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
200
K1
1000
K2
200
K2
1000
K4
1000
C1
200
C1
1000
C2
1000
K1
200
K1
500
K2
500
K4
500
Angola X 1 2
Argentina X X 2 2
Australia XXXXX X XX XXX X 12 21
Austria X X X 3 4
Azerbaijan X X 2 3
Belarus XX XXX X 6 11
Belgium X X X 3 4
Brazil X X 2 3
Bulgaria X 1 1
Canada X XX X XX XX 8 8
China XXXXX X XX XXX 11 19
Cook Islands X 1 1
Croatia X 1 1
Cuba X XX X 4 6
Czech Republic XXXX X X 6 11
Denmark X X X 3 6
Ecuador X 1 1
Finland XX 2 2
France XXXXXXX X X 9 14
Germany XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX 15 21
Great Britain XXXXXXX X XX X 11 14
Greece X 1 1
Hungary X XX X XXXX 8 14
Iran X X 2 2
Ireland X X X 3 3
Italy XXXX X XX 7 8
Japan XX X X XXX 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 XXX 7 9
Nigeria X 1 1
Norway X X 2 2
Poland XXXXX X XX X 9 12
Portugal X X XXXX 6 6
Romania X X XX X 5 11
Russia XXX XXXXXXXXXX 13 19
Serbia XX X X XX 6 12
Singapore X 1 1
Slovakia XXX XXX X 7 12
Slovenia XXXX X 5 6
South Africa X X X XX 5 5
Spain XX X XX 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 XX 3 3
United States XXXXX X 6 7
Uzbekistan X XX 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 Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
2011 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships December 16–18, 2011 China Miyi, China
2012 African Canoeing Championships February 3–4, 2012 South Africa Bethlehem, South Africa
2012 Oceania Canoeing Championships February 24–26, 2012 Australia Penrith, Australia
2012 Canoe Slalom Pan American Championships March 10–11, 2012 Brazil Foz do Iguassu, Brazil
2012 Canoe Slalom European Championships May 9–13, 2012 Germany 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 13 21

Sprint

Qualification timeline

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

References

  1. "Qualification System – Games of the XXX Olympiad - Canoe Slalom" (PDF). ICF. Retrieved 5 Aug 2011.
  2. Canoe Slalom Boat Qualification
  3. "Qualification System – Games of the XXX Olympiad - Canoe Sprint" (PDF). ICF. Retrieved 5 Aug 2011.
  4. "Maputo 2011 Results". Confederation of African Canoeing. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  5. "14th Asian Canoe Sprint Championships Results". I.R. Iran Canoeing Federation. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
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