2016 European Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifier
# 2016 European Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifier

The 2016 European Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifier took place in Duisburg, Germany on 18 & 19 May 2016. It served as the sole Olympic qualification regatta for European sprint canoeists that did not claim Rio 2016 berths at the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.

This event shared the venue with, and was held concurrently with the 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships.

## Olympic qualification

Four athlete quota places were provided in the men's C2 1000m (two NOCs). For all other events, two athlete quota places were provided in each (two NOCs per single-man event, one NOC per double-man event).

## Medal summary

### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| C1 200 m | Alfonso Benavides | Zaza Nadiradze | Thomas Simart |
| C1 1000 m | Leonid Carp | Carlo Tacchini | Angel Kodinov |
| C2 1000 m | Romania Leonid Carp Stefan Andrei Strat | Czech Republic Jaroslav Radoň Filip Dvořák | Moldova Oleg Tarnovschi Oleg Nuta |
| K1 200 m | Saúl Craviotto | Bence Horváth | Manfredi Rizza |
| K1 1000 m | Bence Dombvári | Roman Anoshkin | Marcus Walz |
| K2 200 m | Spain Saúl Craviotto Cristian Toro | Belarus Dzmitry Tratsiakou Taras Valko | Italy Michele Bertolini Riccardo Cecchini |
| K2 1000 m | Hungary Tibor Hufnagel Bence Dombvári | Ukraine Oleg Kukharyk Vitaliy Tsurkan | Spain Gabriel Campo Ruben Millan |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| K1 200 m | Sabine Volz | Linnea Stensils | Martina Kohlova |
| K1 500 m | Sabrina Hering | Martina Kohlova | Yvonne Schuring |
| K2 500 m | Sweden Karin Johansson Sofia Paldanius | Austria Ana Roxana Lehaci Viktoria Schwarz | Great Britain Lani Belcher Angela Hannah |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Spain (ESP) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
