| Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
Slalom | ||
| C-1 | men | |
| C-2 | men | |
| K-1 | men | women |
Sprint | ||
| C-1 1000 m | men | |
| C-2 1000 m | men | |
| K-1 500 m | women | |
| K-1 1000 m | men | |
| K-2 500 m | women | |
| K-2 1000 m | men | |
| K-4 1000 m | men | |
The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program.
 Gold |  Silver |  Bronze |
 Soviet Union (URS)Yuri Filatov Yuri Stetsenko Vladimir Morozov Valeri Didenko |  Romania (ROU)Aurel Vernescu Mihai Zafiu Roman Vartolomeu Atanase Sciotnic |  Norway (NOR)Egil Søby Steinar Amundsen Tore Berger Jan Johansen |
The 20 crews first raced in three heats on September 5. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the semifinals while the remaining 11 teams were relegated to the repechage heats.
Taking place on September 7, The top three competitors in each of the two repechages advanced to the semifinals.
| Repechage 1 | |||
| 1. |  István Szabó , Peter Várhelyi , Zoltán Bakó , and Csongor Vargha (HUN) | 3:14.35 | QS |
| 2. |  Alberto Ughi , Pierangelo Congiu , Mario Pedretti , and Oreste Perri (ITA) | 3:15.68 | QS |
| 3. |  Dennis Green , Dennis Heussner , Rodney Fox , and Gordon Jeffery (AUS) | 3:16.24 | QS |
| 4. |  Herminio Menéndez , Álvaro López , Javier Sanz , and José María Esteban (ESP) | 3:21.07 | |
| 5. |  Gerhard Siebold , Kurt Heubusch , Heinz Rodinger , and Alfred Zechmeister (AUT) | 3:21.97 | |
| 6. |  Hermelindo Soto , Gilberto Soriano , Horacio Flores , and Alejandro Amecua (MEX) | 3:31.65 | |
| Repechage 2 | |||
| 1. |  Ladislav Souček , Zdenék Bohutínský , Ľubomír Kadnár , and Pavel Kvasil (TCH) | 3:17.39 | QS |
| 2. |  Jos Broekx , Roger T'Joncke , Jean-Marie D'Haese , and Paul Stinckens (BEL) | 3:18.63 | QS |
| 3. |  Dennis Barré , Jean Barre , Dean Oldershaw , and Jim Reardon (CAN) | 3:19.77 | QS |
| 4. |  John van Dyke , Jerry Welborn , Philip Rogosheske , and Stepehn Kelly (USA) | 3:22.89 | |
| 5. |  Robert Avery , Douglas Parnham , Peter Lawler , and John Oliver (GBR) | 3:26.80 | |
The top three finishers in each of the three semifinals (raced on September 8) advanced to the final.
The Soviet Union's position at 500 meters in the second semifinal is missing in the official report. The third semifinal was so fast that Belgium and Yugoslavia's time would have gotten them into the finals if either nation had competed in the other two semifinals.
The final was held on September 9.
| | Yuri Filatov , Yuri Stetsenko , Vladimir Morozov , and Valeri Didenko (URS) | 3:14.02 |
| | Aurel Vernescu , Mihai Zafiu , Roman Vartolomeu , and Atanase Sciotnic (ROU) | 3:15.07 |
| | Steinar Amundsen , Tore Berger , Egil Søby , and Jan Johansen (NOR) | 3:15.27 |
| 4. | Alberto Ughi , Pierangelo Congiu , Mario Pedretti , and Oreste Perri (ITA) | 3:15.60 |
| 5. |  Rudolf Blass , Eberhard Fischer , Rainer Hennes , and Hans-Erich Pasch (FRG) | 3:16.63 |
| 6. | István Szabó , Peter Várhelyi , Zoltán Bakó , and Csongor Vargha (HUN) | 3:16.88 |
| 7. |  Kari Markkanen , Heikki Mäkelä , Ilkka Nummisto , and Jorma Lehtosalo (FIN) | 3:16.92 |
| 8. |  Lars Andersson , Gunnar Utterberg , Per Larsson , and Hans Nilsson (SWE) | 3:17.39 |
| 9. | Ladislav Souček , Zdenék Bohutínský , Ľubomír Kadnár , and Pavel Kvasil (TCH) | 3:20.22 |
The men's K-1 1000 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme on Lake Sagami, Japan.
The men's K-2 1000 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme on Lake Sagami, Japan.
The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme on Lake Sagami, Japan. This event debuted at these games and is only one of two events that has been at every ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.
The men's K-2 1000 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics program on Lake Albano.
The men's K-2 1000 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics program. In the official report, heats were shown timed in tenths of a second (0.1) while the rest of the events were shown timed in hundredths of a second (0.01).
The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics program. In the official report, heat results were shown in tenths of a second (0.1) while the remaining events were shown in hundredths of a second (0.01).
The men's K-1 1000 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program.
The men's K-2 1000 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program.
The men's C-2 1000 metres event was an open-style, pairs canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program.
The women's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program.
The men's K-2 1000 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics program.
The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics program.
The men's K-1 1000 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics program.
The men's K-2 1000 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics program.
The men's K-1 1000 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics program.
The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics program.
The men's K-1 1000 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics program.
The men's K-2 1000 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics program.
The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics program.
The men's K-2 1000 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program.
