# 2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held September 10–14, 2003 in Gainesville, Georgia, United States at Lake Lanier. Located north of Atlanta, this was also where the canoe sprint and rowing events for the 1996 Summer Olympics took place.
The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Women competed in nine events, all in kayak.
This was the 33rd championships in canoe sprint.

## Doping controversy

Sergey Ulegin of Russia won two golds (C-4 200 m, C-4 500 m) and one silver (C-2 500 m), but was stripped of those medals when he tested positive for doping. His teammates in the C-2 500 m (Aleksandr Kostoglod), C-4 200 m (Kostoglod, Roman Kruglyakov, and Maksim Opalev), and C-4 500 m (Kostoglod, Kruglyakov, and Opalev) events also lost their medals as a result of Ulegin's positive test. Ulegin received a two-year suspension.

## Medal summary
### Men's

Non-Olympic classes

#### Canoe

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| C-1 200 m | Maksim Opalev (RUS) | 40.896 | Martin Doktor (CZE) | 40.929 | Andreas Dittmer (GER) | 40.962 |
| C-1 500 m | Andreas Dittmer (GER) | 1:47.277 | Maksim Opalev (RUS) | 1:47.488 | Martin Doktor (CZE) | 1:48.030 |
| C-1 1000 m | Andreas Dittmer (GER) | 3:52.482 | David Cal (ESP) | 3:53.406 | Maksim Opalev (RUS) | 3:55.299 |
| C-2 200 m | Poland Paweł Baraszkiewicz Daniel Jędraszko | 37.972 | Czech Republic Petr Fuksa Petr Netušil | 38.012 | Ukraine Sergey Klimniuk Dmitriy Sabin | 38.230 |
| C-2 500 m | Poland Paweł Baraszkiewicz Daniel Jędraszko | 1:39.194 | Romania Silviu Simioncencu Florin Popescu | 1:40.824 | Cuba Ibrahim Rojas Ledis Balceiro | 1:41.136 |
| C-2 1000 m | Romania Silviu Simioncencu Florin Popescu | 3:34.932 | Russia Aleksandr Kovalyov Aleksandr Kostoglod | 3:35.325 | Hungary György Kozmann György Kolonics | 3:35.428 |
| C-4 200 m | Hungary Sándor Malomsoki László Vasali György Kozmann György Kolonics | 34.737 | Czech Republic Petr Fuksa Petr Netušil Jan Břečka Karel Kožíšek | 35.105 | Romania Silviu Simioncencu Mitică Pricop Florin Popescu Petre Condrat | 35.610 |
| C-4 500 m | Romania Silviu Simioncencu Florin Popescu Mitică Pricop Petre Condrat | 1:32.022 | Poland Adam Ginter Łukasz Woszczyński Marcin Grzybowski Michał Śliwiński | 1:32.185 | Hungary Csaba Hüttner Márton Joób Imre Pulai Ferenc Novák | 1:33.506 |
| C-4 1000 m | Hungary Csaba Hüttner Gábor Furdok Imre Pulai Ferenc Novák | 3:22.090 | Canada Attila Buday Tamas Buday Jr. Maxim Boilard Dimitri Joukovski | 3:22.332 | Poland Andrzej Jezierski Roman Rynkiewicz Adam Ginter Wojciech Tyszyński | 3:22.446 |

