Canoeing at the Asian Games
Canoe · Olympic Council of Asia, with the Asian Canoe Confederation
2026LatestAichi–Nagoya 2026: 18 events (12 sprint, 6 slalom with kayak cross)
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- Doha 2030
- Most golds
- China, 80; then Kazakhstan, 25
- Most golds (paddler)
- Konstantin Negodyayev (Kazakhstan), 5
- India
- 2 bronzes, both in the men's C-2 1000 m: 1994 and 2022
- Cycle
- Every four years, with the Asian Games
India at the Asian Games
| Games | Event | Medal | Paddlers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiroshima 1994 | Sprint C-2 1000 m | Bronze | Johnny Rommel, Siji Kumar Sadanandan |
| Hangzhou 2022 | Sprint C-2 1000 m | Bronze | Arjun Singh, Sunil Singh Salam |
At the two latest Games: 17 Indian paddlers at Hangzhou 2022 (8 men, 9 women), whose best places off the podium were 6th (Shikha Chouhan, women's slalom K-1) and 7th (men's slalom K-1 and C-1); 19 at Aichi–Nagoya 2026 (10 men, 9 women), best 6th (Pradhyumna Singh, slalom K-1 and kayak cross).
More about this tournament
Aichi–Nagoya 2026 champions
| Event | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Slalom C-1 | Zhang Zhicheng (China) | Huang Juan (China) |
| Slalom K-1 | Hu Zhaoshan (China) | Kurumi Ito (Japan) |
| Kayak cross | Yuuki Tanaka (Japan) | Chen Lin (China) |
| Sprint C-1 (men 500 m, women 200 m) | Ji Bowen (China) | Shohsanam Sherzodova (Uzbekistan) |
| Sprint C-2 500 m | China | China |
| Sprint K-1 500 m | Shakhriyor Makhkamov (Uzbekistan) | Wang Nan (China) |
| Sprint K-2 500 m | South Korea | China |
| Sprint K-4 500 m | South Korea | China |
Mixed C-2 500 m and K-2 500 m: China
Medal table (1990 to 2026, top 10)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 80 | 29 | 20 | 129 |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 25 | 25 | 28 | 78 |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 18 | 31 | 24 | 73 |
| 4 | Japan | 10 | 19 | 25 | 54 |
| 5 | South Korea | 7 | 17 | 16 | 40 |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Iran | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 |
| 8 | North Korea | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 9 | Indonesia | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Thailand | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Crew medals count once for the nation. India is 13th, with 2 bronzes.