2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

Summary

The 2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Duisburg, Germany on 9–12 August 2007 for the record-tying fourth time. The German city had hosted the championships previously in 1979, 1987, and 1995. It tied Duisburg with Belgrade, Serbia (then Yugoslavia) who hosted in 1971, 1975, 1978, and 1982.

2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
C-1 event during the 2007 championships on 11 August
Host cityGermany Duisburg, Germany
Dates9–12 August 2007
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Men race as individuals, pairs and quads over 200 m, 500 m and 1000 m in both Canoe (Canadian) (C) and Kayak (K) events, giving a total of 18 gold medals. Women compete for only 9 gold medals as they race in kayak events only.

This was the 36th championships in canoe sprint.

Highlights edit

Both German and Hungarian paddlers won 9 gold medals. With 6 silver Germany topped the medal table, while Hungarians finished first on the point table.

In the women's events the two nations shared all world titles. Since Natasa Janics left the legendary pair with Katalin Kovács all K-2 races were ruled by the German paddlers. However, Katalin Kovács won K-1 1000 m and 500 m, and gained two silvers in the K-4 events, while former partner Natasa Janics won the individual over 200 m. Hungarian team won the K-4 on 1000 m, and Germans the 500 m and 200 m.

In the men's races, the C-2 500 m final saw György Kolonics win his fifteenth and final championship title which is an outstanding record in the history of canoe sprint. Ronald Rauhe and Tim Wieskötter of Germany won their sixth K-2 500 m title in a row.

Medal summary edit

Men's edit

  Non-Olympic classes

Canoe edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
C-1 200 m   Yuriy Cheban (UKR) 40.323   Maxim Opalev (RUS) 40.407   Evgeny Shuklin (LTU) 40.539
C-1 500 m   David Cal Figueroa (ESP) 1:47.187   Andreas Dittmer (GER) 1:47.383   Yang Wenjun (CHN) 1:47.545
C-1 1000 m   Attila Vajda (HUN) 4:08.563   Marián Ostrčil (SVK) 4:10.685   David Cal Figueroa (ESP) 4:11.057
C-2 200 m   Russia
Evgeny Ignatov
Ivan Shtyl
36.913   Germany
Christian Gille
Tomasz Wylenzek
37.192   Lithuania
Tomas Gadeikis
Raimundas Labuckas
37.407
C-2 500 m   Hungary
György Kozmann
György Kolonics
1:40.501   Romania
Iosif Chirilă
Andrei Cuculici
1:40.991   Germany
Christian Gille
Tomasz Wylenzek
1:41.501
C-2 1000 m   Germany
Christian Gille
Tomasz Wylenzek
3:46.627   Cuba
Serguey Torres
Karel Aguilar
3:47.591   Poland
Wojciech Tyszyński
Paweł Baraszkiewicz
3:48.103
C-4 200 m   Hungary
Péter Balázs
Gábor Horváth
Márton Joób
Pál Sarudi
34.297   Russia
Evgeny Dorokhin
Nikolay Lipkin
Evgeny Ignatov
Ivan Shtyl
34.365   Belarus
Dzmitry Rabchanka
Dzmitry Vaitsishkin
Kanstantsin Shcharbak
Aliaksandr Vauchetski
34.533
C-4 500 m   Hungary
Péter Balázs
Gábor Horváth
Márton Joób
Pál Sarudi
1:31.265   Germany
Robert Nuck
Sebastian Brendel
Thomas Lück
Stefan Holtz
1:31.497   Romania
Loredan Popa
Ciprian Popa
Nicolae Flocea
Florin Mironcic
1:31.879
C-4 1000 m   Romania
Andrei Cuculici
Loredan Popa
Silviu Simioncencu
Iosif Chirilă
3:23.325   Germany
Erik Leue
Stefan Holtz
Thomas Lück
Robert Nuck
3:24.619   Hungary
Márton Metka
Róbert Mike
Mátyás Sáfrán
Gábor Balázs
3:28.880

