2005 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 2005 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Zagreb, Croatia, in August 2005.

Men race as individuals, pairs and quads over 200m, 500m and 1000m in both Canoe (Canadian) (C) and Kayak (K) events, giving a total of 18 gold medals. Women compete for only 9 gold medals as they race in kayak events only.

This was the 34th championships in canoe sprint.

Highlights

The undoubted stars of the Zagreb event were Natasa Janics and Katalin Kovács of Hungary who completed an unprecedented clean sweep of all three women's K-2 events.

In the men's events, the C-4 200 m final saw Maxim Opalev of Russia win the twelfth world championship gold of his career, thus equalling György Kolonics's record. Andreas Dittmer of Germany retained both the world titles he had won in Gainesville (C-1 500 m and 1000m). Ronald Rauhe and Tim Wieskötter of Germany won their fourth consecutive K-2 500 m title, whilst compatriots Christian Gille and Tomasz Wylenzek followed up their C-2 1000 m 2004 Athens Olympic success with two golds (C-2 500 m and 1000 m).

The championships also marked a change of generation as many stars had retired after the Olympics, especially in the women's events. Two-thirds of the winners at Zagreb were first-time gold medallists. Birgit Fischer won her last two of her record 38 medals, including a bronze in the K-2 200 m event with her niece, Fanny.

Germany topped the medal table, winning 10 of the 27 gold medals, followed by Hungary with six golds, then Spain and Russia with two golds each.

Medal summary

Men's

  Non-Olympic classes

Canoe

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
C-1 200 m	Valentin Demyanenko (UKR)	39.264	Maxim Opalev (RUS)	39.588	Zhomart Satubaldin (KAZ)	39.984
C-1 500 m	Andreas Dittmer (GER)	1:48.409	Paweł Baraszkiewicz (POL)	1:49.065	Maxim Opalev (RUS)	1:49.609
C1 1000 m	Andreas Dittmer (GER)	3:57.119	David Cal (ESP)	3:58.421	Richard Dalton (CAN)	4:00.617
C-2 200 m	Russia Evgeny Ignatov Nikolay Lipkin	36.978	Germany Christian Gille Tomasz Wylenzek	37.002	Cuba Serguey Torres Karel Aguilar	37.242
C-2 500 m	Germany Christian Gille Tomasz Wylenzek	1:39.851	Hungary György Kozmann György Kolonics	1:40.175	Cuba Serguey Torres Karel Aguilar	1:40.271
C-2 1000 m	Germany Christian Gille Tomasz Wylenzek	3:37.048	Cuba Serguey Torres Karel Aguilar	3:38.080	Hungary György Kozmann György Kolonics	3:39.130
C-4 200 m	Russia Aleksandr Kovalyov Alexander Kostoglod Roman Kruglyakov Maxim Opalev	33.867	Czech Republic Petr Procházka Petr Fuksa Petr Netušil Jan Břečka	34.017	Belarus Aliaksandr Kurliandchyk Aliaksandr Zhukouski Semen Saponenko Aliaksandr Bahdanovich	30.565
C-4 500 m	Romania Loredan Popa Silviu Simioncencu Florin Popescu Iosif Chirila	1:30.602	Belarus Dzmitry Rabchanka Dzmitry Vaitsishkin Konstantin Shcharbak Aleksandr Vauchetskiy	1:31.298	Poland Andrzej Jezierski Michał Śliwiński Michał Gajownik Adam Ginter	1:31.916
C-4 1000 m	Poland Wojciech Tyszyński Michał Śliwiński Andrzej Jezierski Michał Gajownik	3:17.407	Romania Constantin Popa Loredan Popa Florin Mironcic Petre Condrat	3:17.863	Germany Robert Nuck Stefan Holtz Thomas Luck Stephan Breuing	3:20.479

Kayak

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
K-1 200 m	Carlos Pérez (ESP)	35.289	Tomasz Mendelski (POL)	35.697	Anton Ryakhov (RUS)	35.733
K-1 500 m	Nathan Baggaley (AUS)	1:36.980	Lutz Altepost (GER)	1:37.076	Adam Van Koeverden (CAN)	1:37.082
K-1 1000 m	Eirik Verås Larsen (NOR)	3:29.165	Adam Van Koeverden (CAN)	3:29.841	Nathan Baggaley (AUS)	3:30.069
K-2 200 m	Serbia and Montenegro Dragan Zorić Ognjen Filipović	32.253	Lithuania Alvydas Duonėla Egidijus Balčiūnas	32.277	Poland Marek Twardowski Adam Wysocki	32.499
K-2 500 m	Germany Ronald Rauhe Tim Wieskötter	1:27.583	Poland Marek Twardowski Adam Wysocki	1:29.005	Lithuania Alvydas Duonėla Egidijus Balčiūnas	1:29.347
K-2 1000 m	Hungary Roland Kökény Gábor Kucsera	3:18.692	Germany Andreas Ihle Marco Herszel	3:18.722	Norway Mattis Næss Jacob Norenberg	3:18.836
K-4 200 m	Hungary Viktor Kadler István Beé Balázs Babella Gergely Gyertyános	30.211	Germany Norman Bröckl Björn Bach Björn Goldschmidt Jonas Ems	30.301	Belarus Raman Piatrushenka Aleksey Abalmasov Dziamyan Turchyn Vadzim Makhneu	30.565
K-4 500 m	Belarus Raman Piatrushenka Aleksey Abalmasov Dziamyan Turchyn Vadzim Makhneu	1:20.898	Slovakia Michal Riszdorfer Juraj Tarr Andrej Wiebauer Róbert Erban	1:20.994	Italy Franco Benedini Jaka Jazbec Luca Piemonte Antonio Scaduto	1:22.634
K-4 1000 m	Germany Lutz Altepost Norman Bröckl Björn Bach Arnd Goldschmidt	2:56.282	Slovakia Michal Riszdorfer Richard Riszdorfer Erik Vlček Róbert Erban	2:56.558	Poland Paweł Baumann Marek Twardowski Adam Wysocki Przemyslaw Gawrych	2:57.848

Women's

  Non-Olympic classes

Kayak

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
K-1 200 m	Maria Teresa Portela (ESP)	40.756	Szilvia Szabó (HUN)	41.380	Karen Furneaux (CAN)	41.542
K-1 500 m	Nicole Reinhardt (GER)	1:50.407	Karen Furneaux (CAN)	1:51.379	Erzsébet Viski (HUN)	1:51.565
K-1 1000 m	Katrin Wagner-Augustin (GER)	4:00.494	Dalma Benedek (HUN)	4:01.406	Karen Furneaux (CAN)	4:03.200
K-2 200 m	Hungary Katalin Kovács Nataša Janić	37.101	Spain Maria Teresa Portela Jana Smidakova	38.013	Germany Birgit Fischer Fanny Fischer	38.127
K-2 500 m	Hungary Katalin Kovács Nataša Janić	1:39.704	Austria Petra Schlitzer Viktoria Schwarz	1:42.458	France Anne-Laure Viard Marie Delattre	1:43.118
K-2 1000 m	Hungary Katalin Kovács Nataša Janić	3:40.861	Germany Maike Nollen Nadine Opgen-Rhein	3:42.931	Poland Aneta Białkowska Joanna Skowroń	3:43.003
K-4 200 m	Germany Carolin Leonhardt Nicole Reinhardt Judith Hörmann Katrin Wagner-Augustin	35.151	Poland Iwona Pyzalska Małgorzata Czajczyńska Joanna Skowroń Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza	36.111	Spain Isabel García Ana Varela Jana Smidakova Maria Teresa Portela	36.189
K-4 500 m	Germany Carolin Leonhardt Conny Waßmuth Judith Hörmann Katrin Wagner-Augustin	1:31.686	Poland Aneta Białkowska Aneta Konieczna Joanna Skowroń Iwona Pyzalska	1:32.442	Hungary Tímea Paksy Dalma Benedek Szilvia Szabó Kinga Bóta	1:32.952
K-4 1000 m	Hungary Tímea Paksy Szilvia Szabó Erzsébet Viski Kinga Bóta	3:20.701	Romania Florica Vulpeş Mariana Ciobanu Lidia Talpă Alina Platon	3:21.889	Germany Birgit Fischer Maren Knebel Judith Hörmann Carolin Leonhardt	3:21.901

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	10	5	3	18
2	Hungary (HUN)	6	3	3	12
3	Spain (ESP)	2	2	1	5
4	Russia (RUS)	2	1	2	5
5	Poland (POL)	1	5	4	10
6	Romania (ROU)	1	2	0	3
7	Belarus (BLR)	1	1	2	4
8	Australia (AUS)	1	0	1	2
	Norway (NOR)	1	0	1	2
10	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)	1	0	0	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	1	0	0	1
12	Canada (CAN)	0	2	4	6
13	Slovakia (SVK)	0	2	0	2
14	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	2	3
15	Lithuania (LTU)	0	1	1	2
16	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	0	1
18	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 nations)		27	27	27	81

References

• Official website
• Results of Canoe Sprint World Championships
• International Canoe Federation
• 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.
• Results