2001 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

Host city	Poznań, Poland at Lake Malta
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The 2001 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Poznań, Poland at Lake Malta. The Polish city had hosted the event previously in 1990.

The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Women competed in nine events, all kayak. The women's K-4 1000 m event was added at these championships, the last change to the program until a new program was approved for the 2009 event at the 2008 ICF Congress in Rome.

This was the 31st championships in canoe sprint.

Medal summary

Men's

  Non-Olympic classes

Canoe

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
C-1 200 m	Dmitriy Sabin (UKR)		Maksim Opalev (RUS)		Michał Śliwiński (POL)
C-1 500 m	Maksim Opalev (RUS)		György Kolonics (HUN)		Andreas Dittmer (GER)
C-1 1000 m	Andreas Dittmer (GER)		Martin Doktor (CZE)		György Kolonics (HUN)
C-2 200 m	Poland Paweł Baraszkiewicz Daniel Jędraszko		Romania Ionel Averian Mikhail Vartolemei		Cuba Ibrahim Rojas Leobaldo Pereira
C-2 500 m	Cuba Ibrahim Rojas Leobaldo Pereira		Poland Daniel Jędraszko Paweł Baraszkiewicz		Romania Mitică Pricop Florin Popescu
C-2 1000 m	Poland Marcin Kobierski Michał Śliwiński		Spain José Alfredo Bea David Mascató		Cuba Ibrahim Rojas Leobaldo Pereira
C-4 200 m	Hungary György Zala György Kozmann Béla Belicza Gábor Ivan		Czech Republic Petr Netušil Jan Břečka Petr Fuksa Karel Kožíšek		Russia Aleksandr Kovalyov Aleksandr Kostoglod Vladislav Polozounov Maksim Opalev
C-4 500 m	Romania Iosif Anisim Florin Popescu Mikhail Vartolemei Ionel Averian		Hungary György Zala György Kozmann Béla Belicza Gábor Ivan		Russia Roman Krugylakov Konstantin Fomichev Vladimir Ladosha Aleksey Volkonskiy
C-4 1000 m	Hungary György Zala György Kozmann Béla Belicza Gábor Ivan		Belarus Ivan Skovorodkin Aleksandr Bagdanovich Aleksandr Kurlandchik Aleksandr Zhukovskiy		Romania Iosif Anisim Chirac Marcov Ionel Averian Mikhail Vartolemei

Kayak

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
K-1 200 m	Ronald Rauhe (GER)		Oleksiy Slivinskiy (UKR)		Anton Ryakhov (UZB)
K-1 500 m	Ákos Verecki (HUN)		Anton Ryakhov (UZB)		Javier Correa (ARG)
K-1 1000 m	Babak Amir-Tahmasseb (FRA)		Javier Correa (ARG)		Lutz Liwowski (GER)
K-2 200 m	Lithuania Alvydas Duonėla Egidijus Balčiūnas		Germany Ronald Rauhe Tim Wieskötter		Ukraine Mykola Zaichenkov Mykhaylo Luchnik
K-2 500 m	Germany Ronald Rauhe Tim Wieskötter		Lithuania Alvydas Duonėla Egidijus Balčiūnas		Sweden Markus Oscarsson Henrik Nilsson
K-2 1000 m	Norway Eirik Verås Larsen Nils Fjeldheim		Hungary Krisztián Bártfai Krisztián Veréb		Germany Marc Westphalen Marco Herszel
K-4 200 m	Hungary Gyula Kajner Vince Fehérvári István Beé Róbert Hegedűs		Russia Roman Zarubin Aleksandr Ivanik Denys Tourtchenkov Andrey Tissin		Ukraine Oleksiy Slivinskiy Mykola Zaichenkov Mykhaylo Luchnik Boris Markin
K-4 500 m	Russia Roman Zarubin Aleksandr Ivanik Denys Tourtchenkov Andrey Tissin		Romania Vasile Curuzan Marian Baban Geza Magyar Romică Șerban		Slovakia Richard Riszdorfer Michal Riszdorfer Erik Vlček Juraj Bača
K-4 1000 m	Germany Andreas Ihle Mark Zabel Björn Bach Stefan Ulm		Hungary Zoltán Kammerer Botond Storcz Roland Kökény Gábor Horváth		Russia Roman Zarubin Aleksandr Ivanik Denys Tourtchenkov Oleg Gorobiy

Women's

  Non-Olympic classes

Kayak

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
K-1 200 m	Karen Furneaux (CAN)		Elżbieta Urbańczyk (POL)		Szilvia Szabó (HUN)
K-1 500 m	Josefa Idem (ITA)		Katrin Borchert (AUS)		Katalin Kovács (HUN)
K-1 1000 m	Josefa Idem (ITA)		Katrin Wagner (GER)		Katrin Borchert (AUS)
K-2 200 m	Spain Beatriz Manchón Sonia Molanes		Poland Beata Sokołowska Aneta Pastuszka		Hungary Kinga Dékány Erzsébet Viski
K-2 500 m	Hungary Szilvia Szabó Kinga Bóta		Poland Beata Sokołowska Aneta Pastuszka		Spain Sonia Molanes Beatriz Manchón
K-2 1000 m	Germany Manuela Mucke Nadine Opgen-Rhein		Australia Katrin Borchert Katrin Kieseler		Spain Beatriz Manchón Sonia Molanes
K-4 200 m	Hungary Kinga Dékány Krisztina Fazekas Erzsébet Viski Katalin Kovács		Spain Maria Teresa Portela Maria Garcia Belen Sánchez Ana María Penas		Poland Karolina Sadalska Aneta Pastuszka Dorota Kuczkowska Joanna Skowroń
K-4 500 m	Hungary Katalin Kovács Szilvia Szabó Kinga Bóta Erzsébet Viski		Germany Manuela Mucke Katrin Wagner Anett Schuck Nadine Opgen-Rhein		Spain Maria Garcia Belen Sánchez Maria Teresa Portela Ana María Penas
K-4 1000 m	Hungary Kinga Dékány Szilvia Szabó Erzsébet Viski Kinga Bóta		Poland Karolina Sadalska Aneta Białkowska Dorota Kuczkowska Joanna Skowroń		Ukraine Hanna Balabanova Nataliya Feklisova Inna Osypenko Tetyana Semykina

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary	8	4	4	16
2	Germany	5	3	3	11
3	Poland	2	5	2	9
4	Russia	2	2	3	7
5	Italy	2	0	0	2
6	Spain	1	2	3	6
7	Romania	1	2	2	5
8	Ukraine	1	1	3	5
9	Lithuania	1	1	0	2
10	Cuba	1	0	2	3
11	Canada	1	0	0	1
	France	1	0	0	1
	Norway	1	0	0	1
14	Australia	0	2	1	3
15	Czech Republic	0	2	0	2
16	Argentina	0	1	1	2
	Uzbekistan	0	1	1	2
18	Belarus	0	1	0	1
19	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		27	27	27	81