The 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships was held in Duisburg, Germany, from 17 to 19 May 2016. This event, which is usually part of the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, was held separately as the latter is not held in Olympic years. It shared the venue with, and was held concurrently with the 2016 European Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifier tournament.
Explanation of events Paracanoe competitions are contested in either a va'a (V), an outrigger canoe (which includes a second pontoon) with a single-blade paddle, or in a kayak (K), a closed canoe with a double-bladed paddle. All international competitions are held over 200 metres in single-man boats, with three event classes in both types of vessel for men and women depending on the level of an athlete's impairment. The lower the classification number, the more severe the impairment is - for example, VL1 is a va'a competition for those with particularly severe impairments.
Paralympic qualification In kayak events only, the top four nations that had not previously earned Paralympic qualification in the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships claimed quota slots for the regatta at Rio 2016.
Medal summary Medal table
Medal events Non-Paralympic classes Men's KL1Men's K–1 200 m KL1 results Yu Xiaowei 50.596 Jakub Tokarz 50.855 Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva 52.233 Men's KL2Men's K–1 200 m KL2 results Curtis McGrath 42.043 Markus Swoboda 43.068 Nick Beighton 44.572 Men's KL3Men's K–1 200 m KL3 results Tom Kierey 40.430 Serhii Yemelianov 40.474 Leonid Krylov 40.636 Men's VL1Men's V–1 200 m VL1 results Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva 56.539 Róbert Suba 58.718 Jakub Tokarz 01:01.814 Men's VL2Men's V–1 200 m VL2 results Curtis McGrath 51.267 Javier Reja Muñoz 53.909 Giuseppe de Lelio 56.226 Men's VL3Men's V–1 200 m VL3 results Pier Alberto Buccoliero 51.473 Aleksei Egorov 52.086 Martin Tweedie 52.383 Women's KL1Women's K–1 200 m KL1 results Edina Müller 56.846 Jeanette Chippington 57.037 Alexandra Dupik 58.209 Women's KL2Women's K–1 200 m KL2 results Emma Wiggs 53.691 Nicola Paterson 56.533 Susan Seipel 57.032 Women's KL3Women's K–1 200 m KL3 results Anne Dickins 51.246 Amanda Reynolds 51.686 Mihaela Lulea 52.525 Women's VL1Women's V–1 200 m VL1 results Ann Yoshida 1:18.730 Akiko Nakajima 1:20.718 Monika Seryu 1:26.215 Women's VL2Women's V–1 200 m VL2 results Susan Seipel 1:02.960 Debora Benevides 1:03.519 Nadezda Andreeva 1:05.909 Women's VL3Women's V–1 200 m VL3 results Aline Souza Lopes 1:01.279 Larisa Volik 1:01.544 Anja Pierce 1:03.258
References
External links Official results site Results book International Canoe Federation