# 2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Duisburg, Germany on 9–12 August 2007 for the record-tying fourth time. The German city had hosted the championships previously in 1979, 1987, and 1995. It tied Duisburg with Belgrade, Serbia (then Yugoslavia) who hosted in 1971, 1975, 1978, and 1982.
Men race as individuals, pairs and quads over 200 m, 500 m and 1000 m in both Canoe (Canadian) (C) and Kayak (K) events, giving a total of 18 gold medals. Women compete for only 9 gold medals as they race in kayak events only.
This was the 36th championships in canoe sprint.

## Highlights

Both German and Hungarian paddlers won 9 gold medals. With 6 silver Germany topped the medal table, while Hungarians finished first on the point table.
In the women's events the two nations shared all world titles. Since Natasa Janics left the legendary pair with Katalin Kovács all K-2 races were ruled by the German paddlers. However, Katalin Kovács won K-1 1000 m and 500 m, and gained two silvers in the K-4 events, while former partner Natasa Janics won the individual over 200 m. Hungarian team won the K-4 on 1000 m, and Germans the 500 m and 200 m.
In the men's races, the C-2 500 m final saw György Kolonics win his fifteenth and final championship title which is an outstanding record in the history of canoe sprint. Ronald Rauhe and Tim Wieskötter of Germany won their sixth K-2 500 m title in a row.

## Medal summary
### Men's

Non-Olympic classes

#### Canoe

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| C-1 200 m | Yuriy Cheban (UKR) | 40.323 | Maxim Opalev (RUS) | 40.407 | Evgeny Shuklin (LTU) | 40.539 |
| C-1 500 m | David Cal Figueroa (ESP) | 1:47.187 | Andreas Dittmer (GER) | 1:47.383 | Yang Wenjun (CHN) | 1:47.545 |
| C-1 1000 m | Attila Vajda (HUN) | 4:08.563 | Marián Ostrčil (SVK) | 4:10.685 | David Cal Figueroa (ESP) | 4:11.057 |
| C-2 200 m | Russia Evgeny Ignatov Ivan Shtyl | 36.913 | Germany Christian Gille Tomasz Wylenzek | 37.192 | Lithuania Tomas Gadeikis Raimundas Labuckas | 37.407 |
| C-2 500 m | Hungary György Kozmann György Kolonics | 1:40.501 | Romania Iosif Chirilă Andrei Cuculici | 1:40.991 | Germany Christian Gille Tomasz Wylenzek | 1:41.501 |
| C-2 1000 m | Germany Christian Gille Tomasz Wylenzek | 3:46.627 | Cuba Serguey Torres Karel Aguilar | 3:47.591 | Poland Wojciech Tyszyński Paweł Baraszkiewicz | 3:48.103 |
| C-4 200 m | Hungary Péter Balázs Gábor Horváth Márton Joób Pál Sarudi | 34.297 | Russia Evgeny Dorokhin Nikolay Lipkin Evgeny Ignatov Ivan Shtyl | 34.365 | Belarus Dzmitry Rabchanka Dzmitry Vaitsishkin Kanstantsin Shcharbak Aliaksandr Vauchetski | 34.533 |
| C-4 500 m | Hungary Péter Balázs Gábor Horváth Márton Joób Pál Sarudi | 1:31.265 | Germany Robert Nuck Sebastian Brendel Thomas Lück Stefan Holtz | 1:31.497 | Romania Loredan Popa Ciprian Popa Nicolae Flocea Florin Mironcic | 1:31.879 |
| C-4 1000 m | Romania Andrei Cuculici Loredan Popa Silviu Simioncencu Iosif Chirilă | 3:23.325 | Germany Erik Leue Stefan Holtz Thomas Lück Robert Nuck | 3:24.619 | Hungary Márton Metka Róbert Mike Mátyás Sáfrán Gábor Balázs | 3:28.880 |

