2002 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
# 2002 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

The 2002 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Bourg St.-Maurice, France under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the record-tying third time. It was the 27th edition. Bourg St.-Maurice hosted the championships previously in 1969 and 1987, and matches the times hosted by Spittal, Austria (1963, 1965, 1977) and Meran, Italy (1953, 1971, 1983). Beginning at these championships, this event would be held on an annual basis in non-Summer Olympic years. The 2001 championships were scheduled to take place in Ducktown, Tennessee (East of Chattanooga) in September that year on the canoe slalom course used for the 1996 Summer Olympics in neighboring Atlanta, but were cancelled in the wake of the September 11 attacks.

## Medal summary

### Men's

**Canoe**

| Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| C1 | Michal Martikán (SVK) | 192.92 | Jan Benzien (GER) | 199.29 | Patrice Estanguet (FRA) | 199.32 |
| C1 team | Czech Republic Přemysl Vlk Jan Mašek Stanislav Ježek | 224.27 | Germany Sören Kaufmann Jan Benzien Stefan Pfannmöller | 226.55 | Slovenia Jurij Korenjak Dejan Stevanovič Simon Hočevar | 236.59 |
| C2 | Slovakia Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner | 206.21 | France Pierre Luquet Christophe Luquet | 209.41 | Czech Republic Marek Jiras Tomáš Máder | 209.53 |
| C2 team | France Pierre Luquet & Christophe Luquet Alexandre Lauvergne & Nathanael Fouquet Philippe Quémerais & Yann Le Pennec | 239.09 | Germany Kay Simon & Robby Simon Kai Walter & Frank Henze André Ehrenberg & Michael Senft | 257.07 | Poland Dariusz Wrzosek & Bartłomiej Kruczek Jarosław Miczek & Wojciech Sekuła Andrzej Wójs & Sławomir Mordarski | 265.80 |

**Kayak**

| Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| K1 | Fabien Lefèvre (FRA) | 184.89 | Miha Terdič (SLO) | 189.94 | Ivan Pišvejc (CZE) | 190.10 |
| K1 team | Germany Claus Suchanek Thomas Becker Thomas Schmidt | 214.11 | Italy Pierpaolo Ferrazzi Matteo Pontarollo Luca Costa | 216.64 | France Thomas Monier Benoît Peschier Fabien Lefèvre | 218.25 |

### Women's

**Kayak**

| Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| K1 | Rebecca Giddens (USA) | 216.09 | Mandy Planert (GER) | 218.11 | Cristina Giai Pron (ITA) | 222.46 |
| K1 team | France Aline Tornare Mathilde Pichery Anne-Lise Bardet | 294.73 | Czech Republic Marie Řihošková Marcela Sadilová Irena Pavelková | 298.78 | United Kingdom Helen Reeves Laura Blakeman Heather Corrie | 306.24 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France (FRA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Slovakia (SVK) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
