2012 ICF Paracanoe World Championships

The 2012 ICF Paracanoe World Championships were held on 16 and 17 May 2012 in Poznań, Poland as a standalone event since the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are not held in Olympic years.^[1]

2012 ICF Paracanoe World Championships
Location	Poznań, Poland
Start date	16 May
End date	17 May
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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; these being A (use of arms only), TA (use of trunk and arms), and LTA (use of legs, trunk, and arms).^[2]

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Poland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain	6	0	1	7
2	Brazil	1	2	0	3
3	Canada	1	1	3	5
4	Romania	1	0	1	2
5	Austria	1	0	0	1
	Germany	1	0	0	1
7	Poland*	0	3	1	4
8	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	France	0	1	0	1
	French Polynesia	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
	United States	0	1	0	1
13	Australia	0	0	2	2
14	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Russia	0	0	1	1
17	Ukraine	0	0	0	0
Totals (17 entries)		11	11	11	33

Medal events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's K–1 A[3]	Fernando Fernandes de Pádua  Brazil	53.550	Jakub Tokarz  Poland	58.882	Alexey Malyshev  Russia	1:01.250
Men's K–1 TA[4]	Markus Swoboda  Austria	44.614	Tomasz Mozdzerski  Poland	49.938	János Bencze  Hungary	52.934
Men's K–1 LTA[5]	Iulian Șerban  Romania	43.259	Mateusz Surwiło  Poland	44.299	Andrea Testa  Italy	44.695
Men's V–1 A[6]	Daniel Hopwood  Great Britain	1:13.143	Luis Cardoso da Silva  Brazil	1:18.267	Jakub Tokarz  Poland	1:28.731
Men's V–1 TA[7]	Nicholas Heald  Great Britain	59.024	Ronan Bernard  France	1:01.500	Dave Waters  Canada	1:02.432
Men's V–1 LTA[8]	Gerhard Browitzky  Germany	54.749	Patrick Viriamu  French Polynesia	55.469	Patrick Mahoney  Great Britain	59.593
Women's K–1 A[9]	Jeanette Chippington  Great Britain	1:05.684	Marie Bártová  Czech Republic	1:07.112	Kara Kennedy  Australia	1:12.024
Women's K–1 TA[10]	Jeanette Chippington  Great Britain	1:04.693	Maria Dos Santos  Brazil	1:05.489	Christine Selinger  Canada	1:09.921
Women's K–1 LTA[11]	Christine Gauthier  Canada	57.775	Silvia Elvira  Spain	1:01.191	Mihaela Lulea  Romania	1:03.071
Women's V–1 A/TA[12]	Jeanette Chippington  Great Britain	1:08.655	Christine Selinger  Canada	1:15.419	Kara Kennedy  Australia	1:29.711
Women's V–1 LTA[13]	Jeanette Chippington  Great Britain	1:08.028	Anja Pierce  United States	1:10.828	Christine Selinger  Canada	1:14.236