2002 European Canoe Slalom Championships

The 2002 European Canoe Slalom Championships took place in Bratislava, Slovakia between 12 and 14 July 2002 under the auspices of the European Canoe Association (ECA). It was the 4th edition of the senior championships. It was also the 1st edition of the Under 23 European Championships, which in the following years were held together with the Junior European Championships. The team events were held as an open event for both senior and U23 athletes. Countries were allowed to enter two teams in each team event. The races took place at the Čunovo Water Sports Centre on an offshoot of the Danube river.

Medal summary

Men's results

Canoe

Senior

Event	Gold	Points	Silver	Points	Bronze	Points
C1	Mariusz Wieczorek  (POL)	206.17	Tony Estanguet  (FRA)	208.70	Jan Benzien  (GER)	211.50
C1 team	Slovakia Michal Martikán Juraj Minčík Alexander Slafkovský	232.77	Germany Stefan Pfannmöller Jan Benzien Sören Kaufmann	237.22	Poland Mariusz Wieczorek Krzysztof Bieryt Grzegorz Wójs	239.60
C2	Slovakia Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	214.73	Czech Republic Marek Jiras Tomáš Máder	215.58	Czech Republic Jaroslav Volf Ondřej Štěpánek	219.27
C2 team	Slovakia Pavol Hochschorner & Peter Hochschorner Milan Kubáň & Marián Olejník Pavol Hric & Roman Vajs	246.59	France Philippe Quémerais & Yann Le Pennec Martin Braud & Cédric Forgit Alexandre Lauvergne & Nathanael Fouquet	250.37	Germany Kai Walter & Frank Henze Kay Simon & Robby Simon André Ehrenberg & Michael Senft	256.21

U23

Event	Gold	Points	Silver	Points	Bronze	Points
C1	Jon Ergüín  (ESP)	214.54	Alexander Slafkovský  (SVK)	214.67	Christian Bahmann  (GER)	215.82
C2	Slovakia Ladislav Škantár Peter Škantár	225.14	France Remy Gaspard Julien Gaspard	226.21	France Martin Braud Cédric Forgit	227.78

Kayak

Senior

Event	Gold	Points	Silver	Points	Bronze	Points
K1	Paul Ratcliffe  (GBR)	199.51	Helmut Oblinger  (AUT)	200.56	Peter Cibák  (SVK)	201.74
K1 team	Germany Thomas Becker Thomas Schmidt Claus Suchanek	109.90	Czech Republic Ondřej Raab Ivan Pišvejc Tomáš Kobes	110.80	Slovakia Peter Cibák Ján Šajbidor Tomáš Mráz	112.04

U23

Event	Gold	Points	Silver	Points	Bronze	Points
K1	Fabien Lefèvre  (FRA)	204.62	Friedemann Barthel  (GER)	206.56	Jan Kobes  (CZE)	208.63

Women's results

Kayak

Senior

Event	Gold	Points	Silver	Points	Bronze	Points
K1	Elena Kaliská  (SVK)	219.50	Irena Pavelková  (CZE)	223.15	Štěpánka Hilgertová  (CZE)	225.62
K1 team	Czech Republic Marie Řihošková Irena Pavelková Štěpánka Hilgertová	250.89	Slovakia Elena Kaliská Gabriela Stacherová Gabriela Zamišková	258.27	France Anne-Lise Bardet Anne-Line Poncet Mathilde Pichery	272.16

U23

Event	Gold	Points	Silver	Points	Bronze	Points
K1	Kateřina Hošková  (CZE)	232.41	Laura Blakeman  (GBR)	235.44	Aline Tornare  (FRA)	236.82

Medal tables

Senior

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Slovakia  (SVK)	4	1	2	7
2	Czech Republic  (CZE)	1	3	2	6
3	Germany  (GER)	1	1	2	4
4	Poland  (POL)	1	0	1	2
5	Great Britain  (GBR)	1	0	0	1
6	France  (FRA)	0	2	1	3
7	Austria  (AUT)	0	1	0	1
Totals (7 entries)		8	8	8	24

Under 23

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France  (FRA)	1	1	2	4
2	Slovakia  (SVK)	1	1	0	2
3	Czech Republic  (CZE)	1	0	1	2
4	Spain  (ESP)	1	0	0	1
5	Germany  (GER)	0	1	1	2
6	Great Britain  (GBR)	0	1	0	1
Totals (6 entries)		4	4	4	12

Total

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Slovakia  (SVK)	5	2	2	9
2	Czech Republic  (CZE)	2	3	3	8
3	France  (FRA)	1	3	3	7
4	Germany  (GER)	1	2	3	6
5	Great Britain  (GBR)	1	1	0	2
6	Poland  (POL)	1	0	1	2
7	Spain  (ESP)	1	0	0	1
8	Austria  (AUT)	0	1	0	1
Totals (8 entries)		12	12	12	36

References

• Official results
• European Canoe Association