2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

Canoe racing event in Duisburg, Germany 2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships Duisburg 014.jpg C-1 event during the 2007 championships on 11 August Germany Duisburg, Germany 9–12 August 2007 2006 2009 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 #ccccff darkgray Non-Olympic classes Canoe C-1 200 m Yuriy Cheban UKR 40.323 Maxim Opalev RUS 40.407 Evgeny Shuklin LTU 40.539C-1 500 m David Cal Figueroa ESP 1:47.187 Andreas Dittmer GER 1:47.383 Yang Wenjun CHN 1:47.545C-1 1000 m Attila Vajda HUN 4:08.563 Marián Ostrčil SVK 4:10.685 David Cal Figueroa ESP 4:11.057C-2 200 m RussiaEvgeny IgnatovIvan Shtyl 36.913 GermanyChristian GilleTomasz Wylenzek 37.192 Tomas GadeikisRaimundas Labuckas 37.407C-2 500 m György KozmannGyörgy Kolonics 1:40.501 Iosif ChirilăAndrei Cuculici 1:40.991 GermanyChristian GilleTomasz Wylenzek 1:41.501C-2 1000 m GermanyChristian GilleTomasz Wylenzek 3:46.627 Serguey TorresKarel Aguilar 3:47.591 PolandWojciech TyszyńskiPaweł Baraszkiewicz 3:48.103C-4 200 m Péter BalázsGábor HorváthMárton JoóbPál Sarudi 34.297 RussiaEvgeny DorokhinNikolay LipkinEvgeny IgnatovIvan Shtyl 34.365 Dzmitry RabchankaDzmitry VaitsishkinKanstantsin ShcharbakAliaksandr Vauchetski 34.533C-4 500 m Péter BalázsGábor HorváthMárton JoóbPál Sarudi 1:31.265 GermanyRobert NuckSebastian BrendelThomas LückStefan Holtz 1:31.497 Loredan PopaCiprian PopaNicolae FloceaFlorin Mironcic 1:31.879C-4 1000 m Andrei CuculiciLoredan PopaSilviu SimioncencuIosif Chirilă 3:23.325 GermanyErik LeueStefan HoltzThomas LückRobert Nuck 3:24.619 Márton MetkaRóbert MikeMátyás SáfránGábor Balázs 3:28.880 Kayak K-1 200 m Jonas Ems GER 35.275 Vytautas Vaičikonis LTU 35.683 Gergely Gyertyános HUN 36.019K-1 500 m Adam van Koeverden CAN 1:36.279 Tim Brabants GBR 1:36.607 Marek Twardowski POL 1:36.661K-1 1000 m Tim Brabants GBR 3:40.113 Adam van Koeverden CAN 3:40.675 Eirik Verås Larsen NOR 3:41.64K-2 200 m Raman PiatrushenkaVadzim Makhneu 32.251 GermanyRonald RauheTim Wieskötter 32.597 Ognjen FilipovićDragan Zorić 32.993K-2 500 m GermanyRonald RauheTim Wieskötter 1:27.709 Raman PiatrushenkaVadzim Makhneu 1:27.873 Zoltán KammererGábor Kucsera 1:29.527K-2 1000 m FrancePhilippe ColinCyrille Carré 3:24.683 PolandAdam SeroczyńskiMariusz Kujawski 3:24.891 Zoltán KammererGábor Kucsera 3:26.579K-4 200 m Viktor KadlerIstván BeéGergely BorosBalázs Babella 30.715 Ognjen FilipovićDragan ZorićBora SibinkićMilan Đenadić 30.735 RussiaStepan ShevchukAnton VasilevKonstantin VishnyakovSergey Khovanskiy 30.913K-4 500 m Richard RiszdorferMichal RiszdorferErik VlčekJuraj Tarr 1:20.045 Stanislau StrelchankaDzianis ZhyhadlaSiarhei FindziukevichRuslan Bichan 1:20.733 Márton SíkAttila BorosAttila CsamangóGábor Bozsik 1:21.651K-4 1000 m GermanyLutz AltepostNorman BröcklMarco HerszelBjörn Goldschmidt 3:04.369 PolandMarek TwardowskiTomasz MendelskiPaweł BaumannAdam Wysocki 3:04.719 Richard RiszdorferMichal RiszdorferErik VlčekJuraj Tarr 3:05.625 Women's #ccccff darkgray Non-Olympic classes Kayak K-1 200 m Nataša Janić HUN 40.835 Anne Rikala FIN 41.069 Spela Ponomarenko SLO 41.243K-1 500 m Katalin Kovács HUN 1:48.663 Anne Rikala FIN 1:49.255 Katrin Wagner-Augustin GER 1:49.399K-1 1000 m Katalin Kovács HUN 4:06.823 Friedericke Leue GER 4:08.937 Sofia Paldanius SWE 4:10.901K-2 200 m GermanyFanny FischerNicole Reinhardt 37.339 Ivana KmeťováMartina Kohlová 37.921 PolandMarta WalczykiewiczDorota Kuczkowska 38.697K-2 500 m GermanyFanny FischerNicole Reinhardt 1:40.275 Tímea PaksyDalma Benedek 1:40.963 FranceAnne Laure ViardMarie Delattre 1:41.719K-2 1000 m GermanyGesine RugeJudith Hörmann 3:45.933 PolandEwelina WojnarowskaMałgorzata Chojnacka 3:47.142 Danuta KozákGabriella Szabó 3:49.174K-4 200 m GermanyCarolin LeonhardtConny WaßmuthKatrin Wagner-AugustinMaren Knebel 35.459 Tímea PaksyKatalin KovácsKrisztina FazekasMelinda Patyi 37.921 Miljana KnezevicAntonija PandaRenata KubikMarta Tibor 38.697K-4 500 m GermanyCarolin LeonhardtConny WaßmuthKatrin Wagner-AugustinMaren Knebel 1:37.145 Tímea PaksyKatalin KovácsKrisztina FazekasDalma Benedek 1.37.951 PolandMonika BorowiczAneta KoniecznaMałgorzata ChojnackaEwelina Wojnarowska 1:38.103K-4 1000 m Tímea PaksyKrisztina FazekasAlexandra KeresztesiDalma Benedek 3:13.625 ChinaWang FengYang YaliYu LameiHe Jing (canoeist) 3:13.971 GermanyGesine RugeFriedericke LeueMarina SchmuckJudith Hörmann 3:15.025 Medal table flagcountry 9 6 3 9 3 6 0 3 4 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 References International Canoe Federation Icf Canoe Sprint World Championships, 2007 Icf Canoe Sprint World Championships, 2007 Icf Canoe Sprint World Championships Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships Category:International sports competitions hosted by Germany Category:Canoeing and kayaking competitions in Germany