Hellinikon Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre

The Hellinikon Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre is located in the Hellinicon Olympic Complex in Greece. The venue hosted the canoe slalom events for the 2004 Summer Olympics. It consists of a competition course, a secondary training course, and a warm-up lake of natural form that occupies a total area of 27,000 square metres. The total land surface area consists of 288,000 square metres. The facility seats 7,600 spectators, though only 6,700 seats were made publicly available for the Olympics. The Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre of Athens is unique because it used salt water, rather than fresh water, to inundate the course.

As of August 2014 the venue lies in a state of disuse, with the course drained.^[1]

References

2004 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. p. 291.
Olympicproperties.gr profile (English) & (Greek)

↑ Olympics: Athens venues lie empty as tenth anniversary nears, BBC Sport, 7 August 2014

Venues of the 2004 Summer Olympics

OACA	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Athens Olympic Tennis Centre Athens Olympic Velodrome Olympic Indoor Hall Olympic Stadium

HOC	Fencing Hall Hellinikon Indoor Arena Olympic Baseball Centre Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre Olympic Hockey Centre Olympic Softball Stadium

Faliro	Faliro Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena Peace and Friendship Stadium

GOC	Goudi Olympic Hall Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre

MOC	Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre

Football venues	Kaftanzoglio Stadium (Thessaloniki) Karaiskakis Stadium (Piraeus) Pampeloponnisiako Stadium (Patras) Pankritio Stadium (Heraklion) Panthessaliko Stadium (Volos)

Other venues	Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre Alexandreio Melathron Ano Liosia Olympic Hall Galatsi Olympic Hall Kotzia Square Marathon (city) Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall Panathenaic Stadium Parnitha Olympic Mountain Bike Venue Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre Stadium at Olympia Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre

Olympic venues in canoeing

1936: Berlin-Grünau Regatta Course 1948: Henley Royal Regatta 1952: Taivallahti 1956: Lake Wendouree 1960: Lake Albano 1964: Lake Sagami 1968: Virgilio Uribe Rowing and Canoeing Course 1972: Augsburg Eiskanal, Oberschleißheim Regatta Course 1976: Notre Dame Island 1980: Krylatskoye Rowing Canal 1984: Lake Casitas 1988: Han River Regatta Course/Canoeing Site 1992: Canal Olímpic de Catalunya, Segre Olympic Park 1996: Lake Lanier, Ocoee Whitewater Center 2000: Penrith Whitewater Stadium, Sydney International Regatta Centre 2004: Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre, Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre 2008: Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park 2012: Dorney Lake, Lee Valley White Water Centre 2016: Lagoa Stadium, Deodoro Olympic Whitewater Stadium

Canoeing and kayaking

Main competitive disciplines	Canoe sprint Whitewater slalom Canoe marathon Canoe polo Wildwater canoeing Canoe sailing Playboating

Olympics	Summer Olympics Male medalists Female medalists Venues

Other disciplines	Creeking Dragon boating Extreme racing Freeboating Surf skiing Surf kayaking Snow boating Squirt boating

International Canoe Federation (ICF) Championships	Sprint (Men's Canadian medalists Women's Canadian medalists Men's kayak medalists Women's kayak medalists Paracanoe medalists) Slalom (Men's Canadian medalists Women's Canadian medalists Men's kayak medalists Women's kayak medalists Mixed canadian medalists) Marathon Junior & U23

Recreation	Small-craft sailing Whitewater canoeing / kayaking Sea kayaking Canoe camping Kayak fishing Kayak diving Dongola racing Canoe orienteering Canoe livery Playboating

Modern boats	Canoe Kayak Concrete canoe Flyak Folding kayak International Canoe Malia Recreational kayak Sprint canoe

Traditional boats	Aleutian kayak Cayuco Chundan Vallam Dugout Fur brigade Outrigger canoe Pacific Northwest Rabaska Sturgeon-nosed canoe Taimen Umiak Waka War canoe

Techniques	Eskimo Rescue Kayak roll Portage Paddling

Equipment	Artificial whitewater Albano buoy system Outrigger Paddle Paddle float Paddle leash Royalex Sea sock Spray deck Tuilik

Kayakers	Doug Ammons Jimmy Blakeney Tyler Bradt Paul Caffyn Tad Dennis Chris Duff Nigel Foster Maria Francis Douglas C. Gordon Štěpánka Hilgertová Freya Hoffmeister Eric Jackson Ramo Kolenović Brad Ludden Andrew McAuley Mark Pollock Oskar Speck Rush Sturges Clay Wright Alexander Yermilov

Venues	Canoeing and kayaking venues

Competitions	List of world records in canoeing Adirondack Canoe Classic Au Sable River Canoe Marathon Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Marathon Dusi Canoe Marathon Hawkesbury Canoe Classic Murray Marathon National Student Rodeo Thameside Series Waterside Series Riverland Paddling Marathon

Festivals	Canadian International Dragon Boat Festival Duanwu Festival Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York Houston Dragon Boat Festival Lethbridge Dragon Boat Festival Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival

Governing bodies	European Canoe Association American Canoe Association Australian Canoeing British Canoe Union British Dragon Boat Racing Association Canadian Canoe Association Canoe Wales Croatian Canoe Federation Israel Canoe Association Scottish Canoe Association Portuguese Canoe Federation USA Canoe/Kayak

Other organisations	Association of International Paddle Sport Federations Canadian Canoe Museum International Dragon Boat Federation Sir Alexander Mackenzie Canada Sea-to-Sea Bicentennial Expeditions UK Rivers Access Campaign

Media	La Chasse-galerie Paddle-to-the-Sea (film) The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes Waterwalker

Coordinates: 37°54′04″N 23°44′06″E / 37.901°N 23.735°E / 37.901; 23.735

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