2003 Canoe Slalom World Cup

Last updated March 03, 2019

The 2003 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 16th edition. The series consisted of 4 regular world cup races and the world cup final.

The ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup is an annual series of races in canoe slalom held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. It has been held since 1988 in four canoe and kayak disciplines for men and women. The four original disciplines were men's single canoe (C1), men's double canoe (C2), men's kayak (K1) and women's kayak. A women's single canoe discipline (C1) has been added to the world cup in 2010. The men's C2 event was removed from the world cup series in 2018 and it was replaced by the mixed C2 event. 2018 was also the first time that world cup points were awarded for the extreme K1 event.

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.

Calendar

Label	Venue	Date
World Cup Race 1	Penrith	10–11 May
World Cup Race 2	La Seu d'Urgell	5–6 July
World Cup Race 3	Tacen	12–13 July
World Cup Race 4	Bratislava	30–31 July
World Cup Final	Bratislava	2–3 August

Final standings

The winner of each world cup race was awarded 30 points. Semifinalists were guaranteed at least 5 points and paddlers eliminated in heats received 2 points each. The world cup final points scale was multiplied by a factor of 1.5. That meant the winner of the world cup final earned 45 points, semifinalists got at least 7.5 points and paddlers eliminated in heats received 3 points apiece. Only the best four results of each athlete counted for the final world cup standings.^[1]

C1 men

Pos	Athlete	Points^[1]
1	Tony Estanguet (FRA)	92
2	Michal Martikán (SVK)	89.5
3	Robin Bell (AUS)	83.5
4	Stefan Pfannmöller (GER)	80
5	Juraj Minčík (SVK)	72
6	Tomáš Indruch (CZE)	71
7	Stuart McIntosh (GBR)	68.5
8	Justin Boocock (AUS)	57.5
9	Jan Mašek (CZE)	55.5
10	Stanislav Ježek (CZE)	51

C2 men

Pos	Athletes	Points^[1]
1	Pavol Hochschorner / Peter Hochschorner (SVK)	130
2	Jaroslav Pospíšil / Jaroslav Pollert (CZE)	86
3	Marek Jiras / Tomáš Máder (CZE)	84
4	Philippe Quémerais / Yann Le Pennec (FRA)	58
5	Marcus Becker / Stefan Henze (GER)	53.5
6	Ľuboš Šoška / Peter Šoška (SVK)	51
7	Stuart Bowman / Nick Smith (GBR)	50
8	Jaroslav Volf / Ondřej Štěpánek (CZE)	48.5
9	Scott McCleskey / David Hepp (USA)	46
10	Mark Bellofiore / Lachie Milne (AUS)	45.5

K1 men

Pos	Athlete	Points^[1]
1	David Ford (CAN)	91
2	Julien Billaut (FRA)	83
3	Helmut Oblinger (AUT)	77.5
4	Andrej Nolimal (SLO)	69.5
5	Fabien Lefèvre (FRA)	67.5
6	Michael Kurt (SUI)	63
7	Peter Cibák (SVK)	61.5
8	Paul Ratcliffe (GBR)	57.5
9	Thomas Schmidt (GER)	57
10	Pierpaolo Ferrazzi (ITA)	44.5

K1 women

Pos	Athlete	Points^[1]
1	Elena Kaliská (SVK)	99.5
2	Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE)	95
2	Gabriela Stacherová (SVK)	95
4	Rebecca Giddens (USA)	87.5
5	Violetta Oblinger-Peters (AUT)	80
6	Irena Pavelková (CZE)	65
7	Gabriela Zamišková (SVK)	53.5
8	Vanda Semerádová (CZE)	52.5
9	Cristina Giai Pron (ITA)	49
10	Margaret Langford (CAN)	46

Results

World Cup Race 1

The first world cup race of the season took place at the Penrith Whitewater Stadium, Australia from 10 to 11 May.^[2]

The Penrith Whitewater Stadium is located near Sydney, Australia. It is an artificial whitewater sporting facility which hosted the canoe/kayak slalom events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The facility is part of the Penrith Lakes Scheme, which is converting open-pit sand and gravel mines into lakes for recreation. It is close to Cranebrook and is adjacent to the Sydney International Regatta Centre. These lakes are not filled via the Nepean River, but are filled via rain water and ground water. The operation of the facility aerates the water and improves water quality in the flat water rowing and canoeing course.

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east. The population of 25 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest city is Sydney. The country's other major metropolitan areas are Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C1 men	Justin Boocock (AUS)	180.71	Robin Bell (AUS)	181.54	Michal Martikán (SVK)	184.39
C2 men	Slovakia Milan Kubáň Marián Olejník	193.00	United Kingdom Stuart Bowman Nick Smith	196.29	Slovakia Ladislav Škantár Peter Škantár	206.71
K1 men	David Ford (CAN)	169.34	Campbell Walsh (GBR)	170.04	Peter Cibák (SVK)	170.37
K1 women	Rebecca Giddens (USA)	196.19	Mia Farrance (AUS)	201.88	Gabriela Stacherová (SVK)	202.53

World Cup Race 2

The second world cup race of the season took place at the Segre Olympic Park in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain from 5 to 6 July.^[3]

Parc Olímpic del Segre is a canoeing and kayaking facility in La Seu d'Urgell, Catalonia, Spain, built in 1990 for use during the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

La Seu d'Urgell is a town located in the Catalan Pyrenees in Spain. La Seu d'Urgell is also the capital of the comarca Alt Urgell, head of the judicial district of la Seu d'Urgell and the seat of Bishop of Urgell, one of the Andorra co-princes. It is in the district of Alt Pirineu i Aran, and is the town with the most inhabitants, having 17.4% of the district population. La Seu d'Urgell and Puigcerdà together have 30% of the population of the area.

Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe. Its territory also includes two archipelagoes: the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla make Spain the only European country to have a physical border with an African country (Morocco). Several small islands in the Alboran Sea are also part of Spanish territory. The country's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean.

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C1 men	Michal Martikán (SVK)	202.30	Stefan Pfannmöller (GER)	204.27	Jan Benzien (GER)	205.16
C2 men	Slovakia Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	212.97	Czech Republic Marek Jiras Tomáš Máder	215.37	United Kingdom Stuart Bowman Nick Smith	217.47
K1 men	Fabien Lefèvre (FRA)	192.39	Paul Ratcliffe (GBR)	193.31	Julien Billaut (FRA)	196.46
K1 women	Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE)	218.13	Rebecca Giddens (USA)	221.16	Margaret Langford (CAN)	224.00

World Cup Race 3

The third world cup race of the season took place at the Tacen Whitewater Course, Slovenia from 12 to 13 July.^[4]

The Tacen Whitewater Course is a venue for canoe and kayak slalom competition in Tacen, Slovenia, a suburb of Ljubljana. Located on the Sava River, eight kilometers northwest of the city center, it is known locally as Kayak Canoe Club Tacen. The course played an important role in development of the sport during the past six decades. In 1939, when its first competition was held, it was a natural rapid at the base of a dam in the Sava River. In 1990, after many upgrades, it was given a concrete channel and the features of a modern Olympic-style slalom course. The course now starts in the lake behind the dam, and the spillway is the first drop. Tacen hosts a major international competition almost every year, examples being the 1955, the 1991, and the 2010 Championships.

Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a sovereign state located in southern Central Europe at a crossroads of important European cultural and trade routes. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. It covers 20,273 square kilometers (7,827 sq mi) and has a population of 2.07 million. One of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia is a parliamentary republic and a member of the United Nations, of the European Union, and of NATO. The capital and largest city is Ljubljana.

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C1 men	Tomáš Indruch (CZE)	205.15	Simon Hočevar (SLO)	206.84	Robin Bell (AUS)	207.15
C2 men	Czech Republic Marek Jiras Tomáš Máder	214.01	Slovakia Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	218.93	Czech Republic Jaroslav Pospíšil Jaroslav Pollert	223.72
K1 men	Andrej Nolimal (SLO)	193.90	Loris Minvielle (FRA)	198.84	Michael Kurt (SUI)	199.93
K1 women	Gabriela Zamišková (SVK)	225.48	Marie Řihošková (CZE)	227.33	Elena Kaliská (SVK)	228.88

World Cup Race 4

The fourth world cup race of the season took place at the Čunovo Water Sports Centre, Slovakia from 30 to 31 July.^[5]

The Čunovo Water Sports Centre is an artificial whitewater slalom course in Slovakia, on an island in the Danube river, 14 km southeast of Bratislava, near the village of Čunovo. It is powered by flow diversion from the Čunovo dam. Since 1997, it has hosted a full schedule of local, regional, and international competitions, including multiple World Cup races, 2 European Championships and the 2011 World Championships.

Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's territory spans about 49,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi) and is mostly mountainous. The population is over 5.4 million and consists mostly of Slovaks. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, and the second largest city is Košice. The official language is Slovak.

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C1 men	Tony Estanguet (FRA)	208.81	Stefan Pfannmöller (GER)	209.83	Juraj Minčík (SVK)	210.00
C2 men	Slovakia Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	218.86	Czech Republic Jaroslav Volf Ondřej Štěpánek	219.34	Czech Republic Jaroslav Pospíšil Jaroslav Pollert	240.03
K1 men	Fabien Lefèvre (FRA)	190.82	Thomas Schmidt (GER)	195.88	Paul Ratcliffe (GBR)	197.20
K1 women	Gabriela Stacherová (SVK)	227.11	Elena Kaliská (SVK)	231.89	Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE)	234.72

World Cup Final

The Čunovo Water Sports Centre in Bratislava also hosted the final race of the season from 2 to 3 August.^[6]

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C1 men	Tony Estanguet (FRA)	214.41	Michal Martikán (SVK)	220.50	Stefan Pfannmöller (GER)	224.70
C2 men	Slovakia Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	226.55	Germany Marcus Becker Stefan Henze	235.53	Czech Republic Jaroslav Pospíšil Jaroslav Pollert	236.50
K1 men	Julien Billaut (FRA)	209.72	Andrej Nolimal (SLO)	211.22	David Ford (CAN)	211.74
K1 women^[7]	Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE)	234.57	Elena Kaliská (SVK)	237.48	Violetta Oblinger-Peters (AUT)	237.86

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References

1 2 3 4 5 "2003 World Cup Final Rankings" (PDF). Retrieved 28 October 2017.
↑ "Official results - World Cup Race 1" (PDF). Retrieved 28 October 2017.
↑ "Official results - World Cup Race 2" (PDF). Retrieved 28 October 2017.
↑ "Official results - World Cup Race 3" (PDF). Retrieved 28 October 2017.
↑ "Official results - World Cup Race 4" (PDF). Retrieved 28 October 2017.
↑ "Official results - World Cup Final" (PDF). Retrieved 28 October 2017.
↑ Results K1W - World Cup Final - accessed November 5, 2011

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[standings-1] 1 2 3 4 5 "2003 World Cup Final Rankings" (PDF). Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[2] "Official results - World Cup Race 1" (PDF). Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[3] "Official results - World Cup Race 2" (PDF). Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[4] "Official results - World Cup Race 3" (PDF). Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[5] "Official results - World Cup Race 4" (PDF). Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[6] "Official results - World Cup Final" (PDF). Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[7] Results K1W - World Cup Final - accessed November 5, 2011