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 Dartmouth  Canada 48 Duisburg  Germany 49 Milan  Italy

Note[]

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

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 (1938–2021)[] This medal table does not include exhibition events. The historical medal count of the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships as of the 2021 championships is as follows: Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Hungary 222 166 145 533 2  Germany 136 101 76 313 3  Soviet Union 102 80 66 248 4  East Germany 73 36 36 145 5  Russia 54 55 49 158 6  Romania 52 76 67 195 7  Canada 34 21 24 79 8  Poland 32 86 76 194 9  Sweden 32 39 45 116 10  Belarus 32 35 38 105 11  Spain 19 28 36 83 12  New Zealand 18 11 5 34 13  Denmark 16 19 22 57 14  Australia 16 17 18 51 15  Slovakia 16 10 12 38 16  Italy 15 20 17 52 17  West Germany 13 19 24 56 18  Norway 13 14 15 42 19  France 12 17 25 54 20  Ukraine 11 13 30 54 21  Czech Republic 10 31 19 60 22  Great Britain 10 16 16 42 23  Bulgaria 9 16 26 51 24  Czechoslovakia 9 15 21 45 25  Yugoslavia 8 8 5 21 26  Lithuania 8 6 11 25 27  Finland 7 3 3 13 28  United States 6 5 3 14 29  Brazil 6 0 7 13 30  Austria 5 6 13 24 31  Portugal 5 6 5 16 32  Azerbaijan 4 8 1 13 33  China 4 7 7 18 34  Cuba 3 10 10 23 35  Serbia 3 6 13 22 36 [a] 3 0 5 8 37  Uzbekistan 2 3 8 13 38  Israel 2 1 2 5 39  Latvia 2 0 2 4 40  Belgium 1 3 3 7 41  Chile 1 1 3 5 42  Mexico 1 0 2 3 43  Saar[b] 1 0 0 1  Serbia and Montenegro 1 0 0 1 45  Netherlands 0 4 4 8 46  Argentina 0 3 2 5 47  Slovenia 0 2 5 7 48  Moldova 0 2 3 5 49  Georgia 0 1 1 2  Ireland 0 1 1 2 51  South Africa 0 0 3 3 52  Iran 0 0 1 1  Japan 0 0 1 1  Kazakhstan 0 0 1 1 Totals (54 nations) 1029 1027 1033 3089

Paracanoe (2010–2021)[] 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 2021 championships is as follows: Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Great Britain 35 23 13 71 2  Brazil 17 12 12 41 3  Australia 16 6 6 28 4  Ukraine 11 5 12 28 5  Germany 7 9 3 19 6  Canada 6 6 4 16 7  Austria 6 3 1 10 8  Italy 4 6 9 19 9  Hungary 4 4 7 15 10  Romania 3 2 4 9 11  Russia 2 10 18 30 12  United States 2 6 4 12 13  Japan 2 2 2 6 14  Poland 1 8 6 15 15  Spain 1 6 3 10 16  French Polynesia 1 2 0 3 17 [a] 1 1 0 2  Uzbekistan 1 1 0 2 19  China 1 0 0 1  Sweden 1 0 0 1 21  France 0 3 5 8 22  Chile 0 2 4 6 23  New Zealand 0 2 2 4 24  Portugal 0 1 1 2 25  Czech Republic 0 1 0 1 26  Finland 0 0 1 1  Iran 0 0 1 1 Totals (27 nations) 122 121 118 361

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[]

• 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.
• "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
• "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
• "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2021.