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	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
C-1 500 m	Nikolai Buhalov (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 Bednar (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 Spelley
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 Attilia 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	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
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)		Attilia 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 Anatoliy Tishchenko Aleksandr Ivannik 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 Ivannik 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 Sergey Tsibuinikov Sergey Gaikov

Women's

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
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 (GER)	7	1	6	14
2	Hungary (HUN)	5	5	2	12
3	Denmark (DEN)	3	2	0	5
4	Sweden (SWE)	2	3	1	6
5	Russia (RUS)	1	2	2	5
6	Norway (NOR)	1	1	1	3
7	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	0	0	1
	Finland (FIN)	1	0	0	1
	Latvia (LAT)	1	0	0	1
10	Poland (POL)	0	2	0	2
11	Canada (CAN)	0	1	2	3
	Romania (ROU)	0	1	2	3
13	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	1	2
14	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
17	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	2	2
18	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		22	22	22	66

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.