Flatwater events Kanu_pada_Sukan_Olimpik_Beijing_2008

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12 sets of medals will be awarded in the following events:

  • K-1 500m Men
  • K-1 1000m Men
  • K-2 500m Men
  • K-2 1000m Men
  • K-4 1000m Men
  • C-1 500m Men
  • C-1 1000m Men
  • C-2 500m Men
  • C-2 1000m Men
  • K-1 500m Women
  • K-2 500m Women
  • K-4 500m Women

Qualification

An NOC may enter 1 boat in each flatwater competition. Qualification place is awarded to the NOC and not to the athletes.The Host Nation is awarded 1 boat in K-1 Men, K-1 Women and C-1 Men events and if they do not qualify through the world championships, the lowest ranked boat from the world championships will be replaced by the boat from the Host Nation.

First allocation

Qualification timeline:

EventDateVenue
Senior World ChampionshipsAugust 8-12, 2007 Duisburg
African ChampionshipsJanuary 24-27, 2008 Masinga Dam
Oceania ChampionshipsMarch 12-16, 2008 Penrith
Asian ChampionshipsMay 9-11, 2008 Komatsu
European ChampionshipsMay 15-18, 2008 Milano
American ChampionshipsMay 15-18, 2008 Montreal

Minimum boat quota places:

Event2007 World
Championships
Continental qualificationTotal
MenEuropeAmericaAsiaAfricaOceania
K-1 500m Kanada
United Kingdom
 Poland
 Jerman
 Amerika Syarikat
 Hungary
 Croatia
 Afrika Selatan*
211 Afrika Selatan** Australia14
K-1 1000m United Kingdom
 Kanada
Norway
 Australia
 New Zealand
 Hungary
 Afrika Selatan
 Slovenia
211 Senegal Samoa14
K-2 500m Jerman
 Belarus
 Hungary
 Lithuania
 Latvia
 Kanada
211--10
K-2 1000m Perancis
 Poland
 Hungary
 Jerman
 Belgium
 Finland
 New Zealand
111--10
K-4 1000m Jerman
 Poland
 Slovakia
 Hungary
 Belarus
Rusia
 Australia
111--10
Event2007 World
Championships
Continental qualificationTotal
Men CanoeEuropeAmericaAsiaAfricaOceania
C-1 500m Sepanyol
 Jerman
 China
 Poland
 Kanada
 Romania
211 Afrika Selatan Australia12
C-1 1000m Hungary
 Slovakia
 Sepanyol
 Jerman
Rusia
 Mexico
211 Afrika Selatan Australia12
C-2 500m Hungary
 Romania
 Jerman
 Poland
 China
 Ukraine
211--10
C-2 1000m Jerman
 Cuba
 Poland
 Romania
 Belarus
 Hungary
211--10
Event2007 World
Championships
Continental qualificationTotal
WomenEuropeAmericaAsiaAfricaOceania
K-1 500m Hungary
 Finland
 Jerman
 Ukraine
 Amerika Syarikat
 Afrika Selatan
 Poland
 Itali
211 Tunisia New Zealand14
K-2 500m Jerman
 Hungary
 Perancis
 Slovakia
 Poland
 Itali
211--10
K-4 500m Jerman
 Hungary
 Poland
 China
 Itali
 Australia
 Afrika Selatan
111--10

* The host China NOC obtained boat quota places in men canoe and women kayak categories but not any in men kayak. Therefore one boat and athlete quota place has been allocated to CHN from the Global Qualification Competition quotas. This may be amended after the completion of the Asian Qualification Competition.

** SEY, if RSA qualify in world champs quota.

Second allocation

The IOC caps the total number of athletes in the flat water competition, which determines the minimum boat quota places listed above. However, an athlete may represent his NOC in more than one event, in which case an additional Athlete Quota Place becomes available. The additional entry is awarded to the next best ranked NOC at the corresponding Continental Qualification in which the NOC of the repeating athlete competes.

Second allocation after global qualification :

  • K-1 500m Men : 1 Europe , 1 America
  • K-1 1000m Men : 2 Europe
  • K-2 500m Men : 1 Europe
  • K-2 1000m Men : 1 Europe
  • K-4 1000m Men : -
  • C-1 500m Men : 2 Europe,
  • C-1 1000m Men : 1 Europe
  • C-2 500m Men : 1 Europe
  • C-2 1000m Men : 1 Europe
  • K-1 500m Women : 3 Europe , 1 Africa ( Senegal)
  • K-2 500m Women : 2 Europe
  • K-4 500m Women : -