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| name      = 2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
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| host_city = {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Szeged]], Hungary
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| dates     = August 17–20, 2006
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| previous  = [[2005 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2005]]
| next      = [[2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2007]] 
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The '''2006 [[ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships]]''' were held in [[Szeged]], Hungary, from August 17 to 20 2006. This was the second time the [[Hungary|Hungarian]] city had hosted the championships, doing so previously in [[1998 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1998]].

Men race as individuals, pairs and quads over 200 m, 500 m and 1000 m in both [[Sprint canoe|Canoe (Canadian)]] (C) and [[Kayak#Canoe sprint|Kayak]] (K) events, giving a total of 18 gold medals. Women compete for only 9 gold medals as they race in kayak events only.

This was the 35th [[ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|championships]] in canoe sprint.

==Highlights==
Host nation Hungary won twelve of the twenty-seven gold medals. Germany, who had topped the medal table in [[2005 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|Zagreb in 2005]], took four golds, as did Russia.

Hungary's medal haul included victories in all nine women's finals, [[Natasa Janics]] and [[Katalin Kovács]] winning six titles each.
 
In the men's races, Mexican [[Everardo Cristóbal]] shocked the top Europeans with victory in the C-1 1000 m final, giving Mexico their first-ever world championship gold medal. The K-1 1000 m, the [[Blue Riband#Other meanings|Blue Riband]] event, was won by [[Markus Oscarsson]] of Sweden.

Germany's [[Ronald Rauhe]] won three gold medals to give him a career total of ten. [[Hungarian people|Hungarian]] [[György Kolonics]], who holds the (men's) record for paddlers currently in competition, won the fourteenth gold medal of his career in the C-2 1000 m final. Russia's [[Maksim Opalev]] won his eleventh title. Other perennial favourites such as [[Andreas Dittmer]], [[Eirik Verås Larsen]] and [[Adam van Koeverden]] however were unable to repeat previous successes. Germany won their first-ever C-4 title (1000 m). In the men's K-4 races, however, no German boats made the podium – the first time that had happened since [[1977 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1977]]. Special mention should also go to the [[Czech Republic|Czech]] [[Petr Procházka]], the oldest man at the championships, who took gold in the C-4 200 m final.

