| Canoeing at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |
|---|---|
%2c_Rio_2016.png) %2c_Rio_2016.png) Pictograms for the Slalom (left) and Sprint (right) | |
| Venue | Olympic Whitewater Stadium (slalom) Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas (sprint) |
| Dates | 7–11 August 2016 for Slalom 15–20 August 2016 for Sprint |
| No. of events | 16 |
| Competitors | 334 from 53 nations |
| Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
| List of canoeists Qualification | ||
Slalom_pictogram.svg) | ||
| C-1 | men | |
| C-2 | men | |
| K-1 | men | women |
Sprint_pictogram.svg) | ||
| C-1 200 m | men | |
| C-1 1000 m | men | |
| C-2 1000 m | men | |
| K-1 200 m | men | women |
| K-1 500 m | women | |
| K-1 1000 m | men | |
| K-2 200 m | men | |
| K-2 500 m | women | |
| K-2 1000 m | men | |
| K-4 500 m | women | |
| K-4 1000 m | men | |
Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics inRio de Janeiro was contested in two main disciplines:canoe slalom, from 7 to 11 August,[1] andcanoe sprint, from 15 to 20 August.[2] The slalom competition was held at theOlympic Whitewater Stadium; whereas the sprint events were staged atLagoa Rodrigo de Freitas inCopacabana. The location for canoeing events was a source of concern for athletes since the Brazilian federal government'sOswaldo Cruz Foundation lab has found the genes ofdrug-resistant super bacteria in Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon.[3][4]
Around 330 athletes participated in 16 events.
A new qualification system had been created for both slalom and sprint canoeing at the 2016 Olympic Games. The quotas were set for each event by theInternational Canoe Federation in August 2014.[5]
| H | Heats | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Sun 7 | Mon 8 | Tue 9 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's C-1 | H | ½ | F | |||||
| Men's C-2 | H | ½ | F | |||||
| Men's K-1 | H | ½ | F | |||||
| Women's K-1 | H | ½ | F | |||||
| Event↓/Date → | Mon 15 | Tue 16 | Wed 17 | Thu 18 | Fri 19 | Sat 20 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's C-1 200 m | H | ½ | F | ||||||
| Men's C-1 1000 m | H | ½ | F | ||||||
| Men's C-2 1000 m | H | ½ | F | ||||||
| Men's K-1 200 m | H | ½ | F | ||||||
| Men's K-1 1000 m | H | ½ | F | ||||||
| Men's K-2 200 m | H | ½ | F | ||||||
| Men's K-2 1000 m | H | ½ | F | ||||||
| Men's K-4 1000 m | H | ½ | F | ||||||
| Women's K-1 200 m | H | ½ | F | ||||||
| Women's K-1 500 m | H | ½ | F | ||||||
| Women's K-2 500 m | H | ½ | F | ||||||
| Women's K-4 500 m | H | ½ | F | ||||||
Argentina (10)
Australia (18)
Austria (2)
Azerbaijan (4)
Belarus (12)
Belgium (1)
Brazil (13)
Bulgaria (2)
Canada (9)
China (10)
Cook Islands (2)
Cuba (6)
Czech Republic (12)
Denmark (5)
Ecuador (1)
Egypt (2)
France (17)
Georgia (1)
Germany (16)
Great Britain (11)
Hungary (18)
Italy (4)
Japan (5)
Kazakhstan (13)
Latvia (2)
Lebanon (1)
Lithuania (6)
Moldova (1)
Morocco (1)
Mexico (1)
Mozambique (2)
New Zealand (9)
Nigeria (1)
Palau (1)
Poland (15)
Portugal (7)
Romania (8)
Russia (19)
Samoa (1)
São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
Senegal (3)
Serbia (10)
Slovakia (12)
Slovenia (6)
South Africa (1)
South Korea (2)
Spain (11)
Sweden (5)
Tunisia (3)
Turkey (1)
Ukraine (9)
United States (5)
Uzbekistan (4)* Host nation (Brazil)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Slovakia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 8 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Brazil* | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Serbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Russia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 18 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 16 | 16 | 17 | 49 | |
The second new study, by the Brazilian federal government's Oswaldo Cruz Foundation lab, which will be published next month by the American Society for Microbiology, found the genes of super bacteria in the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon in the heart of Rio and in a river that empties into Guanabara Bay. Waste from countless hospitals, in addition to hundreds of thousands of households, pours into storm drains, rivers and streams crisscrossing Rio, allowing the super bacteria to spread outside the city's hospitals in recent years.
A 2014 study had already shown the presence of super bacteria off one of the beaches in Guanabara Bay, where sailing and wind-surfing events are going to be held. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has already declared super bacteria an urgent public health crisis.
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