2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, the 45th edition of the World Championships, were held in Szeged, Hungary from 21 to 25 August 2019.

2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Venue	Olympic Centre of Szeged
Location	Szeged, Hungary
Dates	21–25 August

The championships served as the primary qualification regatta for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

Explanation of events

Canoe sprint competitions were contested in either a Canadian canoe (C), an open canoe with a single-blade paddle, or in a kayak (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, 500, 1000 or 5000 metres. When a competition is listed as a K-2 500m event, for example, it means two people were in a kayak competing over a distance of 500 metres.

Paracanoe competitions were 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 were 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.

Canoe sprint

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Hungary)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Belarus	6	4	4	14
2	Germany	6	4	1	11
3	Hungary*	5	4	3	12
4	China	4	0	1	5
5	Russia	2	3	1	6
6	New Zealand	2	0	0	2
7	Spain	1	3	3	7
8	Brazil	1	0	1	2
	Great Britain	1	0	1	2
10	Lithuania	1	0	0	1
	United States	1	0	0	1
12	Poland	0	6	1	7
13	Cuba	0	1	1	2
	Slovenia	0	1	1	2
15	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
	Chile	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	Serbia	0	1	0	1
19	France	0	0	2	2
	Portugal	0	0	2	2
	Slovakia	0	0	2	2
	Uzbekistan	0	0	2	2
23	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Georgia	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1
	Moldova	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Totals (27 entries)		30	30	31	91

  Non-Olympic classes

Men

Canoe

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
C–1 200 m	Henrikas Žustautas Lithuania	39.36	Artsem Kozyr Belarus	40.08	Zaza Nadiradze Georgia	40.24
C–1 500 m	Sebastian Brendel Germany	1:53.59	Angel Kodinov Bulgaria	1:54.49	Oleg Tarnovschi Moldova	1:54.94
C–1 1000 m	Isaquias Queiroz Brazil	3:59.23	Tomasz Kaczor Poland	4:00.92	Adrien Bart France	4:01.55
C–1 5000 m	Sebastian Brendel Germany	22:15.86	Balázs Adolf Hungary	22:19.15	Fernando Jorge Cuba	22:30.46
C–2 200 m	Spain Alberto Pedrero Pablo Graña	36.06	Poland Michał Łubniewski Arsen Śliwiński	36.18	Uzbekistan Artur Guliev Elyorjon Mamadaliev	36.42
C–2 500 m	China Li Qiang Xing Song	1:37.33	Hungary Jonatán Hajdu Ádám Fekete	1:38.41	Spain Sete Benavides Antoni Segura	1:38.97
C–2 1000 m	China Liu Hao Wang Hao	3:40.55	Cuba Serguey Torres Fernando Jorge	3:41.46	Brazil Erlon Silva Isaquias Queiroz	3:44.34
C–4 500 m	Russia Ivan Shtyl Pavel Petrov Viktor Melantyev Mikhail Pavlov	1:34.69	Germany Jan Vandrey Conrad-Robin Scheibner Tim Hecker Moritz Adam	1:35.83	Belarus Andrei Bahdanovich Evgeniy Tengel Maksim Krysko Vitali Asetski	1:37.14

Kayak

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
K–1 200 m	Liam Heath Great Britain	34.86	Strahinja Stefanović Serbia	35.04	Carlos Garrote Spain	35.12
K–1 500 m	Tom Liebscher Germany	1:35.04 WB	Mikita Borykau Belarus	1:35.19	Maxim Spesivtsev Russia	1:35.49
K–1 1000 m	Bálint Kopasz Hungary	3:36.07	Josef Dostál Czech Republic	3:37.31	Fernando Pimenta Portugal	3:37.63
K–1 5000 m	Aleh Yurenia Belarus	19:54.07	Max Hoff Germany	19:57.56	Fernando Pimenta Portugal	20:19.94
K–2 200 m	Russia Yury Postrigay Alexander Dyachenko	33.05	Poland Piotr Mazur Bartosz Grabowski	33.10	Hungary Márk Balaska Levente Apagyi	33.30
K–2 500 m	Belarus Stanislau Daineka Dzmitry Natynchyk	1:33.13	Spain Pelayo Roza Pedro Vázquez	1:33.48	Germany Marcus Gross Martin Hiller	1:34.50
K–2 1000 m	Germany Max Hoff Jacob Schopf	3:20.53	Spain Francisco Cubelos Íñigo Peña	3:21.79	France Cyrille Carré Étienne Hubert	3:22.96
K–4 500 m	Germany Tom Liebscher Ronald Rauhe Max Rendschmidt Max Lemke	1:19.26	Spain Saúl Craviotto Carlos Arévalo Rodrigo Germade Marcus Walz	1:19.77	Slovakia Erik Vlček Adam Botek Csaba Zalka Samuel Baláž	1:20.96
K–4 1000 m	Germany Lukas Reuschenbach Felix Frank Jakob Thordsen Tobias-Pascal Schultz	2:48.79	Russia Vasily Pogreban Aleksei Vostrikov Oleg Siniavin Igor Kalashnikov	2:49.78	Slovakia Gábor Jakubík Juraj Tarr Denis Myšák Ákos Gacsal	2:50.44

