1998 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

1998 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Host city	Szeged, Hungary
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The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Women competed in eight events, all in kayak.

This was the 29th championships in canoe sprint.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 200 m	Martin Doktor (CZE)	Slavomír Kňazovický (SVK)	Michał Śliwiński (UKR)
C-1 500 m	Maksim Opalev (RUS)	Andreas Dittmer (GER)	Michał Śliwiński (UKR)
C-1 1000 m	Steve Giles (CAN)	Martin Doktor (CZE)	Andreas Dittmer (GER)
C-2 200 m	Germany Thomas Zereske Christian Gille	Hungary Miklós Buzál Attila Végh	Russia Vladislav Polzounov Andrey Kabanov
C-2 500 m	Hungary György Kolonics Csaba Horváth	Poland Daniel Jędraszko Paweł Baraszkiewicz	Germany Thomas Zereske Christian Gille
C-2 1000 m	Russia Aleksandr Kovalyov Aleksandr Kostoglod	Romania Gheorghe Andriev Florin Popescu	Hungary György Zala Endre Ipacs
C-4 200 m	Czech Republic Petr Procházka Tomáš Křivánek Petr Fuksa Karel Kožíšek	Belarus Aleksandr Masseykov Andrey Beliayev Anatoliy Reneiskiy Vladimir Marinov	Russia Pavel Konovalov Konstantin Fomichev Vladimir Ladosha Aleksandr Kostoglod
C-4 500 m	Hungary György Kolonics Csaba Horváth Csaba Hüttner László Szuszkó	Romania Gheorghe Andriev Florin Popescu Cosmin Pașca Ionel Averian	Russia Aleksandr Kostoglod Pavel Konovalov Vladislav Polzounov Vladimir Ladosha
C-4 1000 m	Hungary Csaba Horváth Béla Belicza Csaba Hüttner László Szuszkó	Russia Konstantin Fomichev Vasiliy Mailov Andrey Kabanov Ignat Kovalev	Czech Republic Martin Doktor Petr Netušil Jan Macháč Viktor Jiráský

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 200 m	Michael Kolganov (ISR)	Oleksiy Slivinskiy (UKR)	Ognjen Filipović (YUG)
K-1 500 m	Ákos Vereckei (HUN)	Michael Kolganov (ISR)	Lutz Liwowski (GER)
K-1 1000 m	Lutz Liwowski (GER)	Knut Holmann (NOR)	Javier Correa (ARG)
K-2 200 m	Hungary Vince Fehérvári Róbert Hegedűs	Russia Sergey Verlin Anatoly Tishchenko	Romania Geza Magyar Romică Șerban
K-2 500 m	Slovakia Michal Riszdorfer Juraj Bača	Italy Beniamino Bonomi Luca Negri	Hungary Krisztián Bártfai Gábor Horvárth
K-2 1000 m	Italy Antonio Rossi Luca Negri	Yugoslavia Mićo Janić Stjepan Janić	Hungary Attila Adám Krisztián Veréb
K-4 200 m	Hungary Gyula Kajner Vince Fehérvári István Beé Róbert Hegedűs	Italy Antonio Rossi Beniamino Bonomi Ivano Lussignoli Luca Negri	Norway Andreas Gjersø Nils Olav Fjeldheim Knut Holmann Robby Roarsen Hangli
K-4 500 m	Germany Torsten Gutsche Mark Zabel Björn Bach Stefan Ulm	Hungary Botond Storcz Krisztián Bártfai Zsolt Szádovszky Márton Bauer	Russia Andrey Tissin Andrey Shchegolikhin Vitaliy Gankin Roman Zarubin
K-4 1000 m	Germany Torsten Gutsche Mark Zabel Björn Bach Stefan Ulm	Hungary Botond Storcz Krisztián Bártfai Zsolt Szádovszky Márton Bauer	Russia Anatoly Tishchenko Sergey Verlin Georgiy Tsybulnikov Aleksandr Ivanik

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 200 m	Caroline Brunet (CAN)	Josefa Idem (ITA)	Éva Dónusz (HUN)
K-1 500 m	Caroline Brunet (CAN)	Katrin Borchert (AUS)	Josefa Idem (ITA)
K-1 1000 m	Josefa Idem (ITA)	Caroline Brunet (CAN)	Katrin Borchert (AUS)
K-2 200 m	Canada Marie-Josée Gibeau-Ouimet Karen Furneaux	Hungary Kinga Dékány Rita Kőbán	Spain Beatriz Manchón Izaskun Aramburu
K-2 500 m	Australia Anna Wood Katrin Borchert	Germany Birgit Fischer Anett Schuck	Hungary Kinga Dékány Rita Kőbán
K-2 1000 m	Australia Anna Wood Katrin Borchert	Germany Birgit Fischer Ute Plessman	Sweden Anna Karlsson Susanne Gunnarsson
K-4 200 m	Hungary Kinga Dékány Erzsébet Viski Rita Kőbán Katalin Kovács	Sweden Anna Karlsson Susanne Gunnarsson Ingela Eriksson Maria Haglund	Russia Natalya Gouily Yelena Tissina Larissa Peisakhovich Tatyana Tischenko
K-4 500 m	Germany Birgit Fischer Anett Schuck Manuela Mucke Marcela Bednar	Hungary Kinga Dékány Szilvia Szabó Andrea Barocsi Katalin Kovács	Spain Beatriz Manchón Izaskun Aramburu Ana María Penas Belen Sánchez

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary	7	5	5	17
2	Germany	5	3	3	11
3	Canada	4	1	0	5
4	Italy	2	3	1	6
5	Russia	2	2	6	10
6	Australia	2	1	1	4
6	Czech Republic	2	1	1	4
8	Israel	1	1	0	2
8	Slovakia	1	1	0	2
10	Romania	0	2	1	3
11	Ukraine	0	1	2	3
12	Norway	0	1	1	2
	Sweden	0	1	1	2
	Yugoslavia	0	1	1	2
15	Belarus	0	1	0	1
15	Poland	0	1	0	1
17	Spain	0	0	2	2
18	Argentina	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		26	26	26	78

Medal summary