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 C-1 200 m 40.896 40.929 40.962C-1 500 m 1:47.277 1:47.488 1:48.030C-1 1000 m 3:52.482 3:53.406 3:55.299C-2 200 m Paweł BaraszkiewiczDaniel Jędraszko37.972 Petr FuksaPetr Netušil38.012 Sergey KlimniukDmitriy Sabin38.230C-2 500 m Paweł BaraszkiewiczDaniel Jędraszko1:39.194 Silviu SimioncencuFlorin Popescu1:40.824 Ibrahim RojasLedis Balceiro1:41.136C-2 1000 m Silviu SimioncencuFlorin Popescu3:34.932 Aleksandr KovalyovAleksandr Kostoglod3:35.325 György KozmannGyörgy Kolonics3:35.428C-4 200 m Sándor MalomsokiLászló VasaliGyörgy KozmannGyörgy Kolonics34.737 Petr FuksaPetr NetušilJan BřečkaKarel Kožíšek35.105 Silviu SimioncencuMitică PricopFlorin PopescuPetre Condrat35.610C-4 500 m Silviu SimioncencuFlorin PopescuMitică PricopPetre Condrat1:32.022 Adam GinterŁukasz WoszczyńskiMarcin GrzybowskiMichał Śliwiński1:32.185 Csaba HüttnerMárton JoóbImre PulaiFerenc Novák1:33.506C-4 1000 m Csaba HüttnerGábor FurdokImre PulaiFerenc Novák3:22.090 Attila BudayTamas Buday Jr.Maxim BoilardDimitri Joukovski3:22.332 Andrzej JezierskiRoman RynkiewiczAdam GinterWojciech Tyszyński3:22.446
Kayak K-1 200 m 35.798 36.411 36.417K-1 500 m 1:37.541 1:37.961 1:38.077K-1 1000 m 3:28.852 3:29.720 3:29.909K-2 200 m Alvydas DuonėlaEgidijus Balčiūnas32.972 Marek TwardowskiAdam Wysocki33.154 Ronald RauheTim Wieskötter33.385K-2 500 m Ronald RauheTim Wieskötter1:27.974 Roman PiatrushenkoVadzim Makhneu1:28.954 Alvydas DuonėlaEgidijus Balčiūnas1:29.205K-2 1000 m Markus OscarssonHenrik Nilsson3:14.157 Bob MaesenWouter D'Haene3:14.690 Tim HuthMarco Herszel3:15.142K-4 200 m Oleksiy SlivinskiyMykhaylo LuchnikMykola ZaichenkovAndriy Borzukov31.136 Vasile CuruzanMarian BabanAlexandru CeaușuRomică Șerban31.168 Manuel MuñozJaime AcuñaAike GonzálezOier Aizpurua31.260K-4 500 m Richard RiszdorferMichal RiszdorferErik VlčekJuraj Bača1:20.409 Vasile CuruzanMarian BabanAlexandru CeaușuRomică Șerban1:21.353 Aleksandr IvanikAnatoly TishchenkoOleg GorobiyVladimir Gurhsikin1:21.408K-4 1000 m Richard RiszdorferMichal RiszdorferErik VlčekJuraj Bača2:55.291 Zoltán KammererÁkos VereckeiRoland KökényKrisztián Veréb2:56.795 Andreas IhleMark ZabelBjörn BachStefan Ulm2:57.048
Women's Non-Olympic classes
Kayak K-1 200 m 41.344 41.600 42.298K-1 500 m 1:48.996 1:49.778 1:49.785K-1 1000 m 4:00.955 4:02.122 4:03.104K-2 200 m Tímea PaksyMelinda Patyi38.292 Maria Teresa PortelaBeatriz Manchón38.521 Aneta PastuszkaBeata Sokołowska-Kulesza38.528K-2 500 m Szilvia SzabóKinga Bóta1:39.984 Bonka PindzevaDelyana Dacheva1:40.937 Beata Sokołowska-KuleszaJoanna Skowroń1:41.577K-2 1000 m Tímea PaksyDalma Benedek3:41.540 Nadine Opgen-RheinManuela Mucke3:41.636 Caroline BrunetMylanie Barre3:42.752K-4 200 m Natasa JanicsSzilvia SzabóErzsébet ViskiKinga Bóta35.665 Maria Garcia SuarezBeatriz ManchónJana SmidakovaMaria Teresa Portela35.939 Karolina SadalskaAneta PastuszkaBeata Sokołowska-KuleszaJoanna Skowroń36.118K-4 500 m Katalin KovácsSzilvia SzabóErzsébet ViskiKinga Bóta1:31.632 Karolina SadalskaMałgorzata CzajczyńskaAneta BiałkowskaJoanna Skowroń1:33.573 Maria GarciaBeatriz ManchónJana SmidakovaMaria Teresa Portela1:33.742K-4 1000 m Eszter RasztótskyKinga DékányKrisztina FazekasNatasa Janics3:13.296 Olena CherevatovaTatyana SemikinaMariya RalchevaInna Osipenko3:16.389 Paul HarveyChantal MeekAmanda RankinKatrin Kieseler3:16.870
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. ICF Executive Committee December 12, 2003 decision on Ulegin's doping case at the championships. – accessed August 20, 2008. Official website