The 2013

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 ...

was held 29 August–1 September 2013 in

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, Germany. The championships were awarded originally to

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, but Szeged was moved to 2011 in the wake of

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, France's withdrawal in 2010 and awarded to

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, who withdrew in September 2012. Consequently, the World Championships were awarded to Duisburg. The

2012 ICF Paracanoe World Championships The 2012 ICF Paracanoe World Championships were held on 16 and 17 May 2012 in Poznań, Poland as a standalone event since the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are not held in Olympic years. Explanation of events Paracanoe competitions are co ...

were held the previous year as a standalone event but the

2012 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 not since the competition is not held in Olympic years.

Explanation of events

Canoe sprint Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are s ...

competitions are broken up into Canadian

canoe A canoe is a lightweight narrow water vessel, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing the direction of travel and using a single-bladed paddle. In British English, the ter ...

(C), an open canoe with a single-blade paddle, or in kayaks (K), a closed canoe with a double-bladed paddle. Each canoe or kayak can hold one person (1), two people (2), or four people (4). For each of the specific canoes or kayaks, such as a K-1 (kayak single), the competition distances can be , , or long. When a competition is listed as a C-2 500 m event as an example, it means two people are in a canoe competing at a distance.

Participating nations

Athletes from 76 countries participated in the championships. * (3) * (13) * (3) * (22) * (4) * (7) * (21) * (6) * (16) * (8) * (30) * (9) * (12) * (6) * (1) * (5) * (1) * (29) * (11) * (3) * (2) * (6) * (22) * (4) * (34) * (23) * (1) * (1) * (37) * (10) * (11) * (2) * (5) * (5) * (25) * (14) * (11) * (1) * (3) * (18) * (11) * (2) * (2) * (17) * (4) * (1) * (1) * (2) * (9) * (4) * (32) * (7) * (1) * (18) * (40) * (1) * (3) * (19) * (2) * (15) * (3) * (5) * (11) * (31) * (10) * (1) * (1) * (2) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (32) * (15) * (4) * (6) * (1)

Medal summary

Medal tables

Canoe

Paracanoe

Men

Non-Olympic classes

Canoe

Kayak

Women

Non-Olympic classes

Canoe

Kayak

Paracanoe

Non-Paralympic classes

References

ICF Bidding Questionnaire: 2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships Szeged.
nbsp;– accessed 11 April 2010.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Icf Canoe Sprint World Championships 2013

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2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships was held 29 August–1 September 2013 in Duisburg, Germany. The championships were awarded originally to Szeged, Hungary, but Szeged was moved to 2011 in the wake of Vichy, France's withdrawal in 2010 a ...

Canoeing and kayaking competitions in Germany