The 1981 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Nottingham, Great Britain.
The men's competition consisted of six Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Three events were held for the women, all in kayak.
This was the sixteenth championships in canoe sprint.
Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
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C-1 500 m | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
C-1 1000 m | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
C-1 10000 m | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
C-2 500 m | ![]() László Foltán István Vaskúti | ![]() Edem Muradosilov Vigantas Zhekaitis | ![]() Liubomir Ljubenov Sevdalin Ilkov | |||
C-2 1000 m | ![]() Ivan Patzaichin Toma Simionov | ![]() Olaf Heukrodt Uwe Madeja | ![]() Edem Muradosilov Vigantas Zhekaitis | |||
C-2 10000 m | ![]() Tamás Buday László Vaskúti | ![]() Ivan Patzaichin Toma Simionov | ![]() Jiří Vrdlovec Petr Kubíček |
Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
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K-1 500 m | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
K-2 500 m | ![]() Birgit Fischer Carsta Kühn | ![]() Agneta Andersson Susanne Wiberg | ![]() Agafia Buhaev Maria Ştefan | |||
K-4 500 m | ![]() Birgit Fischer Carsta Kühn Kathrin Stoll Roswitha Eberl | ![]() Natalya Filonich Larissa Nadviga Inna Zhipulina Lyubov Orechova | ![]() Karin Olsson Agneta Andersson Susanne Wiberg Eva Karlsson |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (12 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |
Michael "Mike" Scarola is a Canadian sprint canoer and marathon canoeist who competed in the early 2000s. He won a bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m event at the 2002 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Seville, Spain and also won a silver medal in C-2 at the ICF World Marathon Canoe Kayak Championships in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in 2000. Mike finished sixth in the C-2 1000 m event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was a member of Canada's Senior National Sprint Canoe Kayak Team for 7 years.
The 2005 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Zagreb, Croatia, in August 2005.
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 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 have been held in Summer Paralympic years.
The 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Vaxholm, Sweden, outside Stockholm, between 6–7 August 1938. This event was held under the auspices of the Internationale Repräsentantenschaft Kanusport (IRK), founded in 1924 and the forerunner of the International Canoe Federation.
The 1948 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in London, Great Britain. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation, formed in 1946 from the Internationale Repräsentantenschaft Kanusport (IRK).
The 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Copenhagen, Denmark. This event was held under the International Canoe Federation.
The 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Mâcon, France. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation.
The 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation.
The 1963 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Jajce, Yugoslavia. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation.
The 1970 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Copenhagen, Denmark for the second time after hosting the event in 1950. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. Beginning at these championships, the event would be held on an annual basis in non-Summer Olympic years, a tradition that continues as of 2009.
The 1971 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
The 1973 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Tampere, Finland.
The 1983 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Tampere, Finland for the second time. The Finnish city had host the championships previously in 1973.
The 1985 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Mechelen, Belgium.
The 1986 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Montreal, Canada at the Notre Dame Island. This is also where the canoeing and rowing competitions for the 1976 Summer Olympics took place.
The 1990 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Poznań, Poland, on Lake Malta.
The 1995 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Duisburg, Germany for the third time. The German city had hosted the event previously in 1979 and 1987 when it was part of West Germany.
The 1997 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada on Lake Banook.
Jonas Ems is a German sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-2000s. He has won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold, two silvers and a bronze.
Stein Jorgensen is an American sprint canoer who has competed from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s (decade). He won a gold medal in the K-2 200 m event at the 1995 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg.