2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships

The 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships was held in Duisburg, Germany, from 17 to 19 May 2016.^[1] 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.^[2]

2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships
Location	Duisburg, Germany
Start date	17 May
End date	19 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. 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	3	1	1	5
2	Great Britain	2	2	2	6
3	Brazil	2	1	1	4
4	Germany	2	0	0	2
5	Italy	1	0	1	2
	United States	1	0	1	2
7	China	1	0	0	1
8	Russia	0	2	3	5
9	Japan	0	1	1	2
	Poland	0	1	1	2
11	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
15	Romania	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		12	12	12	36

Medal events

  Non-Paralympic classes

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's KL1[5] details	Yu Xiaowei  China	50.596	Jakub Tokarz  Poland	50.855	Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva  Brazil	52.233
Men's KL2[6] details	Curtis McGrath  Australia	42.043	Markus Swoboda  Austria	43.068	Nick Beighton  Great Britain	44.572
Men's KL3[7] details	Tom Kierey  Germany	40.430	Serhii Yemelianov  Ukraine	40.474	Leonid Krylov  Russia	40.636
Men's VL1[8] details	Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva  Brazil	56.539	Róbert Suba  Hungary	58.718	Jakub Tokarz  Poland	01:01.814
Men's VL2[9] details	Curtis McGrath  Australia	51.267	Javier Reja Muñoz  Spain	53.909	Giuseppe de Lelio  Italy	56.226
Men's VL3[10] details	Pier Alberto Buccoliero  Italy	51.473	Aleksei Egorov  Russia	52.086	Martin Tweedie  Great Britain	52.383
Women's KL1[11] details	Edina Müller  Germany	56.846	Jeanette Chippington  Great Britain	57.037	Alexandra Dupik  Russia	58.209
Women's KL2[12] details	Emma Wiggs  Great Britain	53.691	Nicola Paterson  Great Britain	56.533	Susan Seipel  Australia	57.032
Women's KL3[13] details	Anne Dickins  Great Britain	51.246	Amanda Reynolds  Australia	51.686	Mihaela Lulea  Romania	52.525
Women's VL1[14] details	Ann Yoshida  United States	1:18.730	Akiko Nakajima  Japan	1:20.718	Monika Seryu  Japan	1:26.215
Women's VL2[15] details	Susan Seipel  Australia	1:02.960	Debora Benevides  Brazil	1:03.519	Nadezda Andreeva  Russia	1:05.909
Women's VL3[16] details	Aline Souza Lopes  Brazil	1:01.279	Larisa Volik  Russia	1:01.544	Anja Pierce  United States	1:03.258