The 1991 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Paris, France from 21 to 25 August 1991.Paris 1991 Vaires sur Marne
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 TimeC-1 500 m C-1 1000 m C-1 10000 m C-2 500 m Attila PálizsAttila Szabó Viktor ReneiskyNicolae Juravschi Olivier BoivinDidier HoyerC-2 1000 m Ulrich PapkeIngo Spelly Olivier BoivinDidier Hoyer Viktor ReneiskyNicolae JuravschiC-2 10000 m István GyulayPál Pétervári Gheorghe AndrievRomice Haralambie Andrew TrainStephen TrainC-4 500 m Viktor ReneiskyNicolae JuravschiYuriy GurinValeriy Veshko Benoît BernardJöel BettinPhilippe RenaudPascal Sylvoz Axel BerndtAndreas DittmerSven MontagThomas ZereskeC-4 1000 m Viktor ReneiskyNicolae JuravschiYuriy GurinValeriy Veshko Olaf HeukrodtSven MontagUlrich PapkeIngo Spelly 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 Juan José RománJuan Manuel Sánchez Kay BluhmTorsten Guitsche Ferenc CsipesZsolt GyulayK-2 1000 m Kay BluhmTorsten Guitsche Juan José RománJuan Manuel Sánchez Ákos AngyalBéla PetrovicsK-2 10000 m Philippe BoccaraPascal Boucherit Kay BluhmTorsten Guitsche Róbert ErbanJuraj KadnárK-4 500 m Detlef HofmannOliver KegelThomas ReineckAndré Wohllebe Attila ÁbrahámFerenc CspiesGyula KajnerBéla Petrovics Sergey GalkovOleg GorobiySergey KirsanovAndrey PlitkinK-4 1000 m Attila ÁbrahámAttila AdámAttila AdroviczLászló Fidel Detlef HofmannOliver KegelThomas ReineckAndré Wohllebe Karol BeckerRichard BotioKarel HrudikMichael MatusK-4 10000 m Detlef HofmannOliver KegelThomas ReineckAndré Wohllebe Ramon AnderssonClint RobinsonIan RowlingSteven Wood Jonas FagerPablo GrateHans OlssonPeter Orban
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 Agneta AnderssonAnna OlssonK-2 5000 m Ramona PortwichAnett Schuck Maria HaglundSusanne Rosenquist Bernadette BregeonSabine GotschyK-4 500 m Katrin BorchertMonika BunkeRamona PortwichAnke von Seck Éva DónuszKatalin GyulayRita KőbánErika Mészáros Liu QinglanNing MenghuaWang JingWen Yanfang
Medals table
References
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.