# 2024 ICF Paracanoe World Championships

The 2024 ICF Paracanoe World Championships were held in Szeged, Hungary from 9 to 11 May 2024. This event, which is part of the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in non-Paralympic years, took place as a standalone competition in order to accommodate athletes seeking to qualify for the 2024 Paralympic regatta. It shared the venue with, and was held concurrently with the 2024 European Canoe Sprint Qualifier and Szeged leg of the 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup.

## Explanation of events

Paracanoe competitions are contested in either a va'a (V), an outrigger canoe (which includes a second pontoon) with a single-blade paddle, or in a kayak (K), a closed canoe with a double-bladed paddle. All international competitions are held over 200 metres in single-man boats, with three event classes in both types of vessel for men and women depending on the level of an athlete's impairment. The lower the classification number, the more severe the impairment is - for example, VL1 is a va'a competition for those with particularly severe impairments.

## Paralympic qualification

In all canoe classes bar the VL1, the top four NPCs not already qualified after the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships claimed quota slots for Paris 2024.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Hungary)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Brazil | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Chile | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Hungary* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |

### Medal events

Non-Paralympic classes
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's KL1 details | Luis Cardoso da Silva Brazil | 46.17 | Rémy Boullé France | 46.63 | Saeid Hosseinpour Iran | 48.42 |
| Men's KL2 details | Curtis McGrath Australia | 42.89 | David Phillipson Great Britain | 43.60 | Fernando Rufino Brazil | 43.64 |
| Men's KL3 details | Juan Valle Spain | 40.17 | Dylan Littlehales Australia | 40.27 | Miquéias Elias Rodrigues Brazil | 40.40 |
| Men's VL1 details | David González Spain | 1:06.89 | Carlos Glenndel Moreira Brazil | 1:07.15 | Yuta Takagi Japan | 1:07.60 |
| Men's VL2 details | Fernando Rufino Brazil | 50.59 | Igor Tofalini Brazil | 51.20 | Steven Haxton United States | 52.25 |
| Men's VL3 details | Vladyslav Yepifanov Ukraine | 47.80 | Peter Cowan New Zealand | 48.51 | Curtis McGrath Australia | 48.99 |
| Women's KL1 details | Katherinne Wollermann Chile | 52.83 | Maryna Mazhula Ukraine | 53.13 | Edina Müller Germany | 53.62 |
| Women's KL2 details | Charlotte Henshaw Great Britain | 48.79 | Katalin Varga Hungary | 50.89 | Anja Adler Germany | 52.64 |
| Women's KL3 details | Laura Sugar Great Britain | 45.97 | Hope Gordon Great Britain | 46.94 | Nélia Barbosa France | 47.15 |
| Women's VL1 details | Viktoryia Shablova Italy | 1:19.15 | Pooja Ojha India | 1:24.51 | Jocelyn Muñoz Chile | 1:26.06 |
| Women's VL2 details | Emma Wiggs Great Britain | 58.69 | Brianna Hennessy Canada | 1:00.35 | Susan Seipel Australia | 1:02.15 |
| Women's VL3 details | Charlotte Henshaw Great Britain | 56.80 | Hope Gordon Great Britain | 56.91 | Shakhzoda Mamadalieva Uzbekistan | 58.22 |