# 2002 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 2002 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Seville, Spain.
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 32nd championships in canoe sprint.

## Doping controversy

Dmitiry Sabin of Ukraine won the silver in the C-1 200 m event, but was disqualified when he tested positive for doping. Sabin became the first person to fail a doping test in canoe sprint at an Olympic or world championship level though he did compete at the following year's world championships.

## Medal summary
### Men's

Non-Olympic classes

#### Canoe

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| C-1 200 m | Maksim Opalev (RUS) | 39.257 | Andrzej Jezierski (POL) | 39.843 | Christian Gille (GER) | 40.176 |
| C-1 500 m | Maksim Opalev (RUS) | 1:50.596 | György Kolonics (HUN) | 1:51.636 | Andreas Dittmer (GER) | 1:51.843 |
| C-1 1000 m | Andreas Dittmer (GER) | 3:49.031 | Maksim Opalev (RUS) | 3:49.644 | Steve Giles (CAN) | 3:50.737 |
| C-2 200 m | Cuba Ibrahim Rojas Ledis Balceiro | 37.027 | Czech Republic Petr Fuksa Petr Netušil | 37.100 | Romania Mikhail Vartolemei Ionel Averian | 37.240 |
| C-2 500 m | Cuba Ibrahim Rojas Ledis Balceiro | 1:43.467 | Romania Florin Popescu Silviu Simioncencu | 1:43.960 | Russia Sergey Ulegin Aleksandr Kostoglod | 1:44.280 |
| C-2 1000 m | Poland Marcin Kobierski Michał Śliwiński | 3:32.456 | Cuba Ibrahim Rojas Ledis Balceiro | 3:33.676 | Canada Richard Dalton Mike Scarola | 3:33.969 |
| C-4 200 m | Russia Maksim Opalev Roman Kruglyakov Sergey Ulegin Aleksandr Kostoglod | 33.650 | Czech Republic Petr Fuksa Jan Břečka Petr Procházka Karel Kožíšek | 33.964 | Romania Mikhail Vartolemei Ionel Averian Mitică Pricop Petre Condrat | 34.237 |
| C-4 500 m | Romania Mikhail Vartolemei Ionel Averian Mitică Pricop Florin Popescu | 1:34.758 | Russia Konstantin Fomichev Aleksandr Artemida Roman Krugylakov Andrey Kabanov | 1:35.231 | Poland Daniel Jędraszko Adam Ginter Michał Śliwiński Marcin Grzybowski | 1:35.338 |
| C-4 1000 m | Poland Andrzej Jezierski Adam Ginter Michal Gajowink Roman Rynkiewicz | 3:17.794 | Canada Dimitri Joukovski Maxim Boilard Tamas Buday Jr. Attila Buday | 3:18.127 | Belarus Aleksandr Zhukovskiy Aleksandr Kurlandchik Aleksandr Bagdanovich Sermen Saponenko | 3:18.421 |

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 200 m | Ronald Rauhe (GER) | Anton Ryakhov (UZB) | Roman Petrukanecas (LTU) |
| K-1 500 m | Nathan Baggaley (AUS) | Petar Merkov (BUL) | Anton Ryakhov (UZB) |
| K-1 1000 m | Eirik Verås Larsen (NOR) | Javier Correa (ARG) | Adam Seroczyński (POL) |
| K-2 200 m | Lithuania Alvydas Duonėla Egidijus Balčiūnas | Poland Marek Twardowski Adam Wysocki | Germany Ronald Rauhe Tim Wieskötter |
| K-2 500 m | Germany Ronald Rauhe Tim Wieskötter | Poland Adam Wysocki Marek Twardowski | Hungary Zoltán Kammerer Botond Storcz |
| K-2 1000 m | Sweden Markus Oscarsson Henrik Nilsson | Norway Eirik Verås Larsen Nils Fjeldheim | Hungary Ákos Verecki Krisztián Veréb |
| K-4 200 m | Slovakia Martin Chorváth Rastislav Kužel Ladislav Belovič Juraj Lipták | Spain Manuel Muñoz Jaime Acuña Aike González Oier Aizpurua | Hungary Vince Fehérvári Róbert Hegedűs Gábor Horvárth István Beé |
| K-4 500 m | Slovakia Richard Riszdorfer Michal Riszdorfer Erik Vlček Juraj Bača | Belarus Roman Piatrushenko Aleksey Skurkovskiy Aleksey Abalmasov Vadzim Makhneu | Spain Manuel Muñoz Jaime Acuña Aike González Oier Aizpurua |
| K-4 1000 m | Slovakia Richard Riszdorfer Michal Riszdorfer Erik Vlček Juraj Bača | Germany Mark Zabel Björn Bach Stefan Ulm Andreas Ihle | Bulgaria Petar Merkov Milko Kazanov Ivan Hristov Yordano Yordanov |

### Women's

Non-Olympic classes

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 200 m | Teresa Portela (ESP) | Caroline Brunet (CAN) | Elżbieta Urbańczyk (POL) |
| K-1 500 m | Katalin Kovács (HUN) | Caroline Brunet (CAN) | Josefa Idem (ITA) |
| K-1 1000 m | Katalin Kovács (HUN) | Katrin Wagner (GER) | Josefa Idem (ITA) |
| K-2 200 m | Spain Beatriz Manchón Sonia Molanes | Poland Aneta Pastuszka Joanna Skowroń | Bulgaria Bonka Pindzeva Delyana Dacheva |
| K-2 500 m | Hungary Szilvia Szabó Kinga Bóta | Germany Katrin Wagner Manuela Mucke | Spain Sonia Molanes Beatriz Manchón |
| K-2 1000 m | Hungary Szilvia Szabó Kinga Bóta | Germany Nadine Opgen-Rhein Manuela Mucke | Israel Adi Gafni Larissa Pessakhovitch |
| K-4 200 m | Hungary Nataša Janić Szilvia Szabó Erzsébet Viski Tímea Paksy | Spain Teresa Portela Sonia Molanes Beatriz Manchón Maria Garcia | Germany Katrin Wagner Anett Schuck Manuela Mucke Maike Nollen |
| K-4 500 m | Hungary Katalin Kovács Szilvia Szabó Kinga Bóta Erzsébet Viski | Germany Katrin Wagner Anett Schuck Manuela Mucke Maike Nollen | Spain Teresa Portela Sonia Molanes Beatriz Manchón Maria Garcia |
| K-4 1000 m | Poland Aneta Pastuszka Joanna Skowroń Karolina Sadalska Aneta Białkowska | China Zhong Hongyan Fan Lina Gao Yi Xu Linbei | Hungary Tímea Paksy Katalin Moni Alexandra Keresztesi Erzsébet Viski |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Cuba | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Romania | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Norway | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Canada | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | Czech Republic | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 27 | 28 | 27 | 82 |