Canoeing and Kayaking were held at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing, China from October 2 to October 5. Men's and women's competition were held in Kayak and men's competition in Canoe. The competition included only flatwater events.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 500 m	Liang Zhisheng  China	Kiyoto Inoue  Japan	Park Chang-kyu  South Korea
C-1 1000 m	Guo Daen  China	Katsuya Toyama  Japan	O Yong-ryong  North Korea
C-2 500 m	China Jiang Wenbiao Wang Boqing	North Korea Ri Jong-nam Chu Myong-sop	Japan Shusei Fukuzato Hiroyuki Izumi
C-2 1000 m	China Kuang Rizhong Wang Xinqiang	Japan Tsunehisa Uchino Kazuaki Nishikawa	North Korea Ri Jong-nam Chu Myong-sop
K-1 500 m	Ma Fuliang  China	Lee Yong-chul  South Korea	Ri Ho-yong  North Korea
K-1 1000 m	Chun In-shik  South Korea	Anisi  Indonesia	Ma Fuliang  China
K-2 500 m	South Korea Chun In-shik Park Cha-keun	Japan Koya Sato Fumihiro Kimura	China Xue Bing Feng Xiaofeng
K-2 1000 m	South Korea Chun In-shik Park Cha-keun	China Liu Xingchao Lin Yuehua	Indonesia Abdul Razak Anisi
K-4 500 m	China Liu Xingchao Lin Yuehua Hu Bin Tang Xin	Japan Naoya Matsushiro Koya Sato Nobuyuki Saito Fumihiro Kimura	South Korea Kim Dong-soo Park Ki-jung Jung Jong-hwan Kim Byung-chun
K-4 1000 m	China Xue Bing Li Yanxin Feng Xiaofeng Huang Weiguo	South Korea Kim Dong-soo Park Ki-jung Jung Jong-hwan Kim Byung-chun	North Korea Kang In-sun Ri Song-chol Ryong Sang-hyok Ri Chang-sop

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 m	Xu Zhijuan  China	Paek In-bok  North Korea	Yoon Mi-jung  South Korea
K-2 500 m	China Sun Yuhong Zhou Ronghua	Japan Miyuki Kobayashi Kumi Arai	North Korea Kim Suk-yong Ri Myong-bok
K-4 500 m	China Wen Yanfang Ning Menghua Dong Ying Du Hong	North Korea Kim Suk-yong Yang Suk-yong Ri Myong-bok Kim Gyong-suk	Japan Miyuki Kobayashi Kumi Arai Chieko Akagi Natsumi Mochizuki

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	10	1	2	13
2	South Korea (KOR)	3	2	3	8
3	Japan (JPN)	0	6	2	8
4	North Korea (PRK)	0	3	5	8
5	Indonesia (INA)	0	1	1	2
Totals (5 entries)		13	13	13	39

• New Straits Times, October 3–6, 1990

• Olympic Council of Asia Archived 2018-09-06 at the Wayback Machine