1993 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
# 1993 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1993 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Copenhagen, Denmark for the third time. The Danish city had hosted the event previously in 1950 and 1970.

The men's competition consisted of eight Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Five events were held for the women, all in kayak. This was the first championship following the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the first since Czechoslovakia broke up into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in early 1993.

This was the 25th championships in canoe sprint.

## Medal summary

### Men's

**Canoe**

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| C-1 500 m | Nikolay Bukhalov (BUL) | György Kolonics (HUN) | Steve Giles (CAN) |
| C-1 1000 m | Ivan Klementiev (LAT) | Victor Partnoi (ROU) | Matthias Röder (GER) |
| C-1 10000 m | Zsolt Bohács (HUN) | Pavel Bednář (CZE) | Andreas Dittmer (GER) |
| C-2 500 m | Hungary György Kolonics Csaba Horváth | Denmark Christian Frederiksen Arne Nielsson | Germany Andreas Dittmer Gunar Kirchbach |
| C-2 1000 m | Denmark Christian Frederiksen Arne Nielsson | France Olivier Boldin Didier Hoyer | Germany Ulrich Papke Ingo Spelly |
| C-2 10000 m | Denmark Christian Frederiksen Arne Nielsson | Great Britain Andrew Train Stephen Train | Ukraine Andrey Balabanov Viktor Dobrotvorskiy |
| C-4 500 m | Hungary Ervin Hoffman Attila Szabó Gáspár Boldiszár Ferenc Novák | Russia Andrey Kabanov Sergey Chemerov Pavel Konovalov Aleksandr Kostoglod | Czech Republic Petr Procházka Roman Dittrich Waldemar Fibgir Tomáš Křivánek |
| C-4 1000 m | Hungary Imre Pulai György Kolonics Tibor Takács Csaba Horváth | Russia Andrey Kabanov Sergey Chemerov Pavel Konovalov Aleksandr Kostoglod | Ukraine Viktor Dobrotvorskiy Sergey Osadtchiy Andrey Balabanov Aleksandr Klinitchenko |

**Kayak**

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| K-1 500 m | Mirko Kolehmainen (FIN) | Renn Crichlow (CAN) | Daniel Collins (AUS) |
| K-1 1000 m | Knut Holmann (NOR) | Thor Nielsen (DEN) | Marin Popescu (ROU) |
| K-1 10000 m | Thor Nielsen (DEN) | Knut Holmann (NOR) | Attila Szabó (SVK) |
| K-2 500 m | Germany Kay Bluhm Torsten Guitsche | Poland Maicej Freimut Wojciech Kurpiewski | Spain José Manuel Sánchez Juan José Roman |
| K-2 1000 m | Germany Kay Bluhm Torsten Guitsche | Italy Antonio Rossi Daniele Scarpa | Sweden Gunnar Olsson Kalle Sundqvist |
| K-2 10000 m | Hungary Zsolt Borhi Attila Ábrahám | Sweden Gunnar Olsson Kalle Sundqvist | Norway Torgeir Toppe Peter Ribe |
| K-4 500 m | Russia Viktor Denisov Anatoly Tishchenko Aleksandr Ivanik Oleg Gorobiy | Germany Thomas Reineck Oliver Kegel André Wohllebe Mario von Appen | Hungary Zsolt Gyulay Vince Fehérvári Gábor Horváth Attila Ábrahám |
| K-4 1000 m | Germany Thomas Reineck Oliver Kegel André Wohllebe Mario von Appen | Hungary Zsolt Gyulay Zsolt Borhi Gábor Horváth Attila Ábrahám | Russia Viktor Denisov Anatoliy Tischenko Aleksandr Ivanik Oleg Gorobiy |
| K-4 10000 m | Germany Thomas Reineck Oliver Kegel André Wohllebe Mario von Appen | Poland Andrzej Gryczko Piotr Markiewicz Maciej Freimut Grzegorz Kaleta | Russia Sergey Verlin Vladimir Bobreshov Georgiy Tsybulnikov Sergey Gaikov |

### Women's

**Kayak**

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| K-1 500 m | Birgit Schmidt (GER) | Anna Olsson (SWE) | Caroline Brunet (CAN) |
| K-1 5000 m | Susanne Gunnarsson (SWE) | Rita Kőbán (HUN) | Birgit Schmidt (GER) |
| K-2 500 m | Sweden Agneta Andersson Anna Olsson | Hungary Kinga Czigány Szilvia Mednyánszky | Germany Ramona Portwich Anett Shuck |
| K-2 5000 m | Germany Ramona Portwich Anett Schuck | Hungary Éva Dónusz Erika Mészáros | Romania Carmen Simion Sanda Toma |
| K-4 500 m | Germany Birgit Schmidt Ramona Portwich Anett Schuck Daniela Gleue | Sweden Agneta Andersson Anna Olsson Maria Haglund Susanne Rosenqvist | Hungary Kinga Czigány Éva Dónusz Rita Kőbán Erika Mészáros |

## Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Germany | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | Hungary | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Sweden | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Russia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Norway | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Latvia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Poland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |
