The 2026 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held from 26 to 30 August 2026 on Lake Malta, in Poznań, Poland. The event included both a fully integrated para canoe schedule of Paralympic Games events in both KL (Kayak) and VL (Va'a/outrigger) classifications, and a series of Special Olympics class (SO) races for canoeists with intellectual impairment.

Medal summary Medal table

AIN-A & AIN-B refers to Individual neutral athletes A and Individual neutral athletes B, the designations allowing for athletes from Russia (AIN-A) and Belarus (AIN-B) to compete.

Men Canoe C–1 200 m 40.95 41.05Andrei Zholabau AIN-B 41.15C–1 500 m 1:46.08 1:46.32 1:47.10C–1 1000 m 4:07.44None awarded Zakhar Petrov AIN-A 4:07.46C–1 5000 m 27:16.73 27:47.15 28:18.58C–2 500 m AIN-AZakhar PetrovIvan Shtyl 1:39.23Gabriel AssunçãoJacky Godmann 1:39.81Kristóf KollárIstván Juhász 1:40.03C–4 500 mKristóf KollárIstván JuhászJonatán HajduDániel Fejes 1:29.44 AIN-AAlexey KorovashkovAleksandr BotsDmitrii SharovMatvei Arsenov 1:30.69Cayetano GarcíaPablo MartínezManuel FontánDiego Domínguez 1:30.97

Kayak K–1 200 m 34.15 34.72 34.98K–1 500 m 1:37.66 1:38.07 1:38.95K–1 1000 m 3:24.39 3:24.61 3:25.80K–1 5000 m 24:15.72 24:17.17 24:18.17K–2 500 mJacob SchopfMax Lemke 1:27.57João RibeiroMessias Baptista 1:29.29Jakub ŠpicarDaniel Havel 1:29.94K–4 500 mMax RendschmidtMax LemkeJacob SchopfTom Liebscher 1:23.95Jean van der WesthuyzenPierre van der WesthuyzenRiley FitzsimmonsNoah Havard 1:24.57Gustavo GonçalvesJoão RibeiroMessias BaptistaPedro Casinha 1:25.53

Women Canoe C–1 200 m 44.40 44.90 45.04C–1 500 m 2:00.78 2:02.80Alena Nazdrova AIN-B 2:04.80C–1 5000 m 31:15.19 31:45.85Maryia Papichych AIN-B 31:47.48C–2 200 m AIN-BYuliya TrushkinaInna Nedelkina 42.26Shokhsanam SherzodovaNilufar Zokirova 42.52Shuai ChangwenLin Wenjun 42.65C–2 500 mCarlotta LoskeMaike Jakob 2:01.65Liudmyla LuzanAnastasiia Rybachok 2:02.28 AIN-BAnhelina BardanouskayaInna Nedelkina 2:02.67C–4 500 mJiang XinaTeng AnshuoSun MengyaMa Yanan 1:45.68Ágnes KissBianka NagyRéka OpavszkyZsófia Csorba 1:46.61Zoe WojtykÉlizabeth Desrosiers-McArthurSloan MacKenzieKatie Vincent 1:48.17

Kayak K–1 200 m 39.71 40.31 40.71K–1 500 m 1:47.55 1:48.02 1:48.58K–1 1000 m 4:11.95 4:14.76 4:17.30K–1 5000 m 27:19.42 27:51.18 27:52.07K–2 500 mKailey HarlenNatalia Drobot 1:39.54Yu ShimengYin Mengdie 1:41.19Paulina PaszekPauline Jagsch 1:41.20K–4 500 mYu ShimengYin MengdieWang NanShen Siyu 1:38.67Sara OuzandeLucía ValDaniela GarcíaBárbara Pardo 1:39.91Paulina PaszekFinja HermanussenPauline JagschNele Reinwardt 1:39.93

Paracanoe Medal table

Medal events Men's KL1 46.35 47.25 -B 48.39 Men's KL2 42.76 42.79 43.22 Men's KL3 39.82 39.91 40.68 Men's VL1 1:04.65 -B 1:04.87 -A 1:05.74 Men's VL2 49.71 51.34 51.87 Men's VL3 46.48 WB 46.76 46.95 Women's KL1 52.23 53.92 54.20 Women's KL2 48.32 51.66 51.67 Women's KL3 45.53 45.65 46.48 Women's VL1 -A 1:14.79 1:17.49 1:20.86 Women's VL2 58.76 1:00.82-B 1:02.31 Women's VL3 55.01 57.04 58.76

Special Olympic (SO)

A series of races were also held for Special Olympic canoeists. No separate medal table was kept in relation to these races, and they did not form part of the overall medal table.

Events

Men's II Para KT-1 SO 200mdetails Men's II KT-1 SO 200mdetails Men's II KT-2 U SO 200mdetails Nikita CiudinKevin Tobin Szymon KlonowskiMaciej Antoniuk Justyn SchubertKevin Engel Men's II KT-2 SO 200mdetails -1Rafal KniterKrystian Skiba -2Konrad PajakSzymon Klonowski Jan EichlerMartin Schubert Women's II Para KT-1 SO 200mdetails Women's II KT-2 U SO 200mdetails Toshka BesharahPayton Dicks Phoebe DuffyLeona Johs Katarzyna DeleckaPatrycja Skrobala Women's/Men's II KT-1 SO 200mdetails

References

External links ICF event site