2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

Canoe and kayak event in Georgia, US 2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships Lake Lanier Olympic Center.jpg The Lake Lanier Olympic Center hosted these championships. Photo circa 2010. USA Gainesville, Georgia, USA September 10-14 2002 2005 thumb|Finish tower at Lake Lanier where the 2003 championships took place. Photo circa 2010. This was also the same finish used for the canoe sprint and rowing competitions at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held September 10–14, 2003 in Gainesville, Georgia, United States at Lake Lanier. Located north of Atlanta, this was also where the canoe sprint and rowing events for the 1996 Summer Olympics took place. The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Women competed in nine events, all in kayak. This was the 33rd championships in canoe sprint. Doping controversy Sergey Ulegin of Russia won two golds (C-4 200 m, C-4 500 m) and one silver (C-2 500 m), but was stripped of those medals when he tested positive for doping. His teammates in the C-2 500 m (Aleksandr Kostoglod), C-4 200 m (Kostoglod, Roman Kruglyakov, and Maksim Opalev), and C-4 500 m (Kostoglod, Kruglyakov, and Opalev) events also lost their medals as a result of Ulegin's positive test. Ulegin received a two-year suspension. Medal summary Men's #ccccff darkgray Non-Olympic classes Canoe C-1 200 m Maksim Opalev RUS40.896 Martin Doktor CZE40.929 Andreas Dittmer GER40.962C-1 500 m Andreas Dittmer GER1:47.277 Maksim Opalev RUS1:47.488 Martin Doktor CZE1:48.030C-1 1000 m Andreas Dittmer GER3:52.482 David Cal ESP3:53.406 Maksim Opalev RUS3:55.299C-2 200 m PolandPaweł BaraszkiewiczDaniel Jędraszko37.972 Petr FuksaPetr Netušil38.012 Sergey KlimniukDmitriy Sabin38.230C-2 500 m PolandPaweł BaraszkiewiczDaniel Jędraszko1:39.194 Silviu SimioncencuFlorin Popescu1:40.824 Ibrahim RojasLedis Balceiro1:41.136C-2 1000 m Silviu SimioncencuFlorin Popescu3:34.932 RussiaAleksandr KovalyovAleksandr Kostoglod3:35.325 György KozmannGyörgy Kolonics3:35.428C-4 200 m Sándor MalomsokiLászló VasaliGyörgy KozmannGyörgy Kolonics34.737 Petr FuksaPetr NetušilJan BřečkaKarel Kožíšek35.105 Silviu SimioncencuMitică PricopFlorin PopescuPetre Condrat35.610C-4 500 m Silviu SimioncencuFlorin PopescuMitică PricopPetre Condrat1:32.022 PolandAdam GinterŁukasz WoszczyńskiMarcin GrzybowskiMichał Śliwiński1:32.185 Csaba HüttnerMárton JoóbImre PulaiFerenc Novák1:33.506C-4 1000 m Csaba HüttnerGábor FurdokImre PulaiFerenc Novák3:22.090 CanadaAttila BudayTamas Buday Jr.Maxim BoilardDimitri Joukovski3:22.332 PolandAndrzej JezierskiRoman RynkiewiczAdam GinterWojciech Tyszyński3:22.446 Kayak K-1 200 m Ronald Rauhe GER35.798 Vince Fehérvári AUS36.411 Anton Ryakhov UZB36.417K-1 500 m Nathan Baggaley AUS1:37.541 Carlos Pérez ESP1:37.961 Lutz Altepost GER1:38.077K-1 1000 m Ben Fouhy NZL3:28.852 Adam van Koeverden CAN3:29.720 Nathan Baggaley AUS3:29.909K-2 200 m Alvydas DuonėlaEgidijus Balčiūnas32.972 PolandMarek TwardowskiAdam