List of world best times in canoeing

Listed below are the canoe sprint world best times in Sprint canoe and Sprint kayak events. The ICF only acknowledge world best times set in finals of Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cups, Continental Championships and "other canoe sprint events with acceptable high technical level".^[1]

Men

Distance	Event	Record	Canoeist	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
200 m	MK1	33.380	Liam Heath	Great Britain	16 July 2017	European Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	[2]
	MK2	30.500	Nebojša Grujić Marko Novaković	Serbia	10 August 2014	World Championship	Moscow, Russia	[3]
	MC1	37.446	Vadim Korobov	Lithuania	17 July 2016	European U23 Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	[4]
	MC2	35.350	Alexey Korovashkov Ivan Shtyl	Russia	10 August 2014	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	[3]
	MC4	32.753	Robert Vinturis Ionel Averian Marian Ciucu Cristian Mardale	Romania	1997		Duisburg, Germany
500 m	MK1	1:35.04	Tom Liebscher	Germany	23 August 2019	World Championships	Szeged, Hungary	[5]
	MK2	1:26.500	Bence Nádas Sándor Tótka	Hungary	16 July 2017	European Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	[2]
	MK4	1:17.734	Tom Liebscher Ronald Rauhe Max Rendschmidt Max Lemke	Germany	27 August 2017	World Championships	Račice, Czech Republic	[6]
	MC1	1:43.669	Martin Fuksa	Czech Republic	20 May 2018	World Cup	Szeged, Hungary	[7]
	MC2	1:35.829	Alexey Korovashkov Ivan Shtyl	Russia	9 August 2014	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	[3]
	MC4	1:29.155	Pavel Petrov Mikhail Pavlov Viktor Melantyev Ivan Shtyl	Russia	9 June 2018	European Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[8]
1000 m	MK1	3:20.643	Bálint Kopasz	Hungary	3 August 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan
	MK2	3:04.940	Marko Tomićević Milenko Zorić	Serbia	9 June 2018	European Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[8]
	MK4	2:46.724	Daniel Havel Lukáš Trefil Josef Dostál Jan Štěrba	Czech Republic	10 August 2014	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	[3]
	MC1	3:42.385	Martin Fuksa	Czech Republic	26 May 2018	World Cup	Duisburg, Germany	[9]
	MC2	3:24.995	Serguey Torres Fernando Jorge	Cuba	3 August 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan
	MC4	3:10.701	Ilya Pervukhin Viktor Melantyev Kirill Shamshurin Rasul Ishmukhamedov	Russia	9 August 2014	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	[3]
5000 m	MK1	18:00.04	Eirik Verås Larsen	Norway	24 May 2009	World Cup	Poznań, Poland	[10]
	MC1	20:27.35	Kurt Kuschela	Germany	29 May 2010	World Cup	Szeged, Hungary	[11]
4 × 200 m relay	MK1	2:24.193	Miklós Dudás Sándor Tótka Bence Nádas Dávid Hérics	Hungary	10 August 2014	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	[3]
	MC1	2:43.602	Ivan Shtyl Andrey Kraitor Alexey Korovashkov Nikolay Lipkin	Russia	10 August 2014	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	[3]

Women

Distance	Event	Record	Canoeist	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
200 m	WK1	37.898	Lisa Carrington	New Zealand	10 August 2014	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	[3]
	WK2	35.869	Anna Kárász Ninetta Vad	Hungary	10 August 2014	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	[3]
	WK4	33.778	Mariana Limbău Raluca Ioniță Sanda Toma Elena Radu	Romania	6 July 1997	European Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	[12]
	WC1	44.12	Katie Vincent	Canada	10 August 2024	Olympic Games	Vaires-sur-Marne, France	[13]
	WC2	42.014	Lin Wenjun Zhang Luqi	China	2 June 2019	World Cup	Duisburg, Germany	[14]
500 m	WK1	1:46.19	Aimee Fisher	New Zealand	12 May 2024	World Cup	Szeged, Hungary	[15]
	WK2	1:35.785	Lisa Carrington Caitlin Regal	New Zealand	3 August 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan
	WK4	1:28.219	Gabriella Szabó Danuta Kozák Anna Kárász Ninetta Vad	Hungary	9 August 2014	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	[3]
	WC1	2:00.73	Alena Nazdrova	Belarus	23 August 2019	World Championships	Szeged, Hungary	[5]
	WC2	1:51.428	Emilia Pomachaj Amelia Kluwak	Poland	26 May 2018	World Cup	Duisburg, Germany	[9]
	WC4	1:44.769	Laura Gönczöl Fanni Seres Zsófia Csorba Réka Opavszky	Hungary	6 Seprtember 2021	European Junior Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal	[16]
1000 m	WK1	3:49.423	Teneale Hatton	New Zealand	9 August 2014	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	[3]
	WK2	3:31.645	Justyna Iskrzycka Paulina Paszek	Poland	9 June 2018	European Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[8]
	WK4	3:13.296	Eszter Rasztótsky Kinga Dékány Krisztina Fazekas Natasa Janics	Hungary	13 September 2003	World Championships	Gainesville, United States
	WC1	4:25.314	Liudmyla Luzan	Ukraine	21 May 2022	World Cup	Račice, Czech Republic	[17]
5000 m	WK1	20:10.1	Bridgitte Hartley	South Africa	10 May 2009	World Cup	Račice, Czech Republic	[18]
	WC1	25:00.822	Laurence Vincent Lapointe	Canada	2 June 2019	World Cup	Duisburg, Germany	[14]
4 × 200 m relay	WK1	2:47.793	Karolina Naja Edyta Dzieniszewska Ewelina Wojnarowska Marta Walczykiewicz	Poland	10 August 2014	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	[3]

Mixed

Distance	Event	Record	Canoeist	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
200 m	XK2	33.94	Anna Lucz Kolos Csizmadia	Hungary	19 September 2021	World Championships	Copenhagen, Denmark	[19]
	XC2	39.10	Irina Andreeva Ivan Shtyl	Russia	19 September 2021	World Championships	Copenhagen, Denmark	[19]
500 m	XK2	1:32.553	Franziska John Max Rendschmidt	Germany	2 June 2019	World Cup	Duisburg, Germany	[14]
	XC2	1:44.729	Liu Hao Sun Mengya	China	2 June 2019	World Cup	Duisburg, Germany	[14]