# 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held 19–22 August 2010 in Poznań, Poland, on Lake Malta. This was the third time that the Polish city hosted the championships, having done so previously in 1990 and 2001. Paracanoe (formerly paddleability) and the women's C-1 200 m events that were exhibition events at the previous world championships in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, became official events at these championships.
Germany and Hungary won the most medals at the championships with twelve each though the Hungarians won six golds, the most of the championships, compared to the Germans' five golds. Brazil, Japan and Tahiti won their first ever championship medals. Ronald Rauhe of Germany became the winningest medalist in men's kayak with his 21st career medal, earning that in a K-1 200 m silver. Rauhe eclipsed that record he had tied at the previous championships with fellow German Torsten Gutsche. In women's kayak, Hungary's Katalin Kovács tied Germany's Birgit Fischer for most career medals with 38 with three medals earned though Kovács 29th gold passed Fischer's 28 career golds. For the first time since 1975, a tie occurred in the medals only this time it was for the bronze in the C-1 200 m event between Canada's Richard Dalton and Ukraine's Yuriy Cheban. Canada also won the first gold medal in women's canoe with Laurence Vincent-Lapointe winning gold. Paracanoe's big winners were Brazil and Canada with three medals each.

## Explanation of events

Canoe sprint competitions are broken up into Canadian canoe (C), an open canoe with a single-blade paddle, or in kayaks (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 metres (660 ft), 500 metres (1,600 ft), or 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) long. When a competition is listed as a C-2 500 m event as an example, it means two people are in a canoe competing at a 500 metres (1,600 ft) distance.

## Preliminaries to the event

Poznań was awarded the 2010 championships at an ICF board of directors meeting in Madrid, Spain, on 23 October 2003.

### Event format changes

At the 2009 ICF board of directors meeting in Windsor, Berkshire, England, women's C-1 200 m was added for these championships while women's C-2 500 m will remain a demonstration event like it had the previous championships. The relay events, started at the previous championships, and 5000 m events, included for the first time since their discontinuation after the 1993 championships in Copenhagen, will also occur. Paracanoe (formerly referred to as paddleability) will have four events covering three classifications with LTA (Legs, Trunk, and Arms), TA (Trunk and Arms), and A (Arms only). The events were confirmed following successes at the previous world championships on 18 December 2009. The schedule for the championships was released on 10 June 2010.

### Visit from the ICF

During the week of 1 March 2010, the ICF visited Lake Malta to meet with the Host Organizing Committee (HOC) to see how event preparations were progressing. Some items discussed were broadcasting, event promotion, athlete services, and communications. 2.5 hours of live television coverage on a daily basis is planned for the semifinal and final event as provided in the contract to meet the needs of the European market. 61 million people watched last year's championships in Canada. ICF Secretary General Simon Toulson expressed his support of the HOC and his hope that the 2010 championships will be a good one.

## Event progress

After opening ceremonies on the 18th, the first round of events took place on the 19th with 1000 m events completing their heats and the semifinals. Paracanoe heats were suspended later that day to high winds and weather conditions.

## Participating nations

75 nations were listed on the preliminary entry list. The numbers in parentheses shown are for those who competed for each respective nation.
| Algeria (1)  Angola (5)  Argentina (6)  Armenia (3)  Australia (23)  Austria (7)  Azerbaijan (2)  Belarus (24)  Belgium (5)  Brazil (13)  Bulgaria (12)  Canada (35)  Chile (6)  China (23)  Cook Islands (1)  Croatia (1)  Cuba (5)  Cyprus (1)  Czech Republic (25)  Denmark (8)  Egypt (2)  Estonia (7)  Finland (6)  France (17) | Germany (33)  Great Britain (28)  Greece (4)  Hungary (40)  Iran (11)  Ireland (2)  Israel (3)  Italy (29)  Japan (18)  Kazakhstan (12)  Kenya  Kyrgyzstan (8)  Latvia (11)  Lithuania (14)  Luxembourg (3)  Macau (6)  Mexico (9)  Montenegro (1)  Netherlands (8)  New Zealand (12)  Norway (7)  Philippines (3)  Poland (37)  Portugal (13) | Romania (18)  Russia (42)  Samoa (1)  Senegal (3)  Seychelles (1)  Serbia (15)  Singapore (7)  Slovakia (16)  Slovenia (7)  South Africa (15)  South Korea (10)  Spain (40)  Sweden (16)  Switzerland (3)  Tahiti (1)  Chinese Taipei (2)  Thailand (5)  Tunisia (7)  Turkey (3)  Ukraine (37)  United States (17)  Uzbekistan (12)  Vietnam (4) |
Russia had the most overall attendees with 42.
The media guide listed 75 nations as participating, but four nations listed did not compete (India, Iraq, Malta, Malaysia).

