World Championships - 1997
Tres Coroas/BRA - Rio Paranhana - Rio Paranhana
24-SEP-1997 - 28-SEP-1997
C1-men - individual
C2-men - individual
| 1 | Wilfrid FORGUES - Frank ADISSON | FRA  |
| 2 | Andre EHRENBERG - Michael SENFT | GER  |
| 3 | Miroslav SIMEK - Jiri ROHAN | CZE  |
| 4 | Michal STANISZEWSKI - Kryzysztof KOLOMANSKI | POL  |
| 5 | Marek JIRAS - Tomas MADER | CZE |
| 6 | Marian OLEJNIK - Milan KUBAN | SVK  |
| 7 | Ueli MATTI - Peter MATTI | SUI  |
| 8 | Pavel STERCL - Petr STERCL | CZE |
| 9 | Roman VAJS - Roman STRBA | SVK |
| 10 | Bertrand DAILLE - Eric BIAU | FRA |
| 11 | Benoit GAUTHIER - Francois LETOURNEAU | CAN  |
| 12 | Nil GEORGEL - Jerome DAILLE | FRA |
| 13 | Andrzej WOJS - Slawomir MORDARSKI | POL |
| 14 | Thierry SAIDI - Emmanuel DEL REY | FRA |
| 15 | Jaroslav POLLERT - Jaroslav POSPISIL | CZE |
| 16 | Stuart BOWMAN - Nick SMITH | GBR  |
| 17 | Lubos SOSKA - Peter SOSKA | SVK |
| 18 | Matt TAYLOR - Lecky HALLER | USA  |
| 19 | Michael TRUMMER - Manfred BERRO | GER |
| 20 | Kay SIMON - Robby SIMON | GER |
| 21 | Steven GREEN - Philip GREEN | GBR |
| 22 | Fred CORIELL - Luke MOORE | USA |
| 23 | Peter HOCHSCHORNER - Pavol HOCHSCHORNER | SVK |
| 24 | Chad LONG - Kenneth LONG | USA |
| 25 | Matthen DODSON - Ian BANFIELD | GBR |
| 26 | Bryant GRIGSBY - Aaron SARVER | USA |
| 27 | Chris MOORE - Nathan MOORE | AUS  |
K1 men - individual
Women's Kayak - individual
| 1 | Brigitte GUIBAL | FRA |
| 2 | Stepanka HILGERTOVA | CZE |
| 3 | Cathy HEARN | USA |
| 4 | Irena PAVELKOVA | CZE |
| 5 | Evi HUSS | GER |
| 6 | Marcela SADILOVA | CZE |
| 7 | Elena KALISKA | SVK |
| 8 | Anouk LOUBIE | FRA |
| 9 | Anne BOIXEL | FRA |
| 10 | Kordula STRIEPECKE | GER |
| 11 | Gabriela ZAMISKOVA | SVK |
| 12 | Lynn SIMPSON | GBR |
| 13 | Rachel CROSBEE | GBR |
| 14 | Mandy BENZIEN | GER |
| 15 | Sandra FRIEDLI | SUI |
| 16 | Rebecca GIDDENS | USA |
| 17 | Maria EIZMENDI | ESP  |
| 18 | Cristina GIAI PRON | ITA  |
| 19 | Margaret LANGFORD | CAN |
| 20 | Heather CORRIE | GBR |
| 21 | Vanda SEMERADOVA | CZE |
| 22 | Barbara NADALIN | ITA |
| 23 | Phillis AHLFAENGER | GER |
| 24 | Gabriela STACHEROVA | SVK |
| 25 | Kara WELD | USA |
| 26 | Anne-Lise BARDET | FRA |
| 27 | Kathryn PIGDON | GBR |
| 28 | Violetta OBLINGER-PETERS | AUT  |
| 29 | Kristyna MRAZOVA | SVK |
| 30 | Florence FERREIRA FERNANDES | POR  |
| 31 | Sarah DONNELLY | CAN |
| 32 | Renata BUDDEUSOVA-ALTMAN | USA |
| 33 | Noriyo KAWAGUCHI | JPN  |
| 34 | Sheryl BOYLE | CAN |
| 35 | Miki SHIBATA | JPN |
| 36 | Valeria NASCIMENTO | BRA  |
C1-men - team
| 1 | Michal MARTIKAN | SVK |
| Juraj MINCIK | SVK |
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| Juraj ONTKO | SVK |
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| 2 | Patrice ESTANGUET | FRA |
| Tony ESTANGUET | FRA |
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| Yves NARDUZZI | FRA |
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| 3 | Simon HOCEVAR | SLO  |
| Gregor TERDIC | SLO |
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| Sebastjan LINKE | SLO |
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| 4 | David JANCAR | CZE |
| Lukas POLLERT | CZE |
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| Jan MASEK | CZE |
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| 5 | Gareth MARRIOTT | GBR |
| Mark DELANEY | GBR |
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| Craig BROWN | GBR |
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| 6 | Sören KAUFMANN | GER |
| Martin LANG | GER |
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| Steffen CONRADT | GER |
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| 7 | Krzysztof BIERYT | POL |
| Mariusz WIECZOREK | POL |
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| Ryszard MORDARSKI | POL |
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| 8 | David HEARN | USA |
| Joe JACOBI | USA |
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| Adam BOYD | USA |
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| 9 | James CARTWRIGHT-GARLAND | CAN |
| Larry NORMAN | CAN |
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| Vince OSBORNE | CAN |
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| 10 | Cassio Ramon PETRY | BRA |
| Leonardo SELBACH | BRA |
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| Emilio SPOHR | BRA |
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| 11 | Danko HERCEG | CRO  |
| Emir MUJCINOVIC | CRO |
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| Tomislav ZOBEC | CRO |
C2-men - team
| 1 | Wilfrid FORGUES - Frank ADISSON | FRA |
| Thierry SAIDI - Emmanuel DEL REY | FRA |
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| Bertrand DAILLE - Eric BIAU | FRA |
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| 2 | Miroslav SIMEK - Jiri ROHAN | CZE |
| Pavel STERCL - Petr STERCL | CZE |
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| Marek JIRAS - Tomas MADER | CZE |
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| 3 | Kay SIMON - Robby SIMON | GER |
| Michael TRUMMER - Manfred BERRO | GER |
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| Andre EHRENBERG - Michael SENFT | GER |
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| 4 | Roman VAJS - Roman STRBA | SVK |
| Marian OLEJNIK - Milan KUBAN | SVK |
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| Lubos SOSKA - Peter SOSKA | SVK |
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| 5 | Matthen DODSON - Ian BANFIELD | GBR |
| Steven GREEN - Philip GREEN | GBR |
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| Stuart BOWMAN - Nick SMITH | GBR |
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| 6 | Fred CORIELