Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Canoeing
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Pictograms for slalom (left) and sprint (right)
VenueSea Forest Waterway
Kasai Canoe Slalom Course
Dates25–30 July 2021 (slalom)
2–7 August 2021 (sprint)
No. of events16
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Canoeing was a sport at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and was contested in two main disciplines: canoe slalom, which took place from 25 to 30 July 2021, and canoe sprint, from 2 to 7 August.[1] The slalom competitions will be held at the Kasai Canoe Slalom Course; whereas the sprint events will be staged at Sea Forest Waterway.

The competition featured 16 events. The programme saw four event changes, all replacements, from 2016. In sprint, the men's C-1 200 metres and men's K-2 200 metres were replaced with women's C-1 200 metres and women's C-2 500 metres. In slalom, the men's C-2 was removed. Women's C-1 was added. These three changes were part of the Olympics' move towards gender equality.[2] In addition, the sprint men's K-4 1000 metres was replaced with a shorter race, the men's K-4 500 metres.

  1. ^ "Olympics Competition Schedule". Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. ^ "The IOC's final approval of the event programme for the 2020 Olympics confirms changes to the canoe sprint and slalom rundown for Tokyo". International Canoe Federation. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2021.