Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Paracanoeing
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Paracanoeing; at the XVI Paralympic Games
	Paracanoeing pictogram of the ; 2020 Summer Paralympics
Venue	Sea Forest Waterway
Dates	2–4 September 2021
Competitors	91 in 9 events[1]

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 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

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

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

Qualification slots are allocated as follows:[6]

NPC	Men					Women				Total
	KL1	KL2	KL3	VL2	VL3	KL1	KL2	KL3	VL2	Total

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


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	3	1	3	7
2	Australia (AUS)	2	1	0	3
3	Brazil (BRA)	1	2	0	3
3	Ukraine (UKR)	1	2	0	3
5	Germany (GER)	1	0	1	2
5	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	1	2
7	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
8	RPC (RPC)	0	1	0	1
8	United States (USA)	0	1	0	1
10	Chile (CHI)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		9	9	9	27

Medalists

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

References

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

External links

Results book Archived 4 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine

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[total_entries-1] "Canoe Sprint – Number of Entries by NPC" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.

[qualification-2] "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.

[schedule-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.