2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
| File:Duisburg 014.jpg C-1 event during the 2007 championships on 11 August | |
| Host city | Germany Duisburg, Germany |
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| Dates | 9–12 August 2007 |
The 2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Duisburg, Germany on 9–12 August 2007 for the record-tying fourth time. The German city had hosted the championships previously in 1979, 1987, and 1995. It tied Duisburg with Belgrade, Serbia (then Yugoslavia) who hosted in 1971, 1975, 1978, and 1982. Men race as individuals, pairs and quads over 200 m, 500 m and 1000 m in both Canoe (Canadian) (C) and Kayak (K) events, giving a total of 18 gold medals. Women compete for only 9 gold medals as they race in kayak events only. This was the 36th championships in canoe sprint.
Highlights
Both German and Hungarian paddlers won 9 gold medals. With 6 silver Germany topped the medal table, while Hungarians finished first on the point table. In the women's events the two nations shared all world titles. Since Natasa Janics left the legendary pair with Katalin Kovács all K-2 races were ruled by the German paddlers. However, Katalin Kovács won K-1 1000 m and 500 m, and gained two silvers in the K-4 events, while former partner Natasa Janics won the individual over 200 m. Hungarian team won the K-4 on 1000 m, and Germans the 500 m and 200 m. In the men's races, the C-2 500 m final saw György Kolonics win his fifteenth and final championship title which is an outstanding record in the history of canoe sprint. Ronald Rauhe and Tim Wieskötter of Germany won their sixth K-2 500 m title in a row.
Medal summary
Men's
Non-Olympic classes
Canoe
Kayak
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Women's
Non-Olympic classes
Kayak
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 9 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary | 9 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 6 | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 9 | File:Flag of France.svg France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 16 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 27 | 27 | 27 | 81 | |
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