Women

  Non-Olympic classes

Canoe

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
C–1 200 m	Nevin Harrison United States	49.30	Olesia Romasenko Russia	49.74	Alena Nazdrova Belarus	49.99
C–1 500 m	Alena Nazdrova Belarus	2:00.73 WB	Ksenia Kurach Russia	2:01.64	Anastasiia Chetverikova Ukraine	2:03.83
C–1 5000 m	Volha Klimava Belarus	25:34.67	María Mailliard Chile	25:56.41	Zhang Yajue China	26:14.90
C–2 200 m	China Lin Wenjun Zhang Luqi	44.69	Hungary Kincső Takács Virág Balla	45.16	Uzbekistan Dilnoza Rakhmatova Nilufar Zokirova	46.60
C–2 500 m	China Sun Mengya Xu Shixiao	2:02.81	Hungary Kincső Takács Virág Balla	2:04.49	Belarus Volha Klimava Nadzeya Makarchanka	2:07.74

Kayak

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
K–1 200 m	Lisa Carrington New Zealand	39.39	Marta Walczykiewicz Poland	41.33	Emma Jørgensen Denmark	41.34
					Teresa Portela Spain
K–1 500 m	Lisa Carrington New Zealand	1:55.76	Volha Khudzenka Belarus	1:57.39	Danuta Kozák Hungary	1:58.01
K–1 1000 m	Tamara Csipes Hungary	4:07.90	Justyna Iskrzycka Poland	4:09.26	Lizzie Broughton Great Britain	4:10.44
K–1 5000 m	Dóra Bodonyi Hungary	22:03.23	Tabea Medert Germany	22:03.85	Maryna Litvinchuk Belarus	22:04.08
K–2 200 m	Belarus Maryna Litvinchuk Volha Khudzenka	36.21	Slovenia Špela Ponomarenko Janić Anja Osterman	36.72	Hungary Blanka Kiss Anna Lucz	36.97
K–2 500 m	Belarus Maryna Litvinchuk Volha Khudzenka	1:42.55	Poland Karolina Naja Anna Puławska	1:43.34	Slovenia Špela Ponomarenko Janić Anja Osterman	1:44.21
K–2 1000 m	Hungary Erika Medveczky Réka Hagymási	3:34.23	Germany Tabea Medert Sarah Brüßler	3:35.59	Mexico Karina Alanís Maricela Montemayor	3:40.91
K–4 500 m	Hungary Dóra Bodonyi Erika Medveczky Tamara Csipes Alida Dóra Gazsó	1:32.91	Belarus Maryna Litvinchuk Volha Khudzenka Nadzeya Liapeshka Marharyta Makhneva	1:33.69	Poland Karolina Naja Anna Puławska Katarzyna Kołodziejczyk Helena Wiśniewska	1:34.77

Paracanoe

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Hungary)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain	3	2	1	6
2	Ukraine	3	0	1	4
3	Australia	2	1	1	4
4	Brazil	1	1	2	4
5	Hungary*	1	0	0	1
	Japan	1	0	0	1
	Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1
8	Germany	0	3	0	3
9	Russia	0	2	1	3
10	Italy	0	2	0	2
11	Portugal	0	1	0	1
12	Chile	0	0	2	2
13	Iran	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		12	12	11	35

Medal events

  Non-Paralympic classes

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's KL1	Péter Pál Kiss Hungary	45.42	Esteban Farias Italy	46.17	Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva Brazil	46.49
Men's KL2	Curtis McGrath Australia	42.35	Federico Mancarella Italy	42.80	Scott Martlew New Zealand	43.51
Men's KL3	Serhii Yemelianov Ukraine	40.03	Leonid Krylov Russia	40.56	Caio Riberio de Carvalho Brazil	40.70
Men's VL1	Mykola Fedorenko Ukraine	1:05.18	Peter Happ Germany	1:07.81	Robinson Méndez Chile	1:14.27
Men's VL2	Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva Brazil	51.68	Norberto Mourao Portugal	52.82	Jakub Tokarz Poland	53.21
Men's VL3	Curtis McGrath Australia	47.42	Caio Riberio de Carvalho Brazil	47.52	Stuart Wood Great Britain	48.42
Women's KL1	Maryna Mazhula Ukraine	55.99	Edina Müller Germany	56.97	Katherinne Wollermann Chile	58.03
Women's KL2	Charlotte Henshaw Great Britain	47.62	Emma Wiggs Great Britain	49.03	Susan Seipel Australia	51.12
Women's KL3	Shakhnoza Mirzaeva Uzbekistan	47.29	Laura Sugar Great Britain	47.32	Shahla Behrouzirad Iran	48.96
Women's VL1	Monika Seryu Japan	1:14.56	Esther Bode Germany	1:35.66	not awarded as there were only 2 entries
Women's VL2	Emma Wiggs Great Britain	56.10	Susan Seipel Australia	57.74	Maria Nikiforova Russia	59.24
Women's VL3	Charlotte Henshaw Great Britain	56.82	Larisa Volik Russia	57.84	Nataliia Lagutenko Ukraine	59.07

Doping violation

On 19 August, the ICF announced that 11-time world champion Laurence Vincent-Lapointe was provisionally suspended from competition after testing positive for a banned substance. The substance in question was subsequently found to be Ligandrol, with Canoe Kayak Canada stating Ligandrol had been associated with recent tainted supplements and that preliminary information suggested Vincent-Lapointe's positive may have been the result of such.

External links

• Official website
• ICF website