1991 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

1991 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Host city	Paris, France
Opening	21 August 1991
Closing	25 August 1991
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The 1991 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Paris, France from 21 to 25 August 1991.^[1]

Host city

Paris, France

Opening21 August 1991

Closing25 August 1991

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The men's competition consisted of eight Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Five events were held for the women, all in kayak. This was the first championship with a unified German team for the first time since 1938 following separate East German and West German teams that competed from 1950 to 1990.

This was the 24th championships in canoe sprint.

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Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 500 m	Michał Śliwiński (URS)	Nikolay Bukhalov (BUL)	Olaf Heukrodt (GER)
C-1 1000 m	Ivan Klementiev (URS)	Nikolay Bukhalov (BUL)	Matthias Röder (GER)
C-1 10000 m	Zsolt Bohács (HUN)	Ivan Klementiev (URS)	Andrew Train (GBR)
C-2 500 m	Hungary Attila Pálizs Attila Szabó	Soviet Union Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi	France Olivier Boivin Didier Hoyer
C-2 1000 m	Germany Ulrich Papke Ingo Spelly	France Olivier Boivin Didier Hoyer	Soviet Union Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi
C-2 10000 m	Hungary István Gyulay Pál Pétervári	Romania Gheorghe Andriev Romice Haralambie	Great Britain Andrew Train Stephen Train
C-4 500 m	Soviet Union Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi Yuriy Gurin Valeriy Veshko	France Benoît Bernard Jöel Bettin Philippe Renaud Pascal Sylvoz	Germany Axel Berndt Andreas Dittmer Sven Montag Thomas Zereske
C-4 1000 m	Soviet Union Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi Yuriy Gurin Valeriy Veshko	Germany Olaf Heukrodt Sven Montag Ulrich Papke Ingo Spelly	Bulgaria Nikolay Bukhalov Traicho Draganov Paisiy Lubenov Dejan Slavov

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 m	Renn Crichlow (CAN)	Knut Holmann (NOR)	Zsolt Gyulay (HUN)
K-1 1000 m	Knut Holmann (NOR)	Ferenc Csipes (HUN)	Greg Barton (USA)
K-1 10000 m	Greg Barton (USA)	Beniamino Bonomi (ITA)	Morten Ivarsen (NOR)
K-2 500 m	Spain Juan José Román Juan Manuel Sánchez	Germany Kay Bluhm Torsten Guitsche	Hungary Ferenc Csipes Zsolt Gyulay
K-2 1000 m	Germany Kay Bluhm Torsten Guitsche	Spain Juan José Román Juan Manuel Sánchez	Hungary Ákos Angyal Béla Petrovics
K-2 10000 m	France Philippe Boccara Pascal Boucherit	Germany Kay Bluhm Torsten Guitsche	Czechoslovakia Róbert Erban Juraj Kadnár
K-4 500 m	Germany Detlef Hofmann Oliver Kegel Thomas Reineck André Wohllebe	Hungary Attila Ábrahám Ferenc Cspies Gyula Kajner Béla Petrovics	Soviet Union Sergey Galkov Oleg Gorobiy Sergey Kirsanov Andrey Plitkin
K-4 1000 m	Hungary Attila Ábrahám Attila Adám Attila Adrovicz László Fidel	Germany Detlef Hofmann Oliver Kegel Thomas Reineck André Wohllebe	Czechoslovakia Karol Becker Richard Botio Karel Hrudik Michael Matus
K-4 10000 m	Germany Detlef Hofmann Oliver Kegel Thomas Reineck André Wohllebe	Australia Ramon Andersson Clint Robinson Ian Rowling Steven Wood	Sweden Jonas Fager Pablo Grate Hans Olsson Peter Orban

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 m	Katrin Borchert (GER)	Rita Kőbán (HUN)	Josefa Idem (ITA)
K-1 5000 m	Josefa Idem (ITA)	Anna Wood (AUS)	Katrin Borchert (GER)
K-2 500 m	Germany Ramona Portwich Anke von Seck	Hungary Éva Dónusz Erika Mészáros	Sweden Agneta Andersson Anna Olsson
K-2 5000 m	Germany Ramona Portwich Anett Schuck	Sweden Maria Haglund Susanne Rosenquist	France Bernadette Bregeon Sabine Gotschy
K-4 500 m	Germany Katrin Borchert Monika Bunke Ramona Portwich Anke von Seck	Hungary Éva Dónusz Katalin Gyulay Rita Kőbán Erika Mészáros	China Liu Qinglan Ning Menghua Wang Jing Wen Yanfang

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	8	4	4	16
2	Hungary	4	5	3	12
3	Soviet Union	4	2	2	8
4	France	1	2	2	5
5	Italy	1	1	1	3
5	Norway	1	1	1	3
7	Spain	1	1	0	2
8	United States	1	0	1	2
9	Canada	1	0	0	1
10	Bulgaria	0	2	1	3
11	Australia	0	2	0	2
12	Sweden	0	1	2	3
13	Romania	0	1	0	1
14	Czechoslovakia	0	0	2	2
14	Great Britain	0	0	2	2
16	China	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		22	22	22	66

1991 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

Medal summary

Men's

Canoe

Kayak

Women's

Kayak

Medals table

References

External links

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