Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London were contested in two main disciplines:

canoe slalom Canoe slalom (previously known as whitewater slalom) is a competitive sport with the aim to navigate a Spraydeck, decked canoe or kayak through a course of hanging downstream or upstream gates on Whitewater, river rapids in the fastest time pos ...

, from 29 July to 2 August, and

canoe sprint Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...

, from 6 to 11 August. The slalom competition was held at the Lee Valley White Water Centre and the sprint events were staged at Eton College Rowing Centre, at

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, known as Eton Dorney. Around 330 athletes took part in 16 events. The men's 500m sprints were replaced by a 200m race; in addition, the men's C-2 500m was replaced by a women's K-1 200m sprint. This was confirmed at an

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board meeting at

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, on 5 December 2009. For the first time, women competed in two individual events in sprint canoeing. Because of the changes, the finals were spread over a three-day period instead of the traditional two days which had been in effect since the 1976 Games. The most successful nation in the slalom was

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, with two gold medals in the four events, followed by

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with one gold and one silver. In the sprint,

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was the most successful with three gold, two silver and one bronze medal, while

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topped the medal table overall, with three gold, two silver and three bronze medals.

Qualification

A new qualification system was created for both slalom and sprint canoeing at the 2012 Games. The quotas were set for each event by the

in July 2010.

Competition schedule

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Medal summary

By event

Slalom

Sprint

Men ;Women * On 12 June 2019, the IOC stripped Lithuanian canoeist Jevgenij Shuklin of his silver medal.https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-one-athlete-for-failing-anti-doping-tests-at-london-2012-2 IOC sanctions one athlete for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012

Gallery

Gallery of some of the gold medalists in the canoeing events: File:Tony Estanguet.jpg, Tony Estanguet, pictured in 2006, won the men's C-1 slalom for France File:Slalom canoeing 2012 Olympics W K1 FRA Emilie Fer.jpg, Émilie Fer, also from France, pictured winning the women's K-1 slalom File:Sebastian Brendel.jpg, Sebastian Brendel, of Germany, won gold in the men's C-1 1,000m sprint File:David Smith.jpg, David Smith was part of the Australian team that won the men's K-4 1,000m sprint

By nation

References

External links

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Canoeing and kayaking competitions in the United Kingdom