The 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were the 37th edition of the

ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships are an international event in canoeing organized by the International Canoe Federation. The World Championships have taken place every year in non- Summer Olympic years since 2002. From 1949 to 1999, they ...

. The event took place from 15 to 20 September 2015 in

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, under the auspices of

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(ICF), at the

Lee Valley White Water Centre Lee Valley White Water Centre (previously known as Broxbourne White Water Canoe Centre) is a white-water slalom centre, that was constructed to host the whitewater slalom, canoe slalom events of the 2012 Summer Olympics, London 2012 Olympic Gam ...

facility, which was also the venue for the canoe slalom events at the

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. The London bid was selected by the ICF Board of Directors on April 15, 2011 in Paris. London defeated

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in the bidding process. The event was the only global

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for the

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Schedule

The schedule of events. All times listed are (

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). File:Lee Valley - 2015 Heats Gates.svg, Gate map for the Heats of the World Championships, 2015 Sep 16-18 File:Lee Valley - 2015 Finals Gates.svg, Gate map for the Semi- & Finals of the World Championships, 2015 Sep 19-20

Medal summary

Medal table

Men

Canoe

Kayak

Women

Canoe

Kayak

References

External links

Official website
{{World championships in 2015

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