Summary

Nation	Slalom				Flatwater												Total
	K-1 M	C-1 M	C-2 M	K-1 W	Men									Women			Boats	Athletes
					K-1 500	K-1 1000	K-2 500	K-2 1000	K-4 1000	C-1 500	C-1 1000	C-2 500	C-2 1000	K-1 500	K-2 500	K-4 500
Andorra				X													1	1
Angola										X	X						2	1
Argentina					X	X								X			3	2
Austria	X			X											X		3	4
Australia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X			X	X	X	13	16
Belarus							X		X	X	X	X	X	X			7	8
Belgium								X									1	2
Brazil				X						X	X						3	2
Bulgaria												X	X				2	2
Canada	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	15	21
Chile	X																1	1
China	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	15	23
Ivory Coast					X	X											2	1
Croatia		X			X	X											3	2
Cuba					X	X				X	X	X	X				6	4
Czech Republic	X	X	X	X											X		5	7
Denmark					X		X	X						X			4	4
Finland							X	X						X	X		4	4
France	X	X	X	X	X		X	X		X	X	X	X		X		12	15
Macedonia	X																1	1
Germany	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16	22
Great Britain	X	X		X	X	X								X	X		7	7
Greece		X		X						X	X						4	3
Guam										X	X						2	1
Hungary					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12	16
Ireland	X																1	1
Israel					X	X											2	1
Italy	X		X	X	X		X	X	X					X	X	X	10	16
Japan	X	X	X	X										X	X	X	7	9
Kazakhstan				X	X	X	X			X	X	X					7	7
Latvia							X	X		X	X						4	3
Lithuania							X					X					2	4
Mexico					X	X					X	X	X				5	3
Myanmar					X	X											2	1
Netherlands	X			X													2	2
New Zealand				X	X	X		X						X			5	5
Norway					X	X											2	1
Poland	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	15	21
Portugal					X	X								X	X		4	4
Romania										X	X	X	X				4	5
Russia		X	X	X	X	X			X	X	X	X	X	X			11	14
Samoa					X	X											2	1
São Tomé and Príncipe					X	X											2	1
Senegal					X	X								X			3	2
Seychelles					X	X											2	1
Slovakia	X	X	X	X					X	X	X				X		8	12
Slovenia	X					X								X			3	3
South Africa		X	X		X	X				X	X			X	X	X	9	10
South Korea														X			1	1
Spain	X	X		X			X			X	X			X	X	X	9	10
Sweden					X	X		X						X			4	3
Switzerland	X																1	1
Togo	X																1	1
Ukraine										X	X	X	X	X			5	6
United States	X	X	X	X	X	X								X			7	7
Uzbekistan										X	X						2	1
Venezuela							X	X						X			3	3
Total: 57 NOCs	21	16	12	21	29	26	16	14	10	22	22	15	13	25	17	10	289	330

Slalom

An NOC may enter up to 1 boat in each slalom event at the Olympics. Qualification places are awarded to the NOC and not to the athletes.

Qualification timeline:

Event	Date	Venue
Senior World Championships	September 19–23, 2007	Foz do Iguaçu
African Championships[ permanent dead link]	January 27, 2008	Masinga Dam
Oceania Championships Archived 2008-08-07 at the Wayback Machine	March 15–16, 2008	Penrith
American Championships	April 25–27, 2008	Charlotte
European Championships Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine	May 9–11, 2008	Kraków
Asian Championships	May 17–18, 2008	Nakhon Nayok

Places:

Event	K-1 Men	C-1 Men	C-2 Men	K-1 Women
Senior World Championships	France   Germany   Great Britain   Italy   Spain   United States   Slovakia   Austria   Poland   Czech Republic   Switzerland   Slovenia   Ireland   Canada	Slovakia   France   Australia   Germany   Great Britain   Poland   Spain   Czech Republic   Russia	Slovakia   France   Italy   Germany   Czech Republic   China	Germany   Slovakia   Czech Republic   France   Great Britain   Austria   China   Andorra   Spain   Poland   Russia   Australia   Netherlands   United States   Japan
African Championships	Togo	South Africa	South Africa	Algeria*
Oceania Championships	Australia	New Zealand**	Australia	New Zealand
American Championships	Chile	United States   Canada**	United States	Canada   Brazil*
European Championships	Netherlands   Macedonia	Croatia   Greece	Poland   Russia	Greece   Italy
Asian Championships	Japan	Japan	Japan	Kazakhstan
Host Qualifiers	China	China	-	-
TOTAL	21	16	12	21

* Algeria received the African spot, but decided not to take place, leaving its place to Kenya, who chose not to participate, either. According to the classification rules, Brazil received the quota place as the next best country in the American qualification tournament.

** New Zealand received the spot, but decided not to take place, Canada received the quota place as the next best country in the American qualification tournament.

Flatwater

An NOC may enter 1 boat in each flatwater competition. Qualification place is awarded to the NOC and not to the athletes. The Host Nation is awarded 1 boat in K-1 Men, K-1 Women and C-1 Men events and if they do not qualify through the world championships, the lowest ranked boat from the world championships will be replaced by the boat from the Host Nation.

