Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from 27 July to 4 August 1996 at Lake Lanier for the sprint events and Ocoee Whitewater Center for the slalom.
This edition marked the beginning of a thousandth-second timing for all sprint canoeing events.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany |
5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 |  Czech Republic |
3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 |  Italy |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 |  Hungary |
2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 |  Norway |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Slovakia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 7 |  France |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 |  Sweden |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Romania |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  Canada |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Latvia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Moldova |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Slovenia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Switzerland |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 United States |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 |  Australia |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 |  Bulgaria |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Poland |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Russia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Slalom[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's C1 | Michal Martikan
|
Lukas Pollert
|
Patrice Estanguet
|
| Men's C2 | Frank Adisson Wilfrid Forgues
|
Jiri Rohan Miroslav Simek
|
Andre Ehrenberg Michael Senft
|
| Men's K1 | Oliver Fix
|
Andraz Vehovar
|
Thomas Becker
|
| Women's K1 | Stepanka Hilgertova
|
Dana Chladek
|
Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi
|
Sprint[]
Men[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| C1 500 metres | Martin Doktor
|
Slavomir Knazovicky
|
Imre Pulai
|
| C1 1000 metres | Martin Doktor
|
Ivan Klementjevs
|
Gyorgy Zala
|
| C2 500 metres | Csaba Horvath Gyorgy Kolonics
|
Nikolai Juravschi Victor Reneischi
|
Gheorghe Andriev Grigore Obreja
|
| C2 1000 metres | Andreas Dittmer Gunar Kirchbach
|
Antonel Borsan Marcel Glavan
|
Csaba Horvath Gyorgy Kolonics
|
| K1 500 metres | Antonio Rossi
|
Knut Holmann
|
Piotr Markiewicz
|
| K1 1000 metres | Knut Holmann
|
Beniamino Bonomi
|
Clint Robinson
|
| K2 500 metres | Kay Bluhm Torsten Gutsche
|
Beniamino Bonomi Daniele Scarpa
|
Daniel Collins Andrew Trim
|
| K2 1000 metres | Antonio Rossi Daniele Scarpa
|
Kay Bluhm Torsten Gutsche
|
Andrian Dushev Milko Kazanov
|
| K4 1000 metres | Germany Detlef Hofman Thomas Reineck Olaf Winter Mark Zabel |
Hungary Attila Adrovicz Ferenc Csipes Gabor Horvath Andras Rajna |
Russia Oleg Gorobiy Anatoliy Tishchenko Georgiy Tsybulnikov Sergey Verlin |
Women[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| K1 500 metres | Rita Koban
|
Caroline Brunet
|
Josefa Idem
|
| K2 500 metres | Agneta Andersson Susanne Gunnarsson
|
Birgit Fischer Ramona Portwich
|
Katrin Borchert Anna Wood
|
| K4 500 metres | Germany Birgit Fischer Manuela Mucke Ramona Portwich Anett Schuck |
Switzerland Daniela Baumer Sabine Eichenberger Ingrid Haralamow Garbiela Muller |
Sweden Agneta Andersson Ingela Ericsson Anna Olsson Susanne Rosenqvist |
Statistics[]
- There were 451 total athletes from 75 countries.
- Ana Ugrinovska was the youngest participant with 16 years and 70 days.
- Dzintra Bluma was the oldest participant with 38 years and 183 days.
- Mikko Kolehmainen of Finland was the only canoeist chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Hungary won 6 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Czech Republic won 5 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Slovakia won 2 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Switzerland won its first-ever medal in the sport.
- Russia and Moldova won their first-ever medals in the sport since the dissolution from the Soviet Union.
- Latvia won its only medal of this edition of the Olympic Games.