2010 European Canoe Slalom Championships

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The 2010 European Canoe Slalom Championships took place in Bratislava, Slovakia between August 13 and 15, 2010 under the auspices of the European Canoe Association (ECA). It was the 11th edition. The Championships were originally scheduled to take place in early June, but the high water level of the Danube River, which feeds the Čunovo Water Sports Centre, forced the organizers to cancel the event after some heat runs. [1] It was later rescheduled for mid-August.

The European Canoe Slalom Championships is an annual international canoeing and kayaking event organized by the European Canoe Association (ECA) since 1996. Until 2004 it was held every two years.

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Medal summary

Men's results

Canoe

EventGoldPointsSilverPointsBronzePoints
C1Flag of Slovakia.svg  Michal Martikán  (SVK)90.06Flag of Slovakia.svg  Matej Beňuš  (SVK)92.10Flag of Slovakia.svg  Alexander Slafkovský  (SVK)93.89
C1 teamFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Michal Martikán
Alexander Slafkovský
Matej Beňuš
112.73Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Jan Mašek
Michal Jáně
Stanislav Ježek
116.94Flag of France.svg  France
Tony Estanguet
Denis Gargaud Chanut
Nicolas Peschier
119.63
C2Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Ladislav Škantár
Peter Škantár
101.21Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Jaroslav Volf
Ondřej Štěpánek
102.38Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
David Florence
Richard Hounslow
103.38
C2 teamFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Tomáš Koplík & Jakub Vrzáň
Lukáš Přinda & Jan Havlíček
Jaroslav Volf & Ondřej Štěpánek
124.67Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Paweł Sarna & Dawid Dobrowolski
Patryk Brzeziński & Dariusz Chlebek
Marcin Pochwała & Piotr Szczepański
128.34Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Tim Baillie & Etienne Stott
David Florence & Richard Hounslow
Daniel Goddard & Colin Radmore
133.13

Kayak

EventGoldPointsSilverPointsBronzePoints
K1Flag of Slovenia.svg  Peter Kauzer  (SLO)87.82Flag of Slovenia.svg  Jure Meglič  (SLO)87.97Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Vavřinec Hradilek  (CZE)89.85
K1 teamFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
Dariusz Popiela
Mateusz Polaczyk
Grzegorz Polaczyk
108.49Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Hannes Aigner
Alexander Grimm
Sebastian Schubert
108.98Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Peter Kauzer
Dejan Kralj
Jure Meglič
110.86

Women's results

Canoe

EventGoldPointsSilverPointsBronzePoints
C1Flag of Slovakia.svg  Katarína Macová  (SVK)160.13Flag of Slovakia.svg  Jana Dukátová  (SVK)170.05Flag of France.svg  Caroline Loir  (FRA)183.29

Kayak

EventGoldPointsSilverPointsBronzePoints
K1Flag of Slovakia.svg  Jana Dukátová  (SVK)97.59Flag of Austria.svg  Corinna Kuhnle  (AUT)101.68Flag of Slovenia.svg  Urša Kragelj  (SLO)101.99
K1 teamFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Melanie Pfeifer
Jasmin Schornberg
Jennifer Bongardt
136.20Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Joanna Mędoń
Małgorzata Milczarek
Natalia Pacierpnik
137.38Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Jana Dukátová
Dana Beňušová
Gabriela Stacherová
140.02

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)5229
2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)1214
3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)1203
4Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)1124
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)1102
6Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)0101
7Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)0022
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)0022
Totals (8 nations)99927

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