Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Main article: Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

This article details the canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics qualifying phase. Similar to 2012 format, a qualification system has been set up for both slalom and sprint canoeing at these games. The quotas have already been set for each event by the International Canoe Federation in August 2014.

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
Argentina					X				X							X	3	9
Australia	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X			X		X	X		11	18
Austria	X			X													2	2
Azerbaijan	X									X			X	X			4	4
Belarus						X		X	X	X		X		X		X	7	12
Brazil	X	X	X	X		X				X		X		X			8	10
Bulgaria						X											1	1
Canada	X	X			X									X			4	4
China	X	X		X						X				X	X	X	7	9
Cook Islands	X			X						X							3	3
Cuba													X				1	1
Czech Republic	X	X	X	X	X	X			X		X						8	10
Denmark						X									X	X	3	5
Ecuador					X												1	1
Egypt					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	10	15
Great Britain	X	X	X	X			X							X		X	7	11
Hungary							X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	9	15
Italy	X			X													2	2
Japan	X	X	X	X													4	5
Kazakhstan				X					X				X				6	10
Lithuania					X		X	X		X							4	6
Moldova											X						1	1
Morocco				X													1	1
Mozambique												X					1	2
New Zealand	X			X		X					X		X	X		X	7	9
Nigeria	X																1	1
Poland	X	X	X	X	X						X	X	X	X	X	X	11	14
Portugal						X			X	X				X			4	6
Romania									X						X		2	6
Russia	X	X	X	X	X		X		X	X	X	X	X		X		12	18
Samoa													X				1	1
São Tomé and Príncipe											X						1	1
Senegal		X															1	1
Serbia					X	X	X	X					X		X	X	7	10
Slovakia	X	X	X	X		X		X	X								7	11
Slovenia	X	X	X	X									X	X			6	6
South Africa														X			1	1
Spain				X					X				X				3	6
Sweden					X												1	1
Tunisia						X				X				X			3	3
Turkey													X				1	1
Ukraine											X	X				X	3	7
United States	X	X	X														3	4
Uzbekistan						X	X				X	X	X
Total: 46 NOCs	19	14	10	19	12	12	7	7	11	10	9	8	14	14	9	12	188	272

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.

Timeline

Event	Date	Venue
2015 Pan American Games	July 18–19, 2015	Toronto, Canada
2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships	September 16–20, 2015	Lee Valley, Great Britain
2015 African Canoeing Championships	November 6–8, 2015	Sagana, Kenya
2016 Oceania Canoeing Championships	February 19–21, 2016	Penrith, Australia
2016 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships	April 23–24, 2016	Toyama, Japan
2016 European Canoe Slalom Championships	May 13–15, 2016	Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia

Qualification table

In Men's C-2, the next best ranked NOCs from three different continents at the World Championships will receive that particular continent two-athlete quota places each, followed by its participation at each of the respective Continent Qualification Events.^[1]

Event	Men's K-1	Men's C-1	Men's C-2	Women's K-1
Host nation	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	—
2015 World Championships	Czech Republic Slovenia Germany Italy United States Poland France Azerbaijan Russia Great Britain Japan Austria Slovakia New Zealand Australia Cook Islands*	Slovakia Slovenia Great Britain Germany France Poland Japan Russia Czech Republic United States	Great Britain Poland Germany Slovenia France Slovakia Russia Czech Republic	Spain Australia Germany Czech Republic Great Britain Slovakia New Zealand China Italy Austria France Russia Slovenia Poland Japan Cook Islands*
2015 Pan American Games	Canada	Canada	United States	~~Canada~~** Brazil
2015 African Championships	Nigeria	Senegal	—	Morocco
2016 Oceania Championships	—	Australia	—	—
2016 Asian Championships	China	China	Japan	Kazakhstan
2016 European Championships
Tripartite Invitation			—	—
Reallocation	—	—	—
Total	21	16	12	21

* No continental qualifying race held as less than three nations are eligible.
** Because of the two-quota limit rule for the continental tournaments, Canada decided to return the women's K-1 spot to ICF, allowing the federation to redistribute it to Brazil instead.

