Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics medal, while Germany topped the medal table overall, with three gold, two silver and three bronze medals. A new qualification system was created for both slalom and sprint canoeing at the 2012 Games. The quotas were set for each event by the International Canoe Federation in July 2010. Men Gallery of some of the gold medalists in the canoeing events: Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics The canoeing races at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were contested in two main disciplines: the slalom, from 29 July to 2 August, and the sprint, from 6 to 11 August. The slalom
Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics Jason Kenny become only the second British athlete since 1908 to win three gold medals at the same Olympic Games to join Sir Chris Hoy as the most successful all time British Olympians with six gold medals and a silver, while gold for Sir Bradley Wiggins confirmed him as the most decorated British Olympian, with eight medals (five gold) over five Games. Kenny also became the sixth British Olympian to win an Olympic gold in the same event (men's team sprint) at three successive Games, joining three pre-war water polo players Paul Radmilovic (1908-1920, interrrupted by the cancelled Games of