2002 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

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2002 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Host city Flag of Spain.svg Seville, Spain
  2001
2003  

The 2002 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Seville, Spain.

Contents

The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Women competed in nine events, all in kayak.

This was the 32nd championships in canoe sprint.

Doping controversy

Dmitiry Sabin of Ukraine won the silver in the C-1 200 m event, but was disqualified when he tested positive for doping. Sabin became the first person to fail a doping test in canoe sprint at an Olympic or world championship level though he did compete at the following year's world championships.

Medal summary

Men's

  Non-Olympic classes

Canoe

EventGoldSilverBronze
C-1 200 mFlag of Russia.svg  Maksim Opalev  (RUS)39.257Flag of Poland.svg  Andrzej Jezierski  (POL)39.843Flag of Germany.svg  Christian Gille  (GER)40.176
C-1 500 mFlag of Russia.svg  Maksim Opalev  (RUS)1:50.596Flag of Hungary.svg  György Kolonics  (HUN)1:51.636Flag of Germany.svg  Andreas Dittmer  (GER)1:51.843
C-1 1000 mFlag of Germany.svg  Andreas Dittmer  (GER)3:49.031Flag of Russia.svg  Maksim Opalev  (RUS)3:49.644Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Steve Giles  (CAN)3:50.737
C-2 200 mFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Ibrahim Rojas
Ledis Balceiro
37.027Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Petr Fuksa
Petr Netušil
37.100Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Mikhail Vartolemei
Ionel Averian
37.240
C-2 500 mFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Ibrahim Rojas
Ledis Balceiro
1:43.467Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Florin Popescu
Silviu Simioncencu
1:43.960Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Sergey Ulegin
Aleksandr Kostoglod
1:44.280
C-2 1000 mFlag of Poland.svg Poland
Marcin Kobierski
Michał Śliwiński
3:32.456Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Ibrahim Rojas
Ledis Balceiro
3:33.676Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Richard Dalton
Mike Scarola
3:33.969
C-4 200 mFlag of Russia.svg Russia
Maksim Opalev
Roman Kruglyakov
Sergey Ulegin
Aleksandr Kostoglod
33.650Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Petr Fuksa
Jan Břečka
Petr Procházka
Karel Kožíšek
33.964Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Mikhail Vartolemei
Ionel Averian
Mitică Pricop
Petre Condrat
34.237
C-4 500 mFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
Mikhail Vartolemei
Ionel Averian
Mitică Pricop
Florin Popescu
1:34.758Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Konstantin Fomichev
Aleksandr Artemida
Roman Krugylakov
Andrey Kabanov
1:35.231Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Daniel Jędraszko
Adam Ginter
Michał Śliwiński
Marcin Grzybowski
1:35.338
C-4 1000 mFlag of Poland.svg Poland
Andrzej Jezierski
Adam Ginter
Michal Gajowink
Roman Rynkiewicz
3:17.794Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Dimitri Joukovski
Maxim Boilard
Tamas Buday Jr.
Attila Buday
3:18.127Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Aleksandr Zhukovskiy
Aleksandr Kurlandchik
Aleksandr Bagdanovich
Sermen Saponenko
3:18.421

