After its Olympic debut, 52 years later, the rowing slalom for the tenth time in history will be part of the largest multisport event on the planet in Paris next year. In 1972, rowing slalom made its debut at the Games, which turned out to be a one-time event at the Olympic Games in Munich. The East Germans dominated, winning all four gold medals on the Augsburg circuit — men's K1, C1 and C2 and women's K1. The Augsburg Ice Canal is still in operation, has recently been renovated and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1972 with a very successful ICF World Championship in 2022. Unfortunately, slalom was excluded from the Olympic program of the next four Games. But in 1992, the organizers of Barcelona threw this sport on a lifeline, and the best rowers in the world went to La Seu in the Spanish mountains. On this occasion, the medals were distributed among four countries. Italian Pierpaolo Ferrazi won the men's K1, Lucas Pollert took C1 for Czechoslovakia, Elisabeth Micheler won German gold in the women's K1, and Scott Strausbaugh and Joe Jacobi won the men's C2 for the USA, the only Olympic gold in slalom won by the USA. Men's C2 remained on the Olympic program until 2016, when Pavol and Peter Honshorner won gold in this type of competition at three consecutive Games — in Sydney in 2000, in Athens in 2004 and in Beijing in 2008. They also won bronze in London in 2012. In 2020, the women's C1 debuted after a long inclusion campaign. Many of the best K1 rowers among women also competed for C1, but the first gold was won by Australian Jessica Fox, already the most successful female slalom rower in the history of this sport. Fox also won K1 silver (London) and bronze in Rio and Tokyo. In Paris, she has a chance to match and surpass the medal record of Slovakian Michal Martikan, who has five Olympic medals in his collection. This will bring Fox more Olympic medals than any other athlete in the history of canoe slalom. The most successful individual athlete in slalom kayaking and canoeing in the history of the Olympic Games is Frenchman Tony Estange, president of the Paris 2024 organizing Committee. Estange won C1 gold in Sydney, Athens and London. Stepanka Hilgertova, who first competed for Czechoslovakia and then for the Czech Republic, and Elena Kaliska from Slovakia are the two most successful Olympic champions, each of whom has two gold medals. Slovakia is also the most successful Olympic country in kayak and canoe slalom: eight gold, four silver and three bronze. France with seven golds and Germany with the next five best (although if you combine Germany and East Germany, there will be nine golds). 19 countries won medals, including Togo, Japan and the Russian Federation with one bronze each. Of the nine Olympic canoe slalom sites used, only one — Athens 2004 — is no longer in use. Canoe slalom competitions have been held regularly in all other places, with the exception of Atlanta since 1996, which has been a natural course. Four medals in slalom will be awarded in Paris – among men and women C1 and K1. Men's and women's kayak cross, the first Olympic event, will also be added. The competition will be held at the newly built Vair-sur-Marne Naval Stadium, where the Slalom World Cup will be held later this year.