| European Canoe Sprint Championships | |
| Status: | active |
| Genre: | sporting event |
| Date: | mid-year |
| Frequency: | annual |
| Country: | varying |
The Canoe Sprint European Championships (or European Canoe Sprint Championships) is an international canoeing and kayaking event organized by the European Canoe Association (ECA). It was first held in 1933 in Prague under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. In 1997, the European Championships were resumed, and now take place annually.
The most titled athlete of the European Championships is Hungarian Katalin Kovács, who has 29 gold medals, 17 silver medals and 2 bronze medals in her record. Among men, the number of wins is led by German Ronald Rauhe, who won the European championships 17 times.
| width=30 | Edition | width=30 | Year | width=300 | Host | width=50 | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1933 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 7 | ||||
| 2 | 1934 |  Copenhagen, Denmark | 8 | ||||
| 3 | 1936 | Duisburg, Germany | 2 | ||||
| 4 |  Ghent, Belgium | 15 | |||||
| 5 | 1959 | Duisburg, West Germany | 15 | ||||
| 6 | 1961 |  Poznań, Poland | 16 | ||||
| 7 | 1963 | Jajce, Yugoslavia | 16 | ||||
| 8 | 1965 |  Bucharest, Romania | 16 | ||||
| 9 | 1967 | Duisburg, West Germany | 16 | ||||
| 10 | 1969 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 16 | ||||
| Not organised 1970 - 1996 | |||||||
| 11 | 1997 |  Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 26 | ||||
| 12 | 1999 |  Zagreb, Croatia | 26 | ||||
| 13 | 2000 | Poznań, Poland | 26 | ||||
| 14 |  Milan, Italy | 27 | |||||
| 15 | 2002 |  Szeged, Hungary | 27 | ||||
| 16 | 2004 | Poznań, Poland | 27 | ||||
| 17 | 2005 | Poznań, Poland | 27 | ||||
| 18 | 2006 |  Račice, Czech Republic | 27 | ||||
| 19 | 2007 |  Pontevedra, Spain | 27 | ||||
| 20 | 2008 | Milan, Italy | 27 | ||||
| 21 | 2009 |  Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany | 27 | ||||
| 22 | 2010 | Trasona, Spain | 24+1 | ||||
| 23 | 2011 |  Belgrade, Serbia | 25 | ||||
| 24 | 2012 | Zagreb, Croatia | 26 | ||||
| 25 | 2013 |  Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal | 26 + 9 | ||||
| 26 | 2014 | Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany | 26 + 8 | ||||
| 27 | 2015 | Račice, Czech Republic | 27 + 11 | ||||
| 28 | 2016 | Moscow, Russia | 27 + 11 | ||||
| 29 | 2017 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 27 + 10 | ||||
| 30 | 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia | 30 + 10 | ||||
| – | 2019 | Poznań, Poland | 12 | ||||
| – | 2020 | Bascov, Romania | – | ||||
| 31 | 2021 | Poznań, Poland | 30 + 12 | ||||
| 32 | 2022 | Munich, Germany | 29 + 11 | ||||
| 33 | 2023 | Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal | |||||
| 34 | 2024 | Szeged, Hungary | |||||
Source:[1]
| Edition | Year | Host venue | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2012 | Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal | 21 + 21 | |
| 2 | 2013 | Poznań, Poland | 21 + 21 | |
| 3 | 2014 |  Mantes-en-Yvelines, France | 21 + 21 | |
| 4 | 2015 | Pitești, Romania | 22 + 22 | |
| 5 | 2016 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 23 + 23 | |
| 6 | 2017 | Belgrade, Serbia | 23 + 23 | |
| 7 | 2018 | Auronzo, Italy | 18 + 18 | |
| 8 | 2019 | Račice, Czech Republic | 18 + 18 |
European Sprint Championships U-23 2020 is the 123th edition of this competition.The competition takes place from 2nd July till 5th July 2020 in Moscow in Russia. (not held)
European Sprint Championships U-23 - Results Women 2021 Poland – Poznań – 24 June 2021 – 27 June 2021
European Sprint Championships U-23 2022 - Medal Table Serbia – Belgrade – 23 June 2022 – 26 June 2022
The following table lists all the medals won by each nation since the 1933 edition. Exhibition events are not included in this ranking.
3 events in 2019 Paracanoe European Championships and 1 event (Men's VL1) from the 2022 Canoe Sprint European Championships are not included in the medal table due to lack of participation.
This following table lists athletes that have won multiple medals since the 1997 edition (updated until 2021).