World Canoe Sprint Championships

Sport Canoeing
Competition Category World Championships
Years 1938—2025
Editions 50
Competitors 2074
Countries 56

Editions

Edition Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
1938 World Canoe Sprint Championships Vaxholm (near Stockholm) SWE 6 – 7 August 1938 12 53 8
1948 World Canoe Sprint Championships London GBR 13 – 16 August 1948 5 33 6
1950 World Canoe Sprint Championships København DEN 4 – 6 August 1950 15 61 8
1954 World Canoe Sprint Championships Mâcon FRA 24 – 26 July 1954 15 68 10
1958 World Canoe Sprint Championships Praha TCH 14 – 17 August 1958 15 68 11
1963 World Canoe Sprint Championships Jajce YUG 23 – 25 August 1963 16 73 8
1966 World Canoe Sprint Championships Ost-Berlin GDR 19 – 21 August 1966 16 77 11
1970 World Canoe Sprint Championships København DEN 31 July – 2 August 1970 16 84 14
1971 World Canoe Sprint Championships Beograd YUG 26 – 29 August 1971 18 91 13
1973 World Canoe Sprint Championships Tampere FIN 26 – 29 July 1973 18 81 8
1974 World Canoe Sprint Championships Ciudad de México MEX 16 – 20 October 1974 18 80 9
1975 World Canoe Sprint Championships Beograd YUG 31 July – 3 August 1975 18 84 12
1977 World Canoe Sprint Championships Sofia BUL 1 – 4 September 1977 18 81 10
1978 World Canoe Sprint Championships Beograd YUG 8 – 13 August 1978 18 80 10
1979 World Canoe Sprint Championships Duisburg GER 15 – 19 August 1979 18 80 13
1981 World Canoe Sprint Championships Nottingham GBR 29 July – 2 August 1981 18 79 12
1982 World Canoe Sprint Championships Beograd YUG 1 – 4 August 1982 18 81 14
1983 World Canoe Sprint Championships Tampere FIN 28 – 31 July 1983 18 85 15
1985 World Canoe Sprint Championships Mechelen BEL 15 – 18 August 1985 18 85 18
1986 World Canoe Sprint Championships Montréal CAN 19 – 24 August 1986 18 91 12
1987 World Canoe Sprint Championships Duisburg GER 18 – 23 August 1987 18 83 16
1989 World Canoe Sprint Championships Plovdiv BUL 23 – 27 August 1989 22 103 16
1990 World Canoe Sprint Championships Poznań POL 22 – 26 August 1990 22 90 17
1991 World Canoe Sprint Championships Paris FRA 21 – 25 August 1991 22 94 16
1993 World Canoe Sprint Championships København DEN 25 – 29 August 1993 22 93 20
1994 World Canoe Sprint Championships Ciudad de México MEX 21 – 25 September 1994 24 109 20
1995 World Canoe Sprint Championships Duisburg GER 15 – 20 August 1995 24 106 19
1997 World Canoe Sprint Championships Dartmouth CAN 20 – 24 August 1997 26 110 17
1998 World Canoe Sprint Championships Szeged HUN 3 – 6 September 1998 26 116 18
1999 World Canoe Sprint Championships Milano ITA 24 – 29 August 1999 26 110 18
2001 World Canoe Sprint Championships Poznań POL 23 – 26 August 2001 27 116 20
2002 World Canoe Sprint Championships Sevilla ESP 28 August – 1 September 2002 27 122 22
2003 World Canoe Sprint Championships Gainesville USA 10 – 14 August 2003 27 128 20
2005 World Canoe Sprint Championships Zagreb CRO 25 – 28 August 2005 27 128 20
2006 World Canoe Sprint Championships Szeged HUN 17 – 20 August 2006 27 146 21
2007 World Canoe Sprint Championships Duisburg GER 9 – 12 August 2007 27 134 20
2009 World Canoe Sprint Championships Dartmouth CAN 12 – 16 August 2009 31 135 24
2010 World Canoe Sprint Championships Poznań POL 19 – 22 August 2010 29 135 26
2011 World Canoe Sprint Championships Szeged HUN 17 – 21 August 2011 29 142 25
2013 World Canoe Sprint Championships Duisburg GER 29 August – 1 September 2013 29 129 25
2014 World Canoe Sprint Championships Moskva RUS 6 – 10 August 2014 29 131 23
2015 World Canoe Sprint Championships Milano ITA 19 – 23 August 2015 26 114 24
2017 World Canoe Sprint Championships Račice CZE 23 – 27 August 2017 27 121 25
2018 World Canoe Sprint Championships Montemor-o-Velho POR 22 – 26 August 2018 30 121 23
2019 World Canoe Sprint Championships Szeged HUN 21 – 25 August 2019 30 135 27
2021 World Canoe Sprint Championships København DEN 16 – 19 September 2021 28 117 22
2022 World Canoe Sprint Championships Dartmouth CAN 3 – 7 August 2022 30 117 26
2023 World Canoe Sprint Championships Duisburg GER 23 – 27 August 2023 30 117 21
2024 World Canoe Sprint Championships Samarkand UZB 23 – 25 August 2024 22 77 17
2025 World Canoe Sprint Championships Milano ITA 20 – 24 August 2025 24 102 25

