Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

This article details the Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics qualifying phase. A new qualification system has been set up for both slalom and sprint canoeing at these games. The quotas were set for each event by the International Canoe Federation in July 2010.

Qualification summary

NOC	Slalom				Sprint												Total
	K1 M	C1 M	C2 M	K1 W	Men								Women				Boats	Athletes
	K1 M	C1 M	C2 M	K1 W	K1 200	K1 1000	K2 200	K2 1000	K4 1000	C1 200	C1 1000	C2 1000	K1 200	K1 500	K2 500	K4 500	Boats	Athletes
Angola												X					1	2
Argentina					X		X										2	2
Australia	X	X	X	X	X		X		X	X		X	X	X		X	12	21
Austria	X			X											X		3	4
Azerbaijan										X		X					2	3
Belarus						X	X			X	X	X				X	6	11
Belgium	X				X			X									3	4
Brazil				X								X					2	3
Bulgaria						X											1	1
Canada	X				X	X		X		X	X		X	X			8	8
China	X	X	X	X	X				X		X	X		X	X	X	11	19
Cook Islands				X													1	1
Croatia	X																1	1
Cuba						X						X	X		X		4	6
Czech Republic	X	X	X	X					X			X					6	11
Denmark					X				X					X			3	6
Ecuador					X												1	1
Finland													X	X			2	2
France	X	X	X	X	X	X	X				X					X	9	14
Germany	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	15	21
Great Britain	X	X	X	X	X	X	X				X		X	X		X	11	14
Greece		X															1	1
Hungary					X			X	X		X		X	X	X	X	8	14
Iran						X							X				2	2
Ireland	X			X						X							3	3
Italy	X	X	X	X		X							X	X			7	8
Japan	X	X		X			X						X	X	X		7	7
Kazakhstan		X						X		X				X			4	5
Latvia							X										1	2
Lithuania					X					X							2	2
Mexico											X						1	1
Morocco				X													1	1
New Zealand	X			X		X		X					X	X	X		7	9
Nigeria	X																1	1
Norway						X								X			2	2
Poland	X	X	X	X	X					X		X	X		X		9	12
Portugal						X		X					X	X	X	X	6	6
Romania							X		X		X	X			X		5	11
Russia			X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13	19
Serbia					X	X			X				X		X	X	6	12
Singapore														X			1	1
Slovakia		X	X	X				X	X	X					X		7	12
Slovenia	X	X	X	X									X				5	6
South Africa		X			X						X		X	X			5	5
Spain	X	X		X						X	X		X				6	6
Sweden						X		X					X		X		4	6
Switzerland	X			X													2	2
Thailand	X																1	1
Togo	X																1	1
Tunisia						X				X				X			3	3
Ukraine										X			X	X			3	3
United States	X	X	X	X	X									X			6	7
Uzbekistan											X			X	X		3	3
Total: 53 NOCs	22	16	12	21	16	15	10	10	10	13	13	12	18	20	14	10	234	325

Slalom

For the slalom events, the men competed in C-1, C-2, and K-1. Women competed in K-1 only. Qualifications were allocated to NOCs, not to specific competitors.^[2]

Qualification timeline

Event	Date	Venue
2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships	September 7–11, 2011	Bratislava, Slovakia
2011 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships	December 16–18, 2011	Miyi, China
2012 African Canoeing Championships	February 3–4, 2012	Bethlehem, South Africa
2012 Oceania Canoeing Championships	February 24–26, 2012	Penrith, Australia
2012 Canoe Slalom Pan American Championships	March 10–11, 2012	Foz do Iguassu, Brazil
2012 Canoe Slalom European Championships	May 9–13, 2012	Augsburg, Germany

Qualification table

Event	K1 Men	C1 Men	C2 Men	K1 Women
World Championships	France Slovenia Germany Czech Republic Italy Poland Belgium Spain Switzerland United States New Zealand Austria Japan Great Britain China	Czech Republic Germany Slovakia Spain France Japan China Poland Great Britain Slovenia Russia	France Slovakia Russia Slovenia Great Britain Poland Czech Republic Germany	Spain Austria Czech Republic Slovakia Great Britain Poland Russia Slovenia Germany France Australia Italy China New Zealand United States
Asian Championships	Thailand	Kazakhstan	China	Japan
African Championships	Nigeria	~~South Africa~~	—	Morocco
Oceania Championships	Australia	Australia	Australia	Cook Islands
American Championships	Canada	United States	United States	Brazil
European Championships	Ireland Croatia	Greece Italy	Italy	Ireland Switzerland
Tripartite Invite	Togo	Argentina	—	—
Additional	—	—	Great Britain Czech Republic	—
Total	22	17	14	21

Sprint

Qualification timeline

Event	Date	Venue
2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships	August 17–21, 2011	Szeged, Hungary
2011 All-Africa Games^[4]	September 9–10, 2011	Maputo, Mozambique
2011 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships^[5]	October 13–16, 2011	Tehran, Iran
2011 Pan American Games	October 26–29, 2011	Guadalajara, Mexico
2012 Oceania Canoeing championships	February 24–26, 2012	Penrith, Australia
European Qualifier	May 16–17, 2012	Poznań, Poland

Qualification table

NOCs are limited to one boat per event, and in kayaking to 8 men and 6 women positions. Qualification enables an NOC to participate, not necessarily in the person of the paddler who gained the qualification. Quotas given are for boats.

Event	2011 World Championships	Continental qualification					Total
Men Kayak	2011 World Championships	Europe	Americas	Asia	Africa	Oceania	Total
K1 200m	Poland Great Britain Germany France Russia Canada Ecuador Hungary Denmark	Belgium Lithuania	United States	China Japan	~~South Africa~~ Egypt Tunisia	Australia Cook Islands	14 +2
K1 1000m	Canada Sweden Norway Germany Belarus Serbia Bulgaria Great Britain New Zealand	France Italy	Cuba	Iran China	Tunisia Egypt	Cook Islands Australia	14 +1
K2 200m	France Great Britain Belarus Romania Germany Latvia	Russia	Argentina Canada	Japan Kazakhstan	—	Australia	10
K2 1000m	Slovakia Sweden Russia Belgium Germany Hungary	Portugal	Canada	Kazakhstan	—	New Zealand Australia	10
K4 1000m	Germany Australia Russia Slovakia Romania Czech Republic Hungary Serbia Denmark China	—	—	—	—	—	10
Event	2011 World Championships	Continental qualification					Total
Men Canoe	2011 World Championships	Europe	Americas	Asia	Africa	Oceania	Total
C1 200m	Azerbaijan Russia Spain Ukraine Lithuania Belarus Poland	Slovakia Ireland	Canada Brazil Mexico	Japan China Kazakhstan	Tunisia Angola Senegal	Australia Samoa	13
C1 1000m	Hungary Spain Uzbekistan Belarus Canada Russia France^ Great Britain^*	Germany Romania	Mexico	Kazakhstan	~~South Africa~~ Senegal Angola	Samoa Australia	13
C2 1000m	Germany Azerbaijan Romania Czech Republic Russia Belarus Cuba	Poland	Brazil	China	Angola	Australia	12
Event	2011 World Championships	Continental qualification					Total
Women	2011 World Championships	Europe	Americas	Asia	Africa	Oceania	Total
K1 200m	New Zealand Poland Japan Portugal Great Britain Russia Hungary Spain Germany Finland Slovenia Sweden	Ukraine Italy	Cuba United States	Iran China Singapore Uzbekistan	South Africa Tunisia	Australia	14 +4
K1 500m	Germany Hungary Ukraine Kazakhstan Australia Portugal Italy Denmark Finland South Africa Great Britain	Russia Norway	United States Cuba	Singapore Uzbekistan China Iran	Tunisia	New Zealand	14 +5
K2 500m	Austria Germany Poland Hungary China Romania Russia Slovakia New Zealand Portugal^ Serbia^	Sweden	Cuba	Japan	—	Australia	10 +5
K4 500m	Hungary Germany Belarus Great Britain Australia Russia Portugal France Serbia China	—	—	—	—	—	10

^* Host quota

Italic: National federation has qualified a boat but the athlete that did this was already counted in another boat
^: ICF decided that two of the events in Oceania needed to be reattributed to the World Championships lists because the events seen as invalid due to lack of eligible competitors.