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 TimeC-1 200 m C-1 500 m C-1 1000 m C-2 200 m Thomas ZereskeChristian Gille Miklós BuzálAttila Végh Vladislav PolzounovAndrey KabanovC-2 500 m György KolonicsCsaba Horváth Daniel JędraszkoPaweł Baraszkiewicz Thomas ZereskeChristian GilleC-2 1000 m Aleksandr KovalyovAleksandr Kostoglod Gheorghe AndrievFlorin Popescu György ZalaEndre IpacsC-4 200 m Petr ProcházkaTomáš KřivánekPetr FuksaKarel Kožíšek Aleksandr MasseykovAndrey BeliayevAnatoliy ReneiskiyVladimir Marinov Pavel KonovalovKonstantin FomichevVladimir LadoshaAleksandr KostoglodC-4 500 m György KolonicsCsaba HorváthCsaba HüttnerLászló Szuszkó Gheorghe AndrievFlorin PopescuCosmin PașcaIonel Averian Aleksandr KostoglodPavel KonovalovVladislav PolzounovVladimir LadoshaC-4 1000 m Csaba HorváthBéla BeliczaCsaba HüttnerLászló Szuszkó Konstantin FomichevVasiliy MailovAndrey KabanovIgnat Kovalev Martin DoktorPetr NetušilJan MacháčViktor Jiráský
Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 200 m K-1 500 m K-1 1000 m K-2 200 m Vince FehérváriRóbert Hegedűs Sergey VerlinAnatoly Tishchenko Geza MagyarRomică ȘerbanK-2 500 m Michal RiszdorferJuraj Bača Beniamino BonomiLuca Negri Krisztián BártfaiGábor HorvárthK-2 1000 m Antonio RossiLuca Negri Mićo JanićStjepan Janić Attila AdámKrisztián VerébK-4 200 m Gyula KajnerVince FehérváriIstván BeéRóbert Hegedűs Antonio RossiBeniamino BonomiIvano LussignoliLuca Negri Andreas GjersøNils Olav FjeldheimKnut HolmannRobby Roarsen HangliK-4 500 m Torsten GutscheMark ZabelBjörn BachStefan Ulm Botond StorczKrisztián BártfaiZsolt SzádovszkyMárton Bauer Andrey TissinAndrey ShchegolikhinVitaliy GankinRoman ZarubinK-4 1000 m Torsten GutscheMark ZabelBjörn BachStefan Ulm Botond StorczKrisztián BártfaiZsolt SzádovszkyMárton Bauer Anatoly TishchenkoSergey VerlinGeorgiy TsybulnikovAleksandr Ivanik
Women's Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 200 m K-1 500 m K-1 1000 m K-2 200 m Marie-Josée Gibeau-OuimetKaren Furneaux Kinga DékányRita Kőbán Beatriz ManchónIzaskun AramburuK-2 500 m Anna WoodKatrin Borchert Birgit FischerAnett Schuck Kinga DékányRita KőbánK-2 1000 m Anna WoodKatrin Borchert Birgit FischerUte Plessman Anna KarlssonSusanne GunnarssonK-4 200 m Kinga DékányErzsébet ViskiRita KőbánKatalin Kovács Anna KarlssonSusanne GunnarssonIngela ErikssonMaria Haglund Natalya GouilyYelena TissinaLarissa PeisakhovichTatyana TischenkoK-4 500 m Birgit FischerAnett SchuckManuela MuckeMarcela Bednar Kinga DékánySzilvia SzabóAndrea BarocsiKatalin Kovács Beatriz ManchónIzaskun AramburuAna María PenasBelen Sánchez
Medal 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.