Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics was held from 1 to 8 August 1992 at Canal Olímpic de Catalunya in Castelldefels for the sprint events and Parc Olímpic del Segre in La Seu d'Urgell for the slalom.
Slalom canoeing returned to the Olympic program after a two-decade absence with the first contested at Munich 1972.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany |
7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 |  Bulgaria |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Hungary |
1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 |  Australia |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Czechoslovakia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Unified Team |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 7 |  United States |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 |  Italy |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Finland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Sweden |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 |  France |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 |  Poland |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 |  Norway |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 |  Denmark |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Great Britain |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Latvia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Slalom[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's C1 | Lukas Pollert
|
Gareth John Marriott
|
Jacky Avril
|
| Men's C2 | Joe Jacobi Scott Strausbaugh
|
Jiri Rohan Miroslav Simek 
|
Frank Adisson Wilfrid Forgues
|
| Men's K1 | Pierpaolo Ferrazzi
|
Sylvain Curinier
|
Jochen Lettmann
|
| Women's K1 | Elisabeth Micheler
|
Danielle Anne Woodward
|
Dana Chladek
|
Sprint[]
Men[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| C1 500 metres | Nikolai Petkov Boukhalov
|
Mikhail Slivinski
|
Olaf Heukrodt
|
| C1 1000 metres | Nikolai Petkov Boukhalov
|
Ivans Klementjevs
|
Gyorgy Zala
|
| C2 500 metres | Dmitri Dovgalenok Alexandre Masseikov
|
Ulrich Papke Ingo Spelly
|
Martin Guerguiev Marinov Blagovest Nikolov Stoyanov
|
| C2 1000 metres | Ulrich Papke Ingo Spelly
|
Christian Wigeo Frederiksen Arne Nielsson
|
Olivier Boivin Didier Hoyer
|
| K1 500 metres | Mikko Kolehmainen
|
Zsolt Gyulay
|
Knut Holmann
|
| K1 1000 metres | Clint David Robinson
|
Knut Holmann
|
Greg Barton
|
| K2 500 metres | Kay Bluhm Torsten Rene Gutsche
|
Maciej Freimut Wojciech Kurpiewski
|
Bruno Dreossi Antonio Rossi
|
| K2 1000 metres | Kay Bluhm Torsten Rene Gutsche
|
Gunnar Olsson Karl Sundqvist
|
Dariusz Bialkowski Grzegorz Kotowicz
|
| K4 1000 metres | Germany Mario von Appen Oliver Michael Kegel Thomas Reineck Andre Gerhard Wohllebe |
Hungary Attila Abraham Ferenc Csipes Laszlo Fidel Zsolt Gyulay |
Australia Ramon Dean Andersson Kelvin John Graham Ian Mark Rowling Steven Michael Wood |
Women[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| K1 500 metres | Birgit Schmidt
|
Rita Koban
|
Izabella Dylewska
|
| K2 500 metres | Ramona Portwich Anke von Seck
|
Agneta Andersson Susanne Gunnarsson
|
Eva Donusz Rita Koban
|
| K4 500 metres | Hungary Kinga Czigany Eva Donusz Rita Koban Erika Meszaros |
Germany Katrin Borchert Ramona Portwich Birgit Schmidt Anke von Seck |
Sweden Agneta Andersson Maria Haglund Anna Olsson Susanne Rosenqvist |
Statistics[]
- There were 440 total athletes from 78 countries.
- Marlon Grings was the youngest participant with 16 years and 17 days.
- Ian Ferguson was the oldest participant with 40 years and 19 days.
- Latvia won its first-ever medal in the sport since the dissolution from the Soviet Union.
