Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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| Canoeing at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |
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| No. of events | 11 |
| Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Slalom | ||
| C-1 | men | |
| C-2 | men | |
| K-1 | men | women |
| Sprint | ||
| C-1 1000 m | men | |
| C-2 1000 m | men | |
| K-1 500 m | women | |
| K-1 1000 m | men | |
| K-2 500 m | women | |
| K-2 1000 m | men | |
| K-4 1000 m | men | |
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested, and for the first time at the Olympic Games, four events in slalom canoeing were also contested, at the Augsburg Eiskanal.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 |  East Germany | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 |  Romania | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 |  West Germany | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 |  Hungary | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 |  Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 |  Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (13 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |