Canoe Racing World Championships 2017

43rd Canoe Racing World Championships
venue	Račice
Participating Nations	70
Participating athletes	1100
Competitions	39
opening	23rd August 2017
End of competition	27th August 2017

The 43rd Canoe Racing World Championship took place in the Czech city ​​of Račice u Štětí from 23 to 27 August 2017 . The world championship was organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF).

A total of 39 competitions were held in the canoe and kayak disciplines . The distances of the regattas were 200 m, 500 m, 1000 m and 5000 m. Paracanoe was again part of the official competition program. Around 1100 athletes from 70 nations took part.

Competitions

Men

Canadians

Event	gold	time	silver	time	bronze	time
C-1 200 m	Belarus Arzjom Kosyr	38.161	Georgia Sasa Nadiradze	38,439	Iran nobility Mojallalimoghadam	38,605
C-1 500 m	Czech Republic Martin Fuksa	1: 49.725	Italy Carlo Taccini	1: 50.309	Belarus Maksim Pyatrou	1: 50.583
C-1 1000 m	Germany Sebastian Brendel	3: 50.503	Czech Republic Martin Fuksa	3: 51.303	Brazil Isaquias Queiroz dos Santos	3: 52.542
C-1 5000 m	Germany Sebastian Brendel	23: 34.796	Cuba Serguey Torres Madrigal	23: 37.312	Poland Mateusz Kamiński	23: 42.522
C-2 200 m	Russia Ivan Shtyl Alexander Kovalenko	36.088	Poland Michał Łubniewski Arsen Śliwiński	36.673	Hungary Ádám Fekete Jonatán Hajdu	36.762
C-2 500 m	Russia Ivan Shtyl Viktor Melantjew	1: 38.868	Romania Victor Mihalachi Leonid Carp	1: 39.796	Italy Sergiu Craciun Nicolae Craciun	1: 39.979
C-2 1000 m	Germany Peter Kretschmer Yul Oeltze	3: 31.613	Cuba Serguey Torres Madrigal Fernando Jorge Enríquez	3: 31.955	Russia Viktor Melantjew Vladislav Chebotar	3: 33.123
C-4 1000 m	Germany Sebastian Brendel Stefan Kiraj Jan Vandrey Conrad Scheibner	3: 14.893	Poland Piotr Kuleta Marcin Grzybowski Tomasz Barniak Wiktor Głazunow	3: 16.798	Ukraine Denys Kamerylow Vitaly Werheles Eduard Schemetylo Denys Kovalenko	3: 17,198

kayak

Event	gold	time	silver	time	bronze	time
K-1 200 m	United Kingdom Liam Heath	33.733	Hungary Bence Horváth	34.070	Latvia Aleksejs Rumjancevs	34,439
K-1 500 m	Czech Republic Josef Dostál	1: 36.520	Denmark René Holten Poulsen	1: 38.267	Ukraine Oleh Kukharyk	1: 38.483
K-1 1000 m	Germany Tom Liebscher	3: 27.754	Portugal Fernando Pimenta	3: 27.993	Czech Republic Josef Dostál	3: 28.576
K-1 5000 m	Portugal Fernando Pimenta	20: 46.907	Germany Max Hoff	20: 50.259	Belarus Aleh Yurenja	21: 00.828
K-2 200 m	Hungary Balázs Birkás Márk Balaska	30.912	Spain Cristian Toro Carlos Garrote	31.278	Serbia Marko Novaković Nebojša Grujić	31,451
K-2 500 m	Spain Rodrigo Germade Marcus Cooper Walz	1: 27.979	Hungary Bence Nádas Sándor Tótka	1: 29.107	Belarus Raman Petruschenka Wital Bjalko	1: 29.518
K-2 1000 m	Serbia Milenko Zorić Marko Tomićević	3: 08.647	Slovakia Peter Gelle Adam Botek	3: 10.725	Czech Republic Daniel Havel Jakub Špicar	3: 10.853
K-4 500 m	Germany Tom Liebscher Ronald Rauhe Max Rendschmidt Max Lemke	1: 17.734	Spain Rodrigo Germade Cristian Toro Carlos Garrote Marcus Cooper Walz	1: 18.371	Czech Republic Daniel Havel Jan Štěrba Jakub Špicar Radek Šlouf	1: 18.729
K-4 1000 m	Australia Kenny Wallace Jordan Wood Riley Fitzsimmons Murray Stewart	2: 50.576	Hungary Zoltán Kammerer Dániel Pauman Dávid Tóth Benjámin Ceiner	2: 50.931	Germany Kai Spenner Lukas Reuschenbach Kostja Stroinski Tamas Gecsö	2: 53.146

