1997 Canoe Slalom World Cup

The 1997 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 10th edition. The series consisted of 4 regular world cup races and the world cup final. Calendar Label Venue DateWorld Cup Race 1 FRA Bourg-Saint-Maurice 21–22 JuneWorld Cup Race 2 SWE Björbo 28–29 JuneWorld Cup Race 3 SVK Bratislava 4–6 JulyWorld Cup Race 4 USA Ocoee 27–28 JulyWorld Cup Final CAN Minden 2–3 August Final standings The winner of each world cup race in the men's K1 was awarded 30 points while in the other three categories the winner was awarded 25 points. The points scale reached down to 1 point for 20th place in the men's K1 (15th place in the other three categories). Only the best two results of each athlete from the first 4 world cups plus the result from the world cup final counted for the final world cup standings. Furthermore, an athlete or boat had to compete in the world cup final in order to be classified in the world cup rankings. If two or more athletes or boats were equal on points, the ranking was determined by their positions in the world cup final.1997 World Cup Results https://www.whitewaterslalom.org/results/1997/worldcup.html 15 August 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20201117133143/https://www.whitewaterslalom.org/results/1997/worldcup.html 17 November 2020 C1 men PosAthletePoints 1 Patrice Estanguet FRA 65 2 David Hearn USA 50 3 Gareth Marriott GBR 44 4 Michal Martikán SVK 37 5 Stanislav Ježek CZE 36 6 Tony Estanguet FRA 33 7 Hervé Delamarre FRA 32 8 Yves Narduzzi FRA 31 9 Gregor Terdič SLO 27 10 David Jančar CZE 25 C2 men PosAthletesPoints 1 Frank Adisson/Wilfrid Forgues FRA 62 2 Marek Jiras/Tomáš Máder CZE 60 3 Miroslav Šimek/Jiří Rohan CZE 60 4 Éric Biau/Bertrand Daille FRA 41 5 Roman Štrba/Roman Vajs SVK 32 6 Jérôme Daille/Nil Georgel FRA 27 7 François Letourneau/Benoît Gauthier CAN 26 8 Stuart Bowman/Nick Smith GBR 17 9 Thierry Saidi/Emmanuel del Rey FRA 17 10 Luke Moore/Fred Coriell USA 12 K1 men PosAthletePoints 1 Scott Shipley USA 75 2 Ian Wiley IRL 70 3 Thomas Becker GER 70 4 Paul Ratcliffe GBR 68 5 Manuel Köhler AUT 58 6 David Ford CAN 49 7 Fedja Marušič SLO 45 8 Shaun Pearce GBR 42 9 Peter Nagy SVK 40 10 Jochen Lettmann GER 35 K1 women PosAthletePoints 1 Irena Pavelková CZE 65 2 Cristina Giai Pron ITA 49 3 Cathy Hearn USA 45 4 Brigitte Guibal FRA 41 5 Lynn Simpson GBR 39 6 Heather Corrie GBR 37 7 Anne Boixel FRA 36 8 Štěpánka Hilgertová CZE 30 9 Anouk Loubie FRA 23 10 Kara Weld USA 21 Results World Cup Race 1 The first world cup race of the season took place in Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France from 21 to 22 June.World Cup #1, June 21, 1997, Bourg St. Maurice, France https://www.whitewaterslalom.org/results/1997/worldcup_one.html 15 August 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20250817091554/https://www.whitewaterslalom.org/results/1997/worldcup_one.html 17 August 2025 Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze ScoreC1 men Patrice Estanguet FRA David Hearn USA Danko Herceg CRO C2 men Frank AdissonWilfrid Forgues Miroslav ŠimekJiří Rohan Marek JirasTomáš Máder K1 men Paul Ratcliffe GBR Thomas Becker GER Fedja Marušič SLO K1 women Anne Boixel FRA Štěpánka Hilgertová CZE Irena Pavelková CZE World Cup Race 2 The second world cup race of the season took place in Björbo, Sweden from 28 to 29 June.Official results - World Cup Race 2 https://www.canoeslalom.net/lib/exe/fetch.php/archiv/1997/1997-06-29-wc-bjoerbo.pdf 15 September 2017 Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze ScoreC1 men Hervé Delamarre FRA 224.28 Patrice Estanguet FRA 224.86 Yves Narduzzi FRA 231.55C2 men Krzysztof KołomańskiMichał Staniszewski 232.94 Frank AdissonWilfrid Forgues 232.99 Marek JirasTomáš Máder 235.18K1 men Paul Ratcliffe GBR 203.95 Shaun Pearce GBR 207.08 Scott Shipley USA 208.32K1 women Cristina Giai Pron ITA 249.57 Cathy Hearn USA 249.64 Margaret Langford CAN 250.57 World Cup Race 3 The third world cup race of the season took place at the Čunovo Water Sports Centre, Slovakia from 4 to 6 July.Official results - World Cup Race 3 https://www.canoeslalom.net/lib/exe/fetch.php/archiv/1997/1997-07-06-wc-bratislava.pdf 15 September 2017 Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze ScoreC1 men Michal Martikán SVK 241.17 Patrice Estanguet FRA 241.27 Martin Lang GER 253.89C2 men Milan KubáňMarián Olejník 259.29 Miroslav ŠimekJiří Rohan 264.96 Ľuboš ŠoškaPeter Šoška 270.00K1 men Manuel Köhler AUT 232.70 Thomas Becker GER 234.52 Fedja Marušič SLO 234.72K1 women Lynn Simpson GBR 269.41 Irena Pavelková CZE 273.34 Kordula Striepecke GER 278.96 World Cup Race 4 The fourth world cup race of the season took place at the Ocoee Whitewater Center, Tennessee from 27 to 28 July.World Cup #4, July 28, 1997, Ocoee River, Tennessee, United States https://www.whitewaterslalom.org/results/1997/worldcup_four_final.html 15 August 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20250817205622/https://www.whitewaterslalom.org/results/1997/worldcup_four_final.html 17 August 2025 Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze ScoreC1 men Gareth Marriott GBR 291.38 Patrice Estanguet FRA 297.07 David Hearn USA 299.40C2 men Frank AdissonWilfrid Forgues 302.88 Marek JirasTomáš Máder 304.27 Éric BiauBertrand Daille 305.47K1 men Ian Wiley IRL 271.10 Scott Shipley USA 273.30 Ludovic Boulesteix FRA 278.23K1 women Brigitte Guibal FRA 314.96 Irena Pavelková CZE 324.56 Cristina Giai Pron ITA 329.65 World Cup Final The final world cup race of the season took place at the Minden Wild Water Preserve, Ontario from 2 to 3 August.World Cup #5 (final), August 2-3, 1997, Minden, Ontario, Canada https://www.whitewaterslalom.org/results/1997/worldcup_five_final.html 15 August 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20250816020843/https://www.whitewaterslalom.org/results/1997/worldcup_five_final.html 16 August 2025 Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze ScoreC1 men Tony Estanguet FRA 242.41 Patrice Estanguet FRA 242.50 David Hearn USA 242.75C2 men Marek JirasTomáš Máder 251.83 Miroslav ŠimekJiří Rohan 254.81 Éric BiauBertrand Daille 259.99K1 men Scott Shipley USA 224.83 Ian Wiley IRL 227.61 Thomas Becker GER 231.15K1 women Irena Pavelková CZE 265.26 Heather Corrie GBR 270.52 Cathy Hearn USA 283.66 References External links International Canoe Federation Category:Canoe Slalom World Cup Category:1997 in canoeing