# Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The canoeing competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States was composed of 16 events in two disciplines, slalom and sprint. Timing in 1/1000ths of a second began at these games for the sprint events.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |

## Medal summary
### Slalom

Slalom events took place at Ocoee Whitewater Center near Ducktown, Tennessee.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's C-1 details | Michal Martikán Slovakia | Lukáš Pollert Czech Republic | Patrice Estanguet France |
| Men's C-2 details | Frank Adisson and Wilfrid Forgues (FRA) | Jiří Rohan and Miroslav Šimek (CZE) | André Ehrenberg and Michael Senft (GER) |
| Men's K-1 details | Oliver Fix Germany | Andraž Vehovar Slovenia | Thomas Becker Germany |
| Women's K-1 details | Štěpánka Hilgertová Czech Republic | Dana Chladek United States | Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi France |

### Sprint

Sprint events were held at Lake Lanier, Georgia.

#### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 500 metres details | Martin Doktor Czech Republic | Slavomír Kňazovický Slovakia | Imre Pulai Hungary |
| C-1 1000 metres details | Martin Doktor Czech Republic | Ivans Klementjevs Latvia | György Zala Hungary |
| C-2 500 metres details | Hungary (HUN) György Kolonics Csaba Horváth | Moldova (MDA) Viktor Reneysky Nicolae Juravschi | Romania (ROU) Gheorghe Andriev Grigore Obreja |
| C-2 1000 metres details | Germany (GER) Andreas Dittmer Gunar Kirchbach | Romania (ROU) Marcel Glăvan Antonel Borșan | Hungary (HUN) Csaba Horváth György Kolonics |
| K-1 500 metres details | Antonio Rossi Italy | Knut Holmann Norway | Piotr Markiewicz Poland |
| K-1 1000 metres details | Knut Holmann Norway | Beniamino Bonomi Italy | Clint Robinson Australia |
| K-2 500 metres details | Germany (GER) Kay Bluhm Torsten Gutsche | Italy (ITA) Beniamino Bonomi Daniele Scarpa | Australia (AUS) Daniel Collins Andrew Trim |
| K-2 1000 metres details | Italy (ITA) Antonio Rossi Daniele Scarpa | Germany (GER) Kay Bluhm Torsten Gutsche | Bulgaria (BUL) Andrian Dushev Milko Kazanov |
| K-4 1000 metres details | Germany (GER) Thomas Reineck Olaf Winter Detlef Hofmann Mark Zabel | Hungary (HUN) András Rajna Gábor Horváth Ferenc Csipes Attila Adrovicz | Russia (RUS) Oleg Gorobiy Sergey Verlin Georgiy Tsybulnikov Anatoli Tishchenko |

#### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 metres details | Rita Kőbán Hungary | Caroline Brunet Canada | Josefa Idem Italy |
| K-2 500 metres details | Sweden (SWE) Agneta Andersson Susanne Gunnarsson | Germany (GER) Birgit Fischer Ramona Portwich | Australia (AUS) Anna Wood Katrin Borchert |
| K-4 500 metres details | Germany (GER) Anett Schuck Birgit Fischer Manuela Mucke Ramona Portwich | Switzerland (SUI) Gabi Müller Ingrid Haralamow Sabine Eichenberger Daniela Baumer | Sweden (SWE) Susanne Rosenqvist Anna Olsson Ingela Ericsson Agneta Andersson |