Women

Canadians

Event	gold	time	silver	time	bronze	time
C-1 200 m	Canada Laurence Vincent-Lapointe	45.478	Russia Olessja Romassenko	46.136	Hungary Kincső Takács	47.178
C-2 500 m	Canada Katie Vincent Laurence Vincent-Lapointe	1: 56.752	Russia Irina Andreeva Olessja Romassenko	1: 57.264	Belarus Kamila Bobr Alena Nasdrowa	1: 57.858

kayak

Event	gold	time	silver	time	bronze	time
K-1 200 m	New Zealand Lisa Carrington	38,433	Denmark Emma Aastrand Jørgensen	38,996	Slovenia Spela Ponomarenko Janic	39,564
K-1 500 m	Belarus Wolha Chudsenka	1: 48.421	New Zealand Lisa Carrington	1: 48.710	Denmark Emma Aastrand Jørgensen	1: 50.465
K-1 1000 m	Australia Alyce Burnett	3: 55.971	Sweden Karin Johansson	3: 58.181	United Kingdom Rachel Cawthorn	3: 59.036
K-1 5000 m	Hungary Thóra Bodonyi	23: 17.862	Germany Tabea Medert	23: 19.214	United Kingdom Lani Belcher	23: 28.236
K-2 200 m	Hungary Réka Hagymási Ágnes Szabó	37.445	Italy Susanna Cicali Francesca Genzo	37.508	United Kingdom Angela Hannah Hannah Brown	37.993
K-2 500 m	New Zealand Caitlin Ryan Lisa Carrington	1: 38.687	Germany Tina Dietze Franziska Weber	1: 40.582	Slovenia Spela Ponomarenko Janic Anja Osterman	1: 40.804
K-2 1000 m	Hungary Erika Medveczky Ramóna Farkasdi	3: 37.149	Germany Tabea Medert Melanie Gebhardt	3: 42.061	Poland Paulina Paszek Justyna Iskrzycka	3: 42.838
K-4 500 m	Hungary Tamara Takács Erika Medveczky Krisztina Fazekas-Zur Ninetta Vad	1: 29.784	Germany Tina Dietze Franziska Weber Steffi Kriegerstein Sabrina Hering	1: 30.084	New Zealand Aimee Fisher Caitlin Ryan Kayla Imrie Lisa Carrington	1: 30.215

Paracanoeing

All paracanoeing competitions are held over a distance of 200 m. The classification of the boat classes is based on the mobility of legs, arms and trunk. There were twelve regattas in two boat classes and three start classes each.

Event	gold	time	silver	time	bronze	time
K-1 men KL1	Italy Esteban Gabriel Farias	47.116	Hungary Róbert Suba	47,438	Brazil Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva	48.016
K-1 men KL2	Australia Curtic McGrath	41.758	Austria Markus Mendy Swoboda	42.508	Ukraine Mykola Syniuk	43.281
K-1 men KL3	Ukraine Serhii Yemelianov	39.632	Brazil Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho	39.821	United Kingdom Jonathan Young	40.104
V-1 men VL1	Brazil Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva	55.356	Hungary Róbert Suba	58.617	Russia Pavel Gromov	59.689
V-1 men VL2	Australia Curtis McGrath	50.628	Austria Markus Mendy Swoboda	52.312	Spain Javier Reja	55.017
V-1 men VL3	United Kingdom Jonathan Young	48.769	Brazil Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho	49.330	United Kingdom Martin Tweedie	50,958
K-1 women KL1	United Kingdom Jeanette Chippington	57.382	Russia Alexandra Dupik	57.871	Chile Katherine Wollerman	58.665
K-1 women KL2	United Kingdom Emma Wiggs	49.947	United Kingdom Nicola Paterson	51.919	Russia Nadezda Andreeva	52.514
K-1 women KL3	Australia Amanda Reynolds	50.344	Uzbekistan Shakhnoza Mirzaeva	51.778	Romania Mihaela Lulea	52.033
V-1 women VL1	Australia Jocelyn Neumueller	1: 12.335	Japan Akiko Nakajima	1: 17.251	Japan Monika Seryu	1: 36.668
V-1 women VL2	Australia Susan Seipel	1: 02.897	Russia Mariia Nikiforova	1: 03.680	Ukraine Nataliia Lahutenko	1: 03,808
V-1 women VL3	Russia Larisa Volik	59.341	Germany Anja Adler	1: 08.241	United Kingdom Lindsay Thorpe	1: 08.347

Medal table

rank	nation	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Australia	7th	-	-	7th
2	Germany	6th	6th	1	13
3	Hungary	5	5	2	12
4th	United Kingdom	4th	1	6th	11
5	Russia	3	4th	3	10
6th	Czech Republic	2	1	3	6th
7th	New Zealand	2	1	1	4th
8th	Belarus	2	-	4th	6th
9	Canada	2	-	-	2
10	Brazil	1	2	2	5
11	Italy	1	2	1	4th
	Spain	1	2	1	4th
13	Portugal	1	1	-	2
14th	Ukraine	1	-	4th	5
15th	Serbia	1	-	1	2
16	Poland	-	2	2	4th
17th	Denmark	-	2	1	3
18th	Cuba	-	2	-	2
	Austria	-	2	-	2
20th	Japan	-	1	1	2
	Romania	-	1	1	2
22nd	Georgia	-	1	-	1
	Sweden	-	1	-	1
	Slovakia	-	1	-	1
	Uzbekistan	-	1	-	1
26th	Slovenia	-	-	2	2
27	Chile	-	-	1	1
	Iran	-	-	1	1
	Latvia	-	-	1	1
total		39	39	39	117

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 33, 70, 196, 213: interesting numbers of the Championships. Czech Canoe Union, accessed August 27, 2017 . 

Web links

• official homepage
• World Canoe Federation