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| host_city = {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Szeged]], Hungary
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| previous  = [[1997 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1997]]
| next      = [[1999 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1999]] 
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The '''1998 [[ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships]]''' were held in [[Szeged]], Hungary.

The men's competition consisted of nine [[Canadian (canoe)|Canadian]] (single paddle, open boat) and nine [[kayak]] events. Women competed in eight events, all in kayak.

This was the 29th [[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'''
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|C-1 200 m
| {{flagathlete|[[Martin Doktor]]|CZE}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Slavomír Kňazovický]]|SVK}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Michał Śliwiński]]|UKR}}||
|-
|C-1 500 m
| {{flagathlete|[[Maksim Opalev]]|RUS}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Andreas Dittmer]]|GER}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Michał Śliwiński]]|UKR}}||
|-
|C-1 1000 m
| {{flagathlete|[[Steve Giles]]|CAN}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Martin Doktor]]|CZE}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Andreas Dittmer]]|GER}}||
|-
|C-2 200 m
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br>[[Thomas Zereske]]<br>[[Christian Gille]]||
| {{HUN}}<br>[[Miklós Buzál]]<br>[[Attila Végh (canoeist)|Attila Végh]]||
| {{flagu|Russia}}<br>[[Vladislav Polzounov]]<br>[[Andrey Kabanov]]||
|-
|C-2 500 m
| {{HUN}}<br>[[György Kolonics]]<br>[[Csaba Horváth (canoeist)|Csaba Horváth]]||
| {{flagu|Poland}}<br>[[Daniel Jędraszko]]<br>[[Paweł Baraszkiewicz]]||
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br>[[Thomas Zereske]]<br>[[Christian Gille]]||
|-
|C-2 1000 m
| {{flagu|Russia}}<br>[[Aleksandr Vladimirovich Kovalyov|Aleksandr Kovalyov]]<br>[[Aleksandr Kostoglod]]||
| {{ROU}}<br>[[Gheorghe Andriev]]<br>[[Florin Popescu]]||
| {{HUN}}<br>[[György Zala (canoeist)|György Zala]]<br>[[Endre Ipacs]]||
|-
|C-4 200 m
| {{CZE}}<br>[[Petr Procházka]]<br>[[Tomáš Křivánek]]<br>[[Petr Fuksa]]<br>[[Karel Kožíšek]]||
| {{BLR}}<br>[[Aleksandr Masseykov]]<br>[[Andrey Beliayev]]<br>[[Anatoliy Reneiskiy]]<br>[[Vladimir Marinov]]||
| {{flagu|Russia}}<br>[[Pavel Konovalov (canoeist)|Pavel Konovalov]]<br>[[Konstantin Fomichev]]<br>[[Vladimir Ladosha]]<br>[[Aleksandr Kostoglod]]||
|-
|C-4 500 m
| {{HUN}}<br>[[György Kolonics]]<br>[[Csaba Horváth (canoeist)|Csaba Horváth]]<br>[[Csaba Hüttner]]<br>[[László Szuszkó]]||
| {{ROU}}<br>[[Gheorghe Andriev]]<br>[[Florin Popescu]]<br>[[Cosmin Pașca]]<br>[[Ionel Averian]]||
| {{flagu|Russia}}<br>[[Aleksandr Kostoglod]]<br>[[Pavel Konovalov (canoeist)|Pavel Konovalov]]<br>[[Vladislav Polzounov]]<br>[[Vladimir Ladosha]]||
|-
|C-4 1000 m
| {{HUN}}<br>[[Csaba Horváth (canoeist)|Csaba Horváth]]<br>[[Béla Belicza]]<br>[[Csaba Hüttner]]<br>[[László Szuszkó]]||
| {{flagu|Russia}}<br>[[Konstantin Fomichev]]<br>[[Vasiliy Mailov]]<br>[[Andrey Kabanov]]<br>[[Ignat Kovalev]]||
| {{CZE}}<br>[[Martin Doktor]]<br>[[Petr Netušil]]<br>[[Jan Macháč]]<br>[[Viktor Jiráský]]||
|}

