2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships

The 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships was held in Duisburg, Germany, from 17 to 19 May 2016.^[1] This event, which is usually part of the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, was held separately as the latter is not held in Olympic years. It shared the venue with, and was held concurrently with the 2016 European Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifier tournament.^[2]

2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships
Location	Duisburg, Germany
Start date	17 May
End date	19 May
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Explanation of events

Paracanoe competitions are contested in either a va'a (V), an outrigger canoe (which includes a second pontoon) with a single-blade paddle, or in a kayak (K), a closed canoe with a double-bladed paddle. All international competitions are held over 200 metres in single-man boats, with three event classes in both types of vessel for men and women depending on the level of an athlete's impairment. The lower the classification number, the more severe the impairment is - for example, VL1 is a va'a competition for those with particularly severe impairments.^[3]

Paralympic qualification

In kayak events only, the top four nations that had not previously earned Paralympic qualification in the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships claimed quota slots for the regatta at Rio 2016.^[4]

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	3	1	1	5
2	Great Britain	2	2	2	6
3	Brazil	2	1	1	4
4	Germany	2	0	0	2
5	Italy	1	0	1	2
	United States	1	0	1	2
7	China	1	0	0	1
8	Russia	0	2	3	5
9	Japan	0	1	1	2
	Poland	0	1	1	2
11	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
15	Romania	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		12	12	12	36

Medal events

  Non-Paralympic classes

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's KL1^[5] details	Yu Xiaowei   China	50.596	Jakub Tokarz   Poland	50.855	Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva   Brazil	52.233
Men's KL2^[6] details	Curtis McGrath   Australia	42.043	Markus Swoboda   Austria	43.068	Nick Beighton   Great Britain	44.572
Men's KL3^[7] details	Tom Kierey   Germany	40.430	Serhii Yemelianov   Ukraine	40.474	Leonid Krylov   Russia	40.636
Men's VL1^[8] details	Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva   Brazil	56.539	Róbert Suba   Hungary	58.718	Jakub Tokarz   Poland	01:01.814
Men's VL2^[9] details	Curtis McGrath   Australia	51.267	Javier Reja Muñoz   Spain	53.909	Giuseppe de Lelio   Italy	56.226
Men's VL3^[10] details	Pier Alberto Buccoliero   Italy	51.473	Aleksei Egorov   Russia	52.086	Martin Tweedie   Great Britain	52.383
Women's KL1^[11] details	Edina Müller   Germany	56.846	Jeanette Chippington   Great Britain	57.037	Alexandra Dupik   Russia	58.209
Women's KL2^[12] details	Emma Wiggs   Great Britain	53.691	Nicola Paterson   Great Britain	56.533	Susan Seipel   Australia	57.032
Women's KL3^[13] details	Anne Dickins   Great Britain	51.246	Amanda Reynolds   Australia	51.686	Mihaela Lulea   Romania	52.525
Women's VL1^[14] details	Ann Yoshida   United States	1:18.730	Akiko Nakajima   Japan	1:20.718	Monika Seryu   Japan	1:26.215
Women's VL2^[15] details	Susan Seipel   Australia	1:02.960	Debora Benevides   Brazil	1:03.519	Nadezda Andreeva   Russia	1:05.909
Women's VL3^[16] details	Aline Souza Lopes   Brazil	1:01.279	Larisa Volik   Russia	1:01.544	Anja Pierce   United States	1:03.258

References

1. "2016 ICF PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
2. "2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships and European Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifier". IMAS Sportsystems. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
3. "What is Paracanoe?". International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
4. "PARACANOE INFORMATION | MARCH 25th, 2016 Bulletin #2" (PDF). International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
5. Men's K–1 200 m KL1 results
6. Men's K–1 200 m KL2 results
7. Men's K–1 200 m KL3 results
8. Men's V–1 200 m VL1 results
9. Men's V–1 200 m VL2 results
10. Men's V–1 200 m VL3 results
11. Women's K–1 200 m KL1 results
12. Women's K–1 200 m KL2 results
13. Women's K–1 200 m KL3 results
14. Women's V–1 200 m VL1 results
15. Women's V–1 200 m VL2 results
16. Women's V–1 200 m VL3 results

External links

• Official results site
• Results book
• International Canoe Federation