# 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, the 44th edition of the World Championships, were held in Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal, from 22 to 26 August 2018.

## Explanation of events

Canoe sprint competitions were contested in either a Canadian canoe (C), an open canoe with a single-blade paddle, or in a kayak (K), a closed canoe with a double-bladed paddle. Each canoe or kayak can hold one person (1), two people (2), or four people (4). For each of the specific canoes or kayaks, such as a K-1 (kayak single), the competition distances can be 200, 500, 1000 or 5000 metres. When a competition is listed as a K-2 500m event, for example, it means two people were in a kayak competing over a distance of 500 metres.
Paracanoe competitions were contested in either a va'a (V), an outrigger canoe (which includes a second pontoon) with a single-blade paddle, or in a kayak (as above). All international competitions were held over 200 metres in single-man boats, with three event classes in both types of vessel for men and women depending on the level of an athlete's impairment. The lower the classification number, the more severe the impairment is - for example, VL1 is a va'a competition for those with particularly severe impairments.

## Canoe sprint
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | Hungary | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Belarus | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Brazil | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Portugal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | New Zealand | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Spain | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Poland | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Cuba | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Denmark | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Serbia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (23 entries) | Totals (23 entries) | 30 | 30 | 31 | 91 |

### Men's events

Non-Olympic classes

#### Canoe

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| C–1 200 m details | Artsem Kozyr Belarus | 39.810 | Ivan Shtyl Russia | 39.970 | Henrikas Žustautas Lithuania | 40.043 |
| C–1 500 m details | Isaquias Queiroz Brazil | 1:49.203 | Sebastian Brendel Germany | 1:49.496 | Martin Fuksa Czech Republic | 1:50.143 |
| C–1 1000 m details | Sebastian Brendel Germany | 3:48.390 | Martin Fuksa Czech Republic | 3:49.625 | Isaquias Queiroz Brazil | 3:50.190 |
| C–1 5000 m details | Sebastian Brendel Germany | 23:40.857 | Fernando Jorge Cuba | 23:46.646 | Kirill Shamshurin Russia | 24:09.504 |
| C–2 200 m details | Belarus Hleb Saladukha Dzianis Makhlai | 37.646 | Poland Arsen Śliwiński Michał Łubniewski | 37.816 | Russia Alexander Kovalenko Ivan Shtyl | 37.993 |
| C–2 500 m details | Brazil Isaquias Queiroz Erlon Silva | 1:40.043 | Russia Viktor Melantev Vladislav Chebotar | 1:41.590 | Poland Arsen Śliwiński Michał Łubniewski | 1:41.787 |
| C–2 1000 m details | Germany Yul Oeltze Peter Kretschmer | 3:38.207 | Cuba Serguey Torres Fernando Jorge | 3:39.462 | Russia Kirill Shamshurin Ilya Pervukhin | 3:40.647 |
| C–4 500 m details | Russia Pavel Petrov Viktor Melantyev Mikhail Pavlov Ivan Shtyl | 1:35.606 | Ukraine Yurii Vandiuk Oleh Borovyk Andrii Rybachok Eduard Shemetylo | 1:36.726 | Italy Daniele Santini Sergiu Craciun Nicolae Craciun Luca Incollingo | 1:37.196 |

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| K–1 200 m details | Carlos Garrote Spain | 35.259 | Artūras Seja Lithuania | 35.366 | Evgenii Lukantsov Russia | 35.512 |
| K–1 500 m details | Josef Dostál Czech Republic | 1:37.905 | Tom Liebscher Germany | 1:38.912 | Bence Nádas Hungary | 1:39.516 |
| K–1 1000 m details | Fernando Pimenta Portugal | 3:27.666 | Max Rendschmidt Germany | 3:28.391 | Josef Dostál Czech Republic | 3:29.177 |
| K–1 5000 m details | Fernando Pimenta Portugal | 21:42.196 | René Holten Poulsen Denmark | 21:43.723 | Javier Hernanz Spain | 21:46.565 |
| K–2 200 m details | Hungary Márk Balaska Balázs Birkás | 31.873 | Spain Saúl Craviotto Cristian Toro | 32.133 | Serbia Nebojša Grujić Marko Novaković | 32.156 |
| K–2 500 m details | Russia Artem Kuzakhmetov Vladislav Blintsov | 1:30.666 | Serbia Stefan Vekić Vladimir Torubarov | 1:30.953 | Lithuania Ričardas Nekriošius Andrej Olijnik | 1:31.449 |
| K–2 1000 m details | Germany Max Hoff Marcus Gross | 3:15.797 | Spain Francisco Cubelos Íñigo Peña | 3:16.617 | Serbia Marko Tomićević Milenko Zorić | 3:17.407 |
| K–4 500 m details | Germany Max Rendschmidt Tom Liebscher Ronald Rauhe Max Lemke | 1:20.056 | Spain Saúl Craviotto Marcus Walz Cristian Toro Rodrigo Germade | 1:20.423 | Hungary Sándor Tótka Péter Molnár Miklós Dudás István Kuli | 1:21.480 |
| K–4 1000 m details | Germany Tamás Gecső Jakob Thordsen Jacob Schopf Lukas Reuschenbach | 2:57.947 | Slovakia Samuel Baláž Juraj Tarr Erik Vlček Gábor Jakubík | 2:58.914 | Spain Francisco Cubelos Rubén Millán Pelayo Roza Íñigo Peña | 2:59.341 |

### Women's events

Non-Olympic classes

#### Canoe

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| C–1 200 m details | Laurence Vincent-Lapointe Canada | 45.567 | Olesia Romasenko Russia | 46.242 | Dorota Borowska Poland | 46.812 |
| C–1 200 m details | Laurence Vincent-Lapointe Canada | 45.567 | Olesia Romasenko Russia | 46.242 | Alena Nazdrova Belarus | 46.812 |
| C–1 500 m details | Kseniia Kurach Russia | 2:10.991 | Alena Nazdrova Belarus | 2:11.631 | Katie Vincent Canada | 2:12.148 |
| C–1 5000 m details | Laurence Vincent-Lapointe Canada | 27:43.020 | Annika Loske Germany | 27:52.541 | María Mailliard Chile | 27:59.547 |
| C–2 200 m details | Belarus Alena Nazdrova Kamila Bobr | 45.234 | Poland Sylwia Szczerbińska Dorota Borowska | 46.158 | Russia Kseniia Kurach Olesya Nikiforova | 46.668 |
| C–2 500 m details | Canada Laurence Vincent-Lapointe Katie Vincent | 1:56.395 | Hungary Virág Balla Kincső Takács | 1:58.632 | Belarus Nadzeya Makarchanka Volha Klimava | 2:00.485 |

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| K–1 200 m details | Lisa Carrington New Zealand | 38.821 | Emma Jørgensen Denmark | 40.548 | Linnea Stensils Sweden | 40.585 |
| K–1 500 m details | Danuta Kozák Hungary | 1:47.254 | Lisa Carrington New Zealand | 1:47.984 | Volha Khudzenka Belarus | 1:48.724 |
| K–1 1000 m details | Dóra Bodonyi Hungary | 4:02.892 | Lizzie Broughton Great Britain | 4:03.927 | Bridgitte Hartley South Africa | 4:04.017 |
| K–1 5000 m details | Lizzie Broughton Great Britain | 24:01.737 | Maryna Litvinchuk Belarus | 24:12.014 | Jennifer Egan Ireland | 24:15.075 |
| K–2 200 m details | Germany Franziska Weber Tina Dietze | 37.157 | New Zealand Kayla Imrie Aimee Fisher | 37.197 | Ukraine Mariia Kichasova-Skoryk Anastasiya Horlova | 37.294 |
| K–2 500 m details | Hungary Anna Kárász Danuta Kozák | 1:43.065 | New Zealand Lisa Carrington Caitlin Ryan | 1:43.088 | Germany Jasmin Fritz Steffi Kriegerstein | 1:45.589 |
| K–2 1000 m details | Hungary Tamara Csipes Erika Medveczky | 3:39.811 | Poland Paulina Paszek Justyna Iskrzycka | 3:43.758 | Germany Sarah Brüßler Melanie Gebhardt | 3:45.091 |
| K–4 500 m details | Hungary Anna Kárász Erika Medveczky Danuta Kozák Dóra Bodonyi | 1:33.761 | New Zealand Lisa Carrington Aimee Fisher Kayla Imrie Caitlin Ryan | 1:33.771 | Poland Karolina Naja Helena Wiśniewska Anna Puławska Katarzyna Kołodziejczyk | 1:34.568 |

## Paracanoe
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Brazil | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Russia | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |

### Medal events

Non-Paralympic classes
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's KL1 details | Esteban Farias Italy | 49.796 | Róbert Suba Hungary | 50.606 | Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva Brazil | 51.376 |
| Men's KL2 details | Curtis McGrath Australia | 41.735 | Scott Martlew New Zealand | 42.360 | Mykola Syniuk Ukraine | 43.230 |
| Men's KL3 details | Serhii Yemelianov Ukraine | 39.031 | Caio Carvalho Brazil | 39.761 | Leonid Krylov Russia | 40.896 |
| Men's VL1 details | Peter Happ Germany | 1:18.764 | Robinson Méndez Chile | 1:34.300 | not awarded as there were only 2 entries | not awarded as there were only 2 entries |
| Men's VL2 details | Igor Tofalini Brazil | 54.316 | Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva Brazil | 54.911 | Marius Ciustea Italy | 55.246 |
| Men's VL3 details | Curtis McGrath Australia | 47.642 | Caio Carvalho Brazil | 48.837 | Jack Eyers Great Britain | 49.492 |
| Women's KL1 details | Maryna Mazhula Ukraine | 55.665 | Eleonora de Paolis Italy | 56.795 | Jeanette Chippington Great Britain | 57.050 |
| Women's KL2 details | Charlotte Henshaw Great Britain | 52.627 | Emma Wiggs Great Britain | 53.402 | Nadezda Andreeva Russia | 56.412 |
| Women's KL3 details | Helene Ripa Sweden | 53.671 | Amanda Reynolds Australia | 53.881 | Mihaela Lulea Romania | 54.826 |
| Women's VL1 details | Monika Seryu Japan | 1:14.942 | not awarded as there was only 1 entry | not awarded as there was only 1 entry | not awarded as there was only 1 entry | not awarded as there was only 1 entry |
| Women's VL2 details | Emma Wiggs Great Britain | 57.766 | Jeanette Chippington Great Britain | 1:00.491 | Maria Nikiforova Russia | 1:00.546 |
| Women's VL3 details | Larisa Volik Russia | 1:06.262 | Nataliia Lagutenko Ukraine | 1:06.397 | Charlotte Henshaw Great Britain | 1:06.407 |