ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation (the other being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships). The World Championships have taken place every non-Olympic year since 1970 and officially included paracanoe events since 2010; since 2012, paracanoe-specific editions of this event (named ICF Paracanoe World Championships) have been held in Summer Paralympic years.

Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing.

Explanation of events

Canoe sprint competitions are broken up into canoe (C), an open canoe with a single-blade paddle, or in kayaks (K), a closed canoe with a double-bladed paddle. Each canoe or kayak can hold one person (1), two people (2), or four people (4). For each of the specific canoes or kayaks, such as a K-1 (kayak single), the competition distances can be 200 metres (660 ft), 500 metres (1,600 ft), 1,000 metres (3,300 ft), or 5,000 metres (16,000 ft) long. When a competition is listed as a C-2 500 m event as an example, it means two people are in a canoe competing at a 500 metres (1,600 ft) distance.^[1]

Paracanoe competitions are contested in either a va'a (V), an outrigger canoe (which includes a second pontoon) with a single-blade paddle, or in a kayak (as above). All international competitions are held over 200 metres in single-man boats, with three event classes in both types of vessel for men and women depending on the level of an athlete's impairment. The lower the classification number, the more severe the impairment is – for example, VL1 is a va'a competition for those with particularly severe impairments.^[2]

Summary

  ICF Paracanoe World Championships (paracanoe events only)

• Events exclude Exhibition events.

Edition Year Host City Host Country Events 1 1938 Vaxholm  Sweden 12 2 1948 London  Great Britain 5 3 1950 Copenhagen  Denmark 15 4 1954 Mâcon  France 15 5 1958 Prague  Czechoslovakia 15 6 1963 Jajce  Yugoslavia 16 7 1966 East Berlin  East Germany 16 8 1970 Copenhagen  Denmark 16 9 1971 Belgrade  Yugoslavia 18 10 1973 Tampere  Finland 18 11 1974 Mexico City  Mexico 18 12 1975 Belgrade  Yugoslavia 18 13 1977 Sofia  Bulgaria 18 14 1978 Belgrade  Yugoslavia 18 15 1979 Duisburg  West Germany 18 16 1981 Nottingham  Great Britain 18 17 1982 Belgrade  Yugoslavia 18 18 1983 Tampere  Finland 18 19 1985 Mechelen  Belgium 18 20 1986 Montréal  Canada 18 21 1987 Duisburg  West Germany 18 22 1989 Plovdiv  Bulgaria 22 23 1990 Poznań  Poland 22 24 1991 Paris  France 22 25 1993 Copenhagen  Denmark 22 26 1994 Mexico City  Mexico 24 27 1995 Duisburg  Germany 24 28 1997 Dartmouth  Canada 26 29 1998 Szeged  Hungary 26 30 1999 Milan  Italy 26

Edition Year Host City Host Country Events 31 2001 Poznań  Poland 27 32 2002 Seville  Spain 27 33 2003 Gainesville  United States 27 34 2005 Zagreb  Croatia 27 35 2006 Szeged  Hungary 27 36 2007 Duisburg  Germany 27 37 2009 Dartmouth  Canada 27 38 2010 Poznań  Poland 28 + 7 39 2011 Szeged  Hungary 29 + 8 – 2012 Poznań  Poland 11 40 2013 Duisburg  Germany 29 + 12 41 2014 Moscow  Russia 29 + 12 42 2015 Milan  Italy 26 + 12 – 2016 Duisburg  Germany 12 43 2017 Račice  Czech Republic 27 + 12 44 2018 Montemor-o-Velho  Portugal 30 + 12 45 2019 Szeged  Hungary 30 + 12 – 2020 Duisburg  Germany – 46 2021 Copenhagen  Denmark 28 + 12 47 2022 Dartmouth  Canada 30 + 12 48 2023 Duisburg  Germany 30 + 12 49 2025 Milan  Italy

Note

• The 2020 ICF Paracanoe World Championships were cancelled as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

Junior and U23

• ICF Canoe Sprint Junior World Championships from 1985 to 2011
• ICF Canoe Sprint Junior and U23 World Championships from 2013

Source:^[4]

Edition Junior Edition U23 Year Host Events 1 - 1985 Castel Gandolfo, Italy 2 - 1987 Belgrade, Yugoslavia 3 - 1989 Dartmouth, Canada 4 - 1991 Vienna, Austria 5 - 1993 Racice, Czech Republic 6 - 1995 Yamanashi, Japan 7 - 1997 Lahti, Finland 8 - 1999 Zagreb, Croatia 9 - 2001 Curitiba, Brazil 10 - 2003 Komatsu, Japan 11 - 2005 Szeged, Hungary 12 - 2007 Racice, Czech Republic 13 - 2009 Moscow, Russia 14 - 2011 Brandenburg, Germany 23 + 0 15 1 2013 Welland, Canada 14 + 14

Edition Junior Edition U23 Year Host Events 16 2 2014 Szeged, Hungary 14 + 14 17 3 2015 Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal 16 + 16 18 4 2016 Minsk, Belarus 19 + 18 19 5 2017 Pitești, Romania 19 + 18 20 6 2018 Plovdiv, Bulgaria 19 + 18 21 7 2019 Pitești, Romania 18 + 18 - - 2020 Brandenburg, Germany Cancelled 22 8 2021 Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal 24 + 24 23 9 2022 Szeged, Hungary 26 + 26 24 10 2023 Auronzo, Italy

Lists of medalists

• List of ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in men's Canadian
• List of ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in women's Canadian
• List of ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in men's kayak
• List of ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in women's kayak
• List of ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in paracanoe

Medal tables

Canoe sprint (1938–2023) This medal table does not include exhibition events. The historical medal count of the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships as of the 2023 championships is as follows: Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Hungary 228 172 154 554 2  Germany 141 113 87 341 3  Soviet Union 102 80 66 248 4  East Germany 73 36 36 145 5  Romania 54 78 68 200 6  Russia 54 55 49 158 7  Canada 40 24 28 92 8  Poland 36 94 80 210 9  Sweden 33 40 46 119 10  Belarus 32 35 38 105 11  Spain 26 35 43 104 12  New Zealand 23 11 5 39 13  Australia 19 22 19 60 14  Denmark 18 20 22 60 15  Italy 16 21 18 55 16  Slovakia 16 10 12 38 17  West Germany 13 19 24 56 18  Ukraine 13 14 34 61 19  Norway 13 14 15 42 20  Czech Republic 12 31 21 64 21  France 12 17 25 54 22  Great Britain 10 16 16 42 23  Bulgaria 9 16 26 51 24  Czechoslovakia 9 15 21 45 25  Lithuania 9 7 11 27 26  China 8 10 12 30 27  Yugoslavia 8 8 5 21 28  Portugal 7 9 7 23 29  United States 7 5 3 15 30  Finland 7 3 3 13 31  Brazil 7 1 7 15 32  Cuba 5 11 10 26 33  Austria 5 6 13 24 34  Azerbaijan 4 8 1 13 35  Serbia 3 6 13 22 36  Uzbekistan 3 3 8 14 37 Russian Canoe Federation[a] 3 0 5 8 38  Chile 2 2 5 9 39  Israel 2 1 2 5 40  Latvia 2 0 2 4 41  Belgium 1 3 4 8 42  Moldova 1 2 4 7 43  Mexico 1 0 3 4 44  Saar[b] 1 0 0 1  Serbia and Montenegro 1 0 0 1 46  Netherlands 0 4 4 8 47  Slovenia 0 3 5 8 48  Argentina 0 3 2 5 49  Georgia 0 2 1 3 50  Ireland 0 1 2 3 51  Croatia 0 1 1 2 52  South Africa 0 0 3 3 53  Kazakhstan 0 0 2 2 54  Iran 0 0 1 1  Japan 0 0 1 1 Totals (55 entries) 1089 1087 1093 3269

Paracanoe (2010–2023) This medal table does not include exhibition events. Events were occasionally excluded from their respective medal tables due to lack of participation, but are included in this overall table. The historical medal count of the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships as of the 2023 championships is as follows: Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Great Britain 44 30 14 88 2  Australia 20 6 9 35 3  Brazil 19 15 16 50 4  Ukraine 15 7 12 34 5  Germany 8 9 5 22 6  Canada 6 9 6 21 7  Hungary 6 4 9 19 8  Austria 6 3 1 10 9  Italy 5 7 10 22 10  Romania 3 2 4 9 11  Russia 2 10 18 30 12  Spain 2 7 3 12 13  United States 2 6 5 13 14  Japan 2 2 2 6 15  Poland 1 8 7 16 16  French Polynesia 1 2 0 3 17  Uzbekistan 1 1 1 3 18 Russian Canoe Federation[a] 1 1 0 2 19  China 1 0 0 1  Sweden 1 0 0 1 21  France 0 6 6 12 22  Chile 0 4 6 10 23  New Zealand 0 2 3 5 24  India 0 2 0 2 25  Portugal 0 1 2 3 26  Czech Republic 0 1 0 1 27  Algeria 0 0 1 1  Finland 0 0 1 1  Iran 0 0 1 1 Totals (29 entries) 146 145 142 433

Note

See also

• Canoe Sprint World Cup
• International Canoe Federation
• ICF Canoe Marathon World Championship
• ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
• Wildwater Canoeing World Championships
• Malabar River Festival

References

Sources

• 2008 ICF Congress on change from flatwater racing to canoe sprint. – accessed 30 November 2008.
• "The Board of Directors Wrap Up in Windsor".^{[permanent dead link]} – International Canoe Federation (5 December 2009) – accessed 18 December 2009.
• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2021.

External links

• "Canoe Results – Sprint – World Championships". canoeresults.eu. European Canoe Association (ECA).

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Editions

• 1938
• 1948
• 1950
• 1954
• 1958
• 1963
• 1966
• 1970
• 1971
• 1973
• 1974
• 1975
• 1977
• 1978
• 1979
• 1981
• 1982
• 1983
• 1985
• 1986
• 1987
• 1989
• 1990
• 1991
• 1993
• 1994
• 1995
• 1997
• 1998
• 1999
• 2001
• 2002
• 2003
• 2005
• 2006
• 2007
• 2009
• 2010
• 2011
• 2012 (para)
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016 (para)
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2021
• 2022
• 2023

Medalists

• Men's canadian
• Men's kayak
• Women's canadian
• Women's kayak
• Paracanoe

Years marked (para) were limited to paracanoe events only