# Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre for the sprint events and the Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre at the Helliniko Olympic Complex for the canoe and kayak slalom disciplines. A total of 16 events were contested, 12 sprint events (9 for men and 3 for women) and 4 slalom events (3 for men and 1 for women).

## Medal summary
### By nation

* Host nation (Greece)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Slovakia (SVK) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |

### By event
#### Slalom

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's C-1 details | Tony Estanguet France | Michal Martikán Slovakia | Stefan Pfannmöller Germany |
| Men's C-2 details | Pavol Hochschorner and Peter Hochschorner (SVK) | Marcus Becker and Stefan Henze (GER) | Jaroslav Volf and Ondřej Štěpánek (CZE) |
| Men's K-1 details | Benoît Peschier France | Campbell Walsh Great Britain | Fabien Lefèvre France |
| Women's K-1 details | Elena Kaliská Slovakia | Rebecca Giddens United States | Helen Reeves Great Britain |

#### Sprint
##### Men

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 500 metres details | Andreas Dittmer Germany | David Cal Spain | Maxim Opalev Russia |
| C-1 1000 metres details | David Cal Spain | Andreas Dittmer Germany | Attila Vajda Hungary |
| C-2 500 metres details | Meng Guanliang and Yang Wenjun (CHN) | Ibrahim Rojas and Ledis Balceiro (CUB) | Alexander Kostoglod and Aleksandr Kovalyov (RUS) |
| C-2 1000 metres details | Christian Gille and Tomasz Wylenzek (GER) | Aleksandr Kostoglod and Aleksandr Kovalyov (RUS) | György Kozmann and György Kolonics (HUN) |
| K-1 500 metres details | Adam van Koeverden Canada | Nathan Baggaley Australia | Ian Wynne Great Britain |
| K-1 1000 metres details | Eirik Verås Larsen Norway | Ben Fouhy New Zealand | Adam van Koeverden Canada |
| K-2 500 metres details | Ronald Rauhe and Tim Wieskötter (GER) | Clint Robinson and Nathan Baggaley (AUS) | Raman Piatrushenka and Vadzim Makhneu (BLR) |
| K-2 1000 metres details | Markus Oscarsson and Henrik Nilsson (SWE) | Antonio Rossi and Beniamino Bonomi (ITA) | Eirik Verås Larsen and Nils Olav Fjeldheim (NOR) |
| K-4 1000 metres details | Hungary (HUN) Zoltán Kammerer Botond Storcz Ákos Vereckei Gábor Horváth | Germany (GER) Andreas Ihle Mark Zabel Björn Bach Stefan Ulm | Slovakia (SVK) Richard Riszdorfer Michal Riszdorfer Erik Vlček Juraj Bača |

##### Women

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 metres details | Natasa Janics Hungary | Josefa Idem Guerrini Italy | Caroline Brunet Canada |
| K-2 500 metres details | Katalin Kovács and Natasa Janics (HUN) | Birgit Fischer and Carolin Leonhardt (GER) | Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza and Aneta Pastuszka (POL) |
| K-4 500 metres details | Germany (GER) Birgit Fischer Carolin Leonhardt Maike Nollen Katrin Wagner | Hungary (HUN) Katalin Kovács Szilvia Szabó Erzsébet Viski Kinga Bóta | Ukraine (UKR) Inna Osypenko Tetyana Semykina Hanna Balabanova Olena Cherevatova |