The 2007

ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation (the other being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships). The World Cham ...

were held in

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, Germany on August 9–12, 2007 for the record-tying fourth time. The German city had hosted the championships previously in

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, and

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. It tied Duisburg with Belgrade,

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(then

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) who hosted in 1971,

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, 1978, and 1982. Men race as individuals, pairs and quads over 200 m, 500 m and 1000 m 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 36th championships in canoe sprint.

Highlights

Both German and Hungarian paddlers won 9 gold medals. With 6 silver Germany topped the medal table, while Hungarians finished first on the point table. In the women's events the two nations shared all world titles. Since

Natasa Janics Natasa Dusev-Janics ( sr-Latn, Nataša Dušev-Janić, sr-Cyrl, Наташа Душев-Јанић; born 24 June 1982) is a Hungarian Canoe sprint, sprint canoer who has competed for Hungary since 2001 and has won six Olympic medals in the spri ...

left the legendary pair with

Katalin Kovács Katalin Kovács (born 29 February 1976) is a Hungarian sprint canoer. She competed in the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics and won eight medals, with three golds (K-2 500 m: 2004, 2008, K-4 500 m: 2012) and five silvers (K-2 500 m: 2000, 2 ...

all K-2 races were ruled by the German paddlers. However,

won K-1 1000 m and 500 m, and gained two silvers in the K-4 events, while former partner

won the individual over 200 m. Hungarian team won the K-4 on 1000 m, and Germans the 500 m and 200 m. In the men's races, the C-2 500 m final saw György Kolonics win his fifteenth and final championship title which is an outstanding record in the history of canoe sprint.

Ronald Rauhe Ronald Rauhe (born 3 October 1981) is a German sprint canoeist who has competed since 1997. Competing in six Summer Olympics, he won a complete set of medals in the K-2 500 m event (gold: 2004, silver: 2008, bronze: 2000). Rauhe has won 16 world ...

and

Tim Wieskötter Tim Wieskötter (born March 12, 1979, in Emsdetten, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a complete set of medals in the K-2 500 m ...

of Germany won their sixth K-2 500 m title in a row.

Medal summary

Men's

Non-Olympic classes

Canoe

Kayak

Women's

Non-Olympic classes

Kayak

Medal table

References

International Canoe Federation
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