Kayak

EventGoldSilverBronze
K-1 200 mFlag of Germany.svg  Ronald Rauhe  (GER)Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Anton Ryakhov  (UZB)Flag of Lithuania.svg  Roman Petrukanecas  (LTU)
K-1 500 mFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Nathan Baggaley  (AUS)Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Petar Merkov  (BUL)Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Anton Ryakhov  (UZB)
K-1 1000 mFlag of Norway.svg  Eirik Verås Larsen  (NOR)Flag of Argentina.svg  Javier Correa  (ARG)Flag of Poland.svg  Adam Seroczyński  (POL)
K-2 200 mFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Alvydas Duonėla
Egidijus Balčiūnas
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Marek Twardowski
Adam Wysocki
Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Ronald Rauhe
Tim Wieskötter
K-2 500 mFlag of Germany.svg Germany
Ronald Rauhe
Tim Wieskötter
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Adam Wysocki
Marek Twardowski
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Zoltán Kammerer
Botond Storcz
K-2 1000 mFlag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Markus Oscarsson
Henrik Nilsson
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Eirik Verås Larsen
Nils Fjeldheim
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Ákos Verecki
Krisztián Veréb
K-4 200 mFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Martin Chorváth
Rastislav Kužel
Ladislav Belovič
Juraj Lipták
Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Manuel Muñoz
Jaime Acuña
Aike González
Oier Aizpurua
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Vince Fehérvári
Róbert Hegedűs
Gábor Horvárth
István Beé
K-4 500 mFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Richard Riszdorfer
Michal Riszdorfer
Erik Vlček
Juraj Bača
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Roman Piatrushenko
Aleksey Skurkovskiy
Aleksey Abalmasov
Vadzim Makhneu
Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Manuel Muñoz
Jaime Acuña
Aike González
Oier Aizpurua
K-4 1000 mFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Richard Riszdorfer
Michal Riszdorfer
Erik Vlček
Juraj Bača
Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Mark Zabel
Björn Bach
Stefan Ulm
Andreas Ihle
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Petar Merkov
Milko Kazanov
Ivan Hristov
Yordano Yordanov

Women's

  Non-Olympic classes

Kayak

EventGoldSilverBronze
K-1 200 mFlag of Spain.svg  Teresa Portela  (ESP)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Caroline Brunet  (CAN)Flag of Poland.svg  Elżbieta Urbańczyk  (POL)
K-1 500 mFlag of Hungary.svg  Katalin Kovács  (HUN)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Caroline Brunet  (CAN)Flag of Italy.svg  Josefa Idem  (ITA)
K-1 1000 mFlag of Hungary.svg  Katalin Kovács  (HUN)Flag of Germany.svg  Katrin Wagner  (GER)Flag of Italy.svg  Josefa Idem  (ITA)
K-2 200 mFlag of Spain.svg Spain
Beatriz Manchón
Sonia Molanes
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Aneta Pastuszka
Joanna Skowroń
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Bonka Pindzeva
Delyana Dacheva
K-2 500 mFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Szilvia Szabó
Kinga Bóta
Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Katrin Wagner
Manuela Mucke
Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Sonia Molanes
Beatriz Manchón
K-2 1000 mFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Szilvia Szabó
Kinga Bóta
Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Nadine Opgen-Rhein
Manuela Mucke
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Adi Gafni
Larissa Pessakhovitch
K-4 200 mFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Nataša Janić
Szilvia Szabó
Erzsébet Viski
Tímea Paksy
Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Teresa Portela
Sonia Molanes
Beatriz Manchón
Maria Garcia
Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Katrin Wagner
Anett Schuck
Manuela Mucke
Maike Nollen
K-4 500 mFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Katalin Kovács
Szilvia Szabó
Kinga Bóta
Erzsébet Viski
Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Katrin Wagner
Anett Schuck
Manuela Mucke
Maike Nollen
Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Teresa Portela
Sonia Molanes
Beatriz Manchón
Maria Garcia
K-4 1000 mFlag of Poland.svg Poland
Aneta Pastuszka
Joanna Skowroń
Karolina Sadalska
Aneta Białkowska
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Zhong Hongyan
Fan Lina
Gao Yi
Xu Linbei
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Tímea Paksy
Katalin Moni
Alexandra Keresztesi
Erzsébet Viski

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 61411
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 35412
3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 34310
4Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3216
5Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 3003
6Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2237
7Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2103
8Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1124
9Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1102
10Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1012
11Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1001
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1001
13Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0325
14Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0202
15Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 0123
16Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 0112
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 0112
18Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0101
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0101
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0101
21Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0022
22Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 0011
Totals (22 entries)27282782

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