====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-1 200 m
| {{flagathlete|[[Michael Kolganov]]|ISR}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Oleksiy Slivinskiy]]|UKR}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Ognjen Filipović]]|FR Yugoslavia|code=YUG}}||
|-
|K-1 500 m
| {{flagathlete|[[Ákos Vereckei]]|HUN}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Michael Kolganov]]|ISR}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Lutz Liwowski]]|GER}}||
|-
|K-1 1000 m
| {{flagathlete|[[Lutz Liwowski]]|GER}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Knut Holmann]]|NOR}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Javier Correa (canoeist)|Javier Correa]]|ARG}}||
|-
|K-2 200 m
| {{HUN}}<br>[[Vince Fehérvári]]<br>[[Róbert Hegedűs]]||
| {{flagu|Russia}}<br>[[Sergey Verlin]]<br>[[Anatoly Tishchenko]]||
| {{ROU}}<br>[[Geza Magyar]]<br>[[Romică Șerban]]||
|-
|K-2 500 m
| {{SVK}}<br>[[Michal Riszdorfer]]<br>[[Juraj Bača]]||
| {{flagu|Italy}}<br>[[Beniamino Bonomi]]<br>[[Luca Negri]]||
| {{HUN}}<br>[[Krisztián Bártfai]]<br>[[Gábor Horváth (canoeist, born 1971)|Gábor Horvárth]]||
|-
|K-2 1000 m
| {{flagu|Italy}}<br>[[Antonio Rossi]]<br>[[Luca Negri]]||
| {{FR-YUG}}<br>[[Mićo Janić]]<br>[[Stjepan Janić]]||
| {{HUN}}<br>[[Attila Adám]]<br>[[Krisztián Veréb]]||
|-
|K-4 200 m
| {{HUN}}<br>[[Gyula Kajner]]<br>[[Vince Fehérvári]]<br>[[István Beé]]<br>[[Róbert Hegedűs]]||
| {{flagu|Italy}}<br>[[Antonio Rossi]]<br>[[Beniamino Bonomi]]<br>[[Ivano Lussignoli]]<br>[[Luca Negri]]||
| {{NOR}}<br>[[Andreas Gjersø]]<br>[[Nils Olav Fjeldheim]]<br>[[Knut Holmann]]<br>[[Robby Roarsen Hangli]]||
|-
|K-4 500 m
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br>[[Torsten Gutsche]]<br>[[Mark Zabel]]<br>[[Björn Bach]]<br>[[Stefan Ulm]]||
| {{HUN}}<br>[[Botond Storcz]]<br>[[Krisztián Bártfai]]<br>[[Zsolt Szádovszky]]<br>[[Márton Bauer]]||
| {{flagu|Russia}}<br>[[Andrey Tissin]]<br>[[Andrey Shchegolikhin]]<br>[[Vitaliy Gankin]]<br>[[Roman Zarubin]]||
|-
|K-4 1000 m
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br>[[Torsten Gutsche]]<br>[[Mark Zabel]]<br>[[Björn Bach]]<br>[[Stefan Ulm]]||
| {{HUN}}<br>[[Botond Storcz]]<br>[[Krisztián Bártfai]]<br>[[Zsolt Szádovszky]]<br>[[Márton Bauer]]||
| {{flagu|Russia}}<br>[[Anatoly Tishchenko]]<br>[[Sergey Verlin]]<br>[[Georgiy Tsybulnikov]]<br>[[Aleksandr Ivanik]]||
|}

