The canoeing competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona was composed of 16 events (12 for men and 4 for women) in two disciplines, slalom and sprint. The slalom events returned to the Olympic program after a 20-year absence, since the 1972 Munich Games. Slalom events took place at La Seu d'Urgell while the sprint events took place at Castelldefels.
| Canoeing at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| No. of events | 16 |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Hungary | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Unified Team | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 7 | United States | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Sweden | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | France | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Latvia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | |
Medal summary
Slalom
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's C-1 | Lukáš Pollert Czechoslovakia | Gareth Marriott Great Britain | Jacky Avril France |
| Men's C-2 | Joe Jacobi and Scott Strausbaugh United States | Jiří Rohan and Miroslav Šimek Czechoslovakia | Frank Adisson and Wilfrid Forgues France |
| Men's K-1 | Pierpaolo Ferrazzi Italy | Sylvain Curinier France | Jochen Lettmann Germany |
| Women's K-1 | Elisabeth Micheler-Jones Germany | Danielle Woodward Australia | Dana Chladek United States |
Sprint
Men's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| C-1 500 metres | Nikolay Bukhalov Bulgaria | Michał Śliwiński Unified Team ( Ukraine) | Olaf Heukrodt Germany |
| C-1 1000 metres | Nikolay Bukhalov Bulgaria | Ivans Klementjevs Latvia | György Zala Hungary |
| C-2 500 metres | Unified Team Dmitri Dovgalenok Aleksandr Maseikov ( Belarus) | Germany Ulrich Papke Ingo Spelly | Bulgaria Martin Marinov Blagovest Stoyanov |
| C-2 1000 metres | Germany Ulrich Papke Ingo Spelly | Denmark Arne Nielsson Christian Frederiksen | France Didier Hoyer Olivier Boivin |
| K-1 500 metres | Mikko Kolehmainen Finland | Zsolt Gyulay Hungary | Knut Holmann Norway |
| K-1 1000 metres | Clint Robinson Australia | Knut Holmann Norway | Greg Barton United States |
| K-2 500 metres | Germany Kay Bluhm Torsten Gutsche | Poland Maciej Freimut Wojciech Kurpiewski | Italy Bruno Dreossi Antonio Rossi |
| K-2 1000 metres | Germany Kay Bluhm Torsten Gutsche | Sweden Gunnar Olsson Kalle Sundqvist | Poland Grzegorz Kotowicz Dariusz Białkowski |
| K-4 1000 metres | Germany Mario von Appen Oliver Kegel Thomas Reineck André Wohllebe | Hungary Ferenc Csipes Zsolt Gyulay Attila Ábrahám László Fidel | Australia Ramon Andersson Kelvin Graham Ian Rowling Steven Wood |
Women's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| K-1 500 metres | Birgit Schmidt Germany | Rita Kőbán Hungary | Izabela Dylewska Poland |
| K-2 500 metres | Ramona Portwich and Anke von Seck (GER) | Susanne Gunnarsson and Agneta Andersson (SWE) | Rita Kőbán and Éva Dónusz (HUN) |
| K-4 500 metres | Hungary Rita Kőbán Éva Dónusz Erika Mészáros Kinga Czigány | Germany Katrin Borchert Ramona Portwich Birgit Schmidt Anke von Seck | Sweden Anna Olsson Agneta Andersson Maria Haglund Susanne Rosenqvist |
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