Canoe sprint

Discipline in sport of canoeing and kayaking

—country of origin

—first recorded

2016first Olympic record

—disciplines & variants

—international bodies

Canoe sprint is a water sport, part of canoeing and kayaking. Olympic events in it are recorded separately for 2016.

Part ofCanoeing and kayaking

TypeWater sports

PractitionersCanoeist

At the Olympicsrecorded in 2016

Image: Thadius856 (SVG conversion) & Parutakupiu (original image) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Canoe sprint — Image: Irhanz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Olympic Games

Olympic history

Editions where Canoe sprint or one of its disciplines was on the programme. Filled boxes mark the sport itself, outlined ones its disciplines; the small number is the count of medal events where recorded.

Summer Games1 edition · since 2016

1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 201612 2021 2024

Multi-sport events

At other multi-sport games

Games	Editions	First	Latest	Years
European Games	2	2015	2019	2015, 2019

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Canoe Kayak