===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-1 200 m
| {{flagathlete|[[Caroline Brunet]]|CAN}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Josefa Idem]]|ITA}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Éva Dónusz]]|HUN}}||
|-
|K-1 500 m
| {{flagathlete|[[Caroline Brunet]]|CAN}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Katrin Borchert]]|AUS}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Josefa Idem]]|ITA}}||
|-
|K-1 1000 m
| {{flagathlete|[[Josefa Idem]]|ITA}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Caroline Brunet]]|CAN}}||
| {{flagathlete|[[Katrin Borchert]]|AUS}}||
|-
|K-2 200 m
| {{flagu|Canada}}<br>[[Marie-Josée Gibeau-Ouimet]]<br>[[Karen Furneaux]]||
| {{HUN}}<br>[[Kinga Dékány]]<br>[[Rita Kőbán]]||
| {{flagu|Spain}}<br>[[Beatriz Manchón]]<br>[[Izaskun Aramburu]]||
|-
|K-2 500 m
| {{flagu|Australia}}<br>[[Anna Wood (kayaker)|Anna Wood]]<br>[[Katrin Borchert]]||
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br>[[Birgit Fischer]]<br>[[Anett Schuck]]||
| {{HUN}}<br>[[Kinga Dékány]]<br>[[Rita Kőbán]]||
|-
|K-2 1000 m
| {{flagu|Australia}}<br>[[Anna Wood (kayaker)|Anna Wood]]<br>[[Katrin Borchert]]||
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br>[[Birgit Fischer]]<br>[[Ute Plessman]]||
| {{flagu|Sweden}}<br>[[Anna Karlsson]]<br>[[Susanne Gunnarsson]]||
|-
|K-4 200 m
| {{HUN}}<br>[[Kinga Dékány]]<br>[[Erzsébet Viski]]<br>[[Rita Kőbán]]<br>[[Katalin Kovács]]||
| {{flagu|Sweden}}<br>[[Anna Karlsson]]<br>[[Susanne Gunnarsson]]<br>[[Ingela Eriksson]]<br>[[Maria Haglund]]||
| {{flagu|Russia}}<br>[[Natalya Gouily]]<br>[[Yelena Tissina]]<br>[[Larissa Peisakhovich]]<br>[[Tatyana Tischenko]]||
|-
|K-4 500 m
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br>[[Birgit Fischer]]<br>[[Anett Schuck]]<br>[[Manuela Mucke]]<br>[[Marcela Bednar]]||
| {{HUN}}<br>[[Kinga Dékány]]<br>[[Szilvia Szabó]]<br>[[Andrea Barocsi]]<br>[[Katalin Kovács]]||
| {{flagu|Spain}}<br>[[Beatriz Manchón]]<br>[[Izaskun Aramburu]]<br>[[Ana María Penas]]<br>[[Belen Sánchez]]||
|}

==Medal table==
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 | gold_HUN = 7 | silver_HUN = 5 | bronze_HUN = 5
 | gold_GER = 5 | silver_GER = 3 | bronze_GER = 3
 | gold_RUS = 2 | silver_RUS = 2 | bronze_RUS = 6
 | gold_ITA = 2 | silver_ITA = 3 | bronze_ITA = 1
 | gold_CAN = 4 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 0
 | gold_AUS = 2 | silver_AUS = 1 | bronze_AUS = 1
 | gold_CZE = 2 | silver_CZE = 1 | bronze_CZE = 1
 | gold_ROU = 0 | silver_ROU = 2 | bronze_ROU = 1
 | gold_UKR = 0 | silver_UKR = 1 | bronze_UKR = 2
 | gold_ISR = 1 | silver_ISR = 1 | bronze_ISR = 0
 | gold_SVK = 1 | silver_SVK = 1 | bronze_SVK = 0
 | gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 1 | bronze_NOR = 1
 | gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 1
 | gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 0 | bronze_ESP = 2
 | gold_BLR = 0 | silver_BLR = 1 | bronze_BLR = 0
 | gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 1 | bronze_POL = 0
 | gold_ARG = 0 | silver_ARG = 0 | bronze_ARG = 1
|silver_YUG=1|bronze_YUG=1|silver_FR-YUG=1}}

==References==
*[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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