1998 Canoe Slalom World Cup

World CupThe 1998 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 11th edition. The series consisted of 4 regular world cup races and the world cup final. Calendar Label Venue DateWorld Cup Race 1 SVK Liptovský Mikuláš 13–14 JuneWorld Cup Race 2 SLO Tacen 20–21 JuneWorld Cup Race 3 GER Augsburg 27–28 JuneWorld Cup Race 4 USA Wausau 31 July - 2 AugustWorld Cup Final ESP La Seu d'Urgell 11–13 September Final standings The winner of each world cup race was awarded 30 points. The points scale reached down to 1 point for 20th place in the men's K1, while in the other three categories only the top 15 received points (with 6 points for 15th place). 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.1998 World Cup Final Rankings https://www.canoeslalom.net/lib/exe/fetch.php/archiv/1998/1998-09-13-wc-gesamtergebnis.pdf 16 September 2017 C1 men PosAthletePoints 1 Michal Martikán SVK 80 2 Patrice Estanguet FRA 66 3 Hervé Delamarre FRA 65 4 Emmanuel Brugvin FRA 60 5 Juraj Minčík SVK 57 6 Lukáš Pollert CZE 55 6 Stanislav Ježek CZE 55 8 Krzysztof Bieryt POL 51 9 Tony Estanguet FRA 43 10 David Hearn USA 42 C2 men PosAthletesPoints 1 Roman Štrba/Roman Vajs SVK 68 2 Marek Jiras/Tomáš Máder CZE 65 3 Éric Biau/Bertrand Daille FRA 61 4 Petr Štercl/Pavel Štercl CZE 59 5 Jaroslav Volf/Ondřej Štěpánek CZE 54 6 Jaroslav Pospíšil/Jaroslav Pollert CZE 48 7 Matt Taylor/Lecky Haller USA 46 7 Milan Kubáň/Marián Olejník SVK 46 9 Nathanael Fouquet/Alexandre Lauvergne FRA 43 10 Philippe Quémerais/Yann Le Pennec FRA 41 K1 men PosAthletePoints 1 Paul Ratcliffe GBR 85 2 Scott Shipley USA 63 3 Pierpaolo Ferrazzi ITA 57 4 Andraž Vehovar SLO 55 5 Thomas Becker GER 53 6 Helmut Oblinger AUT 52 7 David Ford CAN 45 8 Enrico Lazzarotto ITA 41 9 Ian Raspin GBR 40 10 Ian Wiley IRL 36 K1 women PosAthletePoints 1 Štěpánka Hilgertová CZE 75 2 Elena Kaliská SVK 70 3 Brigitte Guibal FRA 59 4 Kordula Striepecke GER 57 5 Margaret Langford CAN 50 6 María Eizmendi ESP 49 7 Sandra Friedli SUI 47 8 Gabriela Brosková SVK 45 9 Cathy Hearn USA 44 10 Heather Corrie GBR 41 Results World Cup Race 1 The first world cup race of the season took place at the Ondrej Cibak Whitewater Slalom Course in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia from 13 to 14 June.Results - World Cup Race 1 https://www.canoeslalom.net/lib/exe/fetch.php/archiv/1998/1998-06-14-wc-liptovsky-mikulas.pdf 16 September 2017 Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze ScoreC1 men Emmanuel Brugvin FRA 214.70 Krzysztof Bieryt POL 216.56 Lukáš Pollert CZE 218.06C2 men Marek JirasTomáš Máder 230.14 Jaroslav VolfOndřej Štěpánek 232.24 Jaroslav PospíšilJaroslav Pollert 233.10K1 men Scott Shipley USA 205.65 Pierpaolo Ferrazzi ITA 206.78 Ian Raspin GBR 209.24K1 women Elena Kaliská SVK 224.74 Štěpánka Hilgertová CZE 228.66 Gabriela Brosková SVK 231.28 World Cup Race 2 The second world cup race of the season took place at the Tacen Whitewater Course, Slovenia from 20 to 21 June.Results - World Cup Race 2 https://www.canoeslalom.net/lib/exe/fetch.php/archiv/1998/1998-06-21-wc-tacen.pdf 16 September 2017 Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze ScoreC1 men Michal Martikán SVK 202.14 Hervé Delamarre FRA 209.05 Juraj Minčík SVK 209.19C2 men Milan KubáňMarián Olejník 224.27 Roman ŠtrbaRoman Vajs 226.48 Frank AdissonWilfrid Forgues 227.02K1 men Paul Ratcliffe GBR 188.01 Andraž Vehovar SLO 189.67 Ian Raspin GBR 190.71K1 women Brigitte Guibal FRA 232.81 Evi Huss GER 234.18 Elena Kaliská SVK 241.53 World Cup Race 3 The third world cup race of the season took place at the Augsburg Eiskanal, Germany from 27 to 28 June.Results - World Cup Race 3 https://www.canoeslalom.net/lib/exe/fetch.php/archiv/1998/1998-06-28-wc-augsburg.pdf 16 September 2017 Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze ScoreC1 men Stanislav Ježek CZE 228.61 Patrice Estanguet FRA 230.34 Michal Martikán SVK 231.52C2 men Frank AdissonWilfrid Forgues 233.75 Krzysztof KołomańskiMichał Staniszewski 241.75 André EhrenbergMichael Senft 241.85K1 men Thomas Becker GER 215.75 Enrico Lazzarotto ITA 216.03 Scott Shipley USA 217.26K1 women Sandra Friedli SUI 257.46 Kordula Striepecke GER 258.80 Štěpánka Hilgertová CZE 261.14 World Cup Race 4 The fourth world cup race of the season took place in Wausau, Wisconsin from 31 July to 2 August.Results - World Cup Race 4 https://www.canoeslalom.net/lib/exe/fetch.php/archiv/1998/1998-08-02-wc-wausau.pdf 16 September 2017 Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze ScoreC1 men Emmanuel Brugvin FRA 245.99 Hervé Delamarre FRA 249.16 Juraj Minčík SVK 250.00C2 men Éric BiauBertrand Daille 265.33 Nathanael FouquetAlexandre Lauvergne 266.93 Matt TaylorLecky Haller 268.96K1 men Scott Shipley USA 233.82 Paul Ratcliffe GBR 237.62 David Ford CAN 242.17K1 women Cathy Hearn USA 273.52 Margaret Langford CAN 273.94 Peggy Dickens FRA 274.51 World Cup Final The final world cup race of the season took place at the Segre Olympic Park in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain from 11 to 13 September.Official results - World Cup Final https://www.canoeslalom.net/lib/exe/fetch.php/archiv/1998/1998-09-13-wc-seu-d-urgell.pdf 16 September 2017 Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze ScoreC1 men Michal Martikán SVK 208.44 Patrice Estanguet FRA 213.93 Lukáš Pollert CZE 214.21C2 men Roman ŠtrbaRoman Vajs 223.00 Petr ŠterclPavel Štercl 228.89 Marek JirasTomáš Máder 229.14K1 men Paul Ratcliffe GBR 200.49 Helmut Oblinger AUT 201.13 Thomas Schmidt GER 202.90K1 women Štěpánka Hilgertová CZE 224.68 María Eizmendi ESP 232.30 Elena Kaliská SVK 236.78 References External links International Canoe Federation Category:Canoe Slalom World Cup Category:1998 in canoeing