[1] The slalom competition was held at the Lee Valley White Water Centre and the sprint events were staged at Eton College Rowing Centre, at Dorney Lake, known as Eton Dorney.

[2] This was confirmed at an International Canoe Federation board meeting at Windsor, Berkshire, on 5 December 2009.

[3] For the first time, women competed in two individual events in sprint canoeing.

Because of the changes, the finals were spread over a three-day period instead of the traditional two days which had been in effect since the 1976 Games.

The quotas were set for each event by the International Canoe Federation in July 2010.