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| name      = 1991 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
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| host_city = {{flagicon|France}} Paris, France
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| opening   = 21 August 1991
| closing   = 25 August 1991
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| previous  = [[1990 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1990]]
| next      = [[1993 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1993]] 
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The '''1991 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships''' were held in [[Paris]], [[France]] from 21 to 25 August 1991.<ref>[http://aifck.canalblog.com/archives/2014/03/19/29477517.html Paris 1991 Vaires sur Marne] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

The men's competition consisted of eight [[Canadian (canoe)|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 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1938]] following separate [[East Germany|East German]] and [[West Germany|West German]] teams that competed from [[1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1950]] to [[1990 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1990]].

This was the 24th [[ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|championships]] in canoe sprint.

==Medal summary==

=== Men's===

==== Canoe====
{| class="wikitable"
!Event
|align=center bgcolor="gold"|'''Gold'''
|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|'''Time'''
|align=center bgcolor="silver"|'''Silver'''
|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|'''Time'''
|align=center bgcolor="CC9966"|'''Bronze'''
|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|'''Time'''
|-
|C-1 500 m
| {{flagathlete|[[Michał Śliwiński]]|URS}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Nikolay Bukhalov]]|BUL}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Olaf Heukrodt]]|GER}}||
|-
|C-1 1000 m
| {{flagathlete|[[Ivan Klementiev]]|URS}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Nikolay Bukhalov]]|BUL}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Matthias Röder]]|GER}}||
|-
|C-1 10000 m
| {{flagathlete|[[Zsolt Bohács]]|HUN}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Ivan Klementiev]]|URS}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Andrew Train]]|GBR}}||
|-
|C-2 500 m
| {{HUN}}<br />[[Attila Pálizs]]<br />[[Attila Szabó (Hungarian canoeist)|Attila Szabó]]||
| {{URS}}<br />[[Viktor Reneisky]]<br />[[Nicolae Juravschi]]||
| {{flagu|France}}<br />[[Olivier Boivin]]<br />[[Didier Hoyer]]||
|-
|C-2 1000 m
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br />[[Ulrich Papke]]<br />[[Ingo Spelly]]||
| {{flagu|France}}<br />[[Olivier Boivin]]<br />[[Didier Hoyer]]||
| {{URS}}<br />[[Viktor Reneisky]]<br />[[Nicolae Juravschi]]||
|-
|C-2 10000 m
| {{HUN}}<br />[[István Gyulay]]<br />[[Pál Pétervári]]||
| {{ROU}}<br />[[Gheorghe Andriev]]<br />[[Romice Haralambie]]||
| {{GBR2}}<br />[[Andrew Train]]<br />[[Stephen Train]]||
|-
|C-4 500 m
| {{URS}}<br />[[Viktor Reneisky]]<br />[[Nicolae Juravschi]]<br />[[Yuriy Gurin]]<br />[[Valeriy Veshko]]||
| {{flagu|France}}<br />[[Benoît Bernard]]<br />[[Jöel Bettin]]<br />[[Philippe Renaud]]<br />[[Pascal Sylvoz]]||
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br />[[Axel Berndt]]<br />[[Andreas Dittmer]]<br />[[Sven Montag]]<br />[[Thomas Zereske]]||
|-
|C-4 1000 m
| {{URS}}<br />[[Viktor Reneisky]]<br />[[Nicolae Juravschi]]<br />[[Yuriy Gurin]]<br />[[Valeriy Veshko]]||
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br />[[Olaf Heukrodt]]<br />[[Sven Montag]]<br />[[Ulrich Papke]]<br />[[Ingo Spelly]]||
| {{BUL}}<br />[[Nikolay Bukhalov]]<br />[[Traicho Draganov]]<br />[[Paisiy Lubenov]]<br />[[Dejan Slavov]]||
|}