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| K-1 200 m | Ronald Rauhe (GER) | 35.798 | Vince Fehérvári (AUS) | 36.411 | Anton Ryakhov (UZB) | 36.417 |
| K-1 500 m | Nathan Baggaley (AUS) | 1:37.541 | Carlos Pérez (ESP) | 1:37.961 | Lutz Altepost (GER) | 1:38.077 |
| K-1 1000 m | Ben Fouhy (NZL) | 3:28.852 | Adam van Koeverden (CAN) | 3:29.720 | Nathan Baggaley (AUS) | 3:29.909 |
| K-2 200 m | Lithuania Alvydas Duonėla Egidijus Balčiūnas | 32.972 | Poland Marek Twardowski Adam Wysocki | 33.154 | Germany Ronald Rauhe Tim Wieskötter | 33.385 |
| K-2 500 m | Germany Ronald Rauhe Tim Wieskötter | 1:27.974 | Belarus Roman Piatrushenko Vadzim Makhneu | 1:28.954 | Lithuania Alvydas Duonėla Egidijus Balčiūnas | 1:29.205 |
| K-2 1000 m | Sweden Markus Oscarsson Henrik Nilsson | 3:14.157 | Belgium Bob Maesen Wouter D'Haene | 3:14.690 | Germany Tim Huth Marco Herszel | 3:15.142 |
| K-4 200 m | Ukraine Oleksiy Slivinskiy Mykhaylo Luchnik Mykola Zaichenkov Andriy Borzukov | 31.136 | Romania Vasile Curuzan Marian Baban Alexandru Ceaușu Romică Șerban | 31.168 | Spain Manuel Muñoz Jaime Acuña Aike González Oier Aizpurua | 31.260 |
| K-4 500 m | Slovakia Richard Riszdorfer Michal Riszdorfer Erik Vlček Juraj Bača | 1:20.409 | Romania Vasile Curuzan Marian Baban Alexandru Ceaușu Romică Șerban | 1:21.353 | Russia Aleksandr Ivanik Anatoly Tishchenko Oleg Gorobiy Vladimir Gurhsikin | 1:21.408 |
| K-4 1000 m | Slovakia Richard Riszdorfer Michal Riszdorfer Erik Vlček Juraj Bača | 2:55.291 | Hungary Zoltán Kammerer Ákos Vereckei Roland Kökény Krisztián Veréb | 2:56.795 | Germany Andreas Ihle Mark Zabel Björn Bach Stefan Ulm | 2:57.048 |

### Women's

Non-Olympic classes

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| K-1 200 m | Caroline Brunet (CAN) | 41.344 | Maria Teresa Portelo (ESP) | 41.600 | Tímea Paksy (HUN) | 42.298 |
| K-1 500 m | Katalin Kovács (HUN) | 1:48.996 | Caroline Brunet (CAN) | 1:49.778 | Aneta Pastuszka (POL) | 1:49.785 |
| K-1 1000 m | Katalin Kovács (HUN) | 4:00.955 | Katrin Wagner (GER) | 4:02.122 | Lior Karmi (ISR) | 4:03.104 |
| K-2 200 m | Hungary Tímea Paksy Melinda Patyi | 38.292 | Spain Maria Teresa Portela Beatriz Manchón | 38.521 | Poland Aneta Pastuszka Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza | 38.528 |
| K-2 500 m | Hungary Szilvia Szabó Kinga Bóta | 1:39.984 | Bulgaria Bonka Pindzeva Delyana Dacheva | 1:40.937 | Poland Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza Joanna Skowroń | 1:41.577 |
| K-2 1000 m | Hungary Tímea Paksy Dalma Benedek | 3:41.540 | Germany Nadine Opgen-Rhein Manuela Mucke | 3:41.636 | Canada Caroline Brunet Mylanie Barre | 3:42.752 |
| K-4 200 m | Hungary Natasa Janics Szilvia Szabó Erzsébet Viski Kinga Bóta | 35.665 | Spain Maria Garcia Suarez Beatriz Manchón Jana Smidakova Maria Teresa Portela | 35.939 | Poland Karolina Sadalska Aneta Pastuszka Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza Joanna Skowroń | 36.118 |
| K-4 500 m | Hungary Katalin Kovács Szilvia Szabó Erzsébet Viski Kinga Bóta | 1:31.632 | Poland Karolina Sadalska Małgorzata Czajczyńska Aneta Białkowska Joanna Skowroń | 1:33.573 | Spain Maria Garcia Beatriz Manchón Jana Smidakova Maria Teresa Portela | 1:33.742 |
| K-4 1000 m | Hungary Eszter Rasztótsky Kinga Dékány Krisztina Fazekas Natasa Janics | 3:13.296 | Ukraine Olena Cherevatova Tatyana Semikina Mariya Ralcheva Inna Osipenko | 3:16.389 | Australia Paul Harvey Chantal Meek Amanda Rankin Katrin Kieseler | 3:16.870 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary | 10 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Germany | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Poland | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Romania | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Slovakia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Canada | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Russia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Spain | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 | Czech Republic | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 27 | 27 | 27 | 81 |