Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Canoeing
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Canoeing ; at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
	Pictograms for slalom (left) and sprint (right)
Venue	Sea Forest Waterway ; Kasai Canoe Slalom Course
Dates	25–30 July 2021 (slalom); 2–7 August 2021 (sprint)
No. of events	16
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Last updated July 31, 2025

Canoeing was a sport at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and was contested in two main disciplines: canoe slalom, which took place from 25 to 30 July 2021, and canoe sprint, from 2 to 7 August.^[1] The slalom competitions were held at the Kasai Canoe Slalom Course; whereas the sprint events were staged at Sea Forest Waterway.

The competition featured 16 events. The programme saw four event changes, all replacements, from 2016. In sprint, the men's C-1 200 metres and men's K-2 200 metres were replaced with women's C-1 200 metres and women's C-2 500 metres. In slalom, the men's C-2 was removed. Women's C-1 was added. These three changes were part of the Olympics' move towards gender equality.^[2] In addition, the sprint men's K-4 1000 metres was replaced with a shorter race, the men's K-4 500 metres.

Qualification

Competition schedule

Legend
H	Heats	¼	Quarter-finals	½	Semi-finals	F	Final

Slalom^[3]
Event↓/Date →	Sun 25	Mon 26		Tue 27		Wed 28	Thu 29		Fri 30
Men's C-1	H	½	F
Men's K-1						H			½	F
Women's C-1						H	½	F
Women's K-1	H			½	F

Sprint^[4]
Event↓/Date →	Mon 2		Tue 3		Wed 4		Thu 5		Fri 6		Sat 7
Men's C-1 1000 m									H	¼	½	F
Men's C-2 1000 m	H	¼	½	F
Men's K-1 200 m					H	¼	½	F
Men's K-1 1000 m	H	¼	½	F
Men's K-2 1000 m					H	¼	½	F
Men's K-4 500 m									H		½	F
Women's C-1 200 m					H	¼	½	F
Women's C-2 500 m									H	¼	½	F
Women's K-1 200 m	H	¼	½	F
Women's K-1 500 m					H	¼	½	F
Women's K-2 500 m	H	¼	½	F
Women's K-4 500 m									H		½	F

Participating nations

Below is the list of NOCs participants in the canoeing competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Competitors

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (Japan)

Slalom

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's canoe details	Benjamin Savšek Slovenia	Lukáš Rohan Czech Republic	Sideris Tasiadis Germany
Men's kayak details	Jiří Prskavec Czech Republic	Jakub Grigar Slovakia	Hannes Aigner Germany
Women's canoe details	Jessica Fox Australia	Mallory Franklin Great Britain	Andrea Herzog Germany
Women's kayak details	Ricarda Funk Germany	Maialen Chourraut Spain	Jessica Fox Australia

Sprint

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
C-1 1000 metres details	Isaquias Queiroz Brazil	4:04.408	Liu Hao China	4:05.724	Serghei Tarnovschi Moldova	4:06.069
C-2 1000 metres details	Cuba Serguey Torres Fernando Jorge	3:24.995 OB	China Liu Hao Zheng Pengfei	3:25.198	Germany Sebastian Brendel Tim Hecker	3:25.615
K-1 200 metres details	Sándor Tótka Hungary	35.035	Manfredi Rizza Italy	35.080	Liam Heath Great Britain	35.202
K-1 1000 metres details	Bálint Kopasz Hungary	3:20.643 OB	Ádám Varga Hungary	3:22.431	Fernando Pimenta Portugal	3:22.478
K-2 1000 metres details	Australia Jean van der Westhuyzen Thomas Green	3:15.280	Germany Max Hoff Jacob Schopf	3:15.584	Czech Republic Josef Dostál Radek Šlouf	3:16.106
K-4 500 metres details	Germany Max Rendschmidt Ronald Rauhe Tom Liebscher Max Lemke	1:22.219	Spain Saúl Craviotto Marcus Walz Carlos Arévalo Rodrigo Germade	1:22.445	Slovakia Samuel Baláž Denis Myšák Erik Vlček Adam Botek	1:23.534

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
C-1 200 metres details	Nevin Harrison United States	45.932	Laurence Vincent-Lapointe Canada	46.786	Liudmyla Luzan Ukraine	47.034
C-2 500 metres details	China Xu Shixiao Sun Mengya	1:55.495 OB	Ukraine Liudmyla Luzan Anastasiia Chetverikova	1:57.499	Canada Laurence Vincent Lapointe Katie Vincent	1:59.041
K-1 200 metres details	Lisa Carrington New Zealand	38.120 OB	Teresa Portela Spain	38.883	Emma Jørgensen Denmark	38.901
K-1 500 metres details	Lisa Carrington New Zealand	1:51.216	Tamara Csipes Hungary	1:51.855	Emma Jørgensen Denmark	1:52.773
K-2 500 metres details	New Zealand Lisa Carrington Caitlin Regal	1:35.785 OB	Poland Karolina Naja Anna Puławska	1:36.753	Hungary Danuta Kozák Dóra Bodonyi	1:36.867
K-4 500 metres details	Hungary Danuta Kozák Tamara Csipes Anna Kárász Dóra Bodonyi	1:35.463	Belarus Marharyta Makhneva Nadzeya Papok Volha Khudzenka Maryna Litvinchuk	1:36.073	Poland Karolina Naja Anna Puławska Justyna Iskrzycka Helena Wiśniewska	1:36.445

References

↑ "Olympics Competition Schedule". Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
↑ "The IOC's final approval of the event programme for the 2020 Olympics confirms changes to the canoe sprint and slalom rundown for Tokyo". International Canoe Federation. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
↑ "Canoe Slalom Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020 . Retrieved 1 March 2020.
↑ "Canoe Sprint Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020 . Retrieved 1 March 2020.

External links

International Canoe Federation
Results book – Canoe Slalom Archived 11 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine
Results book – Canoe Sprint Archived 7 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] "Olympics Competition Schedule". Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.

[ProgrammeChange-2] "The IOC's final approval of the event programme for the 2020 Olympics confirms changes to the canoe sprint and slalom rundown for Tokyo". International Canoe Federation. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

[3] "Canoe Slalom Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020 . Retrieved 1 March 2020.

[4] "Canoe Sprint Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020 . Retrieved 1 March 2020.

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