====Kayak====
{| class="wikitable"
!Event
|align=center bgcolor="gold"|'''Gold'''
|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|'''Time'''
|align=center bgcolor="silver"|'''Silver'''
|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|'''Time'''
|align=center bgcolor="CC9966"|'''Bronze'''
|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|'''Time'''
|-
|K-1 500 m
| {{flagathlete|[[Renn Crichlow]]|CAN}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Knut Holmann]]|NOR}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Zsolt Gyulay]]|HUN}}||
|-
|K-1 1000 m
| {{flagathlete|[[Knut Holmann]]|NOR}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Ferenc Csipes]]|HUN}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Greg Barton]]|USA}}||
|-
|K-1 10000 m
| {{flagathlete|[[Greg Barton]]|USA}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Beniamino Bonomi]]|ITA}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Morten Ivarsen]]|NOR}}||
|-
|K-2 500 m
| {{flagu|Spain}}<br />[[Juan José Román]]<br />[[Juan Manuel Sánchez]]||
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br />[[Kay Bluhm]]<br />[[Torsten Guitsche]]||
| {{HUN}}<br />[[Ferenc Csipes]]<br />[[Zsolt Gyulay]]||
|-
|K-2 1000 m
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br />[[Kay Bluhm]]<br />[[Torsten Guitsche]]||
| {{flagu|Spain}}<br />[[Juan José Román]]<br />[[Juan Manuel Sánchez]]||
| {{HUN}}<br />[[Ákos Angyal]]<br />[[Béla Petrovics]]||
|-
|K-2 10000 m
| {{flagu|France}}<br />[[Philippe Boccara]]<br />[[Pascal Boucherit]]||
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br />[[Kay Bluhm]]<br />[[Torsten Guitsche]]||
| {{TCH}}<br />[[Róbert Erban]]<br />[[Juraj Kadnár]]||
|-
|K-4 500 m
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br />[[Detlef Hofmann]]<br />[[Oliver Kegel]]<br />[[Thomas Reineck]]<br />[[André Wohllebe]]||
| {{HUN}}<br />[[Attila Ábrahám]]<br />[[Ferenc Cspies]]<br />[[Gyula Kajner]]<br />[[Béla Petrovics]]||
| {{URS}}<br />[[Sergey Gaikov]]<br />[[Oleg Gorobiy]]<br />[[Sergey Kirsanov]]<br />[[Andrey Plitkin]]||
|-
|K-4 1000 m
| {{HUN}}<br />[[Attila Ábrahám]]<br />[[Attila Adám]]<br />[[Attila Adrovicz]]<br />[[László Fidel]]||
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br />[[Detlef Hofmann]]<br />[[Oliver Kegel]]<br />[[Thomas Reineck]]<br />[[André Wohllebe]]||
| {{TCH}}<br />[[Karol Becker]]<br />[[Richard Botio]]<br />[[Karel Hrudik]]<br />[[Michael Matus (canoeist)|Michael Matus]]||
|-
|K-4 10000 m
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br />[[Detlef Hofmann]]<br />[[Oliver Kegel]]<br />[[Thomas Reineck]]<br />[[André Wohllebe]]||
| {{flagu|Australia}}<br />[[Ramon Andersson]]<br />[[Clint Robinson (canoeist)|Clint Robinson]]<br />[[Ian Rowling]]<br />[[Steven Wood]]||
| {{flagu|Sweden}}<br />[[Jonas Fager]]<br />[[Pablo Grate]]<br />[[Hans Olsson (canoeist)|Hans Olsson]]<br />[[Peter Orban]]||
|}

===Women's===

====Kayak====
{| class="wikitable"
!Event
|align=center bgcolor="gold"|'''Gold'''
|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|'''Time'''
|align=center bgcolor="silver"|'''Silver'''
|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|'''Time'''
|align=center bgcolor="CC9966"|'''Bronze'''
|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|'''Time'''
|-
|K-1 500 m
| {{flagathlete|[[Katrin Borchert]]|GER}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Rita Kőbán]]|HUN}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Josefa Idem]]|ITA}}||
|-
|K-1 5000 m
| {{flagathlete|[[Josefa Idem]]|ITA}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Anna Wood (kayaker)|Anna Wood]]|AUS}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Katrin Borchert]]|GER}}||
|-
|K-2 500 m
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br />[[Ramona Portwich]]<br />[[Anke von Seck]]||
| {{HUN}}<br />[[Éva Dónusz]]<br />[[Erika Mészáros]]||
| {{flagu|Sweden}}<br />[[Agneta Andersson]]<br />[[Anna Olsson (canoeist)|Anna Olsson]]||
|-
|K-2 5000 m
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br />[[Ramona Portwich]]<br />[[Anett Schuck]]||
| {{flagu|Sweden}}<br />[[Maria Haglund]]<br />[[Susanne Rosenquist]]||
| {{flagu|France}}<br />[[Bernadette Bregeon]]<br />[[Sabine Gotschy]]||
|-
|K-4 500 m
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br />[[Katrin Borchert]]<br />[[Monika Bunke]]<br />[[Ramona Portwich]]<br />[[Anke von Seck]]||
| {{HUN}}<br />[[Éva Dónusz]]<br />[[Katalin Gyulay]]<br />[[Rita Kőbán]]<br />[[Erika Mészáros]]||
| {{flagu|China}}<br />[[Liu Qinglan]]<br />[[Ning Menghua]]<br />[[Wang Jing (canoeist)|Wang Jing]]<br />[[Wen Yanfang]]||
|}

==Medals table==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
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 | gold_GER = 8 | silver_GER = 4 | bronze_GER = 4
 | gold_HUN = 4 | silver_HUN = 5 | bronze_HUN = 3
 | gold_URS = 4 | silver_URS = 2 | bronze_URS = 2
 | gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 2 | bronze_FRA = 2
 | gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 1
 | gold_NOR = 1 | silver_NOR = 1 | bronze_NOR = 1
 | gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 2 | bronze_BUL = 1
 | gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 2
 | gold_ESP = 1 | silver_ESP = 1 | bronze_ESP = 0
 | gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 1
 | gold_AUS = 0 | silver_AUS = 2 | bronze_AUS = 0
 | gold_TCH = 0 | silver_TCH = 0 | bronze_TCH = 2
 | gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 2
 | gold_CAN = 1 | silver_CAN = 0 | bronze_CAN = 0
 | gold_ROM = 0 | silver_ROM = 1 | bronze_ROM = 0
 | gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 0 | bronze_CHN = 1
}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160113142416/http://www.bcu.org.uk/files/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160311071809/http://bcu.org.uk/files/pages%2042-83%20from%20medal%20winners%20icf%20updated%202007.pdf ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.]

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