Sprint

Timeline

Event	Date	Venue
2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships	August 19–23, 2015	Milan, Italy
2015 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships	November 4–7, 2015	Palembang, Indonesia
2016 Oceania Canoeing Championships	February 12–14, 2016	Adelaide, Australia
2016 African Sprint Qualifier	March 29 – April 2, 2016	Pretoria, South Africa
2016 European Sprint Qualifier	May 18–19, 2016	Duisburg, Germany
2016 Pan American Sprint Qualifier	May 19–20, 2016	Gainesville, United States

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 place. Quotas given are for boats.^[2]

Event	2015 World Championships	Continental qualification					Total
Men Kayak	2015 World Championships	Europe	Americas	Asia	Africa	Oceania	Total
K-1 200 m	Canada France Sweden Lithuania Russia Ecuador Poland Czech Republic Argentina Serbia			Kazakhstan	~~South Africa~~ Egypt	Australia	14
K-1 1000 m	Denmark Czech Republic Portugal Germany Belarus Australia Bulgaria Slovakia Serbia Brazil^*			Uzbekistan	Tunisia	New Zealand	14
K-2 200 m	Hungary Russia Serbia France Great Britain Germany Lithuania^			Uzbekistan	—	~~Australia~~	10
K-2 1000 m	Germany Australia Serbia Slovakia Belarus France Lithuania^^[3]			Kazakhstan	—	—	10
K-4 1000 m	Argentina Belarus Czech Republic Australia Hungary Kazakhstan Portugal Romania Russiaº Slovakia Spain	—	—	—	—	—	11
Event	2015 World Championships	Continental qualification					Total
Men Canoe	2015 World Championships	Europe	Americas	Asia	Africa	Oceania	Total
C-1 200 m	Belarus China Brazil Russia Lithuania Azerbaijan Hungary Portugal			Kazakhstan	Tunisia	Cook Islands	13
C-1 1000 m	Germany Czech Republic Moldova Ukraine Russia Poland Hungary France^			Uzbekistan	São Tomé and Príncipe	~~New Zealand~~	13
C-2 1000 m	Brazil Hungary Poland Ukraine Russia Belarus			Uzbekistan	Mozambique	Australia	12
Event	2015 World Championships	Continental qualification					Total
Women	2015 World Championships	Europe	Americas	Asia	Africa	Oceania	Total
K-1 200 m	New Zealand Poland Spain Azerbaijan Cuba Russia France Kazakhstan Hungary Serbia Slovenia Turkey			Uzbekistan	Egypt	Samoa	14
K-1 500 m	New Zealand Hungary China Poland Azerbaijan Slovenia Belarus Great Britain Portugal South Africa Canada Brazil^*			Kazakhstan	Tunisia	Australia	14
K-2 500 m	Hungary Serbia Germany Poland Russia China Denmark Romania^			Kazakhstan	—	Australia	10
K-4 500 m	Argentina Belarus China Denmark^ France^ Germany Great Britain Hungary New Zealand Poland Serbia Ukraine	—	—	—	—	—	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 some of the events in Africa and Oceania needed to be reattributed to the World Championships lists because the events seen as invalid due to lack of eligible competitors.
º: ICF decided that two quota places were combined together and reallocated to the next best ranked NOC not qualified in a larger boat category, should they be available from team boats in the same gender and category.

References

1 2 "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Canoe Slalom" (PDF). ICF. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
1 2 "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Canoe Sprint" (PDF). ICF. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
↑ "Lietuvai – dar viena vieta Rio de Žaneiro olimpiadoje" [Lithuanians earned one more place for Rio 2016] (in Lithuanian). Lithuania: Delfi. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.

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