Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

This article details the canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics qualifying phase. The 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Similar to 2012 and 2016 format, a qualification system has been set up for both slalom and sprint canoeing at these games. The quotas have already been set for each event by the International Canoe Federation in October 2018.

Qualification summary

edit
NOC Slalom Sprint Total
K1
M
C1
M
K1
W
C1
W
Men Women Boats Athletes
K1
200
K1
1000
K2
1000
K4
500
C1
1000
C2
1000
K1
200
K1
500
K2
500
K4
500
C1
200
C2
500
  Algeria   1 1
  Andorra   1 1
  Argentina         4 4
  Australia                 8 16
  Austria         4 5
  Belarus             6 12
  Belgium       3 4
  Belize   1 1
  Brazil           5 5
  Bulgaria   1 1
  Canada                     10 18
  Chile   1 2
  China                       11 18
  Cook Islands       3 3
  Croatia       3 3
  Cuba       3 5
  Czech Republic               7 9
  Denmark     2 4
  Egypt     2 2
  France                     10 13
  Germany                       11 21
  Great Britain                 8 8
  Hungary                   9 18
  Iran   1 1
  Ireland   1 1
  Italy             6 7
  Japan                 8 12
  Kazakhstan             6 7
  Latvia   1 1
  Lithuania   1 1
  Mexico   1 1
  Moldova     2 3
  Morocco     2 2
  Mozambique   1 1
  Netherlands   1 1
  New Zealand           5 8
  Nigeria   1 1
  Norway   1 1
  Poland                     10 13
  Portugal           5 8
  Refugee Olympic Team   1 1
  Romania   1 2
  ROC                   9 17
  Samoa       3 3
  São Tomé and Príncipe   1 2
  Senegal   1 1
  Serbia       3 3
  Slovakia             6 9
  Slovenia           5 6
  South Korea   1 1
  Spain                     10 15
  Sweden       3 3
  Switzerland       3 3
  Chinese Taipei   1 1
  Thailand   1 1
  Tunisia       3 4
  Ukraine             6 11
  United States         4 4
  Uzbekistan   1 2
Total: 59 NOCs 24 17 24 17 12 15 10 10 13 14 16 11 8 12 14 13 230 331

Slalom

edit

For the slalom events, the men and women competed for each in C-1 and K-1. Qualifications were allocated to NOCs, not to specific competitors. NOCs were limited to one boat per event. Qualification spots were earned as follows:

  • World Championships: The top placed boats (considering only one boat per NOC) earned their NOCs a qualification. 18 qualification spots were available in the K-1 events, and 11 in the C-1.
  • Continental Qualification Events: Only NOCs that did not earn qualification in a given event through the World Championships were eligible. For the K-1 and C-1 events, 1 qualification spot was available for each continent.
  • Host country: Japan, as the host country, is guaranteed one entry in each event if not already qualified.
  • Tripartite Commission: Canoeing (both slalom and sprint) has a total of 2 qualification spots that would be awarded through Tripartite Commission invitations.
  • Reallocation: Unused quota spots were reallocated.

Timeline

edit
Event Date Venue
2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships September 25–29, 2019   La Seu d'Urgell, Spain
2020 Oceania Canoe Slalom Championships February 1–3, 2020   Auckland, New Zealand
2021 African Canoe Slalom Olympic Qualifiers March 20–21, 2021   La Seu d'Urgell, Spain[2]
2021 Asian Canoe Slalom Olympic Qualifiers May 1–2, 2021[3]   Pattaya, Thailand[2]
2021 European Canoe Slalom Championships May 7–9, 2021   Ivrea, Italy[2]

Qualification table

edit

[4]

