Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

For the slalom events, the men and women will each compete in C-1, K-1, and the inaugural KX-1 (kayak cross). Quota places are allocated to NOCs, not to specific canoeists. NOCs are limited to one boat for each event. These qualification spots will be awarded as follows:^[1][2]

• World Championships (for canoe and kayak singles) – The highest-ranked eligible canoeists in every single boat (considering only one boat per NOC) will obtain a quota place for their respective NOC. Fifteen qualification spots are available in the K-1 events and twelve in the C-1.
• Global Qualification Tournament (for kayak cross) – The top three eligible NOCs in each kayak cross event will be awarded a quota place.
• Continental Qualification Events – NOCs eligible for qualification in a given event will secure a single quota place for their respective continent.
• Host country – As the host country, France reserves one quota place each for the men's and women's slalom canoe and kayak singles. If one or more French slalom canoeists qualify regularly and directly, their slots will be reallocated to the next highest-ranked eligible NOCs in the kayak singles from the 2023 ICF World Championships, or any of the continental qualification tournaments.
• Universality places – Two invitational places will be entitled to eligible NOCs interested to have their canoeists (whether slalom or sprint) compete in Paris 2024 as granted by the Universality principle.
• Reallocation – Unused quota spots will be reallocated.

Timeline

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Event	Date	Venue
2023 European Games	June 29 – July 2, 2023	Kraków, Poland[3]
2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships	September 19–24, 2023	Lee Valley, Great Britain[3]
2023 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships	October 27–29, 2023	Tokyo, Japan[3]
2024 Oceania Canoe Slalom Championships	January 26–28, 2024	Penrith, Australia[3]
2024 African Canoe Slalom Olympic Qualifiers	February 9–11, 2024	Sainte-Suzanne, Réunion[3]
2024 Pan American Canoe Slalom Olympic Qualifiers	March 15–17, 2024[4]	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[3]
2024 ICF Kayak Cross Global Qualification Tournament	June 7–9, 2024	Prague, Czech Republic[3]

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Qualification table

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Event	Men's K-1	Men's C-1	Men's KX-1	Women's K-1	Women's C-1	Women's KX-1
Host nation	—	—N/a	—N/a	—	—N/a	—N/a
2023 World Championships	Great Britain  Czech Republic  Italy  Switzerland  Morocco  Australia  Slovenia  Poland  Spain  China  Sweden  New Zealand  France  Japan  Ireland	Slovenia  Poland  Germany  Czech Republic  Slovakia  Great Britain  France  Italy  Ireland  Croatia  United States  Spain	—N/a	Germany  New Zealand  Poland  Great Britain  Italy  Slovakia  Netherlands  France  Spain  Switzerland  Czech Republic  Austria  Brazil  Slovenia  Japan	Andorra  United States  Australia  Great Britain  Czech Republic  Germany  Slovakia  France  Brazil  Spain  Italy  Ukraine	—N/a
2023 European Games	Austria	Netherlands	—N/a	Ireland	Slovenia	—N/a
2023 Asian Qualifier	Chinese Taipei	Japan	—N/a	Chinese Taipei	China	—N/a
2024 Oceania Championships	—	Australia	—N/a	—	—	—N/a
2024 African Qualifier	Tunisia	Senegal	—N/a	—	—	—N/a
2024 Pan American Qualifier	Brazil	Canada	—N/a	Mexico	Canada	—N/a
2024 Kayak Cross Global Qualifier	—N/a		France  Germany  Spain	—N/a		Australia  France  Great Britain
Universality Places	Comoros		—N/a			—N/a
Reallocation	Slovakia[a]  Germany[b]		—N/a	Australia[a]  Algeria[b]  United States[c]	Ireland[b]  Netherlands[c]	—N/a
Invitation Places	—N/a	Refugee Olympic Team	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
Total	22	18	3	21	17	3

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1. [a]

   France obtains a quota through the 2023 World Championships. Therefore, the host country place is reallocated to the next eligible NOC, not yet qualified, in the Kayak single event for the same gender at the 2023 World Championships. Slovakia receive the reallocated quota in the men's event and Australia receive the reallocated quota in the women's event
2. [b]

   There was not enough competing NOCs at the Oceanian Qualifier neither in the World Ranking, therefore the quota gets reallocated to the best next NOC in the World Rankings from any continent.
3. [c]

   There were not enough competing NOCs at the African Qualifier neither in the World Ranking, therefore the quota gets reallocated to the best next NOC in the World Rankings from any continent.

