# 1994 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1994 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Mexico City, Mexico for the second time at neighboring Xochimilco. The Mexican city had hosted the event previously in 1974 at the same venue that hosted the canoeing and rowing competitions for the 1968 Summer Olympics.
The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Six events were held for the women, all in kayak. The 10000 m events for men (Two canoe and three kayak) and 5000 m events for women (two in kayak) were dropped from the program (Three events at 5000 m (men's C-1, and men's and women's K-1) resumed at the 2010 championships.) and the 200 m events for C-1, C-2, and C-4 (men only), and K-1, K-2, and K-4 (both men and women) took their place. This represented the greatest change in the championships program since their reconstitution in 1950 following both World War II and the 1948 Summer Olympics.
This was the 26th championships in canoe sprint.

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

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| C-1 200 m | Nikolay Bukhalov (BUL) | 41.869 | Ervin Hoffman (HUN) | 42.241 | Michał Śliwiński (UKR) | 42.281 |
| C-1 500 m | Nikolay Bukhalov (BUL) | 1:55.264 | Imre Pulai (HUN) | 1:56.752 | Michał Śliwiński (UKR) | 1:57.056 |
| C-1 1000 m | Ivan Klementiev (POL) | 4:08.144 | Nikolay Bukhalov (BUL) | 4:08.208 | Victor Partnoi (ROU) | 4:10.424 |
| C-2 200 m | Belarus Aleksandr Masseykov Dmitriy Dovgailyonok | 39.792 | Hungary György Kolonics Csaba Horváth | 40.000 | France Oliver Bolivn Sylvain Hoyer | 40.400 |
| C-2 500 m | Romania Gheorghe Andriev Grigore Obreja | 1:47.780 | Hungary György Kolonics Csaba Horváth | 1:48.452 | Bulgaria Blagovest Stoyanov Martin Marinov | 1:49.812 |
| C-2 1000 m | Germany Andreas Dittmer Gunar Kirchbach | 3:50.100 | Hungary Ferenc Novák Gáspár Boldiszár | 3:51.988 | Poland Dariusz Koszykowski Tomasz Goliasz | 3:52.484 |
| C-4 200 m | Russia Pavel Konovalov Andrey Kabanov Sergey Chemerov Aleksandr Kostoglod | 35.412 | Hungary György Kolonics Csaba Horváth Attila Szabó Ervin Hoffman | 35.524 | Czech Republic Petr Procházka Tomáš Křivánek Roman Dittrich Waldemar Fibgir | 36.020 |
| C-4 500 m | Hungary Ervin Hoffman Attila Szabó Gáspár Boldiszár Ferenc Novák | 1:30.464 | Romania Marcel Glăvan Cosmin Pașca Antonel Borșan Florin Popescu | 1:30.480 | Slovakia Slavomír Kňazovický Peter Páleš Csaba Orosz Juraj Filip | 1:32.592 |
| C-4 1000 m | Hungary Imre Pulai György Kolonics Tibor Takács Csaba Horváth | 3:26.708 | Romania Marcel Glăvan Cosmin Pașca Antonel Borșan Florin Popescu | 3:29.872 | Mexico Juan Martínez Antonio Romero Ramón Ferrer Benjamín Castaneda | 3:34.648 |

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| K-1 200 m | Sergey Kalesnik (BLR) | 36.737 | Vince Fehérvári (HUN) | 37.445 | Miguel García (ESP) | 37.541 |
| K-1 500 m | Zsombor Borhi (HUN) | 1:42.236 | Daniel Collins (AUS) | 1:42.416 | Knut Holmann (NOR) | 1:42.876 |
| K-1 1000 m | Clint Robinson (AUS) | 3:38.714 | Zsolt Borhi (HUN) | 3:38.962 | Knut Holmann (NOR) | 3:40.842 |
| K-2 200 m | Poland Maciej Freimut Adam Wysocki | 36.156 | Romania Romică Șerban Daniel Stoian | 36.180 | Germany Kay Bluhm Torsten Guitsche | 36.324 |
| K-2 500 m | Germany Kay Bluhm Torsten Guitsche | 1:33.108 | Hungary András Rajna Attila Adrovicz | 1:33.588 | Australia Martin Hunter Clint Robinson | 1:33.876 |
| K-2 1000 m | Denmark Jesper Staal Thor Nielsen | 3:21.268 | Italy Antonio Rossi Daniele Scarpa | 3:22.772 | Hungary István Beé István Szijarto | 3:25.908 |
| K-4 200 m | Russia Anatoly Tishchenko Oleg Gorobiy Sergey Verlin Viktor Denisov | 32.180 | Romania Floran Scoica Sorin Petcu Marin Popescu Geza Magyar | 32.308 | Ukraine Michał Śliwiński Andrey Petrov Yuriy Kichayev Andrey Borzukov | 32.452 |
| K-4 500 m | Russia Viktor Denisov Anatoly Tishchenko Sergey Verlin Oleg Gorobiy | 1:21.488 | Romania Floran Scoica Sorin Petcu Marin Popescu Geza Magyar | 1:21.900 | Hungary Gábor Horváth Ferenc Csipes Zoltán Antal Róbert Hegedűs | 1:22.264 |
| K-4 1000 m | Russia Viktor Denisov Anatoly Tishchenko Aleksandr Ivanik Oleg Gorobiy | 3:01.408 | Poland Piotr Markiewicz Grzegorz Kotowicz Adam Wysocki Marek Witkowski | 3:02.368 | Germany Thomas Reineck Oliver Kegel André Wohllebe Mario von Appen | 3:02.680 |

### Women's
#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| K-1 200 m | Rita Kőbán (HUN) | 42.904 | Anna Olsson (SWE) | 42.984 | Caroline Brunet (CAN) | 43.244 |
| K-1 500 m | Birgit Schmidt (GER) | 1:53.552 | Rita Kőbán (HUN) | 1:54.196 | Josefa Idem (ITA) | 1:54.640 |
| K-2 200 m | Hungary Éva Dónusz Eva Laky | 40.252 | Germany Birgit Schmidt Daniela Gleue | 40.492 | Poland Barbara Hacjel Elżbieta Urbańczyk | 40.828 |
| K-2 500 m | Poland Elżbieta Urbańczyk Barbara Hacjel | 1:49.684 | Hungary Kinga Czigány Szilvia Mednyánszky | 1:50.804 | Germany Birgit Schmidt Daniela Gleue | 1:51.396 |
| K-4 200 m | Hungary Éva Dónusz Szilvia Mednyánszky Eva Laky Rita Kőbán | 37.120 | Germany Birgit Schmidt Anett Schuck Ramona Portwich Daniela Gleue | 37.168 | Canada Caroline Brunet Klari MacAskill Alison Herst Corrina Kennedy | 37.328 |
| K-4 500 m | Germany Birgit Schmidt Ramona Portwich Anett Schuck Daniela Gleue | 1:35.588 | Hungary Kinga Czigány Éva Dónusz Rita Kőbán Szilvia Mednyánszky | 1:35.952 | Sweden Anna Olsson Susanne Rosenqvist Maria Haglund Ignela Ericsson | 1:37.648 |

## Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary | 6 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 2 | Germany | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Russia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Belarus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Romania | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 |