Canoeing at the Summer Olympics

Canoeing/kayaking has been featured as a sport in the Summer Olympic Games since the 1936 Games in Berlin. There are two disciplines of canoeing in Olympic competition: flatwater and slalom.

Two styles of boats are used in this sport, canoes with 1 or 2 canoers and kayaks with 1, 2 or 4 kayakers. This leads to the name designation of each event. For example, "C-1" is a canoe singles event and "K-2" is a kayak doubles event. Races are usually 500 metres or 1000 metres long, although there were also 10 km events from 1936 to 1956.

Events

The following tables shows which events were contested at each Games.

Flatwater

Event	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	Total
Current program
Men's C-1 500m									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9
Men's C-1 1000m	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	17
Men's C-2 500m									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9
Men's C-2 1000m	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	17
Men's K-1 500m									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9
Men's K-1 1000m	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	17
Men's K-2 500m									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9
Men's K-2 1000m	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	17
Men's K-4 1000m						•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	12
Women's K-1 500m		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
Women's K-2 500m					•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	13
Women's K-4 500m											•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7
Past events
Men's C-1 10000m		•	•	•														3
Men's C-2 10000m	•	•	•	•														4
Men's K-1 10000m	•	•	•	•														4
Men's K-1 4×500m					•													1
Men's K-2 10000m	•	•	•	•														4
Men's folding K-1 10000m	•																	1
Men's folding K-2 10000m	•																	1
Total Events	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Slalom

Event	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	Total
Men's C-1	•					•	•	•	•	•	6
Men's C-2	•					•	•	•	•	•	6
Men's K-1	•					•	•	•	•	•	6
Women's K-1	•					•	•	•	•	•	6
Total Events	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4

Medal table

1		29	13	9	51
2		25	14	16	55
3		19	27	25	71
4		15	11	4	30
5		14	7	9	30
6		10	10	14	34
7		7	4	2	13
8		7	4	1	12
9		5	8	18	31
10		5	6	4	15
11		5	5	6	16
12		5	4	4	13
13		5	2	3	10
14		5	2	1	8
15		4	9	8	21
16		4	5	8	17
17		4	5	2	11
18		4	3	2	9
19		3	5	6	14
20		3	5	5	13
21		2	7	11	20
22		2	6	3	11
23		2	5	2	9
24		2	2	1	5
25		2	0	2	4
26		2	0	0	2
27		1	3	4	8
28		1	4	4	9
29		1	1	0	2
30		1	0	2	3
31		0	6	11	17
32		0	3	5	8
33		0	3	0	3
34		0	2	0	2
35		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
38		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
Total		194	194	194	582