NOCs are limited to two boats per sprint event, a maximum of six per gender in kayaking, and a maximum of three per gender in canoeing, constituting a roster of eighteen canoeists. The qualification pathway enables the NOC to participate and not necessarily those who earn a direct quota place.^[5] These qualification spots will be awarded as follows:^[6]

• World Championships – The highest-ranked eligible canoeists in every single boat (considering only one boat per NOC) will obtain a quota place for their respective NOC. Five-boat spots are available in the C-1 events with an additional place reserved for the host country each in the men's 1000 m and women's 200 m, seven in the K-1 events (including a berth reserved for the host country in the men's 1000 m and women's 500 m), six in the K-2 500 m, eight in the C-2 500 m, and ten in the K-4 500 m.^[6]
• Continental Qualification Events – NOCs eligible for qualification in a given event will secure an assigned number of quota places for their respective continent. For the K-1 and C-1 events, two-boat spots will be awarded for each continent, except for Africa and Oceania (both of which will earn a single quota place). For the K-2 and C-2 events, a single-boat berth is assigned to each continent based on the results from the World Championships: the highest-ranked NOCs eligible for qualification across five continents will secure a direct quota place.
• Host country – As the host country, France reserves one quota place for the events listed in the World Championships section. If one or more French slalom canoeists qualify regularly and directly, their slots will be reallocated to the next highest-ranked eligible NOCs in the corresponding event from the 2023 ICF World Championships.
• Universality places – Two invitational places will be entitled to eligible NOCs interested to have their canoeists (whether slalom or sprint) compete in Paris 2024 as granted by the Universality principle.
• Reallocation – Unused quota spots will be reallocated. This occurs because several canoeists who qualified for a larger boat category may also compete in a smaller category, freeing up quota place(s) that the NOC has earned in a smaller category.

Timeline

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Event	Date	Venue
2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships	August 23–27, 2023	Duisburg, Germany[5]
2023 African Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifiers	November 23–26, 2023	Abuja, Nigeria[7]
2024 Oceania Canoe Sprint Qualifier	February 14–18, 2024	Penrith, Australia[5]
2024 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships	April 18–21, 2024	Tokyo, Japan[8]
2024 Pan American Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifiers	April 23–25, 2024	Sarasota, United States[9]
2024 European Canoe Sprint Qualifier	May 8–9, 2024	Szeged, Hungary[5]

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Qualification table

More information Event, 2023 World Championships ...

Event	2023 World Championships	Continental Qualification					Additional	Total
Men Kayak		Africa	Oceania	Asia	Americas	Europe
K-1 1000 m	France*  Portugal  Hungary  Australia  Czech Republic  Belgium  Spain  Sweden  Argentina	Morocco	Samoa	Uzbekistan  Iran	Uruguay  Brazil	Individual Neutral AthletesBLR  Denmark	Refugee Olympic Team	18
K-2 500 m	Portugal  HungaryAQ  SpainAQ  Australia  Czech Republic  Germany  LithuaniaAQ	South Africa	New Zealand	Kazakhstan	United States	Poland	—N/a	12
K-4 500 m	Germany  Hungary  Ukraine  Australia  Denmark  Lithuania  Spain  Serbia  Canada  China	—N/a						10
Event	2023 World Championships	Continental Qualification					Additional	Total
Men Canoe		Africa	Oceania	Asia	Americas	Europe
C-1 1000 m	France*  Czech Republic  Romania  Germany  Poland  Hungary  Brazil  Moldova	Tunisia	Australia  Ukraine	Iran  Chinese Taipei	Cuba  Canada	Italy  Spain	Refugee Olympic Team	17
C-2 500 m	Germany  China  Spain  France  Hungary  Romania  Italy  Czech Republic	Angola	New Zealand	Kazakhstan	Brazil	Individual Neutral AthletesRUS	—N/a	13
Event	2023 World Championships	Continental Qualification					Additional	Total
Women Kayak		Africa	Oceania	Asia	Americas	Europe
K-1 500 m	France*  New Zealand  Denmark  Hungary  Serbia  Australia  Canada  Portugal  Sweden  Croatia  Bulgaria  Spain	Egypt	Samoa	Uzbekistan  Singapore	Argentina  Brazil	Ukraine  Czech Republic	Refugee Olympic Team	21
K-2 500 m	Denmark  Poland  Germany  Belgium  France  Sweden	South Africa	New Zealand	China	Mexico	Netherlands	—N/a	11
K-4 500 m	New Zealand  Poland  Spain  China  Australia  Serbia  Hungary  Germany  Norway  Canada	—N/a						10
Event	2023 World Championships	Continental Qualification					Additional	Total
Women Canoe		Africa	Oceania	Asia	Americas	Europe
C-1 200 m	France*  Cuba  Spain  China  United States  Chile  Canada  Ukraine  Poland	Senegal  São Tomé and PríncipeUP	Australia  Guam	Uzbekistan  Vietnam	Brazil  Colombia	Hungary  Individual Neutral AthletesRUS	—N/a	17
C-2 500 m	China  Spain  Canada  Germany  Hungary  Cuba  Moldova  Ukraine	Nigeria	Poland^	Kazakhstan	Chile	Individual Neutral AthletesBLR  France		13

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^* Host quota

• Italic: National federation has qualified a boat but the athlete that did this was already counted in another boat
• ^AQ: National federation has qualified a boat but one of two athletes that did this was already counted in another boat
• ^UP: National federation has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission
• ^RUS: Individual Neutral Athletes from Russia
• ^BLR: Individual Neutral Athletes from Belarus
• ^: ICF decided that some events in Africa and Oceania require reallocation of spare spots to the World Championships lists because the events shorten eligible competitors.
• º: ICF decided that two quota places are combined and reallocated to the highest-ranked NOC vying for qualification in a larger boat category, should they be available from team boats in the same gender and category.