Kayak edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
K-1 200 m   Jonas Ems (GER) 35.275   Vytautas Vaičikonis (LTU) 35.683   Gergely Gyertyános (HUN) 36.019
K-1 500 m   Adam van Koeverden (CAN) 1:36.279   Tim Brabants (GBR) 1:36.607   Marek Twardowski (POL) 1:36.661
K-1 1000 m   Tim Brabants (GBR) 3:40.113   Adam van Koeverden (CAN) 3:40.675   Eirik Verås Larsen (NOR) 3:41.64
K-2 200 m   Belarus
Raman Piatrushenka
Vadzim Makhneu
32.251   Germany
Ronald Rauhe
Tim Wieskötter
32.597   Serbia
Ognjen Filipović
Dragan Zorić
32.993
K-2 500 m   Germany
Ronald Rauhe
Tim Wieskötter
1:27.709   Belarus
Raman Piatrushenka
Vadzim Makhneu
1:27.873   Hungary
Zoltán Kammerer
Gábor Kucsera
1:29.527
K-2 1000 m   France
Philippe Colin
Cyrille Carré
3:24.683   Poland
Adam Seroczyński
Mariusz Kujawski
3:24.891   Hungary
Zoltán Kammerer
Gábor Kucsera
3:26.579
K-4 200 m   Hungary
Viktor Kadler
István Beé
Gergely Boros
Balázs Babella
30.715   Serbia
Ognjen Filipović
Dragan Zorić
Bora Sibinkić
Milan Đenadić
30.735   Russia
Stepan Shevchuk
Anton Vasilev
Konstantin Vishnyakov
Sergey Khovanskiy
30.913
K-4 500 m   Slovakia
Richard Riszdorfer
Michal Riszdorfer
Erik Vlček
Juraj Tarr
1:20.045   Belarus
Stanislau Strelchanka
Dzianis Zhyhadla
Siarhei Findziukevich
Ruslan Bichan
1:20.733   Hungary
Márton Sík
Attila Boros
Attila Csamangó
Gábor Bozsik
1:21.651
K-4 1000 m   Germany
Lutz Altepost
Norman Bröckl
Marco Herszel
Björn Goldschmidt
3:04.369   Poland
Marek Twardowski
Tomasz Mendelski
Paweł Baumann
Adam Wysocki
3:04.719   Slovakia
Richard Riszdorfer
Michal Riszdorfer
Erik Vlček
Juraj Tarr
3:05.625

Women's edit

  Non-Olympic classes

Kayak edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
K-1 200 m   Nataša Janić (HUN) 40.835   Anne Rikala (FIN) 41.069   Spela Ponomarenko (SLO) 41.243
K-1 500 m   Katalin Kovács (HUN) 1:48.663   Anne Rikala (FIN) 1:49.255   Katrin Wagner-Augustin (GER) 1:49.399
K-1 1000 m   Katalin Kovács (HUN) 4:06.823   Friedericke Leue (GER) 4:08.937   Sofia Paldanius (SWE) 4:10.901
K-2 200 m   Germany
Fanny Fischer
Nicole Reinhardt
37.339   Slovakia
Ivana Kmeťová
Martina Kohlová
37.921   Poland
Marta Walczykiewicz
Dorota Kuczkowska
38.697
K-2 500 m   Germany
Fanny Fischer
Nicole Reinhardt
1:40.275   Hungary
Tímea Paksy
Dalma Benedek
1:40.963   France
Anne Laure Viard
Marie Delattre
1:41.719
K-2 1000 m   Germany
Gesine Ruge
Judith Hörmann
3:45.933   Poland
Ewelina Wojnarowska
Małgorzata Chojnacka
3:47.142   Hungary
Danuta Kozák
Gabriella Szabó
3:49.174
K-4 200 m   Germany
Carolin Leonhardt
Conny Waßmuth
Katrin Wagner-Augustin
Maren Knebel
35.459   Hungary
Tímea Paksy
Katalin Kovács
Krisztina Fazekas
Melinda Patyi
37.921   Serbia
Miljana Knezevic
Antonija Panda
Renata Kubik
Marta Tibor
38.697
K-4 500 m   Germany
Carolin Leonhardt
Conny Waßmuth
Katrin Wagner-Augustin
Maren Knebel
1:37.145   Hungary
Tímea Paksy
Katalin Kovács
Krisztina Fazekas
Dalma Benedek
1.37.951   Poland
Monika Borowicz
Aneta Konieczna
Małgorzata Chojnacka
Ewelina Wojnarowska
1:38.103
K-4 1000 m   Hungary
Tímea Paksy
Krisztina Fazekas
Alexandra Keresztesi
Dalma Benedek
3:13.625   China
Wang Feng
Yang Yali
Yu Lamei
He Jing (canoeist)
3:13.971   Germany
Gesine Ruge
Friedericke Leue
Marina Schmuck
Judith Hörmann
3:15.025

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Germany96318
2  Hungary93618
3  Belarus1214
  Russia1214
  Slovakia1214
6  Romania1113
7  Canada1102
  Great Britain1102
9  France1012
  Spain1012
11  Ukraine1001
12  Poland0347
13  Finland0202
14  Lithuania0123
  Serbia0123
16  China0112
17  Cuba0101
18  Norway0011
  Slovenia0011
  Sweden0011
Totals (20 entries)27272781

References edit

  • International Canoe Federation