Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan took place at the Sea Forest Waterway, the same location where the rowing took place.[2] This was the second appearance of paracanoe in the Paralympic Games and the debut of all three va'a events.

Paracanoeing
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Paracanoeing pictogram of the
2020 Summer Paralympics
VenueSea Forest Waterway
Dates2–4 September 2021
Competitors91 in 9 events[1]
2016
2024
Paracanoeing at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
KL1 men women
KL2 men women
KL3 men women
VL2 men women
VL3 men

The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[3][4]

Qualification

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A total of 91 athletes qualified for paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1] Each NPC could enter a maximum of 9 athletes (one qualification spot per event); however, an athlete could enter both kayak and va'a events in their assigned categories as long as they contested those events in one of the competitions mentioned below. Qualification spots were allocated through one of the following methods:[2]

  • The 6 top ranked athletes in each Paralympic event at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships obtain one qualification spot for their NPC.
  • The 4 top ranked athletes not already qualified (as above) in each Paralympic event at the 2021 ICF Paracanoe World Cup obtain one qualification spot for their NPC.
    • If the host country hasn't qualified any athletes at a male kayak, male va'a, female kayak or female va'a event, one spot is taken from the 2021 World Cup quota and allocated to the event where an athlete from that country achieved the best rank.
    • At least three continents must be represented in each event. If this minimum is not reached, spots are taken from the 2021 World Cup quota and given to the NPC of the best ranked athlete from a different continent.
    • If there aren't enough NPCs eligible at the 2021 World Cup in a given event, the corresponding 2019 World Championships rank is used to fill the remaining spots.

Competition schedule

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Legend
H Heats ½ Semifinals F Final
Schedule[5]
Event ↓ \ Date → Sep 2 Sep 3 Sep 4
Men's KL1 H ½ F
Men's KL2 H ½ F
Men's KL3 H ½ F
Men's VL2 H ½ F
Men's VL3 H ½ F
Women's KL1 H ½ F
Women's KL2 H ½ F
Women's KL3 H ½ F
Women's VL2 H ½ F

Participating nations

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Qualification slots are allocated as follows:[6]

NPC Men Women Total
KL1 KL2 KL3 VL2 VL3 KL1 KL2 KL3 VL2
 
  Argentina     2
  Australia         4
  Austria   1
  Belarus   1
  Brazil               7
  Canada       3
  Chile   1
  China       3
  France       3
  Germany           5
  Great Britain                 8
  Hungary             6
  India   1
  Iran     2
  Ireland   1
  Israel   1
  Italy         4
  Japan             6
  Kazakhstan   1
  New Zealand     2
  Poland         4
  Portugal     2
  RPC               7
  Spain           5
  Sweden   1
  Ukraine         4
  United States     2
  Uzbekistan       3
Total: 28 NPCs 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 90

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Great Britain (GBR)3137
2  Australia (AUS)2103
3  Brazil (BRA)1203
  Ukraine (UKR)1203
5  Germany (GER)1012
  Hungary (HUN)1012
7  France (FRA)0112
8  RPC (RPC)0101
  United States (USA)0101
10  Chile (CHI)0011
  Italy (ITA)0011
  Portugal (POR)0011
Totals (12 entries)99927

Medalists

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Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Men's kayak KL1
details
Péter Pál Kiss
  Hungary
Luis Cardoso da Silva
  Brazil
Rémy Boullé
  France
KL2
details
Curtis McGrath
  Australia
Mykola Syniuk
  Ukraine
Federico Mancarella
  Italy
KL3
details
Serhii Yemelianov
  Ukraine
Leonid Krylov
  RPC
Robert Oliver
  Great Britain
Men's va'a VL2
details
Fernando Rufino de Paulo
  Brazil
Steven Haxton
  United States
Norberto Mourão
  Portugal
VL3
details
Curtis McGrath
  Australia
Giovane Vieira de Paula
  Brazil
Stuart Wood
  Great Britain
Women's kayak KL1
details
Edina Müller
  Germany
Maryna Mazhula
  Ukraine
Katherinne Wollermann
  Chile
KL2
details
Charlotte Henshaw
  Great Britain
Emma Wiggs
  Great Britain
Katalin Varga
  Hungary
KL3
details
Laura Sugar
  Great Britain
Nélia Barbosa
  France
Felicia Laberer
  Germany
Women's va'a VL2
details
Emma Wiggs
  Great Britain
Susan Seipel
  Australia
Jeanette Chippington
  Great Britain

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Canoe Sprint – Number of Entries by NPC" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 12 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympic.org (Press release). 24 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Paracanoeing Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Paracanoe Qualification Quota Allocation" (PDF). International Canoe Federation. 1 August 2020.
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