The 2005 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Zagreb, Croatia, in August 2005.
Men race as individuals, pairs and quads over 200m, 500m and 1000m in both Canoe (Canadian) (C) and Kayak (K) events, giving a total of 18 gold medals. Women compete for only 9 gold medals as they race in kayak events only.
This was the 34th championships in canoe sprint.
Highlights The undoubted stars of the Zagreb event were Natasa Janics and Katalin Kovács of Hungary who completed an unprecedented clean sweep of all three women's K-2 events.
In the men's events, the C-4 200 m final saw Maxim Opalev of Russia win the twelfth world championship gold of his career, thus equalling György Kolonics's record. Andreas Dittmer of Germany retained both the world titles he had won in Gainesville (C-1 500 m and 1000m). Ronald Rauhe and Tim Wieskötter of Germany won their fourth consecutive K-2 500 m title, whilst compatriots Christian Gille and Tomasz Wylenzek followed up their C-2 1000 m 2004 Athens Olympic success with two golds (C-2 500 m and 1000 m).
The championships also marked a change of generation as many stars had retired after the Olympics, especially in the women's events. Two-thirds of the winners at Zagreb were first-time gold medallists. Birgit Fischer won her last two of her record 38 medals, including a bronze in the K-2 200 m event with her niece, Fanny.
Germany topped the medal table, winning 10 of the 27 gold medals, followed by Hungary with six golds, then Spain and Russia with two golds each.
Medal summary Men's Non-Olympic classes
Canoe C-1 200 m 39.264 39.588 39.984C-1 500 m 1:48.409 1:49.065 1:49.609C1 1000 m 3:57.119 3:58.421 4:00.617C-2 200 m Evgeny IgnatovNikolay Lipkin 36.978 Christian GilleTomasz Wylenzek 37.002 Serguey TorresKarel Aguilar 37.242C-2 500 m Christian GilleTomasz Wylenzek 1:39.851 György KozmannGyörgy Kolonics 1:40.175 Serguey TorresKarel Aguilar 1:40.271C-2 1000 m Christian GilleTomasz Wylenzek 3:37.048 Serguey TorresKarel Aguilar 3:38.080 György KozmannGyörgy Kolonics 3:39.130C-4 200 m Aleksandr KovalyovAlexander KostoglodRoman KruglyakovMaxim Opalev 33.867 Petr ProcházkaPetr FuksaPetr NetušilJan Břečka 34.017 Aliaksandr KurliandchykAliaksandr ZhukouskiSemen SaponenkoAliaksandr Bahdanovich 30.565C-4 500 m Loredan PopaSilviu SimioncencuFlorin PopescuIosif Chirilă 1:30.602 Dzmitry RabchankaDzmitry VaitsishkinKonstantin ShcharbakAleksandr Vauchetskiy 1:31.298 Andrzej JezierskiMichał ŚliwińskiMichał GajownikAdam Ginter 1:31.916C-4 1000 m Wojciech TyszyńskiMichał ŚliwińskiAndrzej JezierskiMichał Gajownik 3:17.407 Constantin PopaLoredan PopaFlorin MironcicPetre Condrat 3:17.863 Robert NuckStefan HoltzThomas LuckStephan Breuing 3:20.479
Kayak K-1 200 m 35.289 35.697 35.733K-1 500 m 1:36.980 1:37.076 1:37.082K-1 1000 m 3:29.165 3:29.841 3:30.069K-2 200 m Dragan ZorićOgnjen Filipović 32.253 Alvydas DuonėlaEgidijus Balčiūnas 32.277 Marek TwardowskiAdam Wysocki 32.499K-2 500 m Ronald RauheTim Wieskötter 1:27.583 Marek TwardowskiAdam Wysocki 1:29.005 Alvydas DuonėlaEgidijus Balčiūnas 1:29.347K-2 1000 m Roland KökényGábor Kucsera 3:18.692 Andreas IhleMarco Herszel 3:18.722 Mattis NæssJacob Norenberg 3:18.836K-4 200 m Viktor KadlerIstván BeéBalázs BabellaGergely Gyertyános 30.211 Norman BröcklBjörn BachBjörn GoldschmidtJonas Ems 30.301 Raman PiatrushenkaAleksey AbalmasovDziamyan TurchynVadzim Makhneu 30.565K-4 500 m Raman PiatrushenkaAleksey AbalmasovDziamyan TurchynVadzim Makhneu 1:20.898 Michal RiszdorferJuraj TarrAndrej WiebauerRóbert Erban 1:20.994 Franco BenediniJaka JazbecLuca PiemonteAntonio Scaduto 1:22.634K-4 1000 m Lutz AltepostNorman BröcklBjörn BachArnd Goldschmidt 2:56.282 Michal RiszdorferRichard RiszdorferErik VlčekRóbert Erban 2:56.558 Paweł BaumannMarek TwardowskiAdam WysockiPrzemysław Gawrych 2:57.848
Women's Non-Olympic classes
Kayak K-1 200 m 40.756 41.380 41.542K-1 500 m 1:50.407 1:51.379 1:51.565K-1 1000 m 4:00.494 4:01.406 4:03.200K-2 200 m Katalin KovácsNataša Janić 37.101 Maria Teresa PortelaJana Smidakova 38.013 Birgit FischerFanny Fischer 38.127K-2 500 m Katalin KovácsNataša Janić 1:39.704 Petra SchlitzerViktoria Schwarz 1:42.458 Anne-Laure ViardMarie Delattre 1:43.118K-2 1000 m Katalin KovácsNataša Janić 3:40.861 Maike NollenNadine Opgen-Rhein 3:42.931 Aneta BiałkowskaJoanna Skowroń 3:43.003K-4 200 m Carolin LeonhardtNicole ReinhardtJudith HörmannKatrin Wagner-Augustin 35.151 Iwona PyzalskaMałgorzata CzajczyńskaJoanna SkowrońBeata Sokołowska-Kulesza 36.111 Isabel GarcíaAna VarelaJana SmidakovaMaria Teresa Portela 36.189K-4 500 m Carolin LeonhardtConny WaßmuthJudith HörmannKatrin Wagner-Augustin 1:31.686 Aneta BiałkowskaAneta KoniecznaJoanna SkowrońIwona Pyzalska 1:32.442 Tímea PaksyDalma BenedekSzilvia SzabóKinga Bóta 1:32.952K-4 1000 m Tímea PaksySzilvia SzabóErzsébet ViskiKinga Bóta 3:20.701 Florica VulpeşMariana CiobanuLidia TalpăAlina Platon 3:21.889 Birgit FischerMaren KnebelJudith HörmannCarolin Leonhardt 3:21.901
Medal table
References Official website Results of Canoe Sprint World Championships International Canoe Federation 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. Results