Lake Wendouree hosted the canoeing events when the 1956 Summer Olympics were in Melbourne. The Eiskanal in Augsburg hosted the canoe slalom for the 1972 Summer Olympics held in neighboring Munich. Lake Lanier in 2010. For the 1996 Summer Olympics in neighboring Atlanta, the venue hosted the canoe sprint events. For the Summer Olympics there are 26 venues that have been or will be used in canoeing . Initially set for canoe sprint (flatwater racing until November 2008), canoe slalom (slalom racing until November 2008) was first added at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich . Dropped after those games, canoe slalom was reinstituted at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona .
Games
Venue
Other sports hosted at venue for those games
Capacity
Ref.
1936 Berlin
Berlin-Grünau Regatta Course
Rowing
19,000
[1]
1948 London
Henley Royal Regatta
Rowing
Not listed.
[2]
1952 Helsinki
Taivallahti
None
Not listed.
[3]
1956 Melbourne
Lake Wendouree
Rowing
14,300
[4]
1960 Rome
Lake Albano
Rowing
10,000
[5]
1964 Tokyo
Lake Sagami
None
1,500
[6] [7]
1968 Mexico City
Virgilio Uribe Rowing and Canoeing Course
Rowing
17,600
[8]
1972 Munich
Eiskanal (slalom)
None
25,000
[9]
Regattastrecke Oberschleißheim (sprint)
Rowing
41,000
[10]
1976 Montreal
Notre Dame Island
Rowing
27,000
[11]
1980 Moscow
Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin
Rowing
21,600
[12]
1984 Los Angeles
Lake Casitas
Rowing
4,680
[13]
1988 Seoul
Han River Regatta Course/Canoeing Site
Rowing
25,000
[14]
1992 Barcelona
Canal Olímpic de Catalunya (sprint)
None
500
[15]
Parc Olímpic del Segre (slalom)
None
2,500
[16]
1996 Atlanta
Lake Lanier (sprint)
Rowing
17,300
[17] [18]
Ocoee Whitewater Center (slalom)
None
14,400
[19] [20]
2000 Sydney
Penrith Whitewater Stadium (slalom)
None
12,500
[21]
Sydney International Regatta Centre (sprint)
Rowing
20,000
[22]
2004 Athens
Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre (slalom)
None
3,150
[23]
Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre (sprint)
Rowing
14,000
[24]
2008 Beijing
Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
Rowing , Swimming (marathon)
37,000
[25]
2012 London
Dorney Lake (sprint)
Rowing
30,000
[26]
Lee Valley White Water Centre (slalom)
None
12,000
[27]
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas (sprint)
Rowing
14,000
[28]
Olympic Whitewater Stadium (slalom)
None
8,000
[29]
2020 Tokyo
Kasai Rinkai Park (slalom)
None
7,500
Sea Forest Waterway (sprint)
Rowing
12,800