2018 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

The 2018 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were the 39th edition of the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. The event took place from 25 to 30 September 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil under the auspices of International Canoe Federation (ICF).^[1] The competitions were held at the Deodoro Olympic Whitewater Stadium which had also hosted the canoe slalom events of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

2018 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
Venue	Deodoro Olympic Whitewater Stadium
Location	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dates	25–30 September
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Brazil hosted the event for the third time after the 1997 championships in Três Coroas and the 2007 championships in Foz do Iguaçu.

It was the first World Championships not to feature the discontinued men's C2 event.

Russia and Argentina won their first medals at the Canoe Slalom World Championships. Host nation Brazil won their first gold medal.

Schedule

11 medal events were held.^[2]

All times listed are UTC-3.

Date	Starting Time	Events
25 September	11:15	K1W, C1M, C1W, K1M teams
26 September	10:15	C1M, K1W heats – 1st run
	13:30	C1M, K1W heats – 2nd run
27 September	09:00	C1W, K1M heats – 1st run
	12:45	C1W, K1M heats – 2nd run
	15:45	Extreme K1W, Extreme K1M time trials
28 September	09:00	C2Mx semifinal
	10:15	C2Mx final
	14:48	C1M, K1W semifinals
29 September	09:03	C1M, K1W finals
	14:03	C1W, K1M semifinals
30 September	10:03	C1W, K1M finals
	15:33	Extreme K1M, Extreme K1W 1/4 finals, 1/2 finals and finals

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Brazil)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	2	3	2	7
2	Germany (GER)	2	1	2	5
3	Australia (AUS)	2	0	0	2
4	France (FRA)	1	2	1	4
5	Poland (POL)	1	1	0	2
6	Brazil (BRA)*	1	0	0	1
	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	1	0	0	1
9	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	2	3	5
10	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	1	0	1
12	Russia (RUS)	0	0	2	2
13	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		11	11	11	33

Men

Canoe

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
C1[3]	Franz Anton  Germany	97.06	Ryan Westley  Great Britain	97.94	Sideris Tasiadis  Germany	98.87
C1 team[4]	Slovakia Alexander Slafkovský Michal Martikán Matej Beňuš	99.67	Slovenia Benjamin Savšek Luka Božič Anže Berčič	99.95	Great Britain David Florence Ryan Westley Adam Burgess	100.07

Kayak

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
K1[5]	Hannes Aigner  Germany	89.69	Jiří Prskavec  Czech Republic	90.65	Pavel Eigel  Russia	92.17
K1 team[6]	Great Britain Joe Clarke Bradley Forbes-Cryans Christopher Bowers	92.45	Poland Dariusz Popiela Mateusz Polaczyk Michał Pasiut	93.88	Czech Republic Ondřej Tunka Vít Přindiš Jiří Prskavec	94.84
Extreme K1[7]	Christian De Dionigi  Italy		Boris Neveu  France		Thomas Bersinger  Argentina

Women

Canoe

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
C1[8]	Jessica Fox  Australia	109.07	Mallory Franklin  Great Britain	113.85	Tereza Fišerová  Czech Republic	116.74
C1 team[9]	Great Britain Mallory Franklin Kimberley Woods Bethan Forrow	115.78	Czech Republic Tereza Fišerová Kateřina Havlíčková Gabriela Satková	117.34	France Lucie Prioux Lucie Baudu Claire Jacquet	121.27

Kayak

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
K1[10]	Jessica Fox  Australia	102.06	Mallory Franklin  Great Britain	104.34	Ricarda Funk  Germany	105.32
K1 team[11]	France Lucie Baudu Marie-Zélia Lafont Camille Prigent	108.37	Germany Ricarda Funk Jasmin Schornberg Lisa Fritsche	109.12	Great Britain Mallory Franklin Fiona Pennie Kimberley Woods	109.36
Extreme K1[12]	Ana Sátila  Brazil		Martina Wegman  Netherlands		Polina Mukhgaleeva  Russia

Mixed

Canoe

There were no heats for the Mixed C2 event. Only semifinal and final runs. The gate setup was the same as for the heats of the other individual events, but different from the setup used for the semifinals and finals of those events.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
C2[13]	Poland Marcin Pochwała Aleksandra Stach	106.48	France Yves Prigent Margaux Henry	106.84	Czech Republic Veronika Vojtová Jan Mašek	110.25