==Medal summary==

===Men's===
{{Color box|#ccccff||border=darkgray}} Non-Olympic classes

====Canoe====
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-bgcolor=ccccff
|C-1 200 m
| {{flagathlete|[[Nikolay Lipkin]]|RUS}}|| 39.789
| {{flagathlete|[[Valentin Demyanenko]]|UKR}}|| 40.137
| {{flagathlete|[[Jevgenij Cuklin]]|LTU}}|| 40.441
|-
|C-1 500 m
| {{flagathlete|[[Maksim Opalev]]|RUS}}|| 1:49.727
| {{flagathlete|[[Yuriy Cheban]]|UKR}}|| 1:50.459
| {{flagathlete|[[Wenjun Yang]]|CHN}}|| 1:50.603
|-
|C-1 1000 m
| {{flagathlete|[[Everardo Cristóbal]]|MEX}}|| 4:07.855
| {{flagathlete|[[Andreas Dittmer]]|GER}}|| 4:10.741
| {{flagathlete|[[Attila Vajda]]|HUN}}|| 4:11.347
|-bgcolor=ccccff
|C-2 200 m
| {{flagu|Russia}}<br>[[Yevgeny Ignatov (canoeist)|Evgeny Ignatov]]<br>[[Ivan Shtyl]]|| 36.494
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br>[[Christian Gille]]<br>[[Tomasz Wylenzek]]|| 36.978
| {{LTU}}<br>[[Raimundas Labuckas]]<br>[[Tomas Gadelkis]]|| 37.058
|-
|C-2 500 m
| {{flagu|Russia}}<br>[[Alexander Kostoglod]]<br>[[Sergey Ulegin]]|| 1:41.520
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br>[[Stefan Holtz]]<br>[[Robert Nuck]]|| 1:42.792
| {{HUN}}<br>[[György Kozmann]]<br>[[György Kolonics]]|| 1:42.942
|-
|C-2 1000 m
| {{HUN}}<br>[[György Kozmann]]<br>[[György Kolonics]]|| 3:43.781
| {{flagu|Canada}}<br>[[Attila Buday]]<br>[[Tamas Buday Jr.]]|| 3:46.151
| {{UKR}}<br>[[Maksym Prokopenko]]<br>[[Sergiy Bezugliy]]|| 3:46.769
|-bgcolor=ccccff
|C-4 200 m
| {{CZE}}<br>[[Petr Procházka]]<br>[[Jiří Heller]]<br>[[Jan Břečka]]<br>[[Petr Fuksa]]|| 34.052
| {{BLR}}<br>[[Konstantin Shcharbak]]<br>[[Dzmitry Rabchanka]]<br>[[Aleksandr Vauchetskiy]]<br>[[Dzmitry Vaitsishkin]]|| 34.132
| {{HUN}}<br>[[Pál Sarudi]]<br>[[Márton Joób]]<br>[[Gábor Horváth (canoeist, born 1985)|Gábor Horváth]]<br>[[Péter Balázs (canoeist)|Péter Balázs]]|| 34.336
|-bgcolor=ccccff
|C-4 500 m
| {{BLR}}<br>[[Dzmitry Rabchanka]]<br>[[Dzmitry Vaitsishkin]]<br>[[Konstantin Shcharbak]]<br>[[Aleksandr Vauchetskiy]]|| 1:31.820
| {{flagu|Poland}}<br>[[Łukasz Woszczyński]]<br>[[Paweł Baraszkiewicz]]<br>[[Marcin Grzybowski]]<br>[[Pawel Skowronski]]|| 1:32.360
| {{ROU}}<br>[[Gabriel Talpă]]<br>[[Florin Mironcic]]<br>[[Loredan Popa]]<br>[[Silviu Simioncencu]]|| 1:33.710
|-bgcolor=ccccff
|C-4 1000 m
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br>[[Robert Nuck]]<br>[[Stephan Breuing]]<br>[[Stefan Holtz]]<br>[[Thomas Lück]]|| 3:27.422
| {{flagu|Canada}}<br>[[Andrew Russell (canoeist)|Andrew Russell]]<br>[[Thomas Hall (canoeist)|Thomas Hall]]<br>[[Kyle Jeffery]]<br>[[Dmitri Joukovski]]|| 3:28.394
| {{BLR}}<br>[[Aliaksandr Kurliandchyk]]<br>[[Aliaksandr Zhukouski]]<br>[[Aliaksandr Bahdanovich]]<br>[[Andrei Bahdanovich]]|| 3:28.880
|}

