1991 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1991 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Paris, France from 21 to 25 August 1991.

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	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
C-1 1000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
C-1 10000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
C-2 500 m	Attila Pálizs Attila Szabó		Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi		Template:Flagu Olivier Boivin Didier Hoyer
C-2 1000 m	Template:Flagu Ulrich Papke Ingo Spelly		Template:Flagu Olivier Boivin Didier Hoyer		Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi
C-2 10000 m	István Gyulay Pál Pétervári		Gheorghe Andriev Romice Haralambie		Template:GBR2 Andrew Train Stephen Train
C-4 500 m	Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi Yuriy Gurin Valeriy Veshko		Template:Flagu Benoît Bernard Jöel Bettin Philippe Renaud Pascal Sylvoz		Template:Flagu Axel Berndt Andreas Dittmer Sven Montag Thomas Zereske
C-4 1000 m	Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi Yuriy Gurin Valeriy Veshko		Template:Flagu Olaf Heukrodt Sven Montag Ulrich Papke Ingo Spelly		Nikolay Bukhalov Traicho Draganov Paisiy Lubenov Dejan Slavov

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-1 1000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-1 10000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-2 500 m	Template:Flagu Juan José Román Juan Manuel Sánchez		Template:Flagu Kay Bluhm Torsten Guitsche		Ferenc Csipes Zsolt Gyulay
K-2 1000 m	Template:Flagu Kay Bluhm Torsten Guitsche		Template:Flagu Juan José Román Juan Manuel Sánchez		Ákos Angyal Béla Petrovics
K-2 10000 m	Template:Flagu Philippe Boccara Pascal Boucherit		Template:Flagu Kay Bluhm Torsten Guitsche		Róbert Erban Juraj Kadnár
K-4 500 m	Template:Flagu Detlef Hofmann Oliver Kegel Thomas Reineck André Wohllebe		Attila Ábrahám Ferenc Cspies Gyula Kajner Béla Petrovics		Sergey Gaikov Oleg Gorobiy Sergey Kirsanov Andrey Plitkin
K-4 1000 m	Attila Ábrahám Attila Adám Attila Adrovicz László Fidel		Template:Flagu Detlef Hofmann Oliver Kegel Thomas Reineck André Wohllebe		Karol Becker Richard Botio Karel Hrudik Michael Matus
K-4 10000 m	Template:Flagu Detlef Hofmann Oliver Kegel Thomas Reineck André Wohllebe		Template:Flagu Ramon Andersson Clint Robinson Ian Rowling Steven Wood		Template:Flagu Jonas Fager Pablo Grate Hans Olsson Peter Orban

Women's

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-1 5000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-2 500 m	Template:Flagu Ramona Portwich Anke von Seck		Éva Dónusz Erika Mészáros		Template:Flagu Agneta Andersson Anna Olsson
K-2 5000 m	Template:Flagu Ramona Portwich Anett Schuck		Template:Flagu Maria Haglund Susanne Rosenquist		Template:Flagu Bernadette Bregeon Sabine Gotschy
K-4 500 m	Template:Flagu Katrin Borchert Monika Bunke Ramona Portwich Anke von Seck		Éva Dónusz Katalin Gyulay Rita Kőbán Erika Mészáros		Template:Flagu Liu Qinglan Ning Menghua Wang Jing Wen Yanfang

External links

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.