The 2008 European Canoe Slalom Championships took place at the Kraków-Kolna Canoe Slalom Course in Kraków, Poland between May 8 and 11, 2008 under the auspices of the European Canoe Association (ECA). It was the 9th edition. These championships also served as the Olympic qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Event	Gold	Points	Silver	Points	Bronze	Points
C1	Michal Martikán (SVK)	186.91	Stanislav Ježek (CZE)	187.89	Alexander Slafkovský (SVK)	189.73
C1 team	Slovakia Michal Martikán Alexander Slafkovský Matej Beňuš	214.81	Poland Krzysztof Bieryt Grzegorz Kiljanek Dawid Bartos	218.56	Germany Christian Bahmann Nico Bettge Lukas Hoffmann	222.78
C2	Slovakia Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	198.76	Slovakia Ladislav Škantár Peter Škantár	207.00	Italy Andrea Benetti Erik Masoero	207.23
C2 team	Germany Marcus Becker & Stefan Henze Kay Simon & Robby Simon David Schröder & Frank Henze	251.09	Poland Marcin Pochwała & Paweł Sarna Dominik Węglarz & Dawid Dobrowolski Dariusz Wrzosek & Jarosław Miczek	254.95	Slovakia Pavol Hochschorner & Peter Hochschorner Ladislav Škantár & Peter Škantár Tomáš Kučera & Ján Bátik	257.75

Event	Gold	Points	Silver	Points	Bronze	Points
K1	Campbell Walsh (GBR)	181.63	Daniele Molmenti (ITA)	181.76	Fabian Dörfler (GER)	182.41
K1 team	Poland Dariusz Popiela Grzegorz Polaczyk Mateusz Polaczyk	204.76	Italy Diego Paolini Daniele Molmenti Luca Costa	207.28	Switzerland Michael Kurt Mathias Röthenmund Moritz Lüscher	209.11

Event	Gold	Points	Silver	Points	Bronze	Points
K1	Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE)	200.89	Marie Řihošková (CZE)	201.50	Irena Pavelková (CZE)	203.97
K1 team	Germany Claudia Bär Mandy Planert Jasmin Schornberg	230.62	Slovakia Jana Dukátová Elena Kaliská Gabriela Stacherová	236.59	United Kingdom Fiona Pennie Louise Donington Laura Blakeman	253.44

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Slovakia (SVK)	3	2	2	7
2	Germany (GER)	2	0	2	4
3	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	2	1	4
4	Poland (POL)	1	2	0	3
5	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	1	2
6	Italy (ITA)	0	2	1	3
7	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		8	8	8	24

• Official results
• European Canoe Association