The 1990 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Poznań, Poland, on Lake Malta.
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 23rd championships in the canoe sprint.
Medal summary Men's Canoe Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeC-1 500 m C-1 1000 m C-1 10000 m C-2 500 m Viktor ReneiskyNicolae Juravschi Ulrich PapkeIngo Spelly Attila PálizsGyörgy ZalaC-2 1000 m Ulrich PapkeIngo Spelly Gheorghe AndrievVasile Lehaci Aleksandr GramovichYuriy GurinC-2 10000 m Arne NielssonChristian Frederiksen Gheorghe AndrievVasile Lehaci Andrey BalabanovViktor DobrotvorskiyC-4 500 m Viktor ReneiskyNicolae JuravschiYuriy GurinValeriy Veshko Zsolt BohácsErvin HoffmannGusztáv LeikepAttila Szabó Nikolay BukhalovTraicho DraganovPaisiy LubenovDejan SlavovC-4 1000 m Yuriy GurinNicolae JuravschiViktor ReneiskyValeriy Veshko Gáspár BoldizsárErvin HoffmannGusztáv LeikepAttila Szabó Nikolay BukhalovTraicho DraganovPaisiy LubenovDejan Slavov
Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m K-1 1000 m K-1 10000 m K-2 500 m Sergey KalesnikAnatoly Tishchenko Mike HerbertTerry Kent Kay BluhmTorsten GuitscheK-2 1000 m Kay BluhmTorsten Guitsche Vladimir BobrezhovArtūras Vieta Gábor SzabóBéla PetrovicsK-2 10000 m Grayson BourneIvan Lawler Ian FergusonPaul MacDonald Boris DanilovVladimir MozeikoK-4 500 m Oleg GorobiySergey KirsanovAleksandr MatushenkoViktor Pusev Matthias HoppeUwe MünchAndreas StähleAndré Wohllebe Attila ÁbrahámFerenc CspiesGyula KajnerBéla PetrovicsK-4 1000 m Attila ÁbrahámFerenc CspiesLászló FidelZsolt Gyulay Sergey KalesnikSergey KrisanovAleksandr MatushenkoAnatoly Tishchenko Kay BluhmTorsten GuitscheTostern KrentzAndré WohllebeK-4 10000 m Dmitry BankovskyVladimir BobreshovAleksandr MyzginArtūras Vieta Andrzej GajewskiAndrzej GryczkoGrzegorz KaletaMariusz Rutkowski Gunar OlssonHans OlssonPeter OrbanmKalle Sundqvist
Women's Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m K-1 5000 m K-2 500 m Ramona PortwichAnke von Seck Éva DónuszErika Mészáros Katrin BorchertMonika BunkeK-2 5000 m Ramona PortwichAnke von Seck Éva DónuszErika Mészáros Katarin KoniovskalaNelly KorbukovaK-4 500 m Silke BullRamona PortwichHeike RabenowAnke von Seck Éva DónuszHenriette HuberRita KőbánErika Mészáros Marcella BednarKatrin BorchertMonika BunkeCatrin Fischer
Medals table
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.