Wysocki33.154 GermanyRonald RauheTim Wieskötter33.385K-2 500 m GermanyRonald RauheTim Wieskötter1:27.974 Roman PiatrushenkoVadzim Makhneu1:28.954 Alvydas DuonėlaEgidijus Balčiūnas1:29.205K-2 1000 m SwedenMarkus OscarssonHenrik Nilsson3:14.157 BelgiumBob MaesenWouter D'Haene3:14.690 GermanyTim HuthMarco Herszel3:15.142K-4 200 m Oleksiy SlivinskiyMykhaylo LuchnikMykola ZaichenkovAndriy Borzukov31.136 Vasile CuruzanMarian BabanAlexandru CeaușuRomică Șerban31.168 SpainManuel MuñozJaime AcuñaAike GonzálezOier Aizpurua31.260K-4 500 m Richard RiszdorferMichal RiszdorferErik VlčekJuraj Bača1:20.409 Vasile CuruzanMarian BabanAlexandru CeaușuRomică Șerban1:21.353 RussiaAleksandr IvanikAnatoly TishchenkoOleg GorobiyVladimir Gurhsikin1:21.408K-4 1000 m Richard RiszdorferMichal RiszdorferErik VlčekJuraj Bača2:55.291 Zoltán KammererÁkos VereckeiRoland KökényKrisztián Veréb2:56.795 GermanyAndreas IhleMark ZabelBjörn BachStefan Ulm2:57.048 Women's #ccccff darkgray Non-Olympic classes Kayak K-1 200 m Caroline Brunet CAN41.344 Maria Teresa Portelo ESP41.600 Tímea Paksy HUN42.298K-1 500 m Katalin Kovács HUN1:48.996 Caroline Brunet CAN1:49.778 Aneta Pastuszka POL1:49.785K-1 1000 m Katalin Kovács HUN4:00.955 Katrin Wagner GER4:02.122 Lior Karmi ISR4:03.104K-2 200 m Tímea PaksyMelinda Patyi38.292 SpainMaria Teresa PortelaBeatriz Manchón38.521 PolandAneta PastuszkaBeata Sokołowska-Kulesza38.528K-2 500 m Szilvia SzabóKinga Bóta1:39.984 Bonka PindzevaDelyana Dacheva1:40.937 PolandBeata Sokołowska-KuleszaJoanna Skowroń1:41.577K-2 1000 m Tímea PaksyDalma Benedek3:41.540 GermanyNadine Opgen-RheinManuela Mucke3:41.636 CanadaCaroline BrunetMylanie Barre3:42.752K-4 200 m Natasa JanicsSzilvia SzabóErzsébet ViskiKinga Bóta35.665 SpainMaria Garcia SuarezBeatriz ManchónJana SmidakovaMaria Teresa Portela35.939 PolandKarolina SadalskaAneta PastuszkaBeata Sokołowska-KuleszaJoanna Skowroń36.118K-4 500 m Katalin KovácsSzilvia SzabóErzsébet ViskiKinga Bóta1:31.632 PolandKarolina SadalskaMałgorzata CzajczyńskaAneta BiałkowskaJoanna Skowroń1:33.573 SpainMaria GarciaBeatriz ManchónJana SmidakovaMaria Teresa Portela1:33.742K-4 1000 m Eszter RasztótskyKinga DékányKrisztina FazekasNatasa Janics3:13.296 Olena CherevatovaTatyana SemikinaMariya RalchevaInna Osipenko3:16.389 AustraliaPaul HarveyChantal MeekAmanda RankinKatrin Kieseler3:16.870 Medal table flagcountry 10 1 3 4 2 5 2 3 5 0 5 2 2 3 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 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. ICF Executive Committee December 12, 2003 decision on Ulegin's doping case at the championships.June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes – accessed August 20, 2008. Official website Icf Canoe Sprint World Championships, 2003 Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships Category:International sports competitions hosted by the United States Icf Canoe Sprint World Championships, 2003 Category:Canoeing and kayaking competitions in the United States Category:Sports competitions in Georgia (U.S. state)