# 1998 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1998 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Szeged, Hungary.
The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Women competed in eight events, all in kayak.
This was the 29th championships in canoe sprint.

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

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 200 m | Martin Doktor (CZE) | Slavomír Kňazovický (SVK) | Michał Śliwiński (UKR) |
| C-1 500 m | Maksim Opalev (RUS) | Andreas Dittmer (GER) | Michał Śliwiński (UKR) |
| C-1 1000 m | Steve Giles (CAN) | Martin Doktor (CZE) | Andreas Dittmer (GER) |
| C-2 200 m | Germany Thomas Zereske Christian Gille | Hungary Miklós Buzál Attila Végh | Russia Vladislav Polzounov Andrey Kabanov |
| C-2 500 m | Hungary György Kolonics Csaba Horváth | Poland Daniel Jędraszko Paweł Baraszkiewicz | Germany Thomas Zereske Christian Gille |
| C-2 1000 m | Russia Aleksandr Kovalyov Aleksandr Kostoglod | Romania Gheorghe Andriev Florin Popescu | Hungary György Zala Endre Ipacs |
| C-4 200 m | Czech Republic Petr Procházka Tomáš Křivánek Petr Fuksa Karel Kožíšek | Belarus Aleksandr Masseykov Andrey Beliayev Anatoliy Reneiskiy Vladimir Marinov | Russia Pavel Konovalov Konstantin Fomichev Vladimir Ladosha Aleksandr Kostoglod |
| C-4 500 m | Hungary György Kolonics Csaba Horváth Csaba Hüttner László Szuszkó | Romania Gheorghe Andriev Florin Popescu Cosmin Pașca Ionel Averian | Russia Aleksandr Kostoglod Pavel Konovalov Vladislav Polzounov Vladimir Ladosha |
| C-4 1000 m | Hungary Csaba Horváth Béla Belicza Csaba Hüttner László Szuszkó | Russia Konstantin Fomichev Vasiliy Mailov Andrey Kabanov Ignat Kovalev | Czech Republic Martin Doktor Petr Netušil Jan Macháč Viktor Jiráský |

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 200 m | Michael Kolganov (ISR) | Oleksiy Slivinskiy (UKR) | Ognjen Filipović (YUG) |
| K-1 500 m | Ákos Vereckei (HUN) | Michael Kolganov (ISR) | Lutz Liwowski (GER) |
| K-1 1000 m | Lutz Liwowski (GER) | Knut Holmann (NOR) | Javier Correa (ARG) |
| K-2 200 m | Hungary Vince Fehérvári Róbert Hegedűs | Russia Sergey Verlin Anatoly Tishchenko | Romania Geza Magyar Romică Șerban |
| K-2 500 m | Slovakia Michal Riszdorfer Juraj Bača | Italy Beniamino Bonomi Luca Negri | Hungary Krisztián Bártfai Gábor Horvárth |
| K-2 1000 m | Italy Antonio Rossi Luca Negri | Yugoslavia Mićo Janić Stjepan Janić | Hungary Attila Adám Krisztián Veréb |
| K-4 200 m | Hungary Gyula Kajner Vince Fehérvári István Beé Róbert Hegedűs | Italy Antonio Rossi Beniamino Bonomi Ivano Lussignoli Luca Negri | Norway Andreas Gjersø Nils Olav Fjeldheim Knut Holmann Robby Roarsen Hangli |
| K-4 500 m | Germany Torsten Gutsche Mark Zabel Björn Bach Stefan Ulm | Hungary Botond Storcz Krisztián Bártfai Zsolt Szádovszky Márton Bauer | Russia Andrey Tissin Andrey Shchegolikhin Vitaliy Gankin Roman Zarubin |
| K-4 1000 m | Germany Torsten Gutsche Mark Zabel Björn Bach Stefan Ulm | Hungary Botond Storcz Krisztián Bártfai Zsolt Szádovszky Márton Bauer | Russia Anatoly Tishchenko Sergey Verlin Georgiy Tsybulnikov Aleksandr Ivanik |

### Women's
#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 200 m | Caroline Brunet (CAN) | Josefa Idem (ITA) | Éva Dónusz (HUN) |
| K-1 500 m | Caroline Brunet (CAN) | Katrin Borchert (AUS) | Josefa Idem (ITA) |
| K-1 1000 m | Josefa Idem (ITA) | Caroline Brunet (CAN) | Katrin Borchert (AUS) |
| K-2 200 m | Canada Marie-Josée Gibeau-Ouimet Karen Furneaux | Hungary Kinga Dékány Rita Kőbán | Spain Beatriz Manchón Izaskun Aramburu |
| K-2 500 m | Australia Anna Wood Katrin Borchert | Germany Birgit Fischer Anett Schuck | Hungary Kinga Dékány Rita Kőbán |
| K-2 1000 m | Australia Anna Wood Katrin Borchert | Germany Birgit Fischer Ute Plessman | Sweden Anna Karlsson Susanne Gunnarsson |
| K-4 200 m | Hungary Kinga Dékány Erzsébet Viski Rita Kőbán Katalin Kovács | Sweden Anna Karlsson Susanne Gunnarsson Ingela Eriksson Maria Haglund | Russia Natalya Gouily Yelena Tissina Larissa Peisakhovich Tatyana Tischenko |
| K-4 500 m | Germany Birgit Fischer Anett Schuck Manuela Mucke Marcela Bednar | Hungary Kinga Dékány Szilvia Szabó Andrea Barocsi Katalin Kovács | Spain Beatriz Manchón Izaskun Aramburu Ana María Penas Belen Sánchez |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Canada | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Italy | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Russia | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Israel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Romania | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (18 entries) | Totals (18 entries) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 |