| Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
Slalom | ||
| C-1 | men | |
| C-2 | men | |
| K-1 | men | women |
Sprint | ||
| C-1 500 m | men | |
| C-1 1000 m | men | |
| C-2 500 m | men | |
| C-2 1000 m | men | |
| K-1 500 m | men | women |
| K-1 1000 m | men | |
| K-2 500 m | men | women |
| K-2 1000 m | men | |
| K-4 500 m | women | |
| K-4 1000 m | men | |
These are the results of the women's K-2 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics . The K-2 event is raced by two-person canoe sprint kayaks.
 Gold |  Silver |  Bronze |
 Katalin Kovács and Nataša Janić (HUN) |  Birgit Fischer and Carolin Leonhardt (GER) |  Aneta Pastuszka and Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza (POL) |
The 15 teams first raced in two heats. The top three finishers in each heat advanced directly to the final, and the remaining nine teams advanced to the semifinal. No teams were eliminated in the heats. The heats were raced on August 24.
| Heat | Place | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Katalin Kovács and Nataša Janić | Hungary | 1:38.606 | QF |
| 1 | 2 | Beatriz Manchon and Maria Teresa Portela |  Spain | 1:41.338 | QF |
| 1 | 3 | Caroline Brunet and Mylanie Barre |  Canada | 1:43.434 | QF |
| 1 | 4 | Shinobu Kitamoto and Yumiko Suzuki |  Japan | 1:44.730 | QS |
| 1 | 5 | Anne Laure Viard and Marie Delattre |  France | 1:45.090 | QS |
| 1 | 6 | Kathryn Colin and Lauren Spalding |  United States | 1:45.158 | QS |
| 1 | 7 | Florica Vulpeş and Lidia Talpă |  Romania | 1:45.386 | QS |
| 1 | 8 | Natalya Sergeyeva and Ellina Uzhakhova |  Kazakhstan | 1:46.710 | QS |
| 2 | 1 | Birgit Fischer and Carolin Leonhardt | Germany | 1:39.588 | QF |
| 2 | 2 | Xu Linbei and Zhong Hongyan |  China | 1:40.943 | QF |
| 2 | 3 | Aneta Pastuszka and Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza | Poland | 1:41.164 | QF |
| 2 | 4 | Sofia Paldanius and Anna Karlsson |  Sweden | 1:44.059 | QS |
| 2 | 5 | Delyana Dacheva and Bonka Pindzheva |  Bulgaria | 1:44.268 | QS |
| 2 | 6 | Hanna Puchkova and Alena Bets |  Belarus | 1:45.279 | QS |
| 2 | 7 | Paula Harvey and Susan Tegg |  Australia | 1:46.319 | QS |
The top three finishers in the semifinal race qualified for the final, joining the six teams that had advanced directly from the heats. The other six teams were eliminated. The semifinal was raced on August 26.
| 1. | Delyana Dacheva and Bonka Pindzheva (BUL) | 1:44.246 | QF |
| 2. | Sofia Paldanius and Anna Karlsson (SWE) | 1:44.570 | QF |
| 3. | Hanna Puchkova and Alena Bets (BLR) | 1:45.234 | QF |
| 4. | Anne Laure Viard and Marie Delattre (FRA) | 1:45.626 | |
| 5. | Florica Vulpeş and Lidia Talpă (ROU) | 1:45.770 | |
| 6. | Natalya Sergeyeva and Ellina Uzhakhova (KAZ) | 1:46.214 | |
| 7. | Kathryn Colin and Lauren Spalding (USA) | 1:46.786 | |
| 8. | Shinobu Kitamoto and Yumiko Suzuki (JPN) | 1:47.614 | |
| 9. | Paula Harvey and Susan Tegg (AUS) | 1:51.402 |
The final was raced on August 28.
| | Katalin Kovács and Nataša Janić (HUN) | 1:38.101 |
| | Birgit Fischer and Carolin Leonhardt (GER) | 1:39.533 |
| | Aneta Pastuszka and Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza (POL) | 1:40.077 |
| 4. | Xu Linbei and Zhong Hongyan (CHN) | 1:40.913 |
| 5. | Beatriz Manchon and Maria Teresa Portela (ESP) | 1:42.409 |
| 6. | Delyana Dacheva and Bonka Pindzheva (BUL) | 1:42.553 |
| 7. | Caroline Brunet and Mylanie Barre (CAN) | 1:42.833 |
| 8. | Sofia Paldanius and Anna Karlsson (SWE) | 1:43.077 |
| 9. | Hanna Puchkova and Alena Bets (BLR) | 1:43.729 |
These are the results of the men's C-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The C-1 event is raced by single-man sprint canoes.
These are the results of the men's C-1 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The C-1 event is raced by single-man sprint canoes.
These are the results of the men's K-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-man canoe sprint kayaks.
These are the results of the men's C-2 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The C-2 event is raced by two-man sprint canoes.
These are the results of the men's C-2 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The C-2 event is raced by two-man sprint canoes.
These are the results of the women's K-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-person canoe sprint kayaks.
These are the results of the men's K-1 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-man canoe sprint kayaks.
These are the results of the men's K-2 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks.
These are the results of the men's K-2 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks.
These are the results of the women's K-4 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-4 event is raced by four-person canoe sprint kayaks.
These are the results of the men's K-4 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-4 event is raced by four-man canoe sprint kayaks.
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 women's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme on Lake Sagami, Japan.
The women's K-2 500 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-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The K-1 event is raced in single-person kayaks. This would be the last time the event would take place at the Summer Olympics. On 13 August 2009, it was announced by the International Canoe Federation that the men's 500 m events would be replaced by 200 m events at the 2012 Summer Olympics with one of them being K-1 200 m for the women. The other events for men at 200 m will be C-1, C-2, and K-1.
The men's K-1 4 × 500 metres event was a relay kayaking event conducted over 500 meters as part of the Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics program on Lake Albano. This would be the only time this event was held in the Summer Olympics though it was part of the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships from 1948 to 1975.
The women's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program.
The women's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics program.
The women's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics program.
The men's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.
