# 1991 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1991 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Paris, France from 21 to 25 August 1991.
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.

## Medal summary
### Men's
#### Canoe

| 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 |

#### Kayak

| 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 Gaikov 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 |

### Women's
#### Kayak

| 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 |

## Medals table

| 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) | Totals (16 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |