# Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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. The slalom competitions will be held at the Kasai Canoe Slalom Course; whereas the sprint events will be 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. In addition, the sprint men's K-4 1000 metres was replaced with a shorter race, the men's K-4 500 metres.

## Competition schedule

Slalom :
| Event↓/Date → | Sun 25 | Mon 26 | Mon 26 | Tue 27 | Tue 27 | Wed 28 | Thu 29 | Thu 29 | Fri 30 | 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 :
| Event↓/Date → | Mon 2 | Mon 2 | Tue 3 | Tue 3 | Wed 4 | Wed 4 | Thu 5 | Thu 5 | Fri 6 | Fri 6 | Sat 7 | 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 | 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 | H | ½ | F |

## Participating nations

Below is the list of NOCs participants in the canoeing competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
* Algeria (1)
* Andorra (1)
* Argentina (4)
* Australia (16)
* Austria (5)
* Belarus (12)
* Belgium (4)
* Belize (1)
* Brazil (5)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Canada (18)
* Chile (2)
* China (18)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Cook Islands (3)
* Croatia (3)
* Cuba (5)
* Czech Republic (9)
* Denmark (4)
* Egypt (2)
* France (13)
* Germany (21)
* Great Britain (8)
* Hungary (18)
* Iran (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (7)
* Japan (12) Hosts
* Kazakhstan (7)
* Latvia (1)
* Lithuania (1)
* Mexico (1)
* Moldova (3)
* Morocco (2)
* Mozambique (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* New Zealand (8)
* Nigeria (1)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (13)
* Portugal (8)
* Refugee Olympic Team (1)
* Romania (2)
* ROC (17)
* Samoa (3)
* São Tomé and Príncipe (2)
* Senegal (1)
* Serbia (3)
* Slovakia (9)
* Slovenia (6)
* South Korea (1)
* Spain (15)
* Sweden (3)
* Switzerland (3)
* Thailand (1)
* Tunisia (4)
* Ukraine (11)
* United States (4)
* Uzbekistan (2)

### Competitors
## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Japan)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Germany | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Australia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | China | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Cuba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Spain | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Moldova | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |

### 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 |