# 2001 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 2001 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Poznań, Poland at Lake Malta. The Polish city had hosted the event previously in 1990.
The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Women competed in nine events, all kayak. The women's K-4 1000 m event was added at these championships, the last change to the program until a new program was approved for the 2009 event at the 2008 ICF Congress in Rome.
This was the 31st championships in canoe sprint.

## Medal summary
### Men's

Non-Olympic classes

#### Canoe

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 200 m | Dmitriy Sabin (UKR) | Maksim Opalev (RUS) | Michał Śliwiński (POL) |
| C-1 500 m | Maksim Opalev (RUS) | György Kolonics (HUN) | Andreas Dittmer (GER) |
| C-1 1000 m | Andreas Dittmer (GER) | Martin Doktor (CZE) | György Kolonics (HUN) |
| C-2 200 m | Poland Paweł Baraszkiewicz Daniel Jędraszko | Romania Ionel Averian Mikhail Vartolemei | Cuba Ibrahim Rojas Leobaldo Pereira |
| C-2 500 m | Cuba Ibrahim Rojas Leobaldo Pereira | Poland Daniel Jędraszko Paweł Baraszkiewicz | Romania Mitică Pricop Florin Popescu |
| C-2 1000 m | Poland Marcin Kobierski Michał Śliwiński | Spain José Alfredo Bea David Mascató | Cuba Ibrahim Rojas Leobaldo Pereira |
| C-4 200 m | Hungary György Zala György Kozmann Béla Belicza Gábor Ivan | Czech Republic Petr Netušil Jan Břečka Petr Fuksa Karel Kožíšek | Russia Aleksandr Kovalyov Aleksandr Kostoglod Vladislav Polozounov Maksim Opalev |
| C-4 500 m | Romania Iosif Anisim Florin Popescu Mikhail Vartolemei Ionel Averian | Hungary György Zala György Kozmann Béla Belicza Gábor Ivan | Russia Roman Krugylakov Konstantin Fomichev Vladimir Ladosha Aleksey Volkonskiy |
| C-4 1000 m | Hungary György Zala György Kozmann Béla Belicza Gábor Ivan | Belarus Ivan Skovorodkin Aleksandr Bagdanovich Aleksandr Kurlandchik Aleksandr Zhukovskiy | Romania Iosif Anisim Chirac Marcov Ionel Averian Mikhail Vartolemei |

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 200 m | Ronald Rauhe (GER) | Oleksiy Slivinskiy (UKR) | Anton Ryakhov (UZB) |
| K-1 500 m | Ákos Verecki (HUN) | Anton Ryakhov (UZB) | Javier Correa (ARG) |
| K-1 1000 m | Babak Amir-Tahmasseb (FRA) | Javier Correa (ARG) | Lutz Liwowski (GER) |
| K-2 200 m | Lithuania Alvydas Duonėla Egidijus Balčiūnas | Germany Ronald Rauhe Tim Wieskötter | Ukraine Mykola Zaichenkov Mykhaylo Luchnik |
| K-2 500 m | Germany Ronald Rauhe Tim Wieskötter | Lithuania Alvydas Duonėla Egidijus Balčiūnas | Sweden Markus Oscarsson Henrik Nilsson |
| K-2 1000 m | Norway Eirik Verås Larsen Nils Fjeldheim | Hungary Krisztián Bártfai Krisztián Veréb | Germany Marc Westphalen Marco Herszel |
| K-4 200 m | Hungary Gyula Kajner Vince Fehérvári István Beé Róbert Hegedűs | Russia Roman Zarubin Aleksandr Ivanik Denys Tourtchenkov Andrey Tissin | Ukraine Oleksiy Slivinskiy Mykola Zaichenkov Mykhaylo Luchnik Boris Markin |
| K-4 500 m | Russia Roman Zarubin Aleksandr Ivanik Denys Tourtchenkov Andrey Tissin | Romania Vasile Curuzan Marian Baban Geza Magyar Romică Șerban | Slovakia Richard Riszdorfer Michal Riszdorfer Erik Vlček Juraj Bača |
| K-4 1000 m | Germany Andreas Ihle Mark Zabel Björn Bach Stefan Ulm | Hungary Zoltán Kammerer Botond Storcz Roland Kökény Gábor Horváth | Russia Roman Zarubin Aleksandr Ivanik Denys Tourtchenkov Oleg Gorobiy |

### Women's

Non-Olympic classes

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 200 m | Karen Furneaux (CAN) | Elżbieta Urbańczyk (POL) | Szilvia Szabó (HUN) |
| K-1 500 m | Josefa Idem (ITA) | Katrin Borchert (AUS) | Katalin Kovács (HUN) |
| K-1 1000 m | Josefa Idem (ITA) | Katrin Wagner (GER) | Katrin Borchert (AUS) |
| K-2 200 m | Spain Beatriz Manchón Sonia Molanes | Poland Beata Sokołowska Aneta Pastuszka | Hungary Kinga Dékány Erzsébet Viski |
| K-2 500 m | Hungary Szilvia Szabó Kinga Bóta | Poland Beata Sokołowska Aneta Pastuszka | Spain Sonia Molanes Beatriz Manchón |
| K-2 1000 m | Germany Manuela Mucke Nadine Opgen-Rhein | Australia Katrin Borchert Katrin Kieseler | Spain Beatriz Manchón Sonia Molanes |
| K-4 200 m | Hungary Kinga Dékány Krisztina Fazekas Erzsébet Viski Katalin Kovács | Spain Maria Teresa Portela Maria Garcia Belen Sánchez Ana María Penas | Poland Karolina Sadalska Aneta Pastuszka Dorota Kuczkowska Joanna Skowroń |
| K-4 500 m | Hungary Katalin Kovács Szilvia Szabó Kinga Bóta Erzsébet Viski | Germany Manuela Mucke Katrin Wagner Anett Schuck Nadine Opgen-Rhein | Spain Maria Garcia Belen Sánchez Maria Teresa Portela Ana María Penas |
| K-4 1000 m | Hungary Kinga Dékány Szilvia Szabó Erzsébet Viski Kinga Bóta | Poland Karolina Sadalska Aneta Białkowska Dorota Kuczkowska Joanna Skowroń | Ukraine Hanna Balabanova Nataliya Feklisova Inna Osypenko Tetyana Semykina |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Poland | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Russia | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Italy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Spain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Romania | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Lithuania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Cuba | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Australia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Czech Republic | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 27 | 27 | 27 | 81 |