# 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, the 45th edition of the World Championships, were held in Szeged, Hungary from 21 to 25 August 2019.
The championships served as the primary qualification regatta for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

## Explanation of events

Canoe sprint competitions were contested in either a Canadian canoe (C), an open canoe with a single-blade paddle, or in a kayak (K), a closed canoe with a double-bladed paddle. Each canoe or kayak can hold one person (1), two people (2), or four people (4). For each of the specific canoes or kayaks, such as a K-1 (kayak single), the competition distances can be 200, 500, 1000 or 5000 metres. When a competition is listed as a K-2 500m event, for example, it means two people were in a kayak competing over a distance of 500 metres.
Paracanoe competitions were contested in either a va'a (V), an outrigger canoe (which includes a second pontoon) with a single-blade paddle, or in a kayak (as above). All international competitions were 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.

## Canoe sprint
### Medal table

* Host nation (Hungary)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Belarus | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Germany | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | Hungary* | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | China | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Russia | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Spain | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Poland | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 13 | Cuba | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Serbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | France | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Georgia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Moldova | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (27 entries) | Totals (27 entries) | 30 | 30 | 31 | 91 |
Non-Olympic classes

### Men
#### Canoe

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| C–1 200 m details | Henrikas Žustautas Lithuania | 39.36 | Artsem Kozyr Belarus | 40.08 | Zaza Nadiradze Georgia | 40.24 |
| C–1 500 m details | Sebastian Brendel Germany | 1:53.59 | Angel Kodinov Bulgaria | 1:54.49 | Oleg Tarnovschi Moldova | 1:54.94 |
| C–1 1000 m details | Isaquias Queiroz Brazil | 3:59.23 | Tomasz Kaczor Poland | 4:00.92 | Adrien Bart France | 4:01.55 |
| C–1 5000 m details | Sebastian Brendel Germany | 22:15.86 | Balázs Adolf Hungary | 22:19.15 | Fernando Jorge Cuba | 22:30.46 |
| C–2 200 m details | Spain Alberto Pedrero Pablo Graña | 36.06 | Poland Michał Łubniewski Arsen Śliwiński | 36.18 | Uzbekistan Artur Guliev Elyorjon Mamadaliev | 36.42 |
| C–2 500 m details | China Li Qiang Xing Song | 1:37.33 | Hungary Jonatán Hajdu Ádám Fekete | 1:38.41 | Spain Sete Benavides Antoni Segura | 1:38.97 |
| C–2 1000 m details | China Liu Hao Wang Hao | 3:40.55 | Cuba Serguey Torres Fernando Jorge | 3:41.46 | Brazil Erlon Silva Isaquias Queiroz | 3:44.34 |
| C–4 500 m details | Russia Ivan Shtyl Pavel Petrov Viktor Melantyev Mikhail Pavlov | 1:34.69 | Germany Jan Vandrey Conrad-Robin Scheibner Tim Hecker Moritz Adam | 1:35.83 | Belarus Andrei Bahdanovich Evgeniy Tengel Maksim Krysko Vitali Asetski | 1:37.14 |

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| K–1 200 m details | Liam Heath Great Britain | 34.86 | Strahinja Stefanović Serbia | 35.04 | Carlos Garrote Spain | 35.12 |
| K–1 500 m details | Tom Liebscher Germany | 1:35.04 WB | Mikita Borykau Belarus | 1:35.19 | Maxim Spesivtsev Russia | 1:35.49 |
| K–1 1000 m details | Bálint Kopasz Hungary | 3:36.07 | Josef Dostál Czech Republic | 3:37.31 | Fernando Pimenta Portugal | 3:37.63 |
| K–1 5000 m details | Aleh Yurenia Belarus | 19:54.07 | Max Hoff Germany | 19:57.56 | Fernando Pimenta Portugal | 20:19.94 |
| K–2 200 m details | Russia Yury Postrigay Alexander Dyachenko | 33.05 | Poland Piotr Mazur Bartosz Grabowski | 33.10 | Hungary Márk Balaska Levente Apagyi | 33.30 |
| K–2 500 m details | Belarus Stanislau Daineka Dzmitry Natynchyk | 1:33.13 | Spain Pelayo Roza Pedro Vázquez | 1:33.48 | Germany Marcus Gross Martin Hiller | 1:34.50 |
| K–2 1000 m details | Germany Max Hoff Jacob Schopf | 3:20.53 | Spain Francisco Cubelos Íñigo Peña | 3:21.79 | France Cyrille Carré Étienne Hubert | 3:22.96 |
| K–4 500 m details | Germany Tom Liebscher Ronald Rauhe Max Rendschmidt Max Lemke | 1:19.26 | Spain Saúl Craviotto Carlos Arévalo Rodrigo Germade Marcus Walz | 1:19.77 | Slovakia Erik Vlček Adam Botek Csaba Zalka Samuel Baláž | 1:20.96 |
| K–4 1000 m details | Germany Lukas Reuschenbach Felix Frank Jakob Thordsen Tobias-Pascal Schultz | 2:48.79 | Russia Vasily Pogreban Aleksei Vostrikov Oleg Siniavin Igor Kalashnikov | 2:49.78 | Slovakia Gábor Jakubík Juraj Tarr Denis Myšák Ákos Gacsal | 2:50.44 |

### Women

Non-Olympic classes

#### Canoe

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| C–1 200 m details | Nevin Harrison United States | 49.30 | Olesia Romasenko Russia | 49.74 | Alena Nazdrova Belarus | 49.99 |
| C–1 500 m details | Alena Nazdrova Belarus | 2:00.73 WB | Ksenia Kurach Russia | 2:01.64 | Anastasiia Chetverikova Ukraine | 2:03.83 |
| C–1 5000 m details | Volha Klimava Belarus | 25:34.67 | María Mailliard Chile | 25:56.41 | Zhang Yajue China | 26:14.90 |
| C–2 200 m details | China Lin Wenjun Zhang Luqi | 44.69 | Hungary Kincső Takács Virág Balla | 45.16 | Uzbekistan Dilnoza Rakhmatova Nilufar Zokirova | 46.60 |
| C–2 500 m details | China Sun Mengya Xu Shixiao | 2:02.81 | Hungary Kincső Takács Virág Balla | 2:04.49 | Belarus Volha Klimava Nadzeya Makarchanka | 2:07.74 |

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| K–1 200 m details | Lisa Carrington New Zealand | 39.39 | Marta Walczykiewicz Poland | 41.33 | Emma Jørgensen Denmark | 41.34 |
| K–1 200 m details | Lisa Carrington New Zealand | 39.39 | Marta Walczykiewicz Poland | 41.33 | Teresa Portela Spain | 41.34 |
| K–1 500 m details | Lisa Carrington New Zealand | 1:55.76 | Volha Khudzenka Belarus | 1:57.39 | Danuta Kozák Hungary | 1:58.01 |
| K–1 1000 m details | Tamara Csipes Hungary | 4:07.90 | Justyna Iskrzycka Poland | 4:09.26 | Lizzie Broughton Great Britain | 4:10.44 |
| K–1 5000 m details | Dóra Bodonyi Hungary | 22:03.23 | Tabea Medert Germany | 22:03.85 | Maryna Litvinchuk Belarus | 22:04.08 |
| K–2 200 m details | Belarus Maryna Litvinchuk Volha Khudzenka | 36.21 | Slovenia Špela Ponomarenko Janić Anja Osterman | 36.72 | Hungary Blanka Kiss Anna Lucz | 36.97 |
| K–2 500 m details | Belarus Maryna Litvinchuk Volha Khudzenka | 1:42.55 | Poland Karolina Naja Anna Puławska | 1:43.34 | Slovenia Špela Ponomarenko Janić Anja Osterman | 1:44.21 |
| K–2 1000 m details | Hungary Erika Medveczky Réka Hagymási | 3:34.23 | Germany Tabea Medert Sarah Brüßler | 3:35.59 | Mexico Karina Alanís Maricela Montemayor | 3:40.91 |
| K–4 500 m details | Hungary Dóra Bodonyi Erika Medveczky Tamara Csipes Alida Dóra Gazsó | 1:32.91 | Belarus Maryna Litvinchuk Volha Khudzenka Nadzeya Liapeshka Marharyta Makhneva | 1:33.69 | Poland Karolina Naja Anna Puławska Katarzyna Kołodziejczyk Helena Wiśniewska | 1:34.77 |

## Paracanoe
### Medal table

* Host nation (Hungary)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Hungary* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Germany | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Russia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Italy | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Portugal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 12 | 12 | 11 | 35 |

### Medal events

Non-Paralympic classes
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's KL1 details | Péter Pál Kiss Hungary | 45.42 | Esteban Farias Italy | 46.17 | Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva Brazil | 46.49 |
| Men's KL2 details | Curtis McGrath Australia | 42.35 | Federico Mancarella Italy | 42.80 | Scott Martlew New Zealand | 43.51 |
| Men's KL3 details | Serhii Yemelianov Ukraine | 40.03 | Leonid Krylov Russia | 40.56 | Caio Riberio de Carvalho Brazil | 40.70 |
| Men's VL1 details | Mykola Fedorenko Ukraine | 1:05.18 | Peter Happ Germany | 1:07.81 | Robinson Méndez Chile | 1:14.27 |
| Men's VL2 details | Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva Brazil | 51.68 | Norberto Mourao Portugal | 52.82 | Jakub Tokarz Poland | 53.21 |
| Men's VL3 details | Curtis McGrath Australia | 47.42 | Caio Riberio de Carvalho Brazil | 47.52 | Stuart Wood Great Britain | 48.42 |
| Women's KL1 details | Maryna Mazhula Ukraine | 55.99 | Edina Müller Germany | 56.97 | Katherinne Wollermann Chile | 58.03 |
| Women's KL2 details | Charlotte Henshaw Great Britain | 47.62 | Emma Wiggs Great Britain | 49.03 | Susan Seipel Australia | 51.12 |
| Women's KL3 details | Shakhnoza Mirzaeva Uzbekistan | 47.29 | Laura Sugar Great Britain | 47.32 | Shahla Behrouzirad Iran | 48.96 |
| Women's VL1 details | Monika Seryu Japan | 1:14.56 | Esther Bode Germany | 1:35.66 | not awarded as there were only 2 entries | not awarded as there were only 2 entries |
| Women's VL2 details | Emma Wiggs Great Britain | 56.10 | Susan Seipel Australia | 57.74 | Maria Nikiforova Russia | 59.24 |
| Women's VL3 details | Charlotte Henshaw Great Britain | 56.82 | Larisa Volik Russia | 57.84 | Nataliia Lagutenko Ukraine | 59.07 |

## Doping violation

On 19 August, the ICF announced that 11-time world champion Laurence Vincent-Lapointe was provisionally suspended from competition after testing positive for a banned substance. The substance in question was subsequently found to be Ligandrol, with Canoe Kayak Canada stating Ligandrol had been associated with recent tainted supplements and that preliminary information suggested Vincent-Lapointe's positive may have been the result of such.