2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

File:1996 Olympic canrow finish tower.jpg

Finish tower at Lake Lanier where the 2003 championships took place. Photo circa 2010. This was also the same finish used for the canoe sprint and rowing competitions at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The 2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held September 10–14, 2003 in Gainesville, Georgia, United States at Lake Lanier. Located north of Atlanta, this was also where the canoe sprint and rowing events for the 1996 Summer Olympics took place.

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

This was the 33rd championships in canoe sprint.

Doping controversy

Sergey Ulegin of Russia won two golds (C-4 200 m, C-4 500 m) and one silver (C-2 500 m), but was stripped of those medals when he tested positive for doping. His teammates in the C-2 500 m (Aleksandr Kostoglod), C-4 200 m (Kostoglod, Roman Kruglyakov, and Maksim Opalev), and C-4 500 m (Kostoglod, Kruglyakov, and Opalev) events also lost their medals as a result of Ulegin's positive test. Ulegin received a two-year suspension.

Medal summary

Men's

  Non-Olympic classes

Canoe

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
C-1 200 m	Template:Flagathlete	40.896	Template:Flagathlete	40.929	Template:Flagathlete	40.962
C-1 500 m	Template:Flagathlete	1:47.277	Template:Flagathlete	1:47.488	Template:Flagathlete	1:48.030
C-1 1000 m	Template:Flagathlete	3:52.482	Template:Flagathlete	3:53.406	Template:Flagathlete	3:55.299
C-2 200 m	Template:Flagu Paweł Baraszkiewicz Daniel Jędraszko	37.972	Petr Fuksa Petr Netušil	38.012	Sergey Klimniuk Dmitriy Sabin	38.230
C-2 500 m	Template:Flagu Paweł Baraszkiewicz Daniel Jędraszko	1:39.194	Silviu Simioncencu Florin Popescu	1:40.824	Ibrahim Rojas Ledis Balceiro	1:41.136
C-2 1000 m	Silviu Simioncencu Florin Popescu	3:34.932	Template:Flagu Aleksandr Kovalyov Aleksandr Kostoglod	3:35.325	György Kozmann György Kolonics	3:35.428
C-4 200 m	Sándor Malomsoki László Vasali György Kozmann György Kolonics	34.737	Petr Fuksa Petr Netušil Jan Břečka Karel Kožíšek	35.105	Silviu Simioncencu Mitică Pricop Florin Popescu Petre Condrat	35.610
C-4 500 m	Silviu Simioncencu Florin Popescu Mitică Pricop Petre Condrat	1:32.022	Template:Flagu Adam Ginter Łukasz Woszczyński Marcin Grzybowski Michał Śliwiński	1:32.185	Csaba Hüttner Márton Joób Imre Pulai Ferenc Novák	1:33.506
C-4 1000 m	Csaba Hüttner Gábor Furdok Imre Pulai Ferenc Novák	3:22.090	Template:Flagu Attila Buday Tamas Buday Jr. Maxim Boilard Dimitri Joukovski	3:22.332	Template:Flagu Andrzej Jezierski Roman Rynkiewicz Adam Ginter Wojciech Tyszyński	3:22.446

Kayak

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
K-1 200 m	Template:Flagathlete	35.798	Template:Flagathlete	36.411	Template:Flagathlete	36.417
K-1 500 m	Template:Flagathlete	1:37.541	Template:Flagathlete	1:37.961	Template:Flagathlete	1:38.077
K-1 1000 m	Template:Flagathlete	3:28.852	Template:Flagathlete	3:29.720	Template:Flagathlete	3:29.909
K-2 200 m	Alvydas Duonėla Egidijus Balčiūnas	32.972	Template:Flagu Marek Twardowski Adam Wysocki	33.154	Template:Flagu Ronald Rauhe Tim Wieskötter	33.385
K-2 500 m	Template:Flagu Ronald Rauhe Tim Wieskötter	1:27.974	Roman Piatrushenko Vadzim Makhneu	1:28.954	Alvydas Duonėla Egidijus Balčiūnas	1:29.205
K-2 1000 m	Template:Flagu Markus Oscarsson Henrik Nilsson	3:14.157	Template:Flagu Bob Maesen Wouter D'Haene	3:14.690	Template:Flagu Tim Huth Marco Herszel	3:15.142
K-4 200 m	Oleksiy Slivinskiy Mykhaylo Luchnik Mykola Zaichenkov Andriy Borzukov	31.136	Vasile Curuzan Marian Baban Alexandru Ceaușu Romică Șerban	31.168	Template:Flagu Manuel Muñoz Jaime Acuña Aike González Oier Aizpurua	31.260
K-4 500 m	Richard Riszdorfer Michal Riszdorfer Erik Vlček Juraj Bača	1:20.409	Vasile Curuzan Marian Baban Alexandru Ceaușu Romică Șerban	1:21.353	Template:Flagu Aleksandr Ivanik Anatoly Tishchenko Oleg Gorobiy Vladimir Gurhsikin	1:21.408
K-4 1000 m	Richard Riszdorfer Michal Riszdorfer Erik Vlček Juraj Bača	2:55.291	Zoltán Kammerer Ákos Vereckei Roland Kökény Krisztián Veréb	2:56.795	Template:Flagu Andreas Ihle Mark Zabel Björn Bach Stefan Ulm	2:57.048

Women's

  Non-Olympic classes

Kayak

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
K-1 200 m	Template:Flagathlete	41.344	Template:Flagathlete	41.600	Template:Flagathlete	42.298
K-1 500 m	Template:Flagathlete	1:48.996	Template:Flagathlete	1:49.778	Template:Flagathlete	1:49.785
K-1 1000 m	Template:Flagathlete	4:00.955	Template:Flagathlete	4:02.122	Template:Flagathlete	4:03.104
K-2 200 m	Tímea Paksy Melinda Patyi	38.292	Template:Flagu Maria Teresa Portela Beatriz Manchón	38.521	Template:Flagu Aneta Pastuszka Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza	38.528
K-2 500 m	Szilvia Szabó Kinga Bóta	1:39.984	Bonka Pindzeva Delyana Dacheva	1:40.937	Template:Flagu Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza Joanna Skowroń	1:41.577
K-2 1000 m	Tímea Paksy Dalma Benedek	3:41.540	Template:Flagu Nadine Opgen-Rhein Manuela Mucke	3:41.636	Template:Flagu Caroline Brunet Mylanie Barre	3:42.752
K-4 200 m	Natasa Janics Szilvia Szabó Erzsébet Viski Kinga Bóta	35.665	Template:Flagu Maria Garcia Suarez Beatriz Manchón Jana Smidakova Maria Teresa Portela	35.939	Template:Flagu Karolina Sadalska Aneta Pastuszka Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza Joanna Skowroń	36.118
K-4 500 m	Katalin Kovács Szilvia Szabó Erzsébet Viski Kinga Bóta	1:31.632	Template:Flagu Karolina Sadalska Małgorzata Czajczyńska Aneta Białkowska Joanna Skowroń	1:33.573	Template:Flagu Maria Garcia Beatriz Manchón Jana Smidakova Maria Teresa Portela	1:33.742
K-4 1000 m	Eszter Rasztótsky Kinga Dékány Krisztina Fazekas Natasa Janics	3:13.296	Olena Cherevatova Tatyana Semikina Mariya Ralcheva Inna Osipenko	3:16.389	Template:Flagu Paul Harvey Chantal Meek Amanda Rankin Katrin Kieseler	3:16.870

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.
• ICF Executive Committee December 12, 2003 decision on Ulegin's doping case at the championships. – accessed August 20, 2008.
• Official website