====Kayak====
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-bgcolor=ccccff
|[[2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships K-1 200 m|K-1 200 m]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Ronald Rauhe]]|GER}}|| 35.200
| {{flagathlete|[[Carlos Pérez (kayaker)|Carlos Pérez]]|ESP}}|| 35.396
| {{flagathlete|[[Mykola Kremer]]|UKR}}|| 35.516
|-
|[[2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships K-1 500 m|K-1 500 m]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Marek Twardowski]]|POL}}|| 1:38.596
| {{flagathlete|[[Anton Ryakhov]]|RUS}}|| 1:38.698
| {{flagathlete|[[Lutz Altepost]]|GER}}|| 1:39.832
|-
|K-1 1000 m
| {{flagathlete|[[Markus Oscarsson]]|SWE}}|| 3:39.359
| {{flagathlete|[[Tim Brabants]]|GBR}}|| 3:39.419
| {{flagathlete|[[Ben Fouhy]]|NZL}}|| 3:39.443
|-bgcolor=ccccff
|K-2 200 m
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br>[[Ronald Rauhe]]<br>[[Tim Wieskötter]]|| 32.660
| {{flagu|Poland}}<br>[[Marek Twardowski]]<br>[[Adam Wysocki]]|| 32.804
| {{SRB}}<br>[[Dragan Zorić]]<br>[[Ognjen Filipović]]|| 32.912
|-
|[[2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships K-2 500 m|K-2 500 m]]
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br>[[Ronald Rauhe]]<br>[[Tim Wieskötter]]|| 1:27.791
| {{flagu|Canada}}<br>[[Richard Dessureault-Dober]]<br>[[Andrew Willows]]|| 1:28.631
| {{HUN}}<br>[[Gábor Kucsera (canoeist)|Gábor Kucsera]]<br>[[Zoltán Kammerer]]|| 1:29.063
|-
|K-2 1000 m
| {{HUN}}<br>[[Gábor Kucsera (canoeist)|Gábor Kucsera]]<br>[[Zoltán Kammerer]]|| 3:17.791
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br>[[Rupert Wagner]]<br>[[Andreas Ihle]]|| 3:19.075
| {{flagu|Poland}}<br>[[Tomasz Górski (canoeist)|Tomasz Górski]]<br>[[Adam Seroczyński]]|| 3:19.837
|-bgcolor=ccccff
|K-4 200 m
| {{SRB}}<br>[[Milan Đenadić]]<br>[[Ognjen Filipović]]<br>[[Bora Sibinkić]]<br>[[Dragan Zorić]]|| 29.965
| {{HUN}}<br>[[Viktor Kadler]]<br>[[Gergely Gyertyános]]<br>[[Balázs Babella]]<br>[[István Beé]]|| 30.033
| {{flagu|Russia}}<br>[[Sergey Kosilov]]<br>[[Konstantin Vishnyakov]]<br>[[Stephan Shevchuk]]<br>[[Sergey Khovanskiy]]|| 30.401
|-bgcolor=ccccff
|K-4 500 m
| {{SVK}}<br>[[Richard Riszdorfer]]<br>[[Michal Riszdorfer]]<br>[[Róbert Erban]]<br>[[Erik Vlček]]|| 1:20.606
| {{HUN}}<br>[[Attila Csamangó]]<br>[[Gábor Bozsik]]<br>[[Attila Boros]]<br>[[Márton Sik]]|| 1:21.188
| {{flagu|Poland}}<br>[[Adam Wysocki]]<br>[[Paweł Baumann]]<br>[[Przemysław Gawrych]]<br>[[Tomasz Mendelski]]|| 1:21.536
|-
|K-4 1000 m
| {{HUN}}<br>[[Ákos Vereckei]]<br>[[Roland Kökény]]<br>[[Lajos Gyökös]]<br>[[Gábor Horváth (canoeist, born 1971)|Gábor Horváth]]|| 2:56.523
| {{flagu|Poland}}<br>[[Marek Twardowski]]<br>[[Tomasz Mendelski]]<br>[[Paweł Baumann]]<br>[[Adam Wysocki]]|| 2:57.873
| {{BLR}}<br>[[Vadzim Makhneu]]<br>[[Dziamyan Turchyn]]<br>[[Aleksey Abalmasov]]<br>[[Raman Piatrushenka]]|| 2:57.897
|}

