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 EventGold TimeSilver TimeBronze TimeC-1 200 m C-1 500 m C-1 1000 m C-2 200 m Thomas ZereskeChristian Gille Pavel KonovalovVladimir Ladosha Petr FuksaPavel BednářC-2 500 m György KolonicsCsaba Horváth Daniel JędraszkoPaweł Baraszkiewicz Thomas ZereskeChristian GilleC-2 1000 m Gunar KirchbachMatthias Röder György KolonicsCsaba Horváth Andrew TrainStephen TrainC-4 200 m Aleksandr MasseykovAndrey BeliayevAnatoliy ReneiskiyVladimir Marinov György KolonicsCsaba HorváthErvin HoffmannBéla Belicza Petr ProcházkaTomáš KřivánekPetr FuksaPavel BednářC-4 500 m György KolonicsCsaba HorváthCsaba HüttnerLászló Szuszkó Marcel GlăvanCosmin PașcaAntonel BorșanFlorin Popescu Sergey ChemerovAndrey KabanovVladislav PolzounovAleksandr KostoglodC-4 1000 m Marcel GlăvanCosmin PașcaAntonel BorșanFlorin Popescu Konstantin FormichevMaksim OpalevVladislav PolzounovAleksandr Kostoglod Daniel JędraszkoPiotr MidlochPaweł MidlochPaweł Baraszkiewicz
Kayak EventGold TimeSilver TimeBronze TimeK-1 200 m K-1 500 m K-1 1000 m K-2 200 m Vince FehérváriRóbert Hegedűs Beniamino BonomiPaolo Tommasini Henrik AnderssonHenrik NilssonK-2 500 m Andrew TrimDaniel Collins Beniamino BonomiLuca Negri Krisztián BártfaiGábor HorvárthK-2 1000 m Antonio RossiLuca Negri Jesper StaalThomas Holm Jakobsen Grzegorz KotowiczDariusz BiałkowskiK-4 200 m Anatoly TishchenkoOleg GorobiySergey VerlinAleksandr Ivanik Vince FehérváriKrisztián BártfaiGábor HorvárthRóbert Hegedűs Torsten GutscheMark ZabelJan GüntherBjörn BachK-4 500 m Zoltán KammererBotond StorczÁkos VereckeiRóbert Hegedűs Torsten GutscheMark ZabelJan GüntherBjörn Bach Henrik AnderssonNils-Erik JonssonAnders SvenssonHenrik NilssonK-4 1000 m Torsten GustcheMark ZabelBjörn BachStefan Ulm Botond StorczZoltán AntalGábor SzabóMárton Bauer Ross ChafferBrian MartonPeter ScottAdam Dean
Women's Kayak EventGold TimeSilver TimeBronze TimeK-1 200 m K-1 500 m K-1 1000 m K-2 200 m Birgit FischerAnett Schuck Isabella DylewskaElżbieta Urbańczyk Natalya GouillyYelena TissinaK-2 500 m Birgit FischerAnett Schuck Anna WoodKatrin Borchert Beatriz ManchónIzaskun AramburuK-2 1000 m Birgit FischerMarcela Bednar Anna WoodKatrin Borchert Isabella DylewskaElżbieta UrbańczykK-4 200 m Birgit FischerAnett SchuckManuela MuckeKatrin Wagner Karen FumeauxCorrina KennedyDanica RiceMarie-Josée Gibeau Anna KarlssonIngela ErikssonMaria HaglundSusanne RosenqvistK-4 500 m Birgit FischerAnett SchuckKatrin KieselerKatrin Wagner Kinga DékánySzilvia SzabóAndrea BarocsiKatalin Kovács Beatriz ManchónBelen SánchezAna María PenasIzaskun Aramburu
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.