## Results
### Men's

Non-Olympic classes

#### Canoe

Russia won the most medals with four. The people with the most medals were two with Ivan Shtyl (Russia), Alexandru Dumitrescu (Romania), Victo Mihalachi (Romania), Vadim Menkov (Uzbeskistan), Dzianis Harasha (Belarus), Ronald Verch (Germany), and Paweł Baraszkiewicz (Poland). For the second time in the history of the championships, a tie occurred for a medal in the C-1 200 m bronze between Canada's Richard Dalton and Ukraine's Yuriy Cheban. The first occurred thirty-five years earlier, in the K-1 1000 m gold between Italy's Oreste Perri and Poland's Grzegorz Śledziewski.
| Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| C-1 200 m | 21 August | 21 August | 22 August | Ivan Shtyl (RUS) | 39.161 | Thomas Simart (FRA) | 39.729 | Richard Dalton (CAN) Yuriy Cheban (UKR) | 39.953 |
| C-1 500 m | 20 August | 20 August | 22 August | Dzianis Harasha (BLR) | 1:47.701 | Li Qiang (CHN) | 1:48.317 | Vadim Menkov (UZB) | 1:48.457 |
| C-1 1000 m | 19 August | 19 August | 21 August | Vadim Menkov (UZB) | 3:51.721 | Attila Vajda (HUN) | 3:51.921 | Sebastian Brendel (GER) | 3:53.837 |
| C-1 5000 m | NA | NA | 21 August | Ronald Verch (GER) | 23:24.342 | José Luis Bouza (ESP) | 23:26.398 | Marian Ostcril (SVK) | 23:38.070 |
| C-1 4 × 200 m relay | 22 August | NA | 22 August | Russia Ivan Shtyl Mikhail Pavlov Nikolay Lipkin Evgeny Ignatov | 2:48.143 | Ukraine Oleksandr Maksymchuk Yuriy Cheban Stanislav Shymansky Vyacheslav Tsekhosh | 2:50.675 | Poland Adam Ginter Roman Rynkiewicz Mariusz Kruk Paweł Baraszkiewicz | 2:51.059 |
| C-2 200 m | 21 August | 21 August | 22 August | Lithuania Raimundas Labuckas Tomas Gadeikis | 36.019 | Russia Evgeny Ignatov Ivan Shtyl | 36.411 | Poland Paweł Skowroński Paweł Baraszkiewicz | 36.551 |
| C-2 500 m | 20 August | 20 August | 22 August | Romania Alexandru Dumitrescu Victor Mihalachi | 1:40.781 | Azerbaijan Sergiy Bezugliy Maksym Prokopenko | 1:41.277 | Russia Pavel Petrov Alexander Kostogold | 1:41.345 |
| C-2 1000 m | 19 August | 19 August | 21 August | Romania Alexandru Dumitrescu Victor Mihalachi | 3:37.317 | Belarus Andrei Bahdanovich Aliaksandr Bahdanovich | 3:37.325 | Hungary Márton Tóth Róbert Mike | 3:38.057 |
| C-4 1000 m | 19 August | 19 August | 21 August | Belarus Dzmitry Rabchanka Dzmitry Vaitsishkin Dzianis Harasha Aliaksandr Vauchetski | 3:18.724 | Romania Gabriel Gheoca Nicolae Bogdan Mihail Simon Florin Comănici | 3:20.548 | Germany Chris Wend Tomasz Wylenzek Ronald Verch Erik Rebstock | 3:20.616 |

