ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

The ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships are an international event in canoeing organized by the International Canoe Federation. The World Championships have taken place every year in non-Summer Olympic years since 2002. From 1949 to 1999, they had taken place in odd-numbered years. The 2001 championships were scheduled to take place in Ducktown, Tennessee (East of Chattanooga) from 20 to 23 September, but were canceled in the wake of the September 11 attacks.^[1]

ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
Genre	Canoeing
Frequency	Annual, except for Olympic years
Location(s)	Varies (see Host cities in prose)
Inaugurated	1949
Previous event	2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
Next event	2025 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
Participants	Men and women
Organised by	International Canoe Federation

Men race in single kayaks (K1) and single canoes (C1) both individually and in teams. Women race in K1 both individually and in teams and since the 2010 championships also in C1 individually. A team event was scheduled for those championships, but it was canceled because of weather conditions. The first women's C1 team event took place at the 2011 world championships, but no medals were awarded. The first medals in this event were awarded in 2013.

The men's C2 event was removed from the World Championships before the 2018 edition.^[2] The mixed C2 event was reinstated in 2017 after a 36-year hiatus, but it only lasted until 2019. The kayak cross events for men and women were first introduced in 2017 (as extreme kayak).

Editions

#	Year	Host City	Host Country	Events
Biannual
1	1949	Geneva	Switzerland	8
2	1951	Steyr	Austria	8
3	1953	Meran	Italy	8
4	1955	Tacen	Yugoslavia	9
5	1957	Augsburg	West Germany	10
6	1959	Geneva	Switzerland	9
7	1961	Hainsberg	East Germany	8
8	1963	Spittal an der Drau	Austria	9
9	1965	Spittal an der Drau	Austria	10
10	1967	Lipno	Czechoslovakia	9
11	1969	Bourg St.-Maurice	France	10
12	1971	Meran	Italy	9
13	1973	Muotathal	Switzerland	9
14	1975	Skopje	Yugoslavia	9
15	1977	Spittal an der Drau	Austria	9
16	1979	Jonquière, Quebec	Canada	8
17	1981	Bala	United Kingdom	9
18	1983	Meran	Italy	8
19	1985	Augsburg	West Germany	8
20	1987	Bourg St.-Maurice	France	8
21	1989	Savage River, Pittsburgh	USA	8
22	1991	Tacen	Yugoslavia	8
23	1993	Mezzana	Italy	8
24	1995	Nottingham	United Kingdom	8
25	1997	Três Coroas	Brazil	8
26	1999	La Seu d'Urgell	Spain	8
Annual (Except Olympics Years)
27	2002	Bourg St.-Maurice	France	8
28	2003	Augsburg	Germany	8
29	2005	Penrith, New South Wales	Australia	7
30	2006	Prague	Czech Republic	8
31	2007	Foz do Iguaçu	Brazil	8
32	2009	La Seu d'Urgell	Spain	8
33	2010	Tacen	Slovenia	9
34	2011	Bratislava	Slovakia	9
35	2013	Prague	Czech Republic	10
36	2014	Deep Creek Lake, Pittsburgh	USA	9
37	2015	London	United Kingdom	10
38	2017	Pau	France	12
39	2018	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	11
40	2019	La Seu d'Urgell	Spain	9
	2019	Prague (Extreme)	Czech Republic	2
41	2021	Bratislava	Slovakia	10
42	2022	Augsburg	Germany	10
43	2023	London	United Kingdom	10
44	2025	Penrith, New South Wales	Australia
45	2026	Oklahoma City	USA
46	2027	La Seu d'Urgell	Spain
Total				381

Lists of medalists

• List of ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships medalists in men's canoe
• List of ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships medalists in men's kayak
• List of ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships medalists in mixed canoe
• List of ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships medalists in women's canoe
• List of ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships medalists in women's kayak

Most successful paddlers

Top 10 male and female paddlers with the best medal record including the team events are listed below. Boldface denotes active paddlers and the highest number of medals per type, as of the 2023 championships.

Men

Rank	Athlete	Country	Event(s)	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Michal Martikán	Slovakia	C1, C1 team	1995	2019	15	3	5	23
2	Jon Lugbill	United States	C1, C1 team	1979	1991	12	1	0	13
3	Alexander Slafkovský	Slovakia	C1, C1 team	2003	2022	10	5	1	16
4	Richard Fox	Great Britain	K1, K1 team	1979	1993	10	0	1	11
5	Matej Beňuš	Slovakia	C1, C1 team	2009	2022	9	1	2	12
6	David Hearn	United States	C1, C1 team	1979	1995	8	5	0	13
7	Fabien Lefèvre	France,  United States	C1, C2, K1, C2 team, K1 team	2002	2014	7	5	2	14
8	Manfred Merkel	East Germany	C2, Mixed C2, C2 team	1959	1967	7	0	0	7
9	Pavol Hochschorner	Slovakia	C2, C2 team	1999	2014	6	4	4	14
	Peter Hochschorner	Slovakia	C2, C2 team	1999	2014	6	4	4	14

