The 2026 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships took place from July 20 to 25, 2026 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States under the auspices of International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 45th edition and the events were held at RIVERSPORT OKC, the site of the 2028 Summer Olympics. Oklahoma City was hosting the championships for the first time.
It was also the first of nine stages in the qualification for the 2028 Summer Olympics.
256 athletes from 50 countries participated at the event.
Schedule Twelve medal events were contested.
All times listed are UTC−5.
Date Time EventsJuly 20 09:34 Men's kayak cross individual 11:06 Women's kayak cross individualJuly 21 09:06 K1W heats 10:44 K1M heats 14:36 K1W teams 15:13 K1M teamsJuly 22 10:06 C1M heats 11:56 C1W heats 14:36 C1M teams 15:21 C1W teamsJuly 23 10:06 K1W semifinals 11:11 K1M semifinals 14:06 K1W final 14:45 K1M finalJuly 24 10:06 C1M semifinals 11:11 C1W semifinals 14:06 C1M final 14:45 C1W final
Date Time EventsJuly 25 10:04 Women's kayak cross round 1 10:40 Men's kayak cross round 1 11:21 Women's kayak cross repechage 11:41 Men's kayak cross repechage 13:34 Women's kayak cross heats 14:04 Men's kayak cross heats 15:05 Women's kayak cross quarterfinals 15:23 Men's kayak cross quarterfinals 15:44 Women's kayak cross semifinals 15:53 Men's kayak cross semifinals 16:08 Women's kayak cross small final 16:13 Men's kayak cross small final 16:20 Women's kayak cross final 16:27 Men's kayak cross final
Medal summary Medal table
Men Canoe C1 88.28 89.77 89.89C1 teamRyan WestleyAdam BurgessPeter Linksted 93.18Nicolas GestinYohann SenechaultJules Bernardet 93.54Lennard TuchschererTimo TrummerSideris Tasiadis 95.60
Kayak K1 83.65 84.34 85.27K1 teamŽiga Lin HočevarLan TomincPeter Kauzer 89.60Martin DougoudJan RohrerGelindo Chiarello 89.71Felix OschmautzMario LeitnerMax Steinbrenner 90.78Kayak crossKayak cross individual 46.54 46.70 46.98
Women Canoe C1 100.52 103.04 103.21C1 teamZuzana PaňkováSoňa StanovskáEmanuela Luknárová 105.16Tereza KneblováMartina SatkováAdriana Morenová 105.39Angèle HugDoriane DelassusMarjorie Delassus 105.81
Kayak K1 92.06 93.37 94.91K1 teamKate EckhardtJessica FoxNoemie Fox 97.87Emma VuittonCamille PrigentMarjorie Delassus 98.51Eliška MintálováSoňa StanovskáZuzana Paňková 100.72Kayak crossKayak cross individual 51.05 51.08 51.17
References
External links Official website International Canoe Federation