2008 Canoe Slalom World Cup

The 2008 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of seven races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 21st edition. The series consisted of 4 continental championships (Africa, Oceania, Pan American and Asia) which were open to all countries and 3 world cup races. The athletes gained points for their results in the three world cup races plus their best result from any of the four continental championships. Calendar Label Venue Date2008 African Championships KEN Sagana 27 JanuaryOceania Championships 2008 AUS Penrith 15–16 March2008 Pan American Championships USA Charlotte 26 April2008 Asia Canoe Slalom Championships THA Nakhon Nayok 17–18 MayWorld Cup Race 1 CZE Prague 20–22 JuneWorld Cup Race 2 SLO Tacen 28–29 JuneWorld Cup Race 3 GER Augsburg 4–6 July Final standings The winner of each race was awarded 50 points. Paddlers outside the top 20 in the C2 event and outside the top 40 in the other 3 events were awarded 2 points for participation. If two or more athletes or boats were equal on points, the ranking was determined by their positions in the final world cup race.2008 World Cup Final Ranking https://www.canoeslalom.net/lib/exe/fetch.php/archiv/2008/2008-07-06-worldcup-final-ranking.pdf 19 November 2017 C1 men PosAthletePoints 1 Robin Bell AUS 168 2 Alexander Slafkovský SVK 132 3 Benn Fraker USA 121 4 Dejan Stevanovič SLO 114 5 Tomáš Indruch CZE 106 6 Teng Zhiqiang CHN 106 7 Ronnie Dürrenmatt SUI 99 8 Kynan Maley AUS 97 9 Christos Tsakmakis GRE 95 10 James Cartwright CAN 93 C2 men PosAthletesPoints 1 Pavol Hochschorner/Peter Hochschorner SVK 147 2 Ladislav Škantár/Peter Škantár SVK 129 3 Marek Jiras/Tomáš Máder CZE 127 4 Hu Minghai/Shu Junrong CHN 119 5 Mark Bellofiore/Lachie Milne AUS 107 6 Tomáš Kučera/Ján Bátik SVK 106 7 David Schröder/Frank Henze GER 101 8 Marcus Becker/Stefan Henze GER 100 9 Duan Junjie/Duan Junqing CHN 99 10 Mikhail Kuznetsov/Dmitry Larionov RUS 98 K1 men PosAthletePoints 1 Erik Pfannmöller GER 133 2 Brett Heyl USA 117 3 Helmut Oblinger AUT 116 4 Lukáš Kubričan CZE 112 5 Warwick Draper AUS 112 6 William Forsythe AUS 101 7 Dejan Kralj SLO 98 8 Scott Mann USA 95 9 David Ford CAN 95 10 Tomáš Mráz SVK 94 K1 women PosAthletePoints 1 Katrina Lawrence AUS 144 2 Mandy Planert GER 132 3 Violetta Oblinger-Peters AUT 129 4 Li Jingjing CHN 123 5 Elena Kaliská SVK 118 6 Gabriela Stacherová SVK 107 7 Marie Řihošková CZE 99 8 Sarah Grant AUS 97 9 Nina Mozetič SLO 93 10 Jana Dukátová SVK 92 Results 2008 African Championships The first African Canoe Slalom Championships were held in Sagana, Kenya on January 27.http://www.kayakafrica.org/news0915.htm CAC News 2011-10-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20120425062219/http://www.kayakafrica.org/news0915.htm 2012-04-25 usurped USA won the medal table with 2 golds and a bronze. Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze ScoreC1 men Siboniso Cele RSA Cyprian Ngidi RSA Tyler Hinton USA C2 men Mark StaszkoNic Borst Cameron McIntoshCyprian Ngidi Jabulane MofokengSiboniso Cele K1 men Benjamin Boukpeti TOG Johnathan Akinyemi NGR Cameron McIntosh RSA K1 women Emily Jackson USA Sarah Dupire ALG Marissa Dederer CAN Oceania Championships 2008 The 2008 Oceania Championships were held in Penrith, Australia on March 15–16. Slovakia won 2 golds a silver and a bronze to top the medal table. Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze ScoreC1 menOfficial results C1M - Oceania Championships 2008 - accessed October 12, 2011 Michal Martikán SVK 197.81 Robin Bell AUS 202.00 Alexander Slafkovský SVK 205.54C2 menOfficial results C2M - Oceania Championships 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20120321133334/http://canoe.org.au/site/canoeing/ac/downloads/2008/Slalom/Results/Oceania/C2M.pdf 2012-03-21 - accessed October 12, 2011 Hu MinghaiShu Junrong 213.25 Pavol HochschornerPeter Hochschorner 214.61 Mark BellofioreLachie Milne 216.36K1 menOfficial results K1M - Oceania Championships 2008 - accessed October 12, 2011 Jens Ewald GER 197.41 Warwick Draper AUS 197.47 Brett Heyl USA 197.50K1 womenOfficial results K1W - Oceania Championships 2008 - accessed October 12, 2011 Elena Kaliská SVK 222.42 Li Tong CHN 223.02 Li Jingjing CHN 224.67 2008 Pan American Championships The 2008 Pan American Championships took place in Charlotte, USA on April 26. The home athletes dominated the medal table by winning 3 golds, 4 silvers and 3 bronzes. Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze ScoreC1 menhttp://animastiming.com/sites/animastiming.com/files/20080426-c1m-total-results.pdf Archived copy 2011-10-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20120425062917/http://animastiming.com/sites/animastiming.com/files/20080426-c1m-total-results.pdf 2012-04-25 dead Robin Bell AUS 187.70 Benn Fraker USA 194.23 Jeff Larimer USA 199.13C2 menhttp://animastiming.com/sites/animastiming.com/files/20080426-c2m-total-results.pdf Archived copy 2011-10-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20120425062932/http://animastiming.com/sites/animastiming.com/files/20080426-c2m-total-results.pdf 2012-04-25 dead Scott McCleskeyAustin Crane 216.44 Benjamin KvanliMark Poindexter 258.03 Casey EichfeldRick Powell 269.07K1 menhttp://animastiming.com/sites/animastiming.com/files/20080426-k1m-total-results.pdf Archived copy 2011-10-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20120425062945/http://animastiming.com/sites/animastiming.com/files/20080426-k1m-total-results.pdf 2012-04-25 dead Brett Heyl USA 179.70 Eric Hurd USA 181.83 Scott Mann USA 182.70K1 womenhttp://animastiming.com/sites/animastiming.com/files/20080426-k1w-total-results.pdf Archived copy 2011-10-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20120425063041/http://animastiming.com/sites/animastiming.com/files/20080426-k1w-total-results.pdf 2012-04-25 dead Heather Corrie USA 223.76 Zuzana Vanha USA 232.63 Jessica Groeneveld CAN 243.65 2008 Asia Canoe Slalom Championships The 2008 Asia Canoe Slalom Championships were the last of the continental championships to count for the world cup. The event took place in Nakhon Nayok, Thailand on May 17–18. China won the medal table with 2 golds, 2 silvers and 4 bronzes. Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze ScoreC1 men Takuya Haneda JPN Feng Liming CHN Zhang Chaojun CHN C2 men Mai JianminMo Bin Masatoshi SanmaHiroyuki Nagao Yu HongminChen Jin K1 men Kazuki Yazawa JPN Tsubasa Sasaki JPN Huang Cunguang CHN K1 women Li Tong CHN Cen Nanqin CHN Zou Yingying CHN World Cup Race 1 The main part of the world cup series got under way in Prague, Czech Republic on June 20–22. France and Czech Republic shared the top spot in the medal table with both countries winning 2 golds and 1 bronze medal.Official results - World Cup Race 1 (C1M and K1W) https://www.canoeslalom.net/lib/exe/fetch.php/archiv/2008/2008-06-20-worldcup-prag.pdf 19 November 2017 Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze ScoreC1 men Tony Estanguet FRA 175.50 Robin Bell AUS 176.91 David Florence GBR 178.39C2 men Marek JirasTomáš Máder Hu MinghaiShu Junrong Cédric ForgitMartin Braud K1 men Fabien Lefèvre FRA Erik Pfannmöller GER Lukáš Kubričan CZE K1 women Štěpánka Hilgertová CZE 192.47 Mandy Planert GER 193.84 Jana Dukátová SVK 195.43 World Cup Race 2 The penultimate race of the series took place in Tacen, Slovenia on June 28–29. Two gold medals were enough for Germany to win the medal table. Slovenia took one gold courtesy of Peter Kauzer.Official results - World Cup Race 2 https://www.canoeslalom.net/lib/exe/fetch.php/archiv/2008/2008-06-29-worldcup-tacen.pdf 19 November 2017 Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze ScoreC1 men Nico Bettge GER 193.27 Alexander Slafkovský SVK 196.65 Ronnie Dürrenmatt SUI 198.81C2 men Pavol HochschornerPeter Hochschorner 200.08 Ladislav ŠkantárPeter Škantár 206.25 Marek JirasTomáš Máder 207.27K1 men Peter Kauzer SLO 179.29 Lukáš Kubričan CZE 184.17 Richard Hounslow GBR 184.46K1 women Mandy Planert GER 205.34 Li Jingjing CHN 206.23 Gabriela Stacherová SVK 209.67 World Cup Race 3 The world cup series closed in Augsburg, Germany on July 4–6. Australia was the most successful country with 2 golds. The German paddlers won 1 gold and 1 bronze medal.Official results - World Cup Race 3 https://www.canoeslalom.net/lib/exe/fetch.php/archiv/2008/2008-07-06-worldcup-augsburg.pdf 19 November 2017 Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze ScoreC1 men Robin Bell AUS 203.67 Tomáš Indruch CZE 205.94 Krzysztof Bieryt POL 206.47C2 men Pavol HochschornerPeter Hochschorner 216.77 Ladislav ŠkantárPeter Škantár 219.42 Kay SimonRobby Simon 221.13K1 men Erik Pfannmöller GER 193.03 Benoît Peschier FRA 195.73 Scott Parsons USA 195.79K1 women Katrina Lawrence AUS 216.01 Jana Dukátová SVK 217.06 Marie Řihošková CZE 217.70 References External links International Canoe Federation Category:Canoe Slalom World Cup Canoe Slalom World Cup