# 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships

The 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships was held in Duisburg, Germany, from 17 to 19 May 2016. This event, which is usually part of the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, was held separately as the latter is not held in Olympic years. It shared the venue with, and was held concurrently with the 2016 European Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifier tournament.

## Explanation of events

Paracanoe competitions are contested in either a va'a (V), an outrigger canoe (which includes a second pontoon) with a single-blade paddle, or in a kayak (K), a closed canoe with a double-bladed paddle. All international competitions are 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.

## Paralympic qualification

In kayak events only, the top four nations that had not previously earned Paralympic qualification in the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships claimed quota slots for the regatta at Rio 2016.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Brazil | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Russia | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |

### Medal events

Non-Paralympic classes
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's KL1 details | Yu Xiaowei China | 50.596 | Jakub Tokarz Poland | 50.855 | Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva Brazil | 52.233 |
| Men's KL2 details | Curtis McGrath Australia | 42.043 | Markus Swoboda Austria | 43.068 | Nick Beighton Great Britain | 44.572 |
| Men's KL3 details | Tom Kierey Germany | 40.430 | Serhii Yemelianov Ukraine | 40.474 | Leonid Krylov Russia | 40.636 |
| Men's VL1 details | Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva Brazil | 56.539 | Róbert Suba Hungary | 58.718 | Jakub Tokarz Poland | 01:01.814 |
| Men's VL2 details | Curtis McGrath Australia | 51.267 | Javier Reja Muñoz Spain | 53.909 | Giuseppe de Lelio Italy | 56.226 |
| Men's VL3 details | Pier Alberto Buccoliero Italy | 51.473 | Aleksei Egorov Russia | 52.086 | Martin Tweedie Great Britain | 52.383 |
| Women's KL1 details | Edina Müller Germany | 56.846 | Jeanette Chippington Great Britain | 57.037 | Alexandra Dupik Russia | 58.209 |
| Women's KL2 details | Emma Wiggs Great Britain | 53.691 | Nicola Paterson Great Britain | 56.533 | Susan Seipel Australia | 57.032 |
| Women's KL3 details | Anne Dickins Great Britain | 51.246 | Amanda Reynolds Australia | 51.686 | Mihaela Lulea Romania | 52.525 |
| Women's VL1 details | Ann Yoshida United States | 1:18.730 | Akiko Nakajima Japan | 1:20.718 | Monika Seryu Japan | 1:26.215 |
| Women's VL2 details | Susan Seipel Australia | 1:02.960 | Debora Benevides Brazil | 1:03.519 | Nadezda Andreeva Russia | 1:05.909 |
| Women's VL3 details | Aline Souza Lopes Brazil | 1:01.279 | Larisa Volik Russia | 1:01.544 | Anja Pierce United States | 1:03.258 |