Dates:  27 July - 12 August, Paris, France

Canoe Slalom and the Olympics

Canoe slalom was first included as a medal event at the 1972 Munich Games and was not seen at the Olympic Games again until Barcelona 1992.

Up until Rio 2016 there were four events: men's C-1 canoe, K-1 kayak and C-2 canoe (men's pair), and women's K-1 kayak. At Tokyo 2020, the men's C-2 was replaced by the first Olympic women's C-1 competition.

The addition of the inaugural kayak cross races - shortened to X-1 - swells the number of events to six.

NZ Olympians in Canoe Slalom

1992 La Seu d’Urgell, Spain Donald Johnstone

1996 Atlanta, USA Owen Hughes

2008 Beijing China Luuka Jones

2012 London, United Kingdom  Luuka Jones ​​​​​​​& Michael Dawson

2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Luuka Jones (Silver) & Michael Dawson

2020 Tokyo, Japan  Luuka Jones & Callum Gilbert

2024 Paris, France Luuka Jones & Finn Butcher (Gold)