Canoe Racing World Championships 1998

29th Canoe Racing World Championships
venue	Szeged
Competitions	26th

The 29th Canoe Racing World Championships took place in 1998 in Szeged ( Hungary ).

Medals were awarded in 26 disciplines of canoe racing: nine canoeing and nine kayaking competitions for men and eight kayaking competitions for women.

Results

Men

Canadians

Event	gold	time	silver	time	bronze	time
C-1 200 m	Czech Republic Martin Doctor		Slovakia Slavomir Knazocicky		Ukraine Mikhail Slivinsky
C-1 500 m	Russia Maxim Opalew		Germany Andreas Dittmer		Ukraine Mikhail Slivinsky
C-1 1000 m	Canada Steve Giles		Czech Republic Martin Doctor		Germany Andreas Dittmer
C-2 200 m	Germany Thomas Zereske Christian Gille		Romania Miklos Buzai Attila Vegh		Russia Vladislav Polosunow Andrei Kabanov
C-2 500 m	Hungary György Kolonics Csaba Horváth		Poland Daniel Jedraszko Pawel Baraszkiewicz		Germany Thomas Zereske Christian Gille
C-2 1000 m	Russia Alexander Kowaljow Alexander Kostoglod		Romania Gheorghe Andriev Florin Popescu		Hungary György Zala Andre Ipacs
C-4 200 m	Czech Republic Petr Prochazka Patr Fuksa Tomas Krvanek Karel Kozisek		Belarus Aleksander Masejkow Anatoli Renejski Andrej Jeliajew Sergej Pletnew		Russia Pawel Konovalov Konstantin Fomichev Vladimir Ladocha Alexander Kostoglod
C-4 500 m	Hungary Laszlo Szuzsko Csaba Horváth György Kolonics Csaba Hüttner		Romania Ionel Averian Cosmin Pasca Gheorghe Andriev Florin Popescu		Russia Vladislav Polosunow Pawel Konovalov Andrei Kabanov Vladimir Ladocha
C-4 1000 m	Hungary Csaba Horváth Laszlo Szuzsko Csaba Hüttner Bela Belicza		Russia Konstantin Fomitschow Wassili Mailow Andrej Kabanow Ignat Kowalew		Czech Republic Martin Doctor Petr Netusil Jan Machac Viktor Jirasky

kayak

Event	gold	time	silver	time	bronze	time
K-1 200 m	Hungary Vince Fehervari		Poland Grzegorz Kotowicz		Ukraine Mikhail Slivinsky
K-1 500 m	Hungary Ákos Vereckei		Israel Mikhail Kolganov		Germany Lutz Liwowski
K-1 1000 m	Germany Lutz Liwowski		Norway Knut Holmann		Argentina Javier Correa
K-2 200 m	Hungary Vince Fehervari Robert Hegedüs		Russia Sergej Werlin Anatoly Tishchenko		Romania Geza Magyar Romica Serban
K-2 500 m	Slovakia Michal Riszdorfer Juraj Bača		Italy Beniamino Bonomi Luca Negri		Hungary Krisztian Bartfai Gabor Horvath
K-2 1000 m	Italy Antonio Rossi Luca Negri		Yugoslavia Mićo Janić Stjepan Janić		Hungary Attila Adam Krisztian Vereb
K-4 200 m	Hungary Gyula Kajner Vince Fehervari Istvan Bee Robert Hegedüs		Italy Antonio Rossi Beniamino Bonomi Ivano Lussignoli Luca Negri		Norway Andreas Gjersoe Nils Olav Fjeldheim Knut Holmann Roarsen Hangli
K-4 500 m	Germany Torsten Gutsche Björn Bach Jan Günther Mark Zabel		Hungary Botond Storcz Krisztian Bartfai Zsolt Szadovszki Marton Bauer		Russia Andrei Tissin Andrej Stschegolischkin Witali Gankin Roman Sarubin
K-4 1000 m	Germany Torsten Gutsche Björn Bach Stefan Ulm Mark Zabel		Hungary Botond Storcz Krsztian Bartfai Marton Farmer Zsolt Szadovszki		Russia Anatoly Tishchenko Sergej Werlin Georgi Tschibulnikow Alexander Ivannik

Women

kayak

Event	gold	time	silver	time	bronze	time
K-1 200 m	Canada Caroline Brunet		Italy Josefa Idem		Hungary Éva Dónusz
K-1 500 m	Canada Caroline Brunet		Australia Katrin Borchert		Italy Josefa Idem
K-1 1000 m	Italy Josefa Idem		Canada Caroline Brunet		Australia Katrin Borchert
K-2 200 m	Canada Marie Gibeau-Ouimet Karen Furneeaux		Hungary Kinga Dekany Rita Kőbán		Spain Beatriz Manchon Izaskum Aramburu
K-2 500 m	Australia Annemarie Cox Katrin Borchert		Germany Birgit Fischer Anett Schuck		Hungary Kinga Dekany Rita Kőbán
K-2 1000 m	Australia Annemarie Cox Katrin Borchert		Germany Birgit Fischer Ute Pleßmann		Sweden Anna Karlsson Susanne Gunnarsson
K-4 200 m	Hungary Rita Kőbán Kinga Dekany Erzsebet Viski Katalin Kovács		Sweden Ingela Eriksson Maria Haglund Susanne Gunnarsson Anna Karlsson		Russia Natalia Goulij Jelena Tissina Larissa Peisakowitsch Tatiana Tishchenko
K-4 500 m	Germany Manuela Mucke Anett Schuck Marcela Bednar Birgit Fischer		Hungary Kinga Dekany Szilvia Szabo Andrea Barocsi Katalin Kovcacs		Spain Beatriz Manchon Belen Sanchez Ana Maria Penas Izaskin Aramburu

Medal table

rank	nation	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Hungary	8th	4th	5	17th
2	Germany	5	3	3	11
3	Canada	4th	1	-	5
4th	Italy	2	3	1	6th
5	Russia	2	2	6th	10
6th	Czech Republic	2	1	1	4th
6th	Australia	2	1	1	4th
8th	Slovakia	1	1	-	2
9	Romania	-	3	1	4th
10	Poland	-	2	-	2
11	Norway	-	1	1	2
11	Sweden	-	1	1	2
13	Belarus	-	1	-	1
13	Israel	-	1	-	1
13	Yugoslavia	-	1	-	1
16	Ukraine	-	-	3	3
17th	Spain	-	-	2	2
18th	Argentina	-	-	1	1
total		26th	26th	26th	78

Web links

• Winner of the Canoe Racing World Championships (1936-2007) pp. 1–41 ( Memento from January 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive )