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 TotalK1MC1MC2MK1WMen Women Boats AthletesK1200 K11000 K2200 K21000 K41000 C1200 C11000 C21000 K1200 K1500 K2500 K4500 X 1 2 X X 2 2 XXXXX X XX XXX X 12 21 X X X 3 4 X X 2 3 XX XXX X 6 11 X X X 3 4 X X 2 3 X 1 1 X XX X XX XX 8 8 XXXXX X XX XXX 11 19 X 1 1 X 1 1 X XX X 4 6 XXXX X X 6 11 X X X 3 6 X 1 1 XX 2 2 XXXXXXX X X 9 14 XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX 15 21 XXXXXXX X XX X 11 14 X 1 1 X XX X XXXX 8 14 X X 2 2 X X X 3 3 XXXX X XX 7 8 XX X X XXX 7 7 X X X X 4 5 X 1 2 X X 2 2 X 1 1 X 1 1 X X X X XXX 7 9 X 1 1 X X 2 2 XXXXX X XX X 9 12 X X XXXX 6 6 X X XX X 5 11 XXX XXXXXXXXXX 13 19 XX X X XX 6 12 X 1 1 XXX XXX X 7 12 XXXX X 5 6 X X X XX 5 5 XX X XX X 6 6 X X X X 4 6 X X 2 2 X 1 1 X 1 1 X X X 3 3 X XX 3 3 XXXXX X 6 7 X XX 3 3 Total: 53 NOCs 22 16 12 21 16 15 10 10 10 13 13 12 18 20 14 10 234 325

Slalom 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.

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 Asian Championships African Championships — Oceania Championships American Championships European Championships Tripartite Invite — — Additional — — — Total 22 17 14 21

Sprint Qualification timeline Event Date Venue 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships August 17–21, 2011 Szeged, Hungary 2011 All-Africa Games September 9–10, 2011 Maputo, Mozambique 2011 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships 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 WorldChampionships Continental qualification Total Men KayakEurope Americas Asia Africa OceaniaK1 200m 14+2K1 1000m 14+1K2 200m — 10K2 1000m — 10K4 1000m — — — — — 10 Event 2011 WorldChampionships Continental qualification Total Men Canoe Europe Americas Asia Africa OceaniaC1 200m 13C1 1000m ^ 13C2 1000m 12 Event 2011 WorldChampionships Continental qualification Total Women Europe Americas Asia Africa OceaniaK1 200m 14+4K1 500m 14+5K2 500m ^^ — 10+5K4 500m — — — — — 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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