Listed below are the canoe sprint world best times in Sprint canoe and Sprint kayak events. The ICF only acknowledge world best times set in finals of Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cups, Continental Championships and "other canoe sprint events with acceptable high technical level". [1]
Key to tables: Awaiting ratification Not ratified or later rescinded by ICF Record not kept by ICF
Distance | Event | Record | Canoeist | Nationality | Date | Meet | Place | Ref |
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200 m | WK1 | 37.898 | Lisa Carrington | ![]() | 10 August 2014 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | [3] |
WK2 | 35.869 | Anna Kárász Ninetta Vad | ![]() | 10 August 2014 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | [3] | |
WK4 | 33.778 | Mariana Limbău Raluca Ioniță Sanda Toma Elena Radu | ![]() | 6 July 1997 | European Championships | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | [12] | |
WC1 | 44.12 | Katie Vincent | ![]() | 10 August 2024 | Olympic Games | Vaires-sur-Marne, France | [13] | |
WC2 | 42.014 | Lin Wenjun Zhang Luqi | ![]() | 2 June 2019 | World Cup | Duisburg, Germany | [14] | |
41.87 | Liudmyla Luzan Iryna Fedoriv | ![]() | 23 August 2025 | World Championships | Milan, Italy | [15] | ||
500 m | WK1 | 1:46.19 | Aimee Fisher | ![]() | 12 May 2024 | World Cup | Szeged, Hungary | [16] |
WK2 | 1:35.785 | Lisa Carrington Caitlin Regal | ![]() | 3 August 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | ||
WK4 | 1:28.219 | Gabriella Szabó Danuta Kozák Anna Kárász Ninetta Vad | ![]() | 9 August 2014 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | [3] | |
WC1 | 2:00.73 | Alena Nazdrova | ![]() | 23 August 2019 | World Championships | Szeged, Hungary | [5] | |
2:00.609 | Katie Vincent | ![]() | 29 June 2025 | Canadian Trials | Montreal, Canada | [17] | ||
WC2 | 1:51.428 | Emilia Pomachaj Amelia Kluwak | ![]() | 26 May 2018 | World Cup | Duisburg, Germany | [9] | |
WC4 | 1:44.769 | Laura Gönczöl Fanni Seres Zsófia Csorba Réka Opavszky | ![]() | 6 Seprtember 2021 | European Junior Championships | Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal | [18] | |
1000 m | WK1 | 3:49.423 | Teneale Hatton | ![]() | 9 August 2014 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | [3] |
WK2 | 3:31.645 | Justyna Iskrzycka Paulina Paszek | ![]() | 9 June 2018 | European Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | [8] | |
WK4 | 3:13.296 | Eszter Rasztótsky Kinga Dékány Krisztina Fazekas Natasa Janics | ![]() | 13 September 2003 | World Championships | Gainesville, United States | ||
WC1 | 4:25.314 | Liudmyla Luzan | ![]() | 21 May 2022 | World Cup | Račice, Czech Republic | [19] | |
4:24.958 | María Mailliard | ![]() | 26 August 2023 | World Championships | Duisburg, Germany | [20] | ||
5000 m | WK1 | 20:10.1 | Bridgitte Hartley | ![]() | 10 May 2009 | World Cup | Račice, Czech Republic | [21] |
WC1 | 25:00.822 | Laurence Vincent Lapointe | ![]() | 2 June 2019 | World Cup | Duisburg, Germany | [14] | |
4 × 200 m relay | WK1 | 2:47.793 | Karolina Naja Edyta Dzieniszewska Ewelina Wojnarowska Marta Walczykiewicz | ![]() | 10 August 2014 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | [3] |
Distance | Event | Record | Canoeist | Nationality | Date | Meet | Place | Ref |
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200 m | XK2 | 33.94 | Anna Lucz Kolos Csizmadia | ![]() | 19 September 2021 | World Championships | Copenhagen, Denmark | [22] |
XC2 | 39.10 | Irina Andreeva Ivan Shtyl | ![]() | 19 September 2021 | World Championships | Copenhagen, Denmark | [22] | |
500 m | XK2 | 1:32.553 | Franziska John Max Rendschmidt | ![]() | 2 June 2019 | World Cup | Duisburg, Germany | [14] |
XC2 | 1:44.729 | Liu Hao Sun Mengya | ![]() | 2 June 2019 | World Cup | Duisburg, Germany | [14] |