===Women's===
{{Color box|#ccccff||border=darkgray}} Non-Olympic classes

====Kayak====
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-bgcolor=ccccff
|K-1 200 m
| {{flagathlete|[[Tímea Paksy]]|HUN}}|| 40.203
| {{flagathlete|[[Špela Ponomarenko Janić|Špela Ponomarenko]]|SLO}}|| 40.947
| {{flagathlete|[[Karen Furneaux]]|CAN}}|| 41.071
|-
|K-1 500 m
| {{flagathlete|[[Dalma Ružičić-Benedek|Dalma Benedek]]|HUN}}|| 1:52.287
| {{flagathlete|[[Josefa Idem]]|ITA}}|| 1:53.265
| {{flagathlete|[[Zhong Hongyan]]|CHN}}|| 1:53.307
|-bgcolor=ccccff
|K-1 1000 m
| {{flagathlete|[[Dalma Ružičić-Benedek|Dalma Benedek]]|HUN}}|| 4:04.683
| {{flagathlete|[[Katrin Wagner-Augustin]]|GER}}|| 4:06.933
| {{flagathlete|[[Michaela Mrůzková]]|CZE}}|| 4:07.293
|-bgcolor=ccccff
|K-2 200 m
| {{HUN}}<br>[[Katalin Kovács]]<br>[[Nataša Dušev-Janić|Nataša Janić]]|| 37.423
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br>[[Katrin Wagner-Augustin]]<br>[[Fanny Fischer]]|| 37.919
| {{FIN}}<br>[[Jenni Honkanen]]<br>[[Anne Rikala]]|| 37.983
|-
|K-2 500 m
| {{HUN}}<br>[[Katalin Kovács]]<br>[[Nataša Dušev-Janić|Nataša Janić]]|| 1:41.998
| {{CZE}}<br>[[Jana Blahová]]<br>[[Michaela Mrůzková]]|| 1:43.408
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br>[[Fanny Fischer]]<br>[[Gesine Ruge]]|| 1:43.432
|-bgcolor=ccccff
|K-2 1000 m
| {{HUN}}<br>[[Katalin Kovács]]<br>[[Nataša Dušev-Janić|Nataša Janić]]|| 3:48.982
| {{flagu|China}}<br>[[Zhu Minyuan]]<br>[[Yang Yali]]|| 3:49.756
| {{BLR}}<br>[[Hanna Pushkova-Areshka]]<br>[[Natalya Bandarenko]]|| 3:51.664
|-bgcolor=ccccff
|K-4 200 m
| {{HUN}}<br>[[Tímea Paksy]]<br>[[Melinda Patyi]]<br>[[Nataša Dušev-Janić|Nataša Janić]]<br>[[Katalin Kovács]]|| 34.650
| {{flagu|Germany}}<br>[[Judith Hörmann]]<br>[[Nicole Reinhardt]]<br>[[Carolin Leonhardt]]<br>[[Conny Waßmuth]]|| 35.090
| {{flagu|Sweden}}<br>[[Josefin Nordlöw]]<br>[[Sofia Paldanius]]<br>[[Karin Johansson]]<br>[[Anna Karlsson]]|| 36.046
|-
|K-4 500 m
| {{flagteam|HUN}}<br>[[Krisztina Fazekas]]<br>[[Tímea Paksy]]<br>[[Nataša Dušev-Janić|Nataša Janić]]<br>[[Katalin Kovács]]|| 1:31.763
| {{flagteam|GER}}<br>[[Katrin Wagner-Augustin]]<br>[[Carolin Leonhardt]]<br>[[Conny Waßmuth]]<br>[[Judith Hörmann]]|| 1:31.817
| {{flagteam|ROM}}<br>[[Mariana Ciobanu]]<br>[[Lidia Talpă]]<br>[[Florica Vulpeş]]<br>[[Alina Platon]]|| 1:34.535
|-bgcolor=ccccff
|K-4 1000 m
| {{flagteam|HUN}}<br>[[Nataša Dušev-Janić|Nataša Janić]]<br>[[Alexandra Keresztesi]]<br>[[Katalin Kovács]]<br>[[Tímea Paksy]]|| 3:23.488
| {{flagteam|GER}}<br>[[Carolin Leonhardt]]<br>[[Miriam Frenken]]<br>[[Tanja Schuck]]<br>[[Silke Hörmann]]|| 3:24.106
| {{flagteam|CHN}}<br>[[Yu Lamei]]<br>[[Wang Feng (canoeist)|Wang Feng]]<br>[[Zhang Jinmei]]<br>[[He Jing (canoeist)|He Jing]]|| 3:25.012
|}

==Medal table==
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 | gold_HUN = 12 | silver_HUN = 2 | bronze_HUN = 4
 | gold_GER = 4 | silver_GER = 9 | bronze_GER = 2
 | gold_RUS = 4 | silver_RUS = 1 | bronze_RUS = 1
 | gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 3 | bronze_POL = 2
 | gold_BLR = 1 | silver_BLR = 1 | bronze_BLR = 3
 | gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 3 | bronze_CAN = 1
 | gold_UKR = 0 | silver_UKR = 2 | bronze_UKR = 2
 | gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 1 | bronze_CHN = 3
 | gold_CZE = 1 | silver_CZE = 1 | bronze_CZE = 1
 | gold_SRB = 1 | silver_SRB = 0 | bronze_SRB = 1
 | gold_SWE = 1 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 1
 | gold_LTU = 0 | silver_LTU = 0 | bronze_LTU = 2
 | gold_ROU = 0 | silver_ROU = 0 | bronze_ROU = 2
 | gold_MEX = 1 | silver_MEX = 0 | bronze_MEX = 0
 | gold_SVK = 1 | silver_SVK = 0 | bronze_SVK = 0
 | gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 1 | bronze_ESP = 0
 | gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 0
 | gold_SLO = 0 | silver_SLO = 1 | bronze_SLO = 0
 | gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 1 | bronze_GBR = 0
 | gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 0 | bronze_FIN = 1
 | gold_NZL = 0 | silver_NZL = 0 | bronze_NZL = 1
}}

==References==
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222227/http://flatwater.info/competitions/results/2006/060817_wc_szeged/index-13.htm Medal table]}}
*[http://sports123.com/can/ Results of Flatwater Racing World Championships] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926221612/http://sports123.com/can/ |date=2007-09-26 }}
*[http://www.canoeicf.com/ International Canoe Federation]
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070718004329/http://flatwater.info/video/2006/060817_wc_hungary/ Final A video]}}
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928011325/http://flatwater.info/photo/competitions/2006/060817_wc_szeged/ Photos]}}

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