This article details the Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics qualifying phase. A new qualification system has been set up for both slalom and sprint canoeing at these games. The quotas were set for each event by the International Canoe Federation in July 2010.

Qualification summary

NOC	Slalom				Sprint												Total
	K1 M	C1 M	C2 M	K1 W	Men								Women				Boats	Athletes
					K1 200	K1 1000	K2 200	K2 1000	K4 1000	C1 200	C1 1000	C2 1000	K1 200	K1 500	K2 500	K4 500
Angola												X					1	2
Argentina					X		X										2	2
Australia	X	X	X	X	X		X		X	X		X	X	X		X	12	21
Austria	X			X											X		3	4
Azerbaijan										X		X					2	3
Belarus						X	X			X	X	X				X	6	11
Belgium	X				X			X									3	4
Brazil				X								X					2	3
Bulgaria						X											1	1
Canada	X				X	X		X		X	X		X	X			8	8
China	X	X	X	X	X				X		X	X		X	X	X	11	19
Cook Islands				X													1	1
Croatia	X																1	1
Cuba						X						X	X		X		4	6
Czech Republic	X	X	X	X					X			X					6	11
Denmark					X				X					X			3	6
Ecuador					X												1	1
Finland													X	X			2	2
France	X	X	X	X	X	X	X				X					X	9	14
Germany	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	15	21
Great Britain	X	X	X	X	X	X	X				X		X	X		X	11	14
Greece		X															1	1
Hungary					X			X	X		X		X	X	X	X	8	14
Iran						X							X				2	2
Ireland	X			X						X							3	3
Italy	X	X	X	X		X							X	X			7	8
Japan	X	X		X			X						X	X	X		7	7
Kazakhstan		X						X		X				X			4	5
Latvia							X										1	2
Lithuania					X					X							2	2
Mexico											X						1	1
Morocco				X													1	1
New Zealand	X			X		X		X					X	X	X		7	9
Nigeria	X																1	1
Norway						X								X			2	2
Poland	X	X	X	X	X					X		X	X		X		9	12
Portugal						X		X					X	X	X	X	6	6
Romania							X		X		X	X			X		5	11
Russia			X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13	19
Serbia					X	X			X				X		X	X	6	12
Singapore														X			1	1
Slovakia		X	X	X				X	X	X					X		7	12
Slovenia	X	X	X	X									X				5	6
South Africa		X			X						X		X	X			5	5
Spain	X	X		X						X	X		X				6	6
Sweden						X		X					X		X		4	6
Switzerland	X			X													2	2
Thailand	X																1	1
Togo	X																1	1
Tunisia						X				X				X			3	3
Ukraine										X			X	X			3	3
United States	X	X	X	X	X									X			6	7
Uzbekistan											X			X	X		3	3
Total: 53 NOCs	22	16	12	21	16	15	10	10	10	13	13	12	18	20	14	10	234	325

Slalom

This section tabulates the heads of qualification in a form suitable to be filled in as events progress. The full qualification rules [1] for canoeing (slalom) published by ICF contain intricate conditions too lengthy for inclusion in Wikipedia.

For the slalom events, the men competed in C-1, C-2, and K-1. Women competed in K-1 only. Qualifications were allocated to NOCs, not to specific competitors. ^[2]

Qualification timeline

Event	Date	Venue
2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships	September 7–11, 2011	Bratislava, Slovakia
2011 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships	December 16–18, 2011	Miyi, China
2012 African Canoeing Championships	February 3–4, 2012	Bethlehem, South Africa
2012 Oceania Canoeing Championships	February 24–26, 2012	Penrith, Australia
2012 Canoe Slalom Pan American Championships	March 10–11, 2012	Foz do Iguassu, Brazil
2012 Canoe Slalom European Championships	May 9–13, 2012	Augsburg, Germany

Qualification table

Event	K1 Men	C1 Men	C2 Men	K1 Women
World Championships	France   Slovenia   Germany   Czech Republic   Italy   Poland   Belgium   Spain   Switzerland   United States   New Zealand   Austria   Japan   Great Britain   China	Czech Republic   Germany   Slovakia   Spain   France   Japan   China   Poland   Great Britain   Slovenia   Russia	France   Slovakia   Russia   Slovenia   Great Britain   Poland   Czech Republic   Germany	Spain   Austria   Czech Republic   Slovakia   Great Britain   Poland   Russia   Slovenia   Germany   France   Australia   Italy   China   New Zealand   United States
Asian Championships	Thailand	Kazakhstan	China	Japan
African Championships	Nigeria	South Africa	—	Morocco
Oceania Championships	Australia	Australia	Australia	Cook Islands
American Championships	Canada	United States	United States	Brazil
European Championships	Ireland   Croatia	Greece   Italy	Italy	Ireland   Switzerland
Tripartite Invite	Togo	Argentina	—	—
Additional	—	—	Great Britain   Czech Republic	—
Total	22	17	14	21

Sprint

This section tabulates the heads of qualification in a form suitable to be filled in as events progress. The full qualification rules [3] for canoeing (sprint) published by ICF contain intricate conditions too lengthy for inclusion in Wikipedia.