Event Men's K-1 Men's C-1 Women's K-1 Women's C-1
Host nation   Japan   Japan   Japan   Japan
2019 World Championships   Czech Republic
  Great Britain
  Portugal
  ROC
  Australia
  Spain
  Slovakia
  France
  Germany
  Canada
  Italy
  Austria
  Switzerland
  Slovenia
  United States
  Brazil
  Sweden
  New Zealand
  France
  Poland
  Slovenia
  Slovakia
  Switzerland
  Ireland
  Spain
  Canada
  Croatia
  Czech Republic
  Great Britain
  Czech Republic
  Slovakia
  Austria
  Ukraine
  France
  Great Britain
  New Zealand
  Poland
  Netherlands
  Germany
  Andorra
  Spain
  Slovenia
  Italy
  ROC
  Cook Islands
  Canada
  China
  Spain
  Australia
  Germany
  Czech Republic
  Austria
  Brazil
  United States
  Great Britain
  Italy
  France
  Slovenia
2020 Oceania Championships *   Australia * *
2021 African Championships   Morocco   Senegal   Morocco *
Pan American Allocation   Argentina   United States   Mexico   Canada
2021 Asian Qualifier   China   Kazakhstan   Kazakhstan   China
2021 European Championships   Poland   Germany   Switzerland   Slovakia
Tripartite Invitation
Reallocation   Belgium*   Chinese Taipei*   Poland*
  Hungary
  Switzerland*[5]
Total 24 17 24 17

Italic: National federation has qualified a boat but the athlete that did this was already counted in another boat
* No continental qualifying race held as less than three nations are eligible.
** National federation is limited to two athlete quota places at a continental qualifying event.

Sprint

edit

NOCs are limited to one boat per event, and in kayaking to six men and six women positions. In Canoeing, the maximum is three men and three women. Meaning a country can enter up to 18 athletes overall. Qualification enables an NOC to participate, not necessarily in the person of the paddler who gained the place. Quotas given are for boats.[6] Qualification spots were earned as follows:

  • World Championships: The top placed boats (considering only one boat per NOC) earned their NOCs a qualification. 5 boat qualification spots were available in the K-1 events with an additional place reserved for the host country each in the men's 1000 m and women's 500 m, 6 in the K-2 events, 10 in the K-4 events, 6 in the C-1 events (1 of which was reserved for the host country in the 1000 metre event), and 8 in the C-2 event.
  • World Cup 2: The top placed boat (considering only one boat per NOC) in each individual event earned their NOCs a qualification.
  • Continental Qualification Events: Only NOCs that did not earn qualification in a given event through the World Championships were eligible. For the K-1 and C-1 events, 1 boat qualification spot was available for each continent (except that Europe received 2 spots). For the K-2 and C-2 events, Europe was guaranteed two boat qualification spots but only 6 total qualification spots were available for the remaining 4 continents; these were assigned to continents based on World Championship results: the best ranked non-qualifying NOCs from four different continents at the World Championships earned their continent one boat qualification place.
  • Host country: Japan, as the host country, was guaranteed entries in certain events as listed in the World Championship section.
  • Tripartite Commission: Canoeing (both slalom and sprint) had a total of 2 qualification spots that would be awarded through Tripartite Commission invitations.
  • Reallocation: Unused quota spots were reallocated. In practice, this was used where some of an NOC's competitors in a larger boat category also competed in a smaller category, freeing up the athlete quota spot that NOC had earned in the smaller category.

Timeline

edit
Event Date Venue
2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships August 21–25, 2019   Szeged, Hungary
2019 African Games August 26–31, 2019   Rabat, Morocco
2020 Oceania Canoe Sprint Qualifier February 14–16, 2020   Penrith, Australia
2021 Asian Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifiers May 5–7, 2021   Pattaya, Thailand[6]
2021 European Canoe Sprint Qualifier May 12–13, 2021   Szeged, Hungary[6]
2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup 2 May 19–23, 2021   Barnaul, Russia[6]

Qualification table

edit

The following boats and athletes qualified.[7]

