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]
| Distance | Event | Record | Canoeist | Nationality | Date | Meet | Place | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 m | WK1 | 37.898 | Lisa Carrington |  New Zealand | 10 August 2014 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | [3] |
| WK2 | 35.869 | Anna Kárász Ninetta Vad |  Hungary | 10 August 2014 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | [3] | |
| WK4 | 33.778 | Mariana Limbău Raluca Ioniță Sanda Toma Elena Radu |  Romania | 6 July 1997 | European Championships | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | [4] | |
| WC1 | 44.504 | Laurence Vincent Lapointe |  Canada | 20 May 2018 | World Cup | Szeged, Hungary | [8] | |
| WC2 | 42.014 | Lin Wenjun Zhang Luqi |  China | 2 June 2019 | World Cup | Duisburg, Germany | [13] | |
| 500 m | WK1 | 1:46.576 | Caitlin Ryan | New Zealand | 19 May 2018 | World Cup | Szeged, Hungary | [8] |
| WK2 | 1:35.785 | Lisa Carrington Caitlin Regal | New Zealand | 3 August 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| WK4 | 1:28.219 | Gabriella Szabó Danuta Kozák Anna Kárász Ninetta Vad | Hungary | 9 August 2014 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | [3] | |
| WC1 | 2:00.73 | Alena Nazdrova |  Belarus | 23 August 2019 | World Championships | Szeged, Hungary | [6] | |
| WC2 | 1:51.428 | Katie Vincent Laurence Vincent Lapointe | Canada | 26 May 2018 | World Cup | Duisburg, Germany | [10] | |
| WC4 | 1:44.769 | Laura Gönczöl Fanni Seres Zsófia Csorba Réka Opavszky | Hungary | 6 Seprtember 2021 | European Junior Championships | Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal | [14] | |
| 1000 m | WK1 | 3:49.423 | Teneale Hatton | New Zealand | 9 August 2014 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | [3] |
| WK2 | 3:31.645 | Justyna Iskrzycka Paulina Paszek |  Poland | 9 June 2018 | European Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | [9] | |
| WK4 | 3:13.296 | Eszter Rasztótsky Kinga Dékány Krisztina Fazekas Natasa Janics | Hungary | 13 September 2003 | World Championships | Gainesville, United States | ||
| WC1 | 4:25.314 | Liudmyla Luzan |  Ukraine | 21 May 2022 | World Cup | Račice, Czech Republic | [15] | |
| 5000 m | WK1 | 20:10.1 | Bridgitte Hartley |  South Africa | 10 May 2009 | World Cup | Račice, Czech Republic | [16] |
| WC1 | 25:00.822 | Laurence Vincent Lapointe | Canada | 2 June 2019 | World Cup | Duisburg, Germany | [13] | |
| 4 × 200 m relay | WK1 | 2:47.793 | Karolina Naja Edyta Dzieniszewska Ewelina Wojnarowska Marta Walczykiewicz | Poland | 10 August 2014 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | [3] |
| Distance | Event | Record | Canoeist | Nationality | Date | Meet | Place | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 m | XK2 | 33.94 | Anna Lucz Kolos Csizmadia | Hungary | 19 September 2021 | World Championships | Copenhagen, Denmark | [17] |
| XC2 | 39.10 | Irina Andreeva Ivan Shtyl |  Russia | 19 September 2021 | World Championships | Copenhagen, Denmark | [17] | |
| 500 m | XK2 | 1:32.553 | Franziska John Max Rendschmidt |  Germany | 2 June 2019 | World Cup | Duisburg, Germany | [13] |
| XC2 | 1:44.729 | Liu Hao Sun Mengya | China | 2 June 2019 | World Cup | Duisburg, Germany | [13] |
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