| Canoeing at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Calima Lake, Colombia |
| Dates | 31 July – 2 August |
The canoeing competition at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games was held from 31 July to 2 August at Calima Lake, Colombia.
| Canoeing at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Venue | Calima Lake, Colombia |
| Dates | 31 July – 2 August |
The canoeing competition at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games was held from 31 July to 2 August at Calima Lake, Colombia.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| K1 200m [1] |  Fidel Vargas (CUB) |  Alberto Briones (MEX) |  Eddy Barranco (PUR) |
| K1 1000m [2] | Fidel Vargas (CUB) | Juan Rodríguez (MEX) |  Cristian Guerrero (DOM) |
| K2 1000m [3] | Mexico (MEX) Javier López Osbaldo Fuentes |  Venezuela (VEN)Cristian Canache Ray Acuña | Cuba (CUB) Fidel Vargas Reinier Torres |
| K4 500m [4] | Mexico (MEX) Javier López Mauricio Figueroa Juan Rodríguez Osbaldo Fuentes | Cuba (CUB) Fidel Vargas Renier Mora Reinier Torres Robert Benítez | Venezuela (VEN) Cristian Canache Joel González Antonio Oropeza Ray Acuña |
| C1 1000m [5] | Fernando Jorge (CUB) | José Cristóbal (MEX) |  Sergio Díaz (COL) |
| C2 1000m [6] | Cuba (CUB) Serguey Torres Fernando Jorge | Colombia (COL) Sergio Díaz Daniel Pacheco | Mexico (MEX) Jorge Gutiérrez Rigoberto Camilo |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| K1 200m [7] | Yurieni Guerra (CUB) | Brenda Gutiérrez (MEX) | Tatiana Muñoz (COL) |
| K1 500m [8] | Yurieni Guerra (CUB) | Beatriz Briones (MEX) | Diexe Molina (COL) |
| K2 500m [9] | Mexico (MEX) Karina Alanís Maricela Montemayor | Colombia (COL) Tatiana Muñoz Diexe Molina | Cuba (CUB) Yurieni Guerra Flavia López |
* Host nation (Colombia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba (CUB) | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Mexico (MEX) | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Colombia (COL)* | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Puerto Rico (PUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |
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