Event 2019 World
Championships
Continental qualification 2021 World
Cup 2
Total
Men Kayak Europe Americas Asia Africa Oceania
K-1 200 m   Great Britain
  Serbia
  France
  Italy
  Sweden
  ROC
  Latvia
  Argentina   South Korea   South Africa
  Egypt
  Samoa   Lithuania 12
K-1 1000 m   Czech Republic
  Portugal
  Slovakia
  ROC
  Belarus
  France
  Argentina
  Serbia
  Belgium
  Norway
  Brazil
  BelizeTR
  Iran   Tunisia   Cook Islands   China
  Refugee Olympic TeamIP
15
K-2 1000 m   Germany
  Spain
  France
  Czech Republic
  Australia
  Italy
  Hungary   Canada   China   New Zealand 10
K-4 500 m   Germany
  Spain
  Slovakia
  ROC
  Hungary
  Portugal
  Belarus
  Australia
  Japan
  Canada
10
Event 2019 World
Championships
Continental qualification 2021 World
Cup 2
Total
Men Canoe Europe Americas Asia Africa Oceania
C-1 1000 m   Brazil
  Poland
  France
  Germany
  Czech Republicº
  Japan*
  Ukraine   Cuba   China   Tunisia
  MozambiqueTR
  Australia
  Samoa
  Moldova 13
C-2 1000 m   China
  Cuba
  Brazil
  Germany
  Romania
  Poland
  ROC
  Ukraine
  Czech Republicº
  Spain
  Hungary
  Canada   Kazakhstan   São Tomé and Príncipe 14
Event 2019 World
Championships
Continental qualification 2021 World
Cup 2
Total
Women Kayak Europe Americas Asia Africa Oceania
K-1 200 m   New Zealand
  Poland
  Denmark
  Spain
  Ukraine
  Hungary
  Serbia
  Portugal
  Great Britain
  Italy
  Argentina   Japan   Algeria   Cook Islands   ROC 16
K-1 500 m   New Zealand
  Belarus
  Hungary
  Serbia
  Denmarkº
  Sweden
  Great Britain
  Spain
  Croatia
  Canada   Kazakhstan   Egypt   Samoa   Portugal 11
K-2 500 m   Belarus
  Poland
  Slovenia
  Belgium
  France
  UkraineAQ
  China
  Germany   Austria**   South Africa
  Tunisia
  Australia 8
K-4 500 m   Hungary
  Belarus
  Poland
  New Zealand
  France
  Germany
  Australia
  Ukraine
  China
  Canada
  ROC
  Denmarkº
12
Event 2019 World
Championships
Continental qualification 2020 World
Cup 2
Total
Women Canoe Europe Americas Asia Africa Oceania
C-1 200 m   United States
  ROC
  Belarus
  Chile
  Canada
  Poland
  Ukraine
  Hungary
  Great Britain
  Spain   Bulgaria**   Thailand   Nigeria   New Zealand
  China
  Croatia 14
C-2 500 m   China
  Hungary
  Belarus
  Germany
  Uzbekistan
  Cuba
  Ukraine
  Chile
  Moldova
  ROC
  Japan**   Kazakhstan   Australia 13
^* 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
  • IP: Invitational place given by the IOC[8]
  • TR: National federation has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission[9]
  • ^: ICF decided that some of the events in Africa and Oceania needed to be reattributed to the World Championships lists because the events seen as invalid due to lack of eligible competitors.
  • º: ICF decided that two quota places were combined and reallocated to the next best ranked NOC not qualified in a larger boat category, should they be available from team boats in the same gender and category.
  • South Africa declined all their quotas obtained in African Games 2019.
  • ** Owing to the cancellation of the Americas qualifiers, ICF decides to allocate the quotas according to the results from the 2019 World Championships. Where insufficient athletes were available from the Americas, quotas were re-allocated.

In the men's kayak category, Spain had qualifying boats in the K-4 500m, K-2 1000m, and K-1 200m; because each NOC could earn a maximum of 6 athlete spots, the K-1 200m athlete quota spot was reallocated to Sweden. Hungary qualified boats in the K-4, K-2, and K-1 1000m, requiring reallocation of the K-1 1000m place. Josef Dostál of the Czech Republic qualified in the K-1 1000m and was also a part of a qualifying K-2 1000m boat. The athlete quota spot from the K-1 was reallocated. The two spots went to the next best in K-1 1000m, but could not be allocated to France (Étienne Hubert was France's K-1 1000m athlete, but had already earned a spot in K-2) or to Spain (which already had 6 athlete quotas), so went to Belarus and Argentina as the first two possible recipients. Japan earned a team spot in the K-4, so its host spot in the K-1 1000m also head to be reallocated; it could not go to Australia (which had 6 places already), so 11th-placed Serbia qualified.

In the men's canoe category, Isaquias Queiroz of Brazil qualified in both the C-1 and C-2 events; his C-1 athlete quota spot was reallocated. This spot went to the next-best NOC in C-2, the Czech Republic, as it could fill the C-2 boat because one the two athletes (Martin Fuksa) had already earned an athlete quota spot in C-1 and only 1 spot was needed to fill the boat.

In the women's kayak category, numerous quota spots were reallocated, in a two-step process. The first step was that athletes who qualified in both K-1 events were assigned the 500m place and the 200m place was reallocated to the next boat in the 200m. Lisa Carrington of New Zealand and Emma Jørgensen fit that criterion; they were treated as qualifying in the 500m and their 200m spots reallocated to Hungary and Serbia. Because the Serbia spot would have gone to Milica Starović, who (like Carrington and Jørgensen) had qualified in the 500m, that spot was further reallocated to Portugal.

The second step in women's kayak was for athletes qualifying in multiple boat sizes. Volha Khudzenka of Belarus was part of the K-4, K-2, and K-1 500m boats that qualified, requiring reallocation of her K-2 and K-1 quota places. Maryna Litvinchuk was also in both the K-4 and K-2 boats for Belarus, so her K-2 quota place had to reallocated. Karolina Naja and Anna Puławska were in Poland's K-4 and K-2 boats; both of their quota places from the K-2 were reallocated. The same was true of Sarah Guyot and Manon Hostens of France and Mariya Povkh of Ukraine. Mariia Kichasova-Skoryk, also of Ukraine, qualified in both the K-4 boat and the K-1 200m; her K-1 spot was reallocated. Finally, Carrington was part of New Zealand's K-4 boat, so her K-1 500m spot was reallocated. These 10 spots were allocated to fill K-4 boats (ROC received 4 and Denmark netted 3, adding to Jørgensen's K-1 500m spot). The remaining 3 places were not enough to qualify Great Britain in the K-4, so the next step was allocating them to the K-2. The 3 remaining spots then went first to China in the K-2. This left 1 spot; Austria was next in the K-2 but neither athlete was qualified yet, so the spot would not fill the boat and therefore went to the K-1 500m. Sweden got the quota as next NOC in the K-1 500m.

In the women's canoe, María Mailliard of Chile qualified in both the C-2 and the C-1; her quota place was reallocated. The 1 reallocated spot was not enough to fill a C-2 boat (Japan did not have a qualifier in C-1), so went to the next C-1 competitor: Poland.

References

edit
  1. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". IOC. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Canoe Slalom" (PDF). ICF. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  3. ^ Pattaya 2021 — ICF
  4. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualification - Canoe Slalom" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Nachträglicher Startplatz - Kanutin Marx für Olympia nachselektioniert". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Canoe Sprint" (PDF). ICF. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Canoe Sprint Qualification – Quota Allocation" (PDF). International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  8. ^ "IOC Refugee Olympic Team Tokyo 2020" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  9. ^ "Belize and Mozambique awarded tripartite Olympic quotas". International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 2021-05-21.