Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre for the flatwater events and the Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre at the Helliniko Olympic Complex for the canoe and kayak slalom disciplines.

The competitors competed for 16 gold medals.

Flatwater Men: C1 500 m | C1 1000 m | C2 500 m | C2 1000 m | K1 500 m | K1 1000 m
K2 500 m | K2 1000 m | K4 1000 m
Slalom Men: C1 canoe single | C2 canoe double | K1 kayak single

Flatwater Women: K1 500 m | K2 500 m | K4 500 m
Slalom Women: K1 kayak single

Canoeing medal table by country

Position	Country:	Total:
1	Germany	4	3	1	8
2	Hungary	3	1	2	6
3	Slovakia	2	1	1	4
4	France	2	0	1	3
5	Spain	1	1	0	2
6	Canada	1	0	2	3
7	Norway	1	0	1	2
8=	China, People's Republic of	1	0	0	1
8=	Sweden	1	0	0	1
10=	Australia	0	2	0	2
10=	Italy	0	2	0	2
12=	Great Britain	0	1	2	3
12=	Russia	0	1	2	3
14=	Cuba	0	1	0	1
14=	New Zealand	0	1	0	1
14=	United States of America	0	1	0	1
17=	Belarus	0	0	1	1
17=	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
17=	Poland	0	0	1	1
17=	Ukraine	0	0	1	1

Flatwater

C1 500 metre men

Andreas Dittmer, GER	David Cal, ESP	Maxim Opalev, RUS

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C1 1000 metre men

David Cal, ESP	Andreas Dittmer, GER	Attila Vajda, HUN

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C2 500 metre men

People's Republic of China Guanliang Meng Wenjun Yang	Cuba Ibrahim Rojas Blanco Ledis Frank Balceiro Pajon	Russia Alexander Kostoglod Alexander Kovalev

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C2 1000 metre men

Germany Christian Gille Tomasz Wylenzek	Russia Alexander Kostoglod Alexander Kovalev	Hungary Gyorgy Kozmann Gyorgy Kolonics

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K1 500 metre men

Adam van Koeverden, CAN	Nathan Baggaley, AUS	Ian Wynne, GBR

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K1 500 metre women

Natasa Janics, HUN	Josefa Idem, ITA	Caroline Brunet, CAN

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K1 1000 metre men

Eirik Verås Larsen, Norway	Ben Fouhy, New Zealand	Adam van Koeverden, Canada

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K2 500 metre men

Germany Ronald Rauhe Tim Wieskötter	Australia Clint Robinson Nathan Baggaley	Belarus Raman Piatrushenka Vadzim Makhneu

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K2 500 metre women

Hungary Katalin Kovacs Natasa Janics	Germany Birgit Fischer Carolin Leonhardt	Poland Aneta Pastuszka Beata Sokolowska Kulesza

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K2 1000 metre men

Sweden Markus Oscarsson Henrik Nilsson	Italy Antonio Rossi Beniamino Bonomi	Norway Eirik Verås Larsen Nils Olav Fjeldheim

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K4 500 metre women

Germany Birgit Fischer Maike Nollen Katrin Wagner Carolin Leonhardt	Hungary Katalin Kovacs Szilvia Szabo Erzsebet Viski Kinga Bota	Ukraine Inna Osypenko Tetyana Semykina Hanna Balabanova Olena Cherevatova

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K4 1000 metre men

Hungary Zoltan Kammerer Botond Storcz Akos Vereckei Gabor Horvath	Germany Andreas Ihle Mark Zabel Björn Bach Stefan Ulm	Slovakia Richard Riszdorfer Michal Riszdorfer Erik Vlcek Juraj Baca

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Slalom

C1 canoe single men

Tony Estanguet, FRA	Michal Martikan, SVK	Stefan Pfannmöller, GER

Heats

There are two runs in the heats phase of the event. For each canoe, the times are added together for a total time in the heats. The top 12 canoes then advance to the semifinal. Q denotes quailified for final

Semifinals and finals

12 canoes take part in the semifinals. The top 8 canoes from the semifinals also race in the finals. Ranking and medals are based on the combined time of the semifinals and finals for the 8 finalists.

C2 canoe double men

Slovakia Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	Germany Marcus Becker Stefan Henze	Czech Republic Jaroslav Volf Ondrej Stepanek

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K1 kayak single men

Benoit Peschier, FRA	Campbell Walsh, GBR	Fabien Lefevre, FRA

Heats

The 25 men competing in the single kayak slalom each take part in both of the two preliminary heats. The times from the two heats are then added for a total time, and the top 20 in total time advance to the semifinals.

K1 kayak single women

Elena Kaliska, SVK	Rebecca Giddens, USA	Helen Reeves, GBR

Heats

The 19 women competing in the single kayak slalom each take part in both of the two preliminary heats. The times from the two heats are then added for a total time, and the top 15 in total time advance to the semifinals.

Semifinals and finals

The 15 semifinalists race for 10 spots in the finals. Only the top ten kayaks in the semifinals race again in the finals, but for those ten kayaks the times in the semifinals and the finals are added together for a total time. This total time determines final rank and medals.

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