Women

Rank	Athlete	Country	Event(s)	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Jessica Fox	Australia	C1, K1, Kayak cross, C1 team, K1 team	2010	2023	14	5	3	22
2	Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi	France	K1, K1 team	1983	1995	8	2	0	10
3	Mallory Franklin	Great Britain	C1, K1, C1 team, K1 team	2013	2023	7	5	4	16
4	Štěpánka Hilgertová	Czechoslovakia,  Czech Republic	K1, K1 team	1989	2015	7	5	2	14
5	Kimberley Woods	Great Britain	C1, K1, Kayak cross, C1 team, K1 team	2015	2023	6	3	4	13
6	Ludmila Polesná	Czechoslovakia	K1, K1 team	1961	1975	4	5	2	11
7	Jasmin Schornberg	Germany	K1, K1 team	2006	2022	4	3	4	11
8	Ricarda Funk	Germany	K1, K1 team	2015	2022	4	2	2	8
9	Ursula Gläser	East Germany	K1, K1 team	1959	1965	4	1	0	5
10	Tereza Fišerová	Czech Republic	C1, Mixed C2, C1 team	2015	2023	3	4	3	10

Most successful paddlers in individual events

Top 10 male and female paddlers with the best medal record excluding the team events are listed below. Boldface denotes active paddlers and the highest number of medals per type. As of the 2023 championships.

Men

Rank	Athlete	Country	Event(s)	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Jon Lugbill	United States	C1	1979	1989	5	1	0	6
2	Pavol Hochschorner	Slovakia	C2	2002	2011	5	0	2	7
	Peter Hochschorner	Slovakia	C2	2002	2011	5	0	2	7
4	Richard Fox	Great Britain	K1	1979	1993	5	0	1	6
5	Michal Martikán	Slovakia	C1	1995	2017	4	3	4	11
6	Manfred Merkel	East Germany	C2, Mixed C2	1959	1965	4	0	0	4
	Joseph Clarke	Great Britain	K1, Kayak cross	2021	2023	4	0	0	4
8	Fabien Lefèvre	France,  United States	C1, C2, K1	2002	2014	3	3	1	7
9	Tony Estanguet	France	C1	2003	2010	3	3	0	6
10	Manfred Schubert	East Germany	C1	1957	1965	3	1	1	5

Women

Rank	Athlete	Country	Event(s)	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Jessica Fox	Australia	C1, K1, Kayak cross	2010	2023	10	4	2	16
2	Ludmila Polesná	Czechoslovakia	K1	1961	1971	4	1	0	5
3	Mallory Franklin	Great Britain	C1, K1	2013	2023	2	5	1	8
4	Jana Dukátová	Slovakia	C1, K1	2006	2017	2	3	0	5
5	Ricarda Funk	Germany	K1	2015	2022	2	1	2	5
6	Štěpánka Hilgertová	Czech Republic	K1	1997	2007	2	1	1	4
7	Elizabeth Sharman	Great Britain	K1	1979	1987	2	1	0	3
	Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi	France	K1	1987	1993	2	1	0	3
9	Angelika Bahmann	East Germany	K1	1971	1977	2	0	1	3
10	Marietta Gillman	United States	Mixed C2	1975	1977	2	0	0	2
	Corinna Kuhnle	Austria	K1	2010	2011	2	0	0	2
	Andrea Herzog	Germany	C1	2019	2022	2	0	0	2

Medals (1949-2023)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	61	61	39	161
2	East Germany	49	42	30	121
3	China	35	42	47	124
4	Germany	35	31	32	98
5	Czech Republic	35	28	24	87
6	Great Britain	35	24	37	96
7	Czechoslovakia	33	45	41	119
8	West Germany	25	26	26	77
9	United States	25	23	20	68
10	Slovakia	25	23	19	67
11	Austria	15	12	14	41
12	Australia	15	7	5	27
13	Slovenia	8	7	16	31
14	Switzerland	7	9	19	35
15	Poland	5	13	15	33
16	Italy	4	7	8	19
17	Yugoslavia	2	5	7	14
18	Spain	1	7	8	16
19	Brazil	1	1	2	4
20	Canada	1	1	0	2
21	Russia	0	2	4	6
22	Netherlands	0	2	1	3
23	New Zealand	0	1	2	3
24	Croatia	0	1	0	1
25	Andorra	0	0	1	1
	Argentina	0	0	1	1
	Morocco	0	0	1	1
	Russian Canoe Federation	0	0	1	1
Totals (28 entries)		417	420	420	1,257

• Russian athletes competed under the flag of the Russian Canoe Federation at the 2021 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.
• 3 bronze not awarded in 1949 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.
• 1 bronze not awarded in 1951 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.
• 1 bronze not awarded in 1957 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.
• 1 silver and 1 bronze not awarded in 1959 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.
• 1 bronze not awarded in 1963 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.
• 1 bronze not awarded in 1969 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.
• 1 share gold in 2006 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.

See also

• Canoe slalom
• ICF Masters Canoe Slalom World Championships
• Canoe Slalom World Cup
• ICF World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships
• ICF Canoe Slalom World Rankings
• ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
• ICF Canoe Marathon World Championship
• Canoeing at the Summer Olympics