Qualification summary
Slalom
For the slalom events, the men competed in C-1, C-2, and K-1. Women competed in K-1 only. Qualifications were allocated to NOCs, not to specific competitors.Qualification timeline
Qualification table
Sprint
Qualification timeline
Qualification table
NOCs are limited to one boat per event, and in kayaking to 8 men and 6 women positions. Qualification enables an NOC to participate, not necessarily in the person of the paddler who gained the qualification. Quotas given are for boats. Host quota * ''Italic'': National federation has qualified a boat but the athlete that did this was already counted in another boat * ^: ICF decided that two of the events in Oceania needed to be reattributed to the World Championships lists because the events seen as invalid due to lack of eligible competitors.References
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