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| K-1 200 m | Jonas Ems (GER) | 35.275 | Vytautas Vaičikonis (LTU) | 35.683 | Gergely Gyertyános (HUN) | 36.019 |
| K-1 500 m | Adam van Koeverden (CAN) | 1:36.279 | Tim Brabants (GBR) | 1:36.607 | Marek Twardowski (POL) | 1:36.661 |
| K-1 1000 m | Tim Brabants (GBR) | 3:40.113 | Adam van Koeverden (CAN) | 3:40.675 | Eirik Verås Larsen (NOR) | 3:41.64 |
| K-2 200 m | Belarus Raman Piatrushenka Vadzim Makhneu | 32.251 | Germany Ronald Rauhe Tim Wieskötter | 32.597 | Serbia Ognjen Filipović Dragan Zorić | 32.993 |
| K-2 500 m | Germany Ronald Rauhe Tim Wieskötter | 1:27.709 | Belarus Raman Piatrushenka Vadzim Makhneu | 1:27.873 | Hungary Zoltán Kammerer Gábor Kucsera | 1:29.527 |
| K-2 1000 m | France Philippe Colin Cyrille Carré | 3:24.683 | Poland Adam Seroczyński Mariusz Kujawski | 3:24.891 | Hungary Zoltán Kammerer Gábor Kucsera | 3:26.579 |
| K-4 200 m | Hungary Viktor Kadler István Beé Gergely Boros Balázs Babella | 30.715 | Serbia Ognjen Filipović Dragan Zorić Bora Sibinkić Milan Đenadić | 30.735 | Russia Stepan Shevchuk Anton Vasilev Konstantin Vishnyakov Sergey Khovanskiy | 30.913 |
| K-4 500 m | Slovakia Richard Riszdorfer Michal Riszdorfer Erik Vlček Juraj Tarr | 1:20.045 | Belarus Stanislau Strelchanka Dzianis Zhyhadla Siarhei Findziukevich Ruslan Bichan | 1:20.733 | Hungary Márton Sík Attila Boros Attila Csamangó Gábor Bozsik | 1:21.651 |
| K-4 1000 m | Germany Lutz Altepost Norman Bröckl Marco Herszel Björn Goldschmidt | 3:04.369 | Poland Marek Twardowski Tomasz Mendelski Paweł Baumann Adam Wysocki | 3:04.719 | Slovakia Richard Riszdorfer Michal Riszdorfer Erik Vlček Juraj Tarr | 3:05.625 |

### Women's

Non-Olympic classes

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| K-1 200 m | Nataša Janić (HUN) | 40.835 | Anne Rikala (FIN) | 41.069 | Spela Ponomarenko (SLO) | 41.243 |
| K-1 500 m | Katalin Kovács (HUN) | 1:48.663 | Anne Rikala (FIN) | 1:49.255 | Katrin Wagner-Augustin (GER) | 1:49.399 |
| K-1 1000 m | Katalin Kovács (HUN) | 4:06.823 | Friedericke Leue (GER) | 4:08.937 | Sofia Paldanius (SWE) | 4:10.901 |
| K-2 200 m | Germany Fanny Fischer Nicole Reinhardt | 37.339 | Slovakia Ivana Kmeťová Martina Kohlová | 37.921 | Poland Marta Walczykiewicz Dorota Kuczkowska | 38.697 |
| K-2 500 m | Germany Fanny Fischer Nicole Reinhardt | 1:40.275 | Hungary Tímea Paksy Dalma Benedek | 1:40.963 | France Anne Laure Viard Marie Delattre | 1:41.719 |
| K-2 1000 m | Germany Gesine Ruge Judith Hörmann | 3:45.933 | Poland Ewelina Wojnarowska Małgorzata Chojnacka | 3:47.142 | Hungary Danuta Kozák Gabriella Szabó | 3:49.174 |
| K-4 200 m | Germany Carolin Leonhardt Conny Waßmuth Katrin Wagner-Augustin Maren Knebel | 35.459 | Hungary Tímea Paksy Katalin Kovács Krisztina Fazekas Melinda Patyi | 37.921 | Serbia Miljana Knezevic Antonija Panda Renata Kubik Marta Tibor | 38.697 |
| K-4 500 m | Germany Carolin Leonhardt Conny Waßmuth Katrin Wagner-Augustin Maren Knebel | 1:37.145 | Hungary Tímea Paksy Katalin Kovács Krisztina Fazekas Dalma Benedek | 1.37.951 | Poland Monika Borowicz Aneta Konieczna Małgorzata Chojnacka Ewelina Wojnarowska | 1:38.103 |
| K-4 1000 m | Hungary Tímea Paksy Krisztina Fazekas Alexandra Keresztesi Dalma Benedek | 3:13.625 | China Wang Feng Yang Yali Yu Lamei He Jing (canoeist) | 3:13.971 | Germany Gesine Ruge Friedericke Leue Marina Schmuck Judith Hörmann | 3:15.025 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 9 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 2 | Hungary | 9 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Belarus | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Russia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Slovakia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Romania | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Spain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Poland | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 | Finland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Serbia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | China | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Cuba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 27 | 27 | 27 | 81 |