# Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics :
| KL1 | men | women |
| KL2 | men | women |
| KL3 | men | women |
| VL2 | men | women |
| VL3 | men |
Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan took place at the Sea Forest Waterway, the same location where the rowing took place. This was the second appearance of paracanoe in the Paralympic Games and the debut of all three va'a events.
The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021.

## Qualification

A total of 91 athletes qualified for paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Each NPC could enter a maximum of 9 athletes (one qualification spot per event); however, an athlete could enter both kayak and va'a events in their assigned categories as long as they contested those events in one of the competitions mentioned below. Qualification spots were allocated through one of the following methods:
* The 6 top ranked athletes in each Paralympic event at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships obtain one qualification spot for their NPC.
* The 4 top ranked athletes not already qualified (as above) in each Paralympic event at the 2021 ICF Paracanoe World Cup obtain one qualification spot for their NPC.
** If the host country hasn't qualified any athletes at a male kayak, male va'a, female kayak or female va'a event, one spot is taken from the 2021 World Cup quota and allocated to the event where an athlete from that country achieved the best rank.
** At least three continents must be represented in each event. If this minimum is not reached, spots are taken from the 2021 World Cup quota and given to the NPC of the best ranked athlete from a different continent.
** If there aren't enough NPCs eligible at the 2021 World Cup in a given event, the corresponding 2019 World Championships rank is used to fill the remaining spots.

## Competition schedule

Legend :
| H | Heats | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
Schedule :
| Event ↓ \ Date → | Sep 2 | Sep 2 | Sep 3 | Sep 3 | Sep 4 | Sep 4 |
| Men's KL1 | H | H | ½ | F | | |
| Men's KL2 | H | H | ½ | F | | |
| Men's KL3 | H | H | ½ | F | | |
| Men's VL2 | H | H | | | ½ | F |
| Men's VL3 | H | H | | | ½ | F |
| Women's KL1 | H | H | | | ½ | F |
| Women's KL2 | H | H | | | ½ | F |
| Women's KL3 | H | H | | | ½ | F |
| Women's VL2 | H | H | ½ | F | | |

## Participating nations

Qualification slots are allocated as follows:
| NPC | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women | Women | Total |
| NPC | KL1 | KL2 | KL3 | VL2 | VL3 | KL1 | KL2 | KL3 | VL2 | Total |
| Argentina | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Australia | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| Austria | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Belarus | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Brazil | | | | | | | | | | 7 |
| Canada | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Chile | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| China | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| France | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Germany | | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| Great Britain | | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| Hungary | | | | | | | | | | 6 |
| India | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Iran | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Ireland | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Israel | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Italy | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| Japan | | | | | | | | | | 6 |
| Kazakhstan | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| New Zealand | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Poland | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| Portugal | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| RPC | | | | | | | | | | 7 |
| Spain | | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| Sweden | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Ukraine | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| United States | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Total: 28 NPCs | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 90 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | RPC (RPC) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Chile (CHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |

## Medalists

| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's kayak | KL1 details | Péter Pál Kiss Hungary | Luis Cardoso da Silva Brazil | Rémy Boullé France |
| Men's kayak | KL2 details | Curtis McGrath Australia | Mykola Syniuk Ukraine | Federico Mancarella Italy |
| Men's kayak | KL3 details | Serhii Yemelianov Ukraine | Leonid Krylov RPC | Robert Oliver Great Britain |
| Men's va'a | VL2 details | Fernando Rufino de Paulo Brazil | Steven Haxton United States | Norberto Mourão Portugal |
| Men's va'a | VL3 details | Curtis McGrath Australia | Giovane Vieira de Paula Brazil | Stuart Wood Great Britain |
| Women's kayak | KL1 details | Edina Müller Germany | Maryna Mazhula Ukraine | Katherinne Wollermann Chile |
| Women's kayak | KL2 details | Charlotte Henshaw Great Britain | Emma Wiggs Great Britain | Katalin Varga Hungary |
| Women's kayak | KL3 details | Laura Sugar Great Britain | Nélia Barbosa France | Felicia Laberer Germany |
| Women's va'a | VL2 details | Emma Wiggs Great Britain | Susan Seipel Australia | Jeanette Chippington Great Britain |