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Hungary HUN 230 177 159 566
2 Germany GER 146 129 110 385
3 Soviet Union URS 102 80 66 248
4 East Germany GDR 73 36 36 145
5 Romania ROU 53 77 68 198
6 Russia RUS 52 50 48 150
7 Canada CAN 42 28 28 98
8 Poland POL 38 93 79 210
9 Belarus BLR 37 32 34 103
10 Sweden SWE 34 41 49 124
11 Spain ESP 27 39 49 115
12 New Zealand NZL 22 11 6 39
13 Denmark DEN 20 20 22 62
14 Australia AUS 19 25 17 61
15 Ukraine UKR 18 14 33 65
16 Italy ITA 16 23 17 56
17 Czech Republic CZE 15 31 22 68
18 Neutral Participant NEU 14 8 11 33
19 Norway NOR 13 14 15 42
20 Slovakia SVK 13 10 12 35
21 France FRA 11 17 25 53
22 Great Britain GBR 10 15 17 42
23 Portugal POR 10 12 8 30
24 Bulgaria BUL 9 15 25 49
25 Czechoslovakia TCH 9 15 21 45
26 China CHN 9 12 15 36
27 Yugoslavia YUG 8 8 5 21
28 Lithuania LTU 8 6 10 24
29 United States USA 7 6 4 17
30 Finland FIN 7 3 3 13
31 Brazil BRA 7 1 9 17
32 Austria AUT 6 7 14 27
33 Cuba CUB 5 12 10 27
34 Uzbekistan UZB 4 3 7 14
35 Serbia SRB 3 6 14 23
36 Azerbaijan AZE 3 5 1 9
37 Republic of Moldova MDA 3 4 5 12
38 Chile CHI 3 3 5 11
39 Israel ISR 2 1 2 5
= Latvia LAT 2 1 2 5
41 Belgium BEL 1 3 4 8
42 Mexico MEX 1 0 3 4
43 Saar SAA 1 0 0 1
= Serbia and Montenegro SCG 1 0 0 1
45 Slovenia SLO 0 4 6 10
46 Netherlands NED 0 4 4 8
47 Argentina ARG 0 3 2 5
48 Georgia GEO 0 2 3 5
49 South Africa RSA 0 1 3 4
50 Ireland IRL 0 1 2 3
51 Croatia CRO 0 1 1 2
= Ecuador ECU 0 1 1 2
53 Greece GRE 0 1 0 1
54 Kazakhstan KAZ 0 0 3 3
55 Iran IRI 0 0 1 1
= Japan JPN 0 0 1 1