2002 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

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The 2002 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Bourg St.-Maurice, France under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the record-tying third time. It was the 27th edition. Bourg St.-Maurice hosted the championships previously in 1969 and 1987, and matches the times hosted by Spittal, Austria (1963, 1965, 1977) and Meran, Italy (1953, 1971, 1983). Beginning at these championships, this event would be held on an annual basis in non-Summer Olympic years. The 2001 championships were scheduled to take place in Ducktown, Tennessee (East of Chattanooga) in September that year on the canoe slalom course used for the 1996 Summer Olympics in neighboring Atlanta, but were cancelled in the wake of the September 11 attacks.

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The International Canoe Federation (ICF) is the umbrella organization of all national canoe organizations worldwide. It is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, and administers all aspects of canoe sport worldwide. 157 countries are affiliated with the ICF after seven national federations were added at the 2008 ICF Congress in Rome.

The 1969 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Bourg St.-Maurice, France under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the 11th edition. The mixed C2 team event returned for the third and final time after not being held at the previous championships. East Germany did not win any medals for the first time since 1951.

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Medal summary

Men's

Canoe

EventGoldPointsSilverPointsBronzePoints
C1Flag of Slovakia.svg  Michal Martikán  (SVK)192.92Flag of Germany.svg  Jan Benzien  (GER)199.29Flag of France.svg  Patrice Estanguet  (FRA)199.32
C1 teamFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Přemysl Vlk
Jan Mašek
Stanislav Ježek
224.27Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Sören Kaufmann
Jan Benzien
Stefan Pfannmöller
226.55Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Jurij Korenjak
Dejan Stevanovič
Simon Hočevar
236.59
C2Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Pavol Hochschorner
Peter Hochschorner
206.21Flag of France.svg  France
Pierre Luquet
Christophe Luquet
209.41Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Marek Jiras
Tomáš Máder
209.53
C2 teamFlag of France.svg  France
Pierre Luquet & Christophe Luquet
Alexandre Lauvergne & Nathanael Fouquet
Philippe Quémerais & Yann Le Pennec
239.09Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Kay Simon & Robby Simon
Kai Walter & Frank Henze
André Ehrenberg & Michael Senft
257.07Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Dariusz Wrzosek & Bartłomiej Kruczek
Jarosław Miczek & Wojciech Sekuła
Andrzej Wójs & Sławomir Mordarski
265.80

Kayak

EventGoldPointsSilverPointsBronzePoints
K1Flag of France.svg  Fabien Lefèvre  (FRA)184.89Flag of Slovenia.svg  Miha Terdič  (SLO)189.94Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Ivan Pišvejc  (CZE)190.10
K1 teamFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Claus Suchanek
Thomas Becker
Thomas Schmidt
214.11Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Pierpaolo Ferrazzi
Matteo Pontarollo
Luca Costa
216.64Flag of France.svg  France
Thomas Monier
Benoît Peschier
Fabien Lefèvre
218.25

Women's

Kayak

EventGoldPointsSilverPointsBronzePoints
K1Flag of the United States.svg  Rebecca Giddens  (USA)216.09Flag of Germany.svg  Mandy Planert  (GER)218.11Flag of Italy.svg  Cristina Giai Pron  (ITA)222.46
K1 teamFlag of France.svg  France
Aline Tornare
Mathilde Pichery
Anne-Lise Bardet
294.73Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Marie Řihošková
Marcela Sadilová
Irena Pavelková
298.78Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Helen Reeves
Laura Blakeman
Heather Corrie
306.24

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)3126
2Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)2002
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)1405
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)1124
5Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)1001
6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)0112
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)0112
8Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)0011
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)0011
Totals (9 nations)88824

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