# 1997 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1997 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada on Lake Banook.
The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Eight events were held for the women, all in kayak. Women's K-1 1000 m and K-2 1000 m events were added.
This was the 28th championships in canoe sprint.

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

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 200 m | Béla Belicza (HUN) | Martin Doktor (CZE) | Michał Śliwiński (UKR) |
| C-1 500 m | Martin Doktor (CZE) | Béla Belicza (HUN) | Michał Śliwiński (UKR) |
| C-1 1000 m | Andreas Dittmer (GER) | Martin Doktor (CZE) | Béla Belicza (HUN) |
| C-2 200 m | Germany Thomas Zereske Christian Gille | Russia Pavel Konovalov Vladimir Ladosha | Czech Republic Petr Fuksa Pavel Bednář |
| C-2 500 m | Hungary György Kolonics Csaba Horváth | Poland Daniel Jędraszko Paweł Baraszkiewicz | Germany Thomas Zereske Christian Gille |
| C-2 1000 m | Germany Gunar Kirchbach Matthias Röder | Hungary György Kolonics Csaba Horváth | Great Britain Andrew Train Stephen Train |
| C-4 200 m | Belarus Aleksandr Masseykov Andrey Beliayev Anatoliy Reneiskiy Vladimir Marinov | Hungary György Kolonics Csaba Horváth Ervin Hoffmann Béla Belicza | Czech Republic Petr Procházka Tomáš Křivánek Petr Fuksa Pavel Bednář |
| C-4 500 m | Hungary György Kolonics Csaba Horváth Csaba Hüttner László Szuszkó | Romania Marcel Glăvan Cosmin Pașca Antonel Borșan Florin Popescu | Russia Sergey Chemerov Andrey Kabanov Vladislav Polzounov Aleksandr Kostoglod |
| C-4 1000 m | Romania Marcel Glăvan Cosmin Pașca Antonel Borșan Florin Popescu | Russia Konstantin Formichev Maksim Opalev Vladislav Polzounov Aleksandr Kostoglod | Poland Daniel Jędraszko Piotr Midloch Paweł Midloch Paweł Baraszkiewicz |

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 200 m | Vince Fehérvári (HUN) | Grzegorz Kotowicz (POL) | Oleksiy Slivinskiy (UKR) |
| K-1 500 m | Botond Storcz (HUN) | Grzegorz Kotowicz (POL) | Antonio Rossi (ITA) |
| K-1 1000 m | Botond Storcz (HUN) | Beniamino Bonomi (ITA) | Knut Holmann (NOR) |
| K-2 200 m | Hungary Vince Fehérvári Róbert Hegedűs | Italy Beniamino Bonomi Paolo Tommasini | Sweden Henrik Andersson Henrik Nilsson |
| K-2 500 m | Australia Andrew Trim Daniel Collins | Italy Beniamino Bonomi Luca Negri | Hungary Krisztián Bártfai Gábor Horvárth |
| K-2 1000 m | Italy Antonio Rossi Luca Negri | Denmark Jesper Staal Thomas Holm Jakobsen | Poland Grzegorz Kotowicz Dariusz Białkowski |
| K-4 200 m | Russia Anatoly Tishchenko Oleg Gorobiy Sergey Verlin Aleksandr Ivanik | Hungary Vince Fehérvári Krisztián Bártfai Gábor Horvárth Róbert Hegedűs | Germany Torsten Gutsche Mark Zabel Jan Günther Björn Bach |
| K-4 500 m | Hungary Zoltán Kammerer Botond Storcz Ákos Vereckei Róbert Hegedűs | Germany Torsten Gutsche Mark Zabel Jan Günther Björn Bach | Sweden Henrik Andersson Nils-Erik Jonsson Anders Svensson Henrik Nilsson |
| K-4 1000 m | Germany Torsten Gustche Mark Zabel Björn Bach Stefan Ulm | Hungary Botond Storcz Zoltán Antal Gábor Szabó Márton Bauer | Australia Ross Chaffer Brian Marton Peter Scott Adam Dean |

### Women's
#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 200 m | Caroline Brunet (CAN) | Josefa Idem (ITA) | Jacqui Mengler (AUS) |
| K-1 500 m | Caroline Brunet (CAN) | Josefa Idem (ITA) | Ursula Profanter (AUT) |
| K-1 1000 m | Caroline Brunet (CAN) | Josefa Idem (ITA) | Ursula Profanter (AUT) |
| K-2 200 m | Germany Birgit Fischer Anett Schuck | Poland Isabella Dylewska Elżbieta Urbańczyk | Russia Natalya Gouilly Yelena Tissina |
| K-2 500 m | Germany Birgit Fischer Anett Schuck | Australia Anna Wood Katrin Borchert | Spain Beatriz Manchón Izaskun Aramburu |
| K-2 1000 m | Germany Birgit Fischer Marcela Bednar | Australia Anna Wood Katrin Borchert | Poland Isabella Dylewska Elżbieta Urbańczyk |
| K-4 200 m | Germany Birgit Fischer Anett Schuck Manuela Mucke Katrin Wagner | Canada Karen Fumeaux Corrina Kennedy Danica Rice Marie-Josée Gibeau | Sweden Anna Karlsson Ingela Eriksson Maria Haglund Susanne Rosenqvist |
| K-4 500 m | Germany Birgit Fischer Anett Schuck Katrin Kieseler Katrin Wagner | Hungary Kinga Dékány Szilvia Szabó Andrea Barocsi Katalin Kovács | Spain Beatriz Manchón Belen Sánchez Ana María Penas Izaskun Aramburu |

## Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 9 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Hungary | 8 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Italy | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Australia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Czech Republic | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Russia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Romania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Poland | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 |