ICF Flatwater Racing World Championships

The ICF Flatwater Racing World Championships are an international event in canoeing organised by the International Canoe Federation. The World Championships have taken place every year in non-Summer Olympic years since 1970.

Men race as individuals, pairs and quads over 200m, 500m and 1000m in both Canoe (Canadian) (C) and Kayak (K) events, giving a total of eighteen gold medals. Women compete for only nine gold medals as they race in kayak events only.

Host cities

*1938: Vaxholm, Sweden (near Stockholm)
*1948: London, Great Britain
*1950: Copenhagen, Denmark (1)
*1954: Mâcon, France
*1958: Prague, Czechoslovakia
*1963: Jajce, Yugoslavia
*1966: East Berlin, East Germany
*1970: Copenhagen, Denmark (2)
*1971: Belgrade, Yugoslavia (1)
*1973: Tampere, Finland (1)
*1974: Mexico City, Mexico (1)
*1975: Belgrade, Yugoslavia (2)
*1977: Sofia, Bulgaria
*1978: Belgrade, Yugoslavia (3)
*1979: Duisburg, West Germany (1)
*1981: Nottingham, Great Britain
*1982: Belgrade, Yugoslavia (4)
*1983: Tampere, Finland (2)
*1985: Mechelen, Belgium
*1986: Montréal, Quebec, Canada
*1987: Duisburg, West Germany (2)
*1989: Plovdiv, Bulgaria
*1990: Poznań, Poland (1)
*1991: Paris, France
*1993: Copenhagen, Denmark (3)
*1994: Mexico City, Mexico (2)
*1995: Duisburg, Germany (3)
*1997: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada (1)
*1998: Szeged, Hungary (1)
*1999: Idroscalo of Milan, Italy
*2001: Poznań, Poland (2)
*2002: Seville, Spain
*2003: Gainesville, Georgia, United States
*2005: Zagreb, Croatia
*2006: Szeged, Hungary (2)
*2007: Duisburg, Germany (4)
*"2009": Dartmouth, Canada (2)
*"2010": Poznań, Poland (3)
*"2011": Vichy, France

Men

Note: List in chronological order, then alphabetical order of events.

Canoe

C-1 1000 m

Debutted: 1938. Not held: 1948. Resumed: 1950.

C-1 10000 m

Debutted: 1950. Discontinued: 1993.

Sergey Ulegin and Aleksandr Kostoglod of Russia finished second in the 2003 event, but were stripped of the silver medals when Ulegin tested positive for doping.

C-4 500 m

Debutted: 1989.

C-2 200 m

Debutted: 1994.

K-1 10000 m

Debutted: 1938. Not held: 1948. Resumed: 1950. Discontinued: 1993.

K-2 10000 m

Debutted: 1938. Not held: 1948. Resumed: 1950. Discontinued: 1993.

K-1 500 m

Debutted: 1948.

K-4 10000 m

Debutted: 1950. Discontinued: 1993.

K-2 200 m

Debutted: 1994.

K-2 500 m

Debutted: 1938. This is only one of two events held at every championships. 1938 distance was 600 m.

K-2 5000 m

Debutted: 1989. Discontinued: 1993.

K-4 200 m

Debutted: 1994.

K-4 1000 m

Debutted: 2001.

Medals table

As of the 2007 championships.

References

* [http://www.kanuwm.de 2007 ICF Flatwater Racing World Championships official website]
* [http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202006-Korrektur_18.02.07.pdf International Canoe Federation historical results to 2006 (Olympic and world for all disciplines).]