#### Kayak

Germany and Great Britain were the big medal winners with four each. Germany won the most golds with two. Ronald Rauhe won his record twenty-first world championship medal, eclipsing the record he tied last year with fellow German Torsten Gutsche. Ten canoeists each won two medals from five different countries.
| Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| K-1 200 m | 21 August | 21 August | 22 August | Edward McKeever (GBR) | 34.807 | Ronald Rauhe (GER) | 35.155 | Piotr Siemionowski (POL) | 35.195 |
| K-1 500 m | 20 August | 20 August | 22 August | Anders Gustafsson (SWE) | 1:38.457 | Peter Gelle (SVK) | 1:38.961 | Adam van Koeverden (CAN) | 1:39.005 |
| K-1 1000 m | 19 August | 19 August | 21 August | Max Hoff (GER) | 3:29.544 | Tim Brabants (GBR) | 3:30.040 | Aleh Yurenia (BLR) | 3:30.128 |
| K-1 5000 m | NA | NA | 21 August | Ken Wallace (AUS) | 20:01.338 | Max Hoff (GER) | 20:03.574 | Maximilian Benassi (ITA) | 20:06.670 |
| K-1 4 × 200 m relay | 22 August | NA | 22 August | Spain Saúl Craviotto Francisco Llera Pablo Andrés Carlos Pérez | 2:27.409 | Great Britain Edward McKeever Jon Schofield Liam Heath Edward Cox | 2:27.897 | Russia Viktor Zavolskiy Alexander Dyachenko Yevgeny Salakhov Alexander Nikolaev | 2:28.753 |
| K-2 200 m | 21 August | 21 August | 22 August | France Arnaud Hybois Sébastien Jouve | 31.532 | Spain Saúl Craviotto Carlos Pérez | 31.540 | Great Britain Liam Heath Jon Schofield | 31.584 |
| K-2 500 m | 20 August | 20 August | 22 August | Belarus Raman Piatrushenka Vadzim Makhneu | 1:29.230 | Portugal Fernando Pimenta João Ribeiro | 1:29.970 | Serbia Duško Stanojević Dejan Pajić | 1:30.418 |
| K-2 1000 m | 19 August | 19 August | 21 August | Germany Martin Hollstein Andreas Ihle | 3:13.024 | Hungary Zoltán Kammerer Ákos Vereckei | 3:13.204 | Russia Ilya Medvedev Anton Ryakhov | 3:15.736 |
| K-4 1000m | 19 August | 19 August | 21 August | France Arnaud Hybois Étienne Hubert Sébastien Jouve Philippe Colin | 2:54.103 | Belarus Raman Piatrushenka Aliaksei Abalmasau Artur Litvinchuk Vadzim Makhneu | 2:55.843 | Czech Republic Ondřej Horský Jan Souček Daniel Havel Jan Štěrba | 2:56.023 |

### Women's

Non-Olympic classes

#### Canoe

The first women's event was won by Canada's Laurence Vincent-Lapointe.
| Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| C-1 200 m | 21 August | 21 August | 22 August | Laurence Vincent-Lapointe (CAN) | 48.188 | Li Tiantian (CHN) | 48.992 | Maria Kazakova (RUS) | 51.724 |

