# 1990 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1990 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Poznań, Poland, on Lake Malta.
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 23rd championships in the canoe sprint.

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

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 500 m | Michał Śliwiński (URS) | Thomas Zereske (GDR) | Martin Marinov (BUL) |
| C-1 1000 m | Ivan Klementiev (URS) | György Zala (HUN) | Thomas Zereske (GDR) |
| C-1 10000 m | Zsolt Bohács (HUN) | Jan Bartůněk (TCH) | Ivan Klementiev (URS) |
| C-2 500 m | Soviet Union Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi | East Germany Ulrich Papke Ingo Spelly | Hungary Attila Pálizs György Zala |
| C-2 1000 m | East Germany Ulrich Papke Ingo Spelly | Romania Gheorghe Andriev Vasile Lehaci | Soviet Union Aleksandr Gramovich Yuriy Gurin |
| C-2 10000 m | Denmark Arne Nielsson Christian Frederiksen | Romania Gheorghe Andriev Vasile Lehaci | Soviet Union Andrey Balabanov Viktor Dobrotvorskiy |
| C-4 500 m | Soviet Union Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi Yuriy Gurin Valeriy Veshko | Hungary Zsolt Bohács Ervin Hoffmann Gusztáv Leikep Attila Szabó | Bulgaria Nikolay Bukhalov Traicho Draganov Paisiy Lubenov Dejan Slavov |
| C-4 1000 m | Soviet Union Yuriy Gurin Nicolae Juravschi Viktor Reneisky Valeriy Veshko | Hungary Gáspár Boldizsár Ervin Hoffmann Gusztáv Leikep Attila Szabó | Bulgaria Nikolay Bukhalov Traicho Draganov Paisiy Lubenov Dejan Slavov |

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 m | Sergey Kalesnik (URS) | Mike Herbert (USA) | Martin Hunter (AUS) |
| K-1 1000 m | Knut Holmann (NOR) | Maicej Freimut (POL) | Philippe Boccara (FRA) |
| K-1 10000 m | Philippe Boccara (FRA) | Greg Barton (USA) | Torsten Krentz (GDR) |
| K-2 500 m | Soviet Union Sergey Kalesnik Anatoly Tishchenko | United States Mike Herbert Terry Kent | East Germany Kay Bluhm Torsten Guitsche |
| K-2 1000 m | East Germany Kay Bluhm Torsten Guitsche | Soviet Union Vladimir Bobrezhov Artūras Vieta | Hungary Gábor Szabó Béla Petrovics |
| K-2 10000 m | Great Britain Grayson Bourne Ivan Lawler | New Zealand Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald | Soviet Union Boris Danilov Vladimir Mozeiko |
| K-4 500 m | Soviet Union Oleg Gorobiy Sergey Kirsanov Aleksandr Matushenko Viktor Pusev | East Germany Matthias Hoppe Uwe Münch Andreas Stähle André Wohllebe | Hungary Attila Ábrahám Ferenc Cspies Gyula Kajner Béla Petrovics |
| K-4 1000 m | Hungary Attila Ábrahám Ferenc Cspies László Fidel Zsolt Gyulay | Soviet Union Sergey Kalesnik Sergey Krisanov Aleksandr Matushenko Anatoly Tishchenko | East Germany Kay Bluhm Torsten Guitsche Tostern Krentz André Wohllebe |
| K-4 10000 m | Soviet Union Dmitry Bankovsky Vladimir Bobreshov Aleksandr Myzgin Artūras Vieta | Poland Andrzej Gajewski Andrzej Gryczko Grzegorz Kaleta Mariusz Rutkowski | Sweden Gunar Olsson Hans Olsson Peter Orbanm Kalle Sundqvist |

### Women's
#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 m | Josefa Idem (ITA) | Yvonne Knudsen (DEN) | Katrin Borchert (FRG) |
| K-1 5000 m | Katrin Borchert (FRG) | Josefa Idem (ITA) | Irina Salomykova (URS) |
| K-2 500 m | East Germany Ramona Portwich Anke von Seck | Hungary Éva Dónusz Erika Mészáros | West Germany Katrin Borchert Monika Bunke |
| K-2 5000 m | East Germany Ramona Portwich Anke von Seck | Hungary Éva Dónusz Erika Mészáros | Soviet Union Katarin Koniovskala Nelly Korbukova |
| K-4 500 m | East Germany Silke Bull Ramona Portwich Heike Rabenow Anke von Seck | Hungary Éva Dónusz Henriette Huber Rita Kőbán Erika Mészáros | West Germany Marcella Bednar Katrin Borchert Monika Bunke Catrin Fischer |

## Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 9 | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | East Germany | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Hungary | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Denmark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | West Germany | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | United States | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Poland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Romania | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |