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.

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	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

This section tabulates the heads of qualification in a form suitable to be filled in as events progress. The full qualification rules[1] for canoeing (slalom) published by ICF contain intricate conditions too lengthy for inclusion in Wikipedia.

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]

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

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

This section tabulates the heads of qualification in a form suitable to be filled in as events progress. The full qualification rules[3] for canoeing (sprint) published by ICF contain intricate conditions too lengthy for inclusion in Wikipedia.

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

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		Europe	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

• 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.