1991 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1991 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Paris, France.

The men's competition consisted of eight Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Five events were held for the women, all in kayak. This was the first championship with a unified German team for the first time since 1938 following separate East German and West German teams that competed from 1950 to 1990.

This was the 24th championships in canoe sprint.

Medal summary

Men's

Canoe

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
C-1 500 m	Michał Śliwiński (URS)		Nikolai Buhalov (BUL)		Olaf Heukrodt (GER)
C-1 1000 m	Ivan Klementiev (URS)		Nikolai Buhalov (BUL)		Matthias Röder (GER)
C-1 10000 m	Zsolt Bohács (HUN)		Ivan Klementiev (URS)		Andrew Train (GBR)
C-2 500 m	Hungary Attila Pálizs Attila Szabó		Soviet Union Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi		France Olivier Boivin Didier Hoyer
C-2 1000 m	Germany Ulrich Papke Ingo Spelley		France Olivier Boivin Didier Hoyer		Soviet Union Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi
C-2 10000 m	Hungary István Gyulay Pál Pétervári		Romania Gheorghe Andriev Romice Haralambie		United Kingdom Andrew Train Stephen Train
C-4 500 m	Soviet Union Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi Yuriy Gurin Valeriy Veshko		France Benoît Bernard Jöel Bettin Philippe Renaud Pascal Sylvoz		Germany Axel Berndt Andreas Dittmer Sven Montag Thomas Zereske
C-4 1000 m	Soviet Union Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi Yuriy Gurin Valeriy Veshko		Germany Olaf Heukrodt Sven Montag Ulrich Papke Ingo Spelley		Bulgaria Nikolay Buhalov Traicho Draganov Paisiy Lubenov Dejan Slavov

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Renn Crichlow (CAN)		Knut Holmann (NOR)		Zsolt Gyulay (HUN)
K-1 1000 m	Knut Holmann (NOR)		Ferenc Csipes (HUN)		Greg Barton (USA)
K-1 10000 m	Greg Barton (USA)		Beniamino Bonomi (ITA)		Morten Ivarsen (NOR)
K-2 500 m	Spain Juan José Román Juan Manuel Sánchez		Germany Kay Bluhm Torsten Guitsche		Hungary Ferenc Csipes Zsolt Gyulay
K-2 1000 m	Germany Kay Bluhm Torsten Guitsche		Spain Juan José Román Juan Manuel Sánchez		Hungary Akos Angyal Béla Petrovics
K-2 10000 m	France Philippe Boccara Pascal Boucherit		Germany Kay Bluhm Torsten Guitsche		Czechoslovakia Róbert Erban Juraj Kadnár
K-4 500 m	Germany Detlef Hofmann Oliver Kegel Thomas Reineck André Wohllebe		Hungary Attila Ábrahám Ferenc Cspies Gyula Kajner Béla Petrovics		Soviet Union Sergey Galkov Oleg Gorobiy Sergey Kirsanov Andre Plitkin
K-4 1000 m	Hungary Attila Ábrahám Attila Adám Attila Androvicz László Fidel		Germany Detlef Hofmann Oliver Kegel Thomas Reineck André Wohllebe		Czechoslovakia Karol Becker Richard Botio Karel Hrudik Michael Matus
K-4 10000 m	Germany Detlef Hofmann Oliver Kegel Thomas Reineck André Wohllebe		Australia Ramon Andersson Clint Robinson Ian Rowling Steven Wood		Sweden Jonas Fager Pablo Grate Hans Olsson Peter Orban

Women's

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Katrin Borchert (GER)		Rita Kőbán (HUN)		Josefa Idem (ITA)
K-1 5000 m	Josefa Idem (ITA)		Anna Wood (AUS)		Katrin Borchert (GER)
K-2 500 m	Germany Ramona Portwich Anke von Seck		Hungary Éva Dónusz Erika Mészáros		Sweden Agneta Andersson Anna Olsson
K-2 5000 m	Germany Ramona Portwich Anett Schuck		Sweden Maria Haglund Susanne Rosenquist		France Bernadette Bregeon Sabine Gotschy
K-4 500 m	Germany Katrin Borchert Monika Bunke Ramona Portwich Anke von Seck		Hungary Éva Dónusz Katalin Gyulay Rita Kőbán Erika Mészáros		China Lui Qingilan Ning Menghua Wang Jing Wen Yangfang

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	8	4	4	16
2	Hungary	4	5	3	12
3	Soviet Union	4	2	2	8
4	France	1	2	2	2
5	Italy	1	1	1	3
6	Norway	1	1	1	3
7	Bulgaria	0	2	1	3
8	Sweden	0	1	2	3
9	Spain	1	1	0	2
10	United States	1	0	1	2
11	Australia	0	2	0	2
12	Czechoslovakia	0	0	2	2
13	United Kingdom	0	0	2	2
14	Canada	1	0	0	1
15	Romania	0	1	0	1
16	China	0	0	1	1
Total		22	22	22	66

References

ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

Editions	1938 1948 1950 1954 1958 1963 1966 1970 1971 1973 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1981 1982 1983 1985 1986 1987 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2011 2013 2014 2015

Medalists	Men's Canadian Women's Canadian Men's kayak Women's kayak Paracanoe

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