First allocation

Qualification timeline:

Event	Date	Venue
Senior World Championships	August 8–12, 2007	Duisburg
African Championships	January 24–27, 2008	Masinga Dam
Oceania Championships Archived 2008-08-07 at the Wayback Machine	March 12–16, 2008	Penrith
Asian Championships	May 9–11, 2008	Komatsu
European Championships	May 15–18, 2008	Milano
American Championships	May 15–18, 2008	Montreal

Minimum boat quota places:

Event	2007 World Championships	Continental qualification					Total
Men		Europe	America	Asia	Africa	Oceania
K-1 500m	Canada   Great Britain   Poland   Germany   United States   Hungary   Croatia   South Africa	Denmark   Italy	Argentina	Kazakhstan	Seychelles	Australia	14
K-1 1000m	Great Britain   Canada   Norway   Australia   New Zealand   Hungary   South Africa   Slovenia	Germany   Sweden	United States	China	Senegal	Samoa	14
K-2 500m	Germany   Belarus   Hungary   Lithuania   Latvia   Canada	Spain   France	Venezuela	Kazakhstan	-	-	10
K-2 1000m	France   Poland   Hungary   Germany   Belgium   Finland   New Zealand	Denmark	Canada	China	-	-	10
K-4 1000m	Germany   Poland   Slovakia   Hungary   Belarus   Russia   Australia	Italy	Canada	China	-	-	10
Event	2007 World Championships	Continental qualification					Total
Men Canoe		Europe	America	Asia	Africa	Oceania
C-1 500m	Spain   Germany   China   Poland   Canada   Romania	Russia   Ukraine	Cuba	Kazakhstan	South Africa	Australia	12
C-1 1000m	Hungary   Slovakia   Spain   Germany   Russia   Mexico	France   Poland	Canada	Uzbekistan	South Africa	Australia	12
C-2 500m	Hungary   Romania   Germany   Poland   China   Ukraine	Russia   Bulgaria	Canada	Kazakhstan	-	-	10
C-2 1000m	Germany   Cuba   Poland   Romania   Belarus   Hungary	Ukraine	Canada	China	-	-	9
Event	2007 World Championships	Continental qualification					Total
Women		Europe	America	Asia	Africa	Oceania
K-1 500m	Hungary   Finland   Germany   Ukraine   United States   South Africa   Poland   Italy	Sweden   Great Britain	Canada	China	Senegal	New Zealand	14
K-2 500m	Germany   Hungary   France   Slovakia   Poland   Italy	Finland   Austria	Canada	China	-	-	10
K-4 500m	Germany   Hungary   Poland   China   Italy   Australia   South Africa	Spain	Canada	Japan	-	-	10

Second allocation

The IOC caps the total number of athletes in the flat water competition, which determines the minimum boat quota places listed above. However, an athlete may represent his NOC in more than one event, in which case an additional Athlete Quota Place becomes available. The additional entry is awarded to the next best ranked NOC at the corresponding Continental Qualification in which the NOC of the repeating athlete competes.

Second allocation after global qualification :

• K-1 500m Men: 4 Europe (   Russia,   Sweden,   France,   Israel ), 1 America (   Mexico ), 1 Africa (   Ivory Coast )
• K-1 1000m Men: 3 Europe (   Russia,   Portugal,   Israel ), 1 America (   Cuba )
• K-2 500m Men: 1 Europe (   Italy )
• K-2 1000m Men: -
• K-4 1000m Men: -
• C-1 500m Men: 4 Europe (   Belarus,   France,   Greece,   Latvia ), 1 America (   Brazil ), 1 Africa (   Angola )
• C-1 1000m Men: 1 Europe (   Greece ), 1 Oceania (   Guam )
• C-2 500m Men: 2 Europe (   Lithuania,   France ), 1 America (   Mexico ), 1 Asia (   Uzbekistan )
• C-2 1000m Men: -
• K-1 500m Women: 5 Europe (   Slovenia,   Denmark,   Russia,   Portugal,   Belarus ), 1 Asia (   South Korea ), 2 America (   Argentina,   Venezuela )
• K-2 500m Women: 4 Europe (   Spain,   Czech Republic,   Great Britain,   Portugal )
• K-4 500m Women: -

Tripartite Commission Invitation

• K-1 500m Men & K-1 1000m Men:   Myanmar,   São Tomé and Príncipe

Additional

Athletes filling a quota place in one event may compete in other events as well

• K-1 500m Men:   China,   Cuba,   New Zealand,   Norway,   Portugal,   Samoa,   Senegal
• K-1 1000m Men:   Argentina,   Ivory Coast,   Croatia,   Kazakhstan,   Mexico,   Seychelles
• K-2 500m Men:   Australia,   China,   Denmark,   Finland,   Poland
• K-2 1000m Men:   Italy,   Latvia,   Sweden,   Venezuela
• K-4 1000m Men: -
• C-1 500m Men:   Guam,   Hungary,   Slovakia,   Uzbekistan
• C-1 1000m Men:   Angola,   Belarus,   Brazil,   Cuba,   Kazakhstan,   Latvia,   Romania,   Ukraine
• C-2 500m Men:   Belarus,   Cuba
• C-2 1000m Men:   Bulgaria,   France,   Mexico,   Russia
• K-1 500m Women:   Australia,   Spain,   Japan
• K-2 500m Women:   Australia,   Japan,   South Africa
• K-4 500m Women: -

References

• International Canoe Federation
• 2008 Olympic Qualification System
• Flatwater Racing Quotas Situation after Global Qualification Competition
• National Federations Qualified for the Olympic Games 21.07.08^{[ permanent dead link]}