Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Canoeing at the Games of the Olympiad
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Venue	Stade d'eau vive Vaires-sur-Marne, National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France, Vaires-sur-Marne
Dates	27 July – 5 August 2024 (slalom) 6–10 August 2024 (sprint)
No. of events	16 (8 men, 8 women)
Competitors	199 from 58 nations
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Canoeing competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are scheduled to run across two main disciplines: canoe slalom, to take place from 27 July to 5 August, and canoe sprint, from 6 to 10 August. Both canoe slalom and sprint events will be staged at the Stade d'eau vive Vaires-sur-Marne [de], National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France in Vaires-sur-Marne.

Similar to the previous editions, the competition will feature sixteen events with several significant changes to the program lineup. The men's C-2 and K-2 1000 metres will be replaced with half of its distance, the men's C-2 and K-2 500 metres, to align with the women's side of the program. Paris 2024 will also signify the debut of the men's and women's slalom kayak cross event, as part of the Olympic movement toward gender equality, substituting the men's and women's K-1 200-metre sprint races.

Qualification
Participating Nations
Competition schedule
Medal summary
See also

Qualification

The International Olympic Committee and the International Canoe Federation have released a new qualification system for both slalom and sprint canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Participating Nations

In total of 255 boats, 300 canoeists or kayakers competed from 58 NOCs.

Algeria (1)
Andorra (1)
Angola (2)
Argentina (2)
Australia (15)
Austria (2)
Belgium (3)
Brazil (8)
Bulgaria (1)
Canada (15)
Chile (2)
China (17)
Colombia (1)
Comoros (1)
Croatia (2)
Cuba (3)
Czech Republic (9)
Denmark (6)
Egypt (1)
France (13) Host
Germany (21)
Great Britain (4)
Guam (1)
Hungary (15)
Iran (2)
Ireland (3)
Italy (6)
Japan (3)
Kazakhstan (6)
Lithuania (5)
Mexico (3)
Moldova (3)
Morocco (2)
Netherlands (3)
New Zealand (13)
Nigeria (2)
Norway (4)
Poland (16)
Portugal (4)
Romania (3)
Samoa (2)
São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
Senegal (2)
Serbia (8)
Singapore (1)
Slovakia (4)
Slovenia (4)
South Africa (5)
Spain (19)
Sweden (5)
Switzerland (2)
Chinese Taipei (3)
Tunisia (2)
Ukraine (8)
United States (5)
Uruguay (1)
Uzbekistan (3)
Vietnam (1)

Competition schedule

Legend
TT	Time trial	H	Heats	¼	Quarterfinals	½	Semifinals	SF	Small final	F	Medal final

Slalom
Event↓/Date →	Sat 27	Sun 28		Mon 29		Tue 30	Wed 31		Thu 1		Fri 2	Sat 3	Sun 4	Mon 5
Men's C-1	H			½	F
Men's K-1						H			½	F
Men's kayak cross											TT	R1	H	¼	½	SF	F
Women's C-1						H	½	F
Women's K-1	H	½	F
Women's kayak cross											TT	R1	H	¼	½	SF	F

Sprint
Event↓/Date →	Tue 6		Wed 7		Thu 8		Fri 9		Sat 10
Men's C-1 1000 m			H	¼			½	F
Men's C-2 500 m	H	¼			½	F
Men's K-1 1000 m			H	¼					½	F
Men's K-2 500 m	H	¼					½	F
Men's K-4 500 m	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-1 500 m			H	¼					½	F
Women's K-2 500 m	H	¼					½	F
Women's K-4 500 m	H				½	F

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (France)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Zealand	4	0	0	4
2	Australia	3	1	1	5
3	Germany	2	2	2	6
4	China	2	0	0	2
4	Czech Republic	2	0	0	2
6	France*	1	2	0	3
7	Italy	1	1	0	2
8	Canada	1	0	1	2
9	Hungary	0	4	3	7
10	Great Britain	0	2	2	4
11	United States	0	1	1	2
12	Brazil	0	1	0	1
	Poland	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
15	Spain	0	0	3	3
16	Cuba	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Moldova	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 NOCs)		16	16	17	49

Slalom

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's C-1 details	Nicolas Gestin France	Adam Burgess Great Britain	Matej Beňuš Slovakia
Men's K-1 details	Giovanni De Gennaro Italy	Titouan Castryck France	Pau Echaniz Spain
details	Finn Butcher New Zealand	Joe Clarke Great Britain	Noah Hegge Germany

Women's C-1 details	Jessica Fox Australia	Elena Lilik Germany	Evy Leibfarth United States
Women's K-1 details	Jessica Fox Australia	Klaudia Zwolińska Poland	Kimberley Woods Great Britain
Women's Kayak cross details	Noemie Fox Australia	Angèle Hug France	Kimberley Woods Great Britain

Sprint

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
C-1 1000 metres details	Martin Fuksa Czech Republic	3:43.16	Isaquias Queiroz Brazil	3:44.33	Serghei Tarnovschi Moldova	3:44.68
C-2 500 metres details	China Liu Hao Ji Bowen	1:39.48	Italy Gabriele Casadei Carlo Tacchini	1:41.08	Spain Joan Antoni Moreno Diego Domínguez	1:41.18

K-1 1000 metres details	Josef Dostál Czech Republic	3:24.07	Ádám Varga Hungary	3:24.76	Bálint Kopasz Hungary	3:25.68
K-2 500 metres details	Germany Jacob Schopf Max Lemke	1:26.87	Hungary Bence Nádas Sándor Tótka	1:27.15	Australia Jean van der Westhuyzen Thomas Green	1:27.29
K-4 500 metres details	Germany Max Rendschmidt Max Lemke Jacob Schopf Tom Liebscher	1:19.80	Australia Riley Fitzsimmons Pierre van der Westhuyzen Jackson Collins Noah Havard	1:19.84	Spain Saúl Craviotto Carlos Arévalo Marcus Cooper Walz Rodrigo Germade	1:20.05

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
C-1 200 metres details	Katie Vincent Canada	44.12 WB	Nevin Harrison United States	44.13	Yarisleidis Cirilo Cuba	44.36
C-2 500 metres details	China Xu Shixiao Sun Mengya	1:52.81	Ukraine Liudmyla Luzan Anastasiia Rybachok	1:54.30	Canada Sloan MacKenzie Katie Vincent	1:54.36

K-1 500 metres details	Lisa Carrington New Zealand	1:47.36 OB	Tamara Csipes Hungary	1:48.44	Emma Jørgensen Denmark	1:49.76
K-2 500 metres details	New Zealand Lisa Carrington Alicia Hoskin	1:37.28	Hungary Tamara Csipes Alida Dóra Gazsó	1:39.39	Germany Paulina Paszek Jule Hake	1:39.46
K-2 500 metres details	New Zealand Lisa Carrington Alicia Hoskin	1:37.28	Hungary Tamara Csipes Alida Dóra Gazsó	1:39.39	Hungary Noémi Pupp Sára Fojt	1:39.46
K-4 500 metres details	New Zealand Lisa Carrington Alicia Hoskin Olivia Brett Tara Vaughan	1:32.20	Germany Paulina Paszek Jule Hake Pauline Jagsch Sarah Brüßler	1:32.62	Hungary Noémi Pupp Sára Fojt Tamara Csipes Alida Dóra Gazsó	1:32.93

Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics facts for kids

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