2005 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
# 2005 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 2005 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Zagreb, Croatia, in August 2005.

Men race as individuals, pairs and quads over 200m, 500m and 1000m 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 34th championships in canoe sprint.

## Highlights

The undoubted stars of the Zagreb event were Natasa Janics and Katalin Kovács of Hungary who completed an unprecedented clean sweep of all three women's K-2 events.

In the men's events, the C-4 200 m final saw Maxim Opalev of Russia win the twelfth world championship gold of his career, thus equalling György Kolonics's record. Andreas Dittmer of Germany retained both the world titles he had won in Gainesville (C-1 500 m and 1000m). Ronald Rauhe and Tim Wieskötter of Germany won their fourth consecutive K-2 500 m title, whilst compatriots Christian Gille and Tomasz Wylenzek followed up their C-2 1000 m 2004 Athens Olympic success with two golds (C-2 500 m and 1000 m).

The championships also marked a change of generation as many stars had retired after the Olympics, especially in the women's events. Two-thirds of the winners at Zagreb were first-time gold medallists. Birgit Fischer won her last two of her record 38 medals, including a bronze in the K-2 200 m event with her niece, Fanny.

Germany topped the medal table, winning 10 of the 27 gold medals, followed by Hungary with six golds, then Spain and Russia with two golds each.

## Medal summary

### Men's

Non-Olympic classes

**Canoe**

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| C-1 200 m | Valentin Demyanenko (UKR) | 39.264 | Maxim Opalev (RUS) | 39.588 | Zhomart Satubaldin (KAZ) | 39.984 |
| C-1 500 m | Andreas Dittmer (GER) | 1:48.409 | Paweł Baraszkiewicz (POL) | 1:49.065 | Maxim Opalev (RUS) | 1:49.609 |
| C1 1000 m | Andreas Dittmer (GER) | 3:57.119 | David Cal (ESP) | 3:58.421 | Richard Dalton (CAN) | 4:00.617 |
| C-2 200 m | Russia Evgeny Ignatov Nikolay Lipkin | 36.978 | Germany Christian Gille Tomasz Wylenzek | 37.002 | Cuba Serguey Torres Karel Aguilar | 37.242 |
| C-2 500 m | Germany Christian Gille Tomasz Wylenzek | 1:39.851 | Hungary György Kozmann György Kolonics | 1:40.175 | Cuba Serguey Torres Karel Aguilar | 1:40.271 |
| C-2 1000 m | Germany Christian Gille Tomasz Wylenzek | 3:37.048 | Cuba Serguey Torres Karel Aguilar | 3:38.080 | Hungary György Kozmann György Kolonics | 3:39.130 |
| C-4 200 m | Russia Aleksandr Kovalyov Alexander Kostoglod Roman Kruglyakov Maxim Opalev | 33.867 | Czech Republic Petr Procházka Petr Fuksa Petr Netušil Jan Břečka | 34.017 | Belarus Aliaksandr Kurliandchyk Aliaksandr Zhukouski Semen Saponenko Aliaksandr Bahdanovich | 30.565 |
| C-4 500 m | Romania Loredan Popa Silviu Simioncencu Florin Popescu Iosif Chirilă | 1:30.602 | Belarus Dzmitry Rabchanka Dzmitry Vaitsishkin Konstantin Shcharbak Aleksandr Vauchetskiy | 1:31.298 | Poland Andrzej Jezierski Michał Śliwiński Michał Gajownik Adam Ginter | 1:31.916 |
| C-4 1000 m | Poland Wojciech Tyszyński Michał Śliwiński Andrzej Jezierski Michał Gajownik | 3:17.407 | Romania Constantin Popa Loredan Popa Florin Mironcic Petre Condrat | 3:17.863 | Germany Robert Nuck Stefan Holtz Thomas Luck Stephan Breuing | 3:20.479 |

**Kayak**

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| K-1 200 m | Carlos Pérez (kayaker)Carlos Pérez (ESP) | 35.289 | Tomasz Mendelski (POL) | 35.697 | Anton Ryakhov (RUS) | 35.733 |
| K-1 500 m | Nathan Baggaley (AUS) | 1:36.980 | Lutz Altepost (GER) | 1:37.076 | Adam van Koeverden (CAN) | 1:37.082 |
| K-1 1000 m | Eirik Verås Larsen (NOR) | 3:29.165 | Adam van Koeverden (CAN) | 3:29.841 | Nathan Baggaley (AUS) | 3:30.069 |
| K-2 200 m | Serbia and Montenegro Dragan Zorić Ognjen Filipović | 32.253 | Lithuania Alvydas Duonėla Egidijus Balčiūnas | 32.277 | Poland Marek Twardowski Adam Wysocki | 32.499 |
| K-2 500 m | Germany Ronald Rauhe Tim Wieskötter | 1:27.583 | Poland Marek Twardowski Adam Wysocki | 1:29.005 | Lithuania Alvydas Duonėla Egidijus Balčiūnas | 1:29.347 |
| K-2 1000 m | Hungary Roland Kökény Gábor Kucsera | 3:18.692 | Germany Andreas Ihle Marco Herszel | 3:18.722 | Norway Mattis Næss Jacob Norenberg | 3:18.836 |
| K-4 200 m | Hungary Viktor Kadler István Beé Balázs Babella Gergely Gyertyános | 30.211 | Germany Norman Bröckl Björn Bach Björn Goldschmidt Jonas Ems | 30.301 | Belarus Raman Piatrushenka Aleksey Abalmasov Dziamyan Turchyn Vadzim Makhneu | 30.565 |
| K-4 500 m | Belarus Raman Piatrushenka Aleksey Abalmasov Dziamyan Turchyn Vadzim Makhneu | 1:20.898 | Slovakia Michal Riszdorfer Juraj Tarr Andrej Wiebauer Róbert Erban | 1:20.994 | Italy Franco Benedini Jaka Jazbec Luca Piemonte Antonio Scaduto | 1:22.634 |
| K-4 1000 m | Germany Lutz Altepost Norman Bröckl Björn Bach Arnd Goldschmidt | 2:56.282 | Slovakia Michal Riszdorfer Richard Riszdorfer Erik Vlček Róbert Erban | 2:56.558 | Poland Paweł Baumann Marek Twardowski Adam Wysocki Przemysław Gawrych | 2:57.848 |

### Women's

Non-Olympic classes

**Kayak**

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| K-1 200 m | Maria Teresa Portela (ESP) | 40.756 | Szilvia Szabó (HUN) | 41.380 | Karen Furneaux (CAN) | 41.542 |
| K-1 500 m | Nicole Reinhardt (GER) | 1:50.407 | Karen Furneaux (CAN) | 1:51.379 | Erzsébet Viski (HUN) | 1:51.565 |
| K-1 1000 m | Katrin Wagner-Augustin (GER) | 4:00.494 | Dalma Benedek (HUN) | 4:01.406 | Karen Furneaux (CAN) | 4:03.200 |
| K-2 200 m | Hungary Katalin Kovács Nataša Janić | 37.101 | Spain Maria Teresa Portela Jana Smidakova | 38.013 | Germany Birgit Fischer Fanny Fischer | 38.127 |
| K-2 500 m | Hungary Katalin Kovács Nataša Janić | 1:39.704 | Austria Petra Schlitzer Viktoria Schwarz | 1:42.458 | France Anne-Laure Viard Marie Delattre | 1:43.118 |
| K-2 1000 m | Hungary Katalin Kovács Nataša Janić | 3:40.861 | Germany Maike Nollen Nadine Opgen-Rhein | 3:42.931 | Poland Aneta Białkowska Joanna Skowroń | 3:43.003 |
| K-4 200 m | Germany Carolin Leonhardt Nicole Reinhardt Judith Hörmann Katrin Wagner-Augustin | 35.151 | Poland Iwona Pyzalska Małgorzata Czajczyńska Joanna Skowroń Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza | 36.111 | Spain Isabel García Ana Varela Jana Smidakova Maria Teresa Portela | 36.189 |
| K-4 500 m | Germany Carolin Leonhardt Conny Waßmuth Judith Hörmann Katrin Wagner-Augustin | 1:31.686 | Poland Aneta Białkowska Aneta Konieczna Joanna Skowroń Iwona Pyzalska | 1:32.442 | Hungary Tímea Paksy Dalma Benedek Szilvia Szabó Kinga Bóta | 1:32.952 |
| K-4 1000 m | Hungary Tímea Paksy Szilvia Szabó Erzsébet Viski Kinga Bóta | 3:20.701 | Romania Florica Vulpeş Mariana Ciobanu Lidia Talpă Alina Platon | 3:21.889 | Germany Birgit Fischer Maren Knebel Judith Hörmann Carolin Leonhardt | 3:21.901 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Germany | 10 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 2 | Hungary | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Russia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Poland | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Romania | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Belarus | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 13 | Slovakia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Cuba | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 27 | 27 | 27 | 81 |
