# Canoeing at the 2018 Asian Games

The canoeing races at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang were contested in three main disciplines: the slalom from 21 to 23 August, and the sprint from 29 August to 1 September. The slalom canoe competition was held at the Bendung Rentang in Majalengka Regency, West Java; whereas the sprint events were staged in Jakabaring Lake at the Jakabaring Sport City, Palembang. Additionally, the games also contested the canoe polo discipline as demonstration sport. Also in part of canoeing event was the dragon boat event.
During a preparation meeting, West Java provincial secretary stated that the quality of the water in Bendung Rentang was polluted by sand and soil mining waste (galian C). According to Indonesian Minister of Public Works and People's Housing Basuki Hadimuljono, the quantity of water in Bandung Rentang was enough, about 15 cubic meters per second, so the speed (water) had met the standard, and to improve the water quality, sand excavation activity around the venue would be stopped for a while.

## Schedule

| H | Heats | S | Semifinal | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | 21st Tue | 22nd Wed | 22nd Wed | 23rd Thu | 23rd Thu | 29th Wed | 29th Wed | 30th Thu | 31st Fri | 31st Fri | 1st Sat |
| Slalom |||||||||||||||||
| Men's C-1 | H | S | F | | | | | | | | |
| Men's K-1 | H | | | S | F | | | | | | |
| Women's C-1 | H | | | S | F | | | | | | |
| Women's K-1 | H | S | F | | | | | | | | |
| Sprint |||||||||||||||||
| Men's C-1 1000 m | | | | | | | | F | | | |
| Men's C-2 200 m | | | | | | | | | H | S | F |
| Men's C-2 1000 m | | | | | | | | F | | | |
| Men's K-1 200 m | | | | | | | | | H | S | F |
| Men's K-2 1000 m | | | | | | H | S | F | | | |
| Men's K-4 500 m | | | | | | H | S | F | | | |
| Women's C-1 200 m | | | | | | | | | H | S | F |
| Women's C-2 500 m | | | | | | | | F | | | |
| Women's K-1 200 m | | | | | | | | | H | S | F |
| Women's K-1 500 m | | | | | | | | F | | | |
| Women's K-2 500 m | | | | | | | | | | | F |
| Women's K-4 500 m | | | | | | | | | | | F |

## Medalists
### Slalom
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 details | Takuya Haneda Japan | Chen Fangjia China | Alexandr Kulikov Kazakhstan |
| K-1 details | Quan Xin China | Kazuya Adachi Japan | Hermann Husslein Thailand |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 details | Chen Shi China | Chen Wei-han Chinese Taipei | Atcharaporn Duanglawa Thailand |
| K-1 details | Aki Yazawa Japan | Li Tong China | Chang Chu-han Chinese Taipei |

### Sprint
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 1000 m details | Vadim Menkov Uzbekistan | Shahriyor Daminov Tajikistan | Mohammad Nabi Rezaei Iran |
| C-2 200 m details | China Xing Song Li Qiang | Uzbekistan Artur Guliev Elyorjon Mamadaliev | Kazakhstan Merey Medetov Timur Khaidarov |
| C-2 1000 m details | China Liu Hao Wang Hao | Kazakhstan Sergey Yemelyanov Timofey Yemelyanov | Uzbekistan Nurislom Tukhtasin Ugli Serik Mirbekov |
| K-1 200 m details | Cho Gwang-hee South Korea | Sergii Tokarnytskyi Kazakhstan | Mervyn Toh Singapore |
| K-2 1000 m details | China Zhang Dong Bu Tingkai | Kazakhstan Ilya Golendov Andrey Yerguchyov | Uzbekistan Shakhriyor Makhkamov Shokhrukhbek Azamov |
| K-4 500 m details | Kazakhstan Ilya Golendov Alexey Dergunov Sergii Tokarnytskyi Yevgeniy Alexeyev | South Korea Cho Gwang-hee Cho Jeong-hyun Choi Min-kyu Kim Ji-won | Iran Ahmad Reza Talebian Peyman Ghavidel Ali Aghamirzaei Amin Boudaghi |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 200 m details | Sun Mengya China | Riska Andriyani Indonesia | Dilnoza Rakhmatova Uzbekistan |
| C-2 500 m details | China Ma Yanan Sun Mengya | Uzbekistan Dilnoza Rakhmatova Nilufar Zokirova | Indonesia Riska Andriyani Nurmeni |
| K-1 200 m details | Inna Klinova Kazakhstan | Li Yue China | Yuka Ono Japan |
| K-1 500 m details | Li Yue China | Hedieh Kazemi Iran | Lee Sun-ja South Korea |
| K-2 500 m details | China Li Yue Zhou Yu | Uzbekistan Ekaterina Shubina Yuliya Borzova | Japan Yuka Ono Hideka Tatara |
| K-4 500 m details | China Ma Qing Zhou Yu Yang Jiali Huang Jieyi | Kazakhstan Inna Klinova Irina Podoinikova Zoya Ananchenko Viktoriya Kopyova | Uzbekistan Natalya Kazantseva Yuliya Borzova Ekaterina Shubina Kseniya Kochneva |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 10 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Tajikistan (TJK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Singapore (SGP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |

## Participating nations

A total of 228 athletes from 23 nations competed in canoeing at the 2018 Asian Games:
* Cambodia (2)
* China (22)
* Chinese Taipei (10)
* Hong Kong (3)
* India (17)
* Indonesia (22)
* Iran (17)
* Iraq (1)
* Japan (19)
* Kazakhstan (18)
* Kyrgyzstan (2)
* Macau (3)
* Malaysia (2)
* Myanmar (4)
* North Korea (3)
* Philippines (2)
* Singapore (9)
* South Korea (18)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Tajikistan (6)
* Thailand (23)
* Uzbekistan (22)
* Vietnam (2)