1997 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1997 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada on Lake Banook.

The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Eight events were held for the women, all in kayak. Women's K-1 1000 m and K-2 1000 m events were added.

This was the 28th championships in canoe sprint.

Medal summary

Men's

Canoe

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
C-1 200 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
C-1 500 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
C-1 1000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
C-2 200 m	Template:Flagu Thomas Zereske Christian Gille		Template:Flagu Pavel Konovalov Vladimir Ladosha		Petr Fuksa Pavel Bednář
C-2 500 m	György Kolonics Csaba Horváth		Template:Flagu Daniel Jędraszko Paweł Baraszkiewicz		Template:Flagu Thomas Zereske Christian Gille
C-2 1000 m	Template:Flagu Gunar Kirchbach Matthias Röder		György Kolonics Csaba Horváth		Template:GBR2 Andrew Train Stephen Train
C-4 200 m	Aleksandr Masseykov Andrey Beliayev Anatoliy Reneiskiy Vladimir Marinov		György Kolonics Csaba Horváth Ervin Hoffmann Béla Belicza		Petr Procházka Tomáš Křivánek Petr Fuksa Pavel Bednář
C-4 500 m	György Kolonics Csaba Horváth Csaba Hüttner László Szuszkó		Marcel Glăvan Cosmin Pașca Antonel Borșan Florin Popescu		Template:Flagu Sergey Chemerov Andrey Kabanov Vladislav Polzounov Aleksandr Kostoglod
C-4 1000 m	Marcel Glăvan Cosmin Pașca Antonel Borșan Florin Popescu		Template:Flagu Konstantin Formichev Maksim Opalev Vladislav Polzounov Aleksandr Kostoglod		Template:Flagu Daniel Jędraszko Piotr Midloch Paweł Midloch Paweł Baraszkiewicz

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 200 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-1 500 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-1 1000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-2 200 m	Vince Fehérvári Róbert Hegedűs		Template:Flagu Beniamino Bonomi Paolo Tommasini		Template:Flagu Henrik Andersson Henrik Nilsson
K-2 500 m	Template:Flagu Andrew Trim Daniel Collins		Template:Flagu Beniamino Bonomi Luca Negri		Krisztián Bártfai Gábor Horvárth
K-2 1000 m	Template:Flagu Antonio Rossi Luca Negri		Jesper Staal Thomas Holm Jakobsen		Template:Flagu Grzegorz Kotowicz Dariusz Białkowski
K-4 200 m	Template:Flagu Anatoly Tishchenko Oleg Gorobiy Sergey Verlin Aleksandr Ivanik		Vince Fehérvári Krisztián Bártfai Gábor Horvárth Róbert Hegedűs		Template:Flagu Torsten Gutsche Mark Zabel Jan Günther Björn Bach
K-4 500 m	Zoltán Kammerer Botond Storcz Ákos Vereckei Róbert Hegedűs		Template:Flagu Torsten Gutsche Mark Zabel Jan Günther Björn Bach		Template:Flagu Henrik Andersson Nils-Erik Jonsson Anders Svensson Henrik Nilsson
K-4 1000 m	Template:Flagu Torsten Gustche Mark Zabel Björn Bach Stefan Ulm		Botond Storcz Zoltán Antal Gábor Szabó Márton Bauer		Template:Flagu Ross Chaffer Brian Marton Peter Scott Adam Dean

Women's

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 200 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-1 500 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-1 1000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-2 200 m	Template:Flagu Birgit Fischer Anett Schuck		Template:Flagu Isabella Dylewska Elżbieta Urbańczyk		Template:Flagu Natalya Gouilly Yelena Tissina
K-2 500 m	Template:Flagu Birgit Fischer Anett Schuck		Template:Flagu Anna Wood Katrin Borchert		Template:Flagu Beatriz Manchón Izaskun Aramburu
K-2 1000 m	Template:Flagu Birgit Fischer Marcela Bednar		Template:Flagu Anna Wood Katrin Borchert		Template:Flagu Isabella Dylewska Elżbieta Urbańczyk
K-4 200 m	Template:Flagu Birgit Fischer Anett Schuck Manuela Mucke Katrin Wagner		Template:Flagu Karen Fumeaux Corrina Kennedy Danica Rice Marie-Josée Gibeau		Template:Flagu Anna Karlsson Ingela Eriksson Maria Haglund Susanne Rosenqvist
K-4 500 m	Template:Flagu Birgit Fischer Anett Schuck Katrin Kieseler Katrin Wagner		Kinga Dékány Szilvia Szabó Andrea Barocsi Katalin Kovács		Template:Flagu Beatriz Manchón Belen Sánchez Ana María Penas Izaskun Aramburu

References

• 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.