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.
Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
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C1 | 192.92 | 199.29 | 199.32 | |||
C1 team | Přemysl Vlk Jan Mašek Stanislav Ježek | 224.27 | Sören Kaufmann Jan Benzien Stefan Pfannmöller | 226.55 | Jurij Korenjak Dejan Stevanovič Simon Hočevar | 236.59 |
C2 | Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner | 206.21 | Pierre Luquet Christophe Luquet | 209.41 | Marek Jiras Tomáš Máder | 209.53 |
C2 team | Pierre Luquet & Christophe Luquet Alexandre Lauvergne & Nathanael Fouquet Philippe Quémerais & Yann Le Pennec | 239.09 | Kay Simon & Robby Simon Kai Walter & Frank Henze André Ehrenberg & Michael Senft | 257.07 | Dariusz Wrzosek & Bartłomiej Kruczek Jarosław Miczek & Wojciech Sekuła Andrzej Wójs & Sławomir Mordarski | 265.80 |
Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
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K1 | 184.89 | 189.94 | 190.10 | |||
K1 team | Claus Suchanek Thomas Becker Thomas Schmidt | 214.11 | Pierpaolo Ferrazzi Matteo Pontarollo Luca Costa | 216.64 | Thomas Monier Benoît Peschier Fabien Lefèvre | 218.25 |
Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
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K1 | 216.09 | 218.11 | 222.46 | |||
K1 team | Aline Tornare Mathilde Pichery Anne-Lise Bardet | 294.73 | Marie Řihošková Marcela Sadilová Irena Pavelková | 298.78 | Helen Reeves Laura Blakeman Heather Corrie | 306.24 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Totals (9 nations) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Anne-Lise Bardet is a French slalom canoeist who competed in the 1990s and 2000s.
Fabien Lefèvre is a French slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 1998]. As a permanent resident of the United States, he has competed for his country of residence since 2013. He represented France until 2011. He won two medals at the Summer Olympics in the K1 event with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004. He has a son called Noe Lefèvre.
Jean-Claude Patrice Jacques Bernard Olry is a French retired slalom canoeist who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won a bronze in the C-2 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
The 1985 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held between 12-16 June 1985 in Augsburg, West Germany under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the second time. Augsburg hosted the event previously in 1957. It was the 19th edition. It also marked the first time the championships took place on an artificial whitewater slalom course at the Eiskanal and the first to be held at an Olympic venue. The Eiskanal previously hosted the slalom canoeing events at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in neighboring Munich.
The 1987 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Bourg St.-Maurice, France under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the second time. It was the 20th edition. Bourg St.-Maurice hosted the event previously in 1969.
The 2003 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Augsburg, Germany under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the record-tying third time. It was the 28th edition. Augsburg hosted the championships previously in 1957 and 1985 when the city was part of West Germany, and matches the times hosted by Spittal, Austria, Meran, Italy, and Bourg St.-Maurice, France.
The 2005 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia at the Penrith Whitewater Stadium under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the 29th edition. This marked the first time the events took place on the Australian continent on the venue that hosted the slalom canoeing event for the 2000 Summer Olympics in neighboring Sydney.
The 2006 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Prague, Czech Republic between 2-6 August 2006 under the auspices of International Canoe Federation at the Prague-Troja Canoeing Centre. It was the 30th edition. Prague became the second city to host both the slalom and sprint world championships, having hosted the latter in 1958 when Prague was part of Czechoslovakia. Nottingham, Great Britain was the first, hosting the slalom world championships in 1995 and the sprint world championships in 1981.
The 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held 8–12 September 2010 at Tacen Whitewater Course, Slovenia under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the record-tying third time. It was the 33rd edition. Tacen hosted the event previously in 1955 and 1991 when it was part of Yugoslavia, and joins the following cities that have hosted the event three times: Spittal, Austria ; Meran, Italy ; Bourg St.-Maurice, France ; and Augsburg, Germany. Women's single canoe (C1W) events became a medal event after being an exhibition in the previous championships.
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Dejan Stevanovič is a Slovenian slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1992 to 2010.
Miroslav Hajdučík is a Czechoslovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1982 to 1989.
Maria Cristina Giai Pron is an Italian slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1989 to 2010.
Aline Tornare is a French slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1998 to 2006.
Patrick Maccari is a French retired slalom canoeist who competed in the 1960s and the 1970s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 team event at the 1969 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Bourg St.-Maurice.
Alain Colombe is a French retired slalom canoeist who competed in the 1960s and the 1970s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 team event at the 1969 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Bourg St.-Maurice.
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