Canoe slalom is a race on a slalom course incorporated into the Olympic Games in 1972.

The Fuyang Water Sports Centre in Hangzhou features a canoe slalom course that spans 281 metres, with a 50-metre starting pool and a 45-metre buffer zone. The course contains 16 to 25 gates, of which 6 or 8 are upstream gates, and the rest are downstream gates.

During the race, athletes must pass through each gate in the order of the gate number and in the correct directions marked. The correct crossing is one in which no part of the body, equipment, paddle or canoe touches the poles.

There are two rounds in heat phase, one round in semi-final phase and one round in final phase. The lower the score is, the better the result is.

The canoe slaom of the Hangzhou Asian Games will be held in Fuyang Water Sports Centre from October 5 to October 7, where the athletes will compete for 4 gold medals.