1997 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

The 1997 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Três Coroas, Brazil under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the first time the championships were held in South America.

Medal summary

Men's

Canoe

Event	Gold	Points	Silver	Points	Bronze	Points
C-1	Michal Martikán (SVK)		Lukáš Pollert (CZE)		Gareth Marriot (GBR)
C-1 team	Slovakia Michal Martikán Juraj Minčík Juraj Ontko		France Patrice Estanguet Tony Estanguet Yves Narduzzi		Slovenia Simon Hočevar Gregor Terdič Sebasjan Linke
C-2	France Frank Adisson Wilfrid Forgues		Germany Michael Senft Andre Ehrenburg		Czech Republic Jiří Rohan Miroslav Šimek
C-2 team	France Teams not listed		Czech Republic Teams not listed		Germany Teams not listed

Kayak

Event	Gold	Points	Silver	Points	Bronze	Points
K-1	Thomas Becker (GER)		Scott Shipley (USA)		Paul Ratcliffe (GBR)
K-1 team	United Kingdom Paul Ratcliffe Ian Raspin Shaun Pearce		France Vincent Fondeviole Jean-Michel Regnier Ludovc Boulesteix		Germany Thomas Becker Jochen Lettmann Holger Häffner

Women's

Kayak

Event	Gold	Points	Silver	Points	Bronze	Points
K-1	Brigitte Guibal (FRA)		Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE)		Cathy Hearn (USA)
K-1 team	Germany Evi Huss Gordula Striepecke Mandy Planert		France Anouk Loubie Anne Boixel Brigitte Guibal		United Kingdom Rachel Crosbee Lynn Simpson Heather Corrie

Medals table

1	France	3	3	0	6
2	Germany	2	1	2	5
3	United Kingdom	1	0	3	4
4	Czech Republic	0	3	1	4
5	Slovakia	2	0	0	2
6	United States	0	1	1	2
7	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
Total		8	8	8	24

References

• International Canoe Federation
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.