1998 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1998 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Szeged, Hungary.

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

This was the 29th 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		Miklós Buzál Attila Végh		Template:Flagu Vladislav Polzounov Andrey Kabanov
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 Aleksandr Kovalyov Aleksandr Kostoglod		Gheorghe Andriev Florin Popescu		György Zala Endre Ipacs
C-4 200 m	Petr Procházka Tomáš Křivánek Petr Fuksa Karel Kožíšek		Aleksandr Masseykov Andrey Beliayev Anatoliy Reneiskiy Vladimir Marinov		Template:Flagu Pavel Konovalov Konstantin Fomichev Vladimir Ladosha Aleksandr Kostoglod
C-4 500 m	György Kolonics Csaba Horváth Csaba Hüttner László Szuszkó		Gheorghe Andriev Florin Popescu Cosmin Pașca Ionel Averian		Template:Flagu Aleksandr Kostoglod Pavel Konovalov Vladislav Polzounov Vladimir Ladosha
C-4 1000 m	Csaba Horváth Béla Belicza Csaba Hüttner László Szuszkó		Template:Flagu Konstantin Fomichev Vasiliy Mailov Andrey Kabanov Ignat Kovalev		Martin Doktor Petr Netušil Jan Macháč Viktor Jiráský

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 Sergey Verlin Anatoly Tishchenko		Geza Magyar Romică Șerban
K-2 500 m	Michal Riszdorfer Juraj Bača		Template:Flagu Beniamino Bonomi Luca Negri		Krisztián Bártfai Gábor Horvárth
K-2 1000 m	Template:Flagu Antonio Rossi Luca Negri		Mićo Janić Stjepan Janić		Attila Adám Krisztián Veréb
K-4 200 m	Gyula Kajner Vince Fehérvári István Beé Róbert Hegedűs		Template:Flagu Antonio Rossi Beniamino Bonomi Ivano Lussignoli Luca Negri		Andreas Gjersø Nils Olav Fjeldheim Knut Holmann Robby Roarsen Hangli
K-4 500 m	Template:Flagu Torsten Gutsche Mark Zabel Björn Bach Stefan Ulm		Botond Storcz Krisztián Bártfai Zsolt Szádovszky Márton Bauer		Template:Flagu Andrey Tissin Andrey Shchegolikhin Vitaliy Gankin Roman Zarubin
K-4 1000 m	Template:Flagu Torsten Gutsche Mark Zabel Björn Bach Stefan Ulm		Botond Storcz Krisztián Bártfai Zsolt Szádovszky Márton Bauer		Template:Flagu Anatoly Tishchenko Sergey Verlin Georgiy Tsybulnikov Aleksandr Ivanik

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 Marie-Josée Gibeau-Ouimet Karen Furneaux		Kinga Dékány Rita Kőbán		Template:Flagu Beatriz Manchón Izaskun Aramburu
K-2 500 m	Template:Flagu Anna Wood Katrin Borchert		Template:Flagu Birgit Fischer Anett Schuck		Kinga Dékány Rita Kőbán
K-2 1000 m	Template:Flagu Anna Wood Katrin Borchert		Template:Flagu Birgit Fischer Ute Plessman		Template:Flagu Anna Karlsson Susanne Gunnarsson
K-4 200 m	Kinga Dékány Erzsébet Viski Rita Kőbán Katalin Kovács		Template:Flagu Anna Karlsson Susanne Gunnarsson Ingela Eriksson Maria Haglund		Template:Flagu Natalya Gouily Yelena Tissina Larissa Peisakhovich Tatyana Tischenko
K-4 500 m	Template:Flagu Birgit Fischer Anett Schuck Manuela Mucke Marcela Bednar		Kinga Dékány Szilvia Szabó Andrea Barocsi Katalin Kovács		Template:Flagu Beatriz Manchón Izaskun Aramburu Ana María Penas Belen Sánchez

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.