TheICF Canoe Slalom World Championships are an international event incanoeing organized by theInternational 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 inDucktown, Tennessee (East ofChattanooga) from 20 to 23 September, but were canceled in the wake of theSeptember 11 attacks.[1]
Men race in singlekayaks (K1) and singlecanoes (C1) both individually and in teams. Women race in K1 both individually and in teams and since the2010 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).
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 the2025 championships.
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 the2025 championships.
Slovakia
United States
Great Britain
France,
East Germany
Australia
Czechoslovakia,
Germany
Poland
Austria
Switzerland
Slovenia
Italy
Spain
Yugoslavia
Brazil
Canada
Russia
Netherlands
New Zealand
China
Croatia
Individual Neutral Athletes
Japan
Andorra
Argentina
Morocco
Russian Canoe Federation
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