The 2018 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were the 39th edition of the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. The event took place from 25 to 30 September 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil under the auspices of International Canoe Federation (ICF). The competitions were held at the Deodoro Olympic Whitewater Stadium which had also hosted the canoe slalom events of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Brazil hosted the event for the third time after the 1997 championships in Três Coroas and the 2007 championships in Foz do Iguaçu.
It was the first World Championships not to feature the discontinued men's C2 event.
Russia and Argentina won their first medals at the Canoe Slalom World Championships. Host nation Brazil won their first gold medal.
Schedule 11 medal events were held.
All times listed are UTC-3.
Date Starting Time Events 25 September 11:15 K1W, C1M, C1W, K1M teams 26 September 10:15 C1M, K1W heats – 1st run 13:30 C1M, K1W heats – 2nd run 27 September 09:00 C1W, K1M heats – 1st run 12:45 C1W, K1M heats – 2nd run 15:45 Extreme K1W, Extreme K1M time trials 28 September 09:00 C2Mx semifinal 10:15 C2Mx final 14:48 C1M, K1W semifinals 29 September 09:03 C1M, K1W finals 14:03 C1W, K1M semifinals 30 September 10:03 C1W, K1M finals 15:33 Extreme K1M, Extreme K1W 1/4 finals, 1/2 finals and finals
Medal summary Medal table
Men Canoe C1 97.06 97.94 98.87C1 team Alexander SlafkovskýMichal MartikánMatej Beňuš 99.67 Benjamin SavšekLuka BožičAnže Berčič 99.95 David FlorenceRyan WestleyAdam Burgess 100.07
Kayak K1 89.69 90.65 92.17K1 team Joe ClarkeBradley Forbes-CryansChristopher Bowers 92.45 Dariusz PopielaMateusz PolaczykMichał Pasiut 93.88 Ondřej TunkaVít PřindišJiří Prskavec 94.84Extreme K1
Women Canoe C1 109.07 113.85 116.74C1 team Mallory FranklinKimberley WoodsBethan Forrow 115.78 Tereza FišerováKateřina HavlíčkováGabriela Satková 117.34 Lucie PriouxLucie BauduClaire Jacquet 121.27
Kayak K1 102.06 104.34 105.32K1 team Lucie BauduMarie-Zélia LafontCamille Prigent 108.37 Ricarda FunkJasmin SchornbergLisa Fritsche 109.12 Mallory FranklinFiona PennieKimberley Woods 109.36Extreme K1
Mixed Canoe There were no heats for the Mixed C2 event. Only semifinal and final runs. The gate setup was the same as for the heats of the other individual events, but different from the setup used for the semifinals and finals of those events.
C2 Marcin PochwałaAleksandra Stach 106.48 Yves PrigentMargaux Henry 106.84 Veronika VojtováJan Mašek 110.25
References
External links International Canoe Federation