# 1997 Canoe Sprint European Championships

The 1997 Canoe Sprint European Championships were held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

## Medal overview
### Men

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| C1-200m | Slavomír Kňazovický | 40.118 | Aleksandr Maseikov | 40.658 | Mikhail Slivinskiy | 40.963 |
| C2-200m | Vladimir Ladosha Pavel Konovalov | 35.998 | Miklós Buzál Attila Végh | 36.328 | Stanimir Atanasov Dimitar Atanasov | 36.563 |
| C4-200m | Vladimir Ladosha Pavel Konovalov Vladislav Polzounov Alexander Kostoglod | 33.528 | Peter Páleš Slavomír Kňazovický Juraj Filip Csaba Orosz | 33.973 | Pavel Bednář Petr Procházka Petr Fuksa Tomáš Křivánek | 34.013 |
| K1-200m | Vince Fehérvári | 34.973 | Grzegorz Kotowicz | 35.818 | Ezio Caldognetto | 36.183 |
| K2-200m | Róbert Hegedűs Vince Fehérvári | 32.058 | Romică Șerban Florin Scoica | 32.628 | Maciej Freimut Adam Wysocki | 32.743 |
| K4-200m | Gyula Kajner Vince Fehérvári Zoltán Páger István Beé | 29.023 | Anatoly Tishchenko Oleg Gorobiy Sergei Verlin Alexander Ivanik | 29.213 | Piotr Markiewicz Grzegorz Kotowicz Adam Wysocki Marek Witkowski | 29.473 |
| C1-500m | Nikolay Bukhalov | 1:55.487 | Martin Doktor | 1:56.217 | György Kolonics | 1:56.662 |
| C2-500m | Daniel Jędraszko Paweł Baraszkiewicz | 1:48.658 | György Kolonics Csaba Horváth | 1:49.442 | Pavel Konovalov Vladimir Ladosha | 1:50.937 |
| C4-500m | Csaba Hüttner Csaba Horváth László Szuszkó Béla Belicza | 1:35.654 | Florin Popescu Cosmin Pașca Antonel Borșan Marcel Glăvan | 1:37.063 | Rumen Nikolov Georgi Nikolov Martin Marinov Blagovest Stoyanov | 1:37.588 |
| K1-500m | Botond Storcz | | Grzegorz Kotowicz | | Geza Magyar | |
| K2-500m | Luca Negri Beniamino Bonomi | 1:32.699 | Adam Wysocki Maciej Freimut | 1:33.449 | Róbert Hegedűs Péter Almási | 1:33.654 |
| K4-500m | Róbert Hegedűs Zoltán Kammerer Ákos Vereckei Botond Storcz | 1:23.244 | Mariusz Wieczorek Grzegorz Andziak Paweł Łakomy Piotr Olszewski | 1:23.619 | Sergei Verlin Alexander Ivanik Oleg Gorobiy Anatoly Tishchenko | 1:24.414 |
| C1-1000m | Martin Doktor | 3:58.143 | Nikolay Bukhalov | 3:59.818 | Patrick Schulze | 4:00.733 |
| C2-1000m | Csaba Horváth György Kolonics | 3:36.195 | Marcel Glăvan Antonel Borșan | 3:38.120 | Stefan Utess Lars Kober | 3:38.385 |
| C4-1000m | Florin Popescu Marcel Glăvan Antonel Borșan Cosmin Pașca | 3:15.911 | László Szuszkó Csaba Hüttner Gábor Furdok Gábor Balgovits | 3:17.191 | Piotr Midloch Daniel Jędraszko Paweł Midloch Paweł Baraszkiewicz | 3:18.511 |
| K1-1000m | Botond Storcz | 3:30.380 | Knut Holmann | 3:30.535 | Beniamino Bonomi | 3:35.605 |
| K2-1000m | Luca Negri Antonio Rossi | 3:11.546 | Dariusz Białkowski Grzegorz Kotowicz | 3:12.091 | Milko Kazanov Andrian Dushev | 3:13.751 |
| K4-1000m | Zoltán Kammerer Péter Almási Zsombor Borhi Róbert Hegedűs | 2:54.848 | Martin Hluško Michal Riszdorfer Zsolt Bogdány Juraj Bača | 2:55.888 | Piotr Markiewicz Adam Seroczyński Marek Witkowski Grzegorz Kaleta | 2:56.043 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| K1-200m | Josefa Idem | 41.018 | Ursula Profanter | 41.502 | Ingrid Haralamov-Raimann | 41.692 |
| K2-200m | Elżbieta Urbańczyk Izabela Dylewska-Światowiak | 37.228 | Izaskun Aramburu Beatriz Manchón | 37.323 | Mariana Limbău Raluca Ioniță | 37.923 |
| K4-200m | Raluca Ioniță Sanda Toma Elena Radu Mariana Limbău | 33.778 | Ana María Penas Belen Sanchez Beatriz Manchón Izaskun Aramburu | 33.888 | Natalya Gouilly Yelena Tissina Tatyana Tishchenko Larissa Peisakhovitch | 34.428 |
| K1-500m | Josefa Idem | 1:57.877 | Szilvia Mednyánszky | 1:58.692 | Ursula Profanter | 1:58.827 |
| K2-500m | Izaskun Aramburu Beatriz Manchón | 1:50.347 | Sanda Toma Mariana Limbău | 1:50.372 | Josefa Idem Rosetta Ravetta | 1:50.832 |
| K4-500m | Elena Radu Mariana Limbău Raluca Ioniță Sanda Toma | 1:34.964 | Katalin Kovács Andrea Barocsi Szilvia Szabó Kinga Dékány | 1:36.363 | Belen Sanchez Izaskun Aramburu Beatriz Manchón Ana María Penas | 1:36.998 |
| K1-1000m | Josefa Idem | 3:58.519 | Ursula Profanter | 3:59.373 | Kinga Bóta | 4:03.183 |
| K2-1000m | Elżbieta Urbańczyk Izabela Dylewska-Światowiak | 3:38.860 | Katalin Kovács Andrea Barocsi | 3:39.664 | Sanda Toma Mariana Limbău | 3:40.989 |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary | 9 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 2 | Italy | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Romania | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Russia | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Spain | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Slovakia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Austria | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 |