Qualification timeline

Event	Date	Venue
2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships	August 17–21, 2011	Szeged, Hungary
2011 All-Africa Games [4]	September 9–10, 2011	Maputo, Mozambique
2011 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships [5]	October 13–16, 2011	Tehran, Iran
2011 Pan American Games	October 26–29, 2011	Guadalajara, Mexico
2012 Oceania Canoeing championships	February 24–26, 2012	Penrith, Australia
European Qualifier	May 16–17, 2012	Poznań, Poland

Qualification table

NOCs are limited to one boat per event, and in kayaking to 8 men and 6 women positions. Qualification enables an NOC to participate, not necessarily in the person of the paddler who gained the qualification. Quotas given are for boats.

Event	2011 World Championships	Continental qualification					Total
Men Kayak		Europe	Americas	Asia	Africa	Oceania
K1 200m	Poland   Great Britain   Germany   France   Russia   Canada   Ecuador   Hungary   Denmark	Belgium   Lithuania	United States	China   Japan	South Africa   Egypt   Tunisia	Australia   Cook Islands	14 +2
K1 1000m	Canada   Sweden   Norway   Germany   Belarus   Serbia   Bulgaria   Great Britain   New Zealand	France   Italy	Cuba	Iran   China	Tunisia   Egypt	Cook Islands   Australia	14 +1
K2 200m	France   Great Britain   Belarus   Romania   Germany   Latvia	Russia	Argentina   Canada	Japan   Kazakhstan	—	Australia	10
K2 1000m	Slovakia   Sweden   Russia   Belgium   Germany   Hungary	Portugal	Canada	Kazakhstan	—	New Zealand   Australia	10
K4 1000m	Germany   Australia   Russia   Slovakia   Romania   Czech Republic   Hungary   Serbia   Denmark   China	—	—	—	—	—	10
Event	2011 World Championships	Continental qualification					Total
Men Canoe		Europe	Americas	Asia	Africa	Oceania
C1 200m	Azerbaijan   Russia   Spain   Ukraine   Lithuania   Belarus   Poland	Slovakia   Ireland	Canada   Brazil   Mexico	Japan   China   Kazakhstan	Tunisia   Angola   Senegal	Australia   Samoa	13
C1 1000m	Hungary   Spain   Uzbekistan   Belarus   Canada   Russia   France^   Great Britain *	Germany   Romania	Mexico	Kazakhstan	South Africa   Senegal   Angola	Samoa   Australia	13
C2 1000m	Germany   Azerbaijan   Romania   Czech Republic   Russia   Belarus   Cuba	Poland	Brazil	China	Angola	Australia	12
Event	2011 World Championships	Continental qualification					Total
Women		Europe	Americas	Asia	Africa	Oceania
K1 200m	New Zealand   Poland   Japan   Portugal   Great Britain   Russia   Hungary   Spain   Germany   Finland   Slovenia   Sweden	Ukraine   Italy	Cuba   United States	Iran   China   Singapore   Uzbekistan	South Africa   Tunisia	Australia	14 +4
K1 500m	Germany   Hungary   Ukraine   Kazakhstan   Australia   Portugal   Italy   Denmark   Finland   South Africa   Great Britain	Russia   Norway	United States   Cuba	Singapore   Uzbekistan   China   Iran	Tunisia	New Zealand	14 +5
K2 500m	Austria   Germany   Poland   Hungary   China   Romania   Russia   Slovakia   New Zealand   Portugal^   Serbia^	Sweden	Cuba	Japan	—	Australia	10 +5
K4 500m	Hungary   Germany   Belarus   Great Britain   Australia   Russia   Portugal   France   Serbia   China	—	—	—	—	—	10

^* Host quota

• Italic: National federation has qualified a boat but the athlete that did this was already counted in another boat
• ^: ICF decided that two of the events in Oceania needed to be reattributed to the World Championships lists because the events seen as invalid due to lack of eligible competitors.

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