 3 1 2
 Iran                 1 2 1 2 4
 Ireland                 4 4 2 1 4 5 6 3 2 1 3 1 3 13
 Israel                 1 1 5 3 1 5
 Italy                 1 6 12 4 2 10 11 5 7 5 18 15 8 8 16 8 4 7 6 19
 Ivory Coast                 3 5 4 2 2 2 1 7
 Japan                 12 2 5 3 5 8 6 8 2 5 9 8 5 12 3 15
 Kazakhstan                 8 4 3 7 5 13 7 6 8
 Kyrgyzstan                 2 1
 Latvia                 3 3 1 1 3 2 2 1 5 9
 Lebanon                 1 1
 Lithuania                 1 2 3 3 4 2 6 1 8
 Luxembourg                 3 3 4 3 4
 North Macedonia                 3 1 1 1 4
 Malaysia                 1 1
 Mexico                 12 7 4 2 4 6 2 3 1 1 1 3 12
 Moldova                 4 1 3 3 4
 Morocco                 1 1 1 2 2 5
 Mozambique                 1 1 2
 Myanmar                 1 1
 Netherlands                 9 7 5 4 5 7 2 2 6 3 2 4 2 2 2 1 3 17
 New Zealand                 2 4 3 6 7 8 1 2 5 8 9 8 13 13
 Nigeria                 1 1 1 2 4
 Norway                 1 4 4 1 2 5 6 7 13 7 7 5 4 6 1 2 1 4 18
 Refugee Olympic Team     1
 Palau                 1 1
 Panama                 1 1
 Peru                 1 1
 Poland                 2 3 4 6 9 8 23 13 15 12 18 23 21 23 21 13 15 13 16 19
 Portugal                 3 7 6 1 1 4 6 7 8 4 10
 Refugee Olympic Team                 1 1
 Romania                 1 5 11 11 11 11 13 14 14 5 14 14 13 10 5 11 8 2 3 19
 Russia                 14 12 8 14 21 19 17 6
 Saar                 3 1
 Samoa                 1 1 1 3 2 5
 São Tomé and Príncipe                 1 1 2 1 4
 Senegal                 2 1 3 1 2 5
 Serbia                 12 10 3 8 4
 Serbia and Montenegro                 1 6 2 3
 Seychelles                 1 1 2
 Singapore                 1 1 2
 Slovakia                 17 19 16 12 12 12 9 4 8
 Slovenia                 6 5 4 4 3 6 6 6 4 9
 South Africa                 11 1 2 1 10 2 1 5 8
 South Korea                 2 15 6 2 1 1 2 1 8
 Soviet Union                 13 9 12 13 11 15 15 15 17 9
 Spain                 2 5 4 7 5 10 11 22 19 17 14 10 8 11 15 19 16
 Sweden                 9 9 10 6 6 7 11 10 11 12 11 11 13 12 10 5 3 6 5 3 5 21
 Switzerland                 9 6 7 4 6 3 4 1 6 8 3 4 1 2 3 2 16
 Thailand                 1 1 2
 Togo                 1 1 1 3
 Tunisia                 3 3 4 2 4
 Turkey                 1 1
 Ukraine                 13 11 7 6 2 9 11 8 8
 United Team of Germany                 10 10 12 3
 Unified Team                 19 1
 United States             (D)     10 8 9 12 13 11 12 26 16 16 16 32 25 14 17 7 7 6 4 5 21
 Uruguay                 1 1 1 3
 Uzbekistan                 17 1 7 1 2 4 2 3 7
 Venezuela                 3 1
 Vietnam                 1 1 2
 West Germany                 13 28 13 15 14 5
 Yugoslavia                 4 1 3 4 2 13 1 3 3 3 10
No. of nations 94
No. of athletes
Year 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24

See also

References

  1. ^ Olympic sprint events
  2. ^ "IOC announcement of canoe sprint format changes for the 2012 Summer Olympics". International Canoe Federation. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  3. ^ "The Board of Directors Wrap Up in Windsor." - International Canoe Federation (5 December 2009) - accessed 18 December 2009.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Explained: What is Kayak Cross?". www.teamgb.com. Team GB. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.