1998 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1998 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Szeged, Hungary.

The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Women competed in eight events, all in kayak.

This was the 29th championships in canoe sprint.

Medal summary

Men's

Canoe

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
C-1 200 m	Martin Doktor (CZE)		Slavomír Kňazovický (SVK)		Michał Śliwiński (UKR)
C-1 500 m	Maxim Opalev (RUS)		Andreas Dittmer (GER)		Michał Śliwiński (UKR)
C-1 1000 m	Steve Giles (CAN)		Martin Doktor (CZE)		Andreas Dittmer (GER)
C-2 200 m	Germany Thomas Zereske Christian Gille		Hungary Miklós Buzál Attila Végh		Russia Vladislav Polzounov Andrey Kabanov
C-2 500 m	Hungary György Kolonics Csaba Horváth		Poland Daniel Jędraszko Paweł Baraszkiewicz		Germany Thomas Zereske Christian Gille
C-2 1000 m	Russia Aleksandr Kovalyov Aleksandr Kostoglod		Romania Gheorghe Andriev Florin Popescu		Hungary György Zala Endre Ipacs
C-4 200 m	Czech Republic Petr Procházka Tomáš Křivánek Petr Fuksa Karel Kožíšek		Belarus Aleksandr Masseykov Andrey Beliayev Anatoliy Reneiskiy Vladimir Marinov		Russia Pavel Konovalov Konstantin Fomichev Vladimir Ladocha Aleksandr Kostoglod
C-4 500 m	Hungary György Kolonics Csaba Horváth Csaba Hüttner László Szuszkó		Romania Gheorghe Andriev Florin Popescu Cosmin Pasca Ionel Averian		Russia Aleksandr Kostoglod Pavel Konovalov Vladislav Polzounov Vladimir Ladocha
C-4 1000 m	Hungary Csaba Horváth Béla Belicza Csaba Hüttner László Szuszkó		Russia Konstantin Fomichev Vasiliy Mailov Andrey Kabanov Ignat Kovalev		Czech Republic Martin Doktor Petr Netušil Jan Macháč Viktor Jiráský

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 200 m	Michael Kolganov (ISR)		Oleskey Slivinskiy (UKR)		Ognjen Filipović (YUG)
K-1 500 m	Ákos Vereckei (HUN)		Michael Kolganov (ISR)		Lutz Liwowski (GER)
K-1 1000 m	Lutz Liwowski (GER)		Knut Holmann (NOR)		Javier Correa (ARG)
K-2 200 m	Hungary Vince Fehérvári Róbert Hegedűs		Russia Sergey Verlin Anatoliy Tishchenko		Romania Geza Magyar Romică Şerban
K-2 500 m	Slovakia Michal Riszdorfer Juraj Bača		Italy Beniamino Bonomi Luca Negri		Hungary Krisztián Bártafai Gábor Horvárth
K-2 1000 m	Italy Antonio Rossi Luca Negri		Yugoslavia Mićo Janić Stjepan Janić		Hungary Attila Adám Krisztián Veréb
K-4 200 m	Hungary Gyula Kajner Vince Fehérvári István Beé Róbert Hegedűs		Italy Antonio Rossi Beniamino Bonomi Ivano Lussignoli Luca Negri		Norway Andreas Gjersø Nils Olav Fjeldheim Knut Holmann Robby Roarsen Hangli
K-4 500 m	Germany Torsten Gutsche Mark Zabel Björn Bach Stefan Ulm		Hungary Botond Storcz Krisztián Bártafai Zsolt Szádoszki Márton Bauer		Russia Andrey Tissin Andrey Shchegolikhin Vitaliy Gankin Roman Zaroubin
K-4 1000 m	Germany Torsten Gutsche Mark Zabel Björn Bach Stefan Ulm		Hungary Botond Storcz Krisztián Bártafai Zsolt Szádoszki Márton Bauer		Russia Anatoliy Tishchenko Sergey Verlin Georgiy Tsyboulinikov Aleksandr Ivannik

Women's

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 200 m	Caroline Brunet (CAN)		Josefa Idem (ITA)		Éva Dónusz (HUN)
K-1 500 m	Caroline Brunet (CAN)		Katrin Borchert (AUS)		Josefa Idem (ITA)
K-1 1000 m	Josefa Idem (ITA)		Caroline Brunet (CAN)		Katrin Borchert (AUS)
K-2 200 m	Canada Marie-Josée Gibeau-Ouimet Karen Furneaux		Hungary Kinga Dékány Rita Kőbán		Spain Beatriz Manchón Izaskun Aramburu
K-2 500 m	Australia Anna Wood Katrin Borchert		Germany Birgit Fischer Anett Schuck		Hungary Kinga Dékány Rita Kőbán
K-2 1000 m	Australia Anna Wood Katrin Borchert		Germany Birgit Fischer Ute Plessman		Sweden Anna Karlsson Susanne Gunnarsson
K-4 200 m	Hungary Kinga Dékány Erzsébet Viski Rita Kőbán Katalin Kovács		Sweden Anna Karlsson Susanne Gunnarsson Ingela Eriksson Maria Haglund		Russia Natalya Gouily Yelena Tissina Larissa Peisakhovich Tatyana Tischenko
K-4 500 m	Germany Birgit Fischer Anett Schuck Manuela Mucke Marcela Bednar		Hungary Kinga Dékány Szilvia Szabó Andrea Barocsi Katalin Kovács		Spain Beatriz Manchón Izaskun Aramburu Ana María Penas Belen Sánchez

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary	7	5	5	17
2	Germany	5	3	3	11
3	Canada	4	1	0	5
4	Italy	2	3	1	6
5	Russia	2	2	6	10
6	Australia	2	1	1	4
	Czech Republic	2	1	1	4
8	Israel	1	1	0	2
	Slovakia	1	1	0	2
10	Romania	0	2	1	3
11	Ukraine	0	1	2	3
12	Norway	0	1	1	2
	Sweden	0	1	1	2
14	Belarus	0	1	0	1
	Poland	0	1	0	1
16	Spain	0	0	2	2
17	Argentina	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		26	25	25	76

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.