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)

Number Year City Country Events
1 1938Vaxholm Sweden12
2 1948London Great Britain5
3 1950Copenhagen Denmark15
4 1954Mâcon France15
5 1958Prague Czechoslovakia15
6 1963Jajce Yugoslavia16
7 1966East Berlin East Germany16
8 1970Copenhagen Denmark16
9 1971Belgrade Yugoslavia18
10 1973Tampere Finland18
11 1974Mexico City Mexico18
12 1975Belgrade Yugoslavia18
13 1977Sofia Bulgaria18
14 1978Belgrade Yugoslavia18
15 1979Duisburg West Germany18
16 1981Nottingham Great Britain18
17 1982Belgrade Yugoslavia18
18 1983Tampere Finland18
19 1985Mechelen Belgium18
20 1986Montréal Canada18
21 1987Duisburg West Germany18
22 1989Plovdiv Bulgaria22
23 1990Poznań Poland22
24 1991Paris France22
25 1993Copenhagen Denmark22
26 1994Mexico City Mexico24
27 1995Duisburg Germany24
28 1997Dartmouth Canada26
29 1998Szeged Hungary26
30 1999Milan Italy26
31 2001Poznań Poland27
32 2002Seville Spain27
33 2003Gainesville United States27
34 2005Zagreb Croatia27
35 2006Szeged Hungary27
36 2007Duisburg Germany27
37 2009Dartmouth Canada27
38 2010Poznań Poland28 + 7
39 2011Szeged Hungary29 + 8
– 2012Poznań Poland11
40 2013Duisburg Germany29 + 12
41 2014Moscow Russia29 + 12
42 2015Milan Italy26 + 12
– 2016Duisburg Germany12
43 2017Račice Czech Republic27 + 12
44 2018Montemor-o-Velho Portugal30 + 12
45 2019Szeged Hungary30 + 12
– 2020Duisburg Germany
46 2021Copenhagen Denmark
47 2022Dartmouth Canada
  • Events exclude Exhibition events.

Lists of medalists

Medal table

This medal table includes all events except the paracanoe (formerly paddleability) and the exhibition events. The current historical medal count of the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships as the 2019 championships is as follows:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Hungary216158141515
2 Germany (1938, 1991–present)1349975308
3 Soviet Union (1958–91)1028066248
4 East Germany (1958–90)733636145
5 Russia (1993–present)545549158
6 Romania527667195
7 Canada33212478
8 Poland328373188
9 Sweden313845114
10 Belarus (1993–present)28333697
11 Spain17273680
12 New Zealand1711533
13 Australia16171851
14 Slovakia (1993–present)1691136
15 Denmark15181952
16 Italy13201649
17 West Germany (1954–90)13192456
18 Norway13141542
19 France12172554
20 Czech Republic (1993–present)10291857
21 Great Britain10151540
22 Bulgaria9162651
23 Czechoslovakia (1938–91)9152145
24 Ukraine (1993–present)8122949
25 Yugoslavia (1948–91)88521
26 Lithuania (1993–present)861125
27 Finland73313
28 United States65314
29 Brazil60713
30 Austria561324
31 Azerbaijan (1993–present)48113
32 China47718
33 Portugal43512
34 Cuba39820
35 Serbia (2006–present)361322
36 Uzbekistan (1993–present)23813
37 Israel2125
38 Latvia (1993–present)2013
39 Belgium1326
40 Mexico1023
41 Saar (1954) [a]1001
 Serbia and Montenegro (2003–05)1001
43 Netherlands0448
44 Argentina0325
45 Slovenia (1993–present)0257
46 Moldova (1993–present)0224
47 Chile0123
48 Georgia (1993–present)0112
49 South Africa0033
50 Iran0011
 Ireland0011
 Japan0011
 Kazakhstan0011
Totals (53 nations)100199910043004
Note
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See also

References
  1. "What is Canoe Sprint?". International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. "What is Paracanoe?". International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
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