2002 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 2002 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Seville, Spain.

The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Women competed in nine events, all in kayak.

This was the 32nd championships in canoe sprint.

Doping controversy

Dmitiry Sabin of the Ukraine won the silver in the C-1 200 m event, but was disqualified when he tested positive for doping. Sabin became the first person to fail a doping test in canoe sprint at an Olympic or world championship level though he did compete at the following year's world championships.

Medal summary

Men's

Canoe

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
C-1 200 m	Maxim Opalev (RUS)	39.257	Andrzej Jezierski (POL)	39.843	Christian Gille (GER)	40.176
C-1 500 m	Maxim Opalev (RUS)	1:50.596	György Kolonics (HUN)	1:51.636	Andreas Dittmer (GER)	1:51.843
C-1 1000 m	Andreas Dittmer (GER)	3:49.031	Maxim Opalev (RUS)	3:49.644	Steve Giles (CAN)	3:50.737
C-2 200 m	Cuba Ibrahim Rojas Ledis Balceiro	37.027	Czech Republic Petr Fuksa Petr Netušil	37.100	Romania Mikhail Vartolemei Ionel Averian	37.240
C-2 500 m	Cuba Ibrahim Rojas Ledis Balceiro	1:43.467	Romania Florian Popescu Silviu Simioncencu	1:43.960	Russia Sergey Ulegin Aleksandr Kostoglod	1:44.280
C-2 1000 m	Poland Marcin Kobierski Michał Śliwiński	3:32.456	Cuba Ibrahim Rojas Ledis Balceiro	3:33.676	Canada Richard Dalton Mike Scarola	3:33.969
C-4 200 m	Russia Maxim Opalev Roman Kruglyakov Sergey Ulegin Aleksandr Kostoglod	33.650	Czech Republic Petr Fuksa Jan Břečka Petr Procházka Karel Kožíšek	33.964	Romania Mikhail Vartolemei Ionel Averian Mitică Pricop Petra Condrat	34.237
C-4 500 m	Romania Mikhail Vartolemei Ionel Averian Mitică Pricop Florin Popescu	1:34.758	Russia Konstantin Fomichev Aleksandr Artemida Roman Krugylakov Andrey Kabanov	1:35.231	Poland Daniel Jędraszko Adam Ginter Michał Śliwiński Marcin Grzybowski	1:35.338
C-4 1000 m	Poland Andrzej Jezierski Adam Ginter Michal Gajowink Roman Rykiewicz	3:17.794	Canada Dimitri Joukovski Maxim Boilard Tamas Buday, Jr. Attila Buday	3:18.127	Belarus Aleksandr Zhukovskiy Aleksandr Kurlandchik Aleksandr Bagdanovich Sermen Saponenko	3:18.421

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 200 m	Ronald Rauhe (GER)		Anton Ryakhov (UZB)		Roman Petrukanecas (LTU)
K-1 500 m	Nathan Baggaley (AUS)		Petar Merkov (BUL)		Anton Ryakhov (UZB)
K-1 1000 m	Eirik Verås Larsen (NOR)		Javier Correa (ARG)		Adam Seroczyński (POL)
K-2 200 m	Lithuania Alvydas Duonėla Egidijus Balčiūnas		Poland Marek Twardowski Adam Wysocki		Germany Ronald Rauhe Tim Wieskötter
K-2 500 m	Germany Ronald Rauhe Tim Wieskötter		Poland Adam Wysocki Marek Twardowski		Hungary Zoltán Kammerer Botond Storcz
K-2 1000 m	Sweden Markus Oscarsson Henrik Nilsson		Norway Eirik Verås Larsen Nils Fjeldheim		Hungary Ákos Verecki Krisztián Veréb
K-4 200 m	Slovakia Martin Chorváth Rastislav Kužel Ladislav Belovič Juraj Lipták		Spain Manuel Muñoz Jaime Acuña Aike González Oier Aizpurua		Hungary Vince Fehérvári Róbert Hegedűs Gábor Horvárth István Beé
K-4 500 m	Slovakia Richard Riszdorfer Michal Riszdorfer Erik Vlček Juraj Bača		Belarus Roman Piatrushenko Aleksey Skurkovskiy Aleksey Abalmasov Vadzim Makhnev		Spain Manuel Muñoz Jaime Acuña Aike González Oier Aizpurua
K-4 1000 m	Slovakia Richard Riszdorfer Michal Riszdorfer Erik Vlček Juraj Bača		Germany Mark Zabel Björn Bach Stefan Ulm Andreas Ihle		Bulgaria Petar Merkov Milko Kazanov Ivan Hristov Yordano Yordanov

Women's

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 200 m	Maria Teresa Portelo (ESP)		Caroline Brunet (CAN)		Elżbieta Urbańczyk (POL)
K-1 500 m	Katalin Kovács (HUN)		Caroline Brunet (CAN)		Josefa Idem (ITA)
K-1 1000 m	Katalin Kovács (HUN)		Katrin Wagner (GER)		Josefa Idem (ITA)
K-2 200 m	Spain Izaskun Aramburu Sonia Molanes		Poland Aneta Pastuszka Joanna Skowroń		Bulgaria Bonka Pindzeva Delyana Dacheva
K-2 500 m	Hungary Szilvia Szabó Kinga Bóta		Germany Katrin Wagner Manuela Mucke		Spain Sonia Molanes Beatriz Manchón
K-2 1000 m	Hungary Szilvia Szabó Kinga Bóta		Germany Nadine Opgen-Rhein Manuela Mucke		Israel Adi Gafni Larissa Pessakhovitch
K-4 200 m	Hungary Nataša Janić Szilvia Szabó Erzsébet Viski Tímea Paksy		Spain Maria Teresa Portela Sonia Molanes Beatriz Manchón Maria Garcia		Germany Katrin Wagner Anett Schuck Manuela Mucke Maike Nollen
K-4 500 m	Hungary Katalin Kovács Szilvia Szabó Kinga Bóta Erzsébet Viski		Germany Katrin Wagner Anett Schuck Manuela Mucke Maike Nollen		Spain Maria Teresa Portela Sonia Molanes Beatriz Manchón Maria Garcia
K-4 1000 m	Poland Aneta Pastuszka Joanna Skowroń Karolina Sadalska Aneta Białkowska		China Zhong Hongyan Fan Lina Gao Yi Xu Linbei		Hungary Tímea Paksy Katalin Moni Alexandra Keresztesi Erzsébet Viski

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary	6	1	4	11
2	Germany	3	5	4	12
3	Poland	3	4	3	10
4	Russia	3	2	1	6
5	Slovakia	3	0	0	3
6	Spain	2	2	3	7
7	Cuba	2	1	0	3
8	Romania	1	1	2	4
9	Norway	1	1	0	2
10	Lithuania	1	0	1	2
11	Australia	1	0	0	1
12	Sweden	1	0	0	1
13	Canada	0	3	2	5
14	Czech Republic	0	2	0	2
15	Bulgaria	0	1	2	3
16	Belarus	0	1	1	2
17	Uzbekistan	0	1	1	2
18	Argentina	0	1	0	1
19	China	0	1	0	1
20	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
21	Italy	0	0	2	2
22	Israel	0	0	1	1
Total		27	27	27	81

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.

ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
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