The Deodoro Olympic Whitewater Stadium is a whitewater paddling venue, constructed to host the
canoeing and kayaking
The following outline is provided as an overview of canoeing and kayaking:
Canoeing – recreational boating activity or paddle sport in which you kneel or sit facing forward in an open or closed-decked canoe, and propel yourself with a ...
slalom events for the
2016 Summer Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...
. The stadium is part of the 'X-Park' sport complex (which includes BMX and Mountain Bike) located in
Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro
Deodoro is a neighborhood of the Rio de Janeiro#West Zone, West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Deodoro was one of four venue locations for the 2016 Summer Olympics, along with Barra da Tijuca, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Copacabana, and Maracanã ...
,
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
.
![2016 Olympic Semi-&Finals Gates](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/2016_Olympic_Semi-%26Finals_Gates.svg)
Results of Olympic competition:
C-1 men,
C-2 men,
K-1 men,
K-1 women.
References
2016 Olympic venuesDeodoro X-Park
Venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic canoeing venues
Sports venues in Rio de Janeiro (city)
Deodoro Olympic Park
Artificial whitewater courses
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