#### Kayak

Hungary was the big medal winner, medaling in all nine events including six golds. The big individual winner was Natasa Janics of Hungary with five (three gold, two silver). Her teammate Katalin Kovács, won three medals to bring her career total to 38, matching that of Germany's Birgit Fischer though Kovacs did break Fischer's career gold medal count to 29, eclipsing Fischer's 28. Japan earned their first medal at the championships with Shinobu Kitamoto's bronze in the K-1 200 m event. Rachel Cawthorn became the first British woman to medal at the championships with her bronze in the K-1 500 m event.
| Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| K-1 200 m | 21 August | 21 August | 22 August | Nataša Janić (HUN) | 40.181 | Inna Osypenko (UKR) | 40.797 | Shinobu Kitamoto (JPN) | 40.917 |
| K-1 500 m | 20 August | 20 August | 22 August | Inna Osypenko (UKR) | 1:50.461 | Nataša Janić (HUN) | 1:50.625 | Rachel Cawthorn (GBR) | 1:50.929 |
| K-1 1000 m | 19 August | 19 August | 21 August | Franziska Weber (GER) | 3:57.544 | Katalin Kovács (HUN) | 4:00.124 | Sofia Paldanius (SWE) | 4:00.280 |
| K-1 5000 m | NA | NA | 21 August | Vivien Folláth (HUN) | 22:44.927 | Maryna Paltaran (BLR) | 22:53.079 | Anne Rikala (FIN) | 23:07.683 |
| K-1 4 × 200 m relay | 22 August | NA | 22 August | Germany Nicole Reinhardt Conny Waßmuth Tina Dietze Katrin Wagner-Augustin | 2:50.315 | Hungary Nataša Janić Zomilla Hegyi Ninetta Vad Tímea Paksy | 2:52.211 | Russia Natalia Lobova Anastasia Sergeeva Natalia Proskurina Anastasia Panchenko | 2:52.959 |
| K-2 200 m | 21 August | 21 August | 22 August | Hungary Katalin Kovács Nataša Janić | 36.886 | Poland Marta Walczykiewicz Ewelina Wojnarowska | 37.766 | Slovakia Ivana Kmeťová Martina Kohlová | 37.778 |
| K-2 500 m | 20 August | 20 August | 22 August | Hungary Gabriella Szabó Danuta Kozák | 1:40.064 | Russia Juliana Salakhova Anastasia Sergeeva | 1:41.628 | Austria Yvonne Schuring Viktoria Schwarz | 1:42.684 |
| K-2 1000 m | 19 August | 19 August | 21 August | Hungary Gabriella Szabó Tamara Csipes | 3:34.306 | Germany Carolin Leonhardt Silke Hörmann | 3:37.426 | Russia Juliana Salakhova Anastasia Sergeeva | 3:37.554 |
| K-4 500 m | 20 August | 20 August | 22 August | Hungary Nataša Janić Tamara Csipes Katalin Kovács Dalma Benedek | 1:31.607 | Germany Fanny Fischer Nicole Reinhardt Katrin Wagner-Augustin Tina Dietze | 1:32.795 | Poland Karolina Naja Aneta Konieczna Sandra Pawelczak Magdalena Krukowska | 1:33.815 |

### Paracanoe

Italy won the most medals with four though none of them were gold. Canada and Brazil each won two golds and three overall. All three of Brazil's medals were the first in the history of the world championships. Tahiti's Patrick Viriamu became the first medalist from his country at the world championships as well.
| Event | Heats | Semifinals | Finals | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Men's K-1 200 m A | NA | NA | 20 August | Fernando Fernandes Padua (BRA) | 56.151 | Antonio De Diego (ESP) | 1:06.215 | Jono Broome (GBR) | 1:07.179 |
| Men's K-1 200 m LTA | 19 August | NA | 20 August | Iulian Serban (ROU) | 44.176 | Martin Farineaux (FRA) | 44.448 | Andrea Testa (ITA) | 45.440 |
| Men's K-1 200 m TA | NA | NA | 20 August | Marcus Swoboda (AUT) | 44.617 | Paolo Bressi (ITA) | 53.437 | Henry Manni (FIN) | 56.281 |
| Men's V-1 200 m LTA, TA, A | 19 August | NA | 20 August | Patrick Viriamu (TAH) | 54.918 | Gerhard Bowitzky (GER) | 57.046 | George Thomas (NZL) | 1:00.918 |
| Women's K-1 200 m LTA | NA | NA | 20 August | Christine Gauthier (CAN) | 53.190 | Marta Santos Ferreira (BRA) | 1:04.334 | Giovanna Chiriu (ITA) | 1:04.346 |
| Women's K-1 200 m TA | NA | NA | 20 August | Marta Santos Ferreira (BRA) | 1:02.942 | Christine Selinger (CAN) | 1:04.534 | Séverine Amiot (FRA) | 1:06.090 |
| Women's V-1 200 m LTA, TA, A | NA | NA | 20 August | Christine Selinger (CAN) | 1:12.096 | Tami Hetke (USA) | 1:12.520 | Lorella Bellato (ITA) | 1:20.444 |

### Exhibition
#### Women's canoe

| Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | First | Time | Second | Time | Third | Time |
| C-2 500 m | NA | NA | 22 August | Canada Laurence Vincent-Lapointe Mallorie Nicholson | 2:03.622 | Russia Maria Kazakova Ekaterina Petrova | 2:18.110 | Brazil Luciana Costa Camila Conceição Lima | 2:19.254 |

## Medal table

Shown for the non-exhibition events only.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Belarus | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Romania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Russia | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | France | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Brazil | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Spain | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Ukraine | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | French Polynesia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | China | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 19 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 21 | Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Portugal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (29 entries) | Totals (29 entries) | 35 | 35 | 36 | 106 |
Source: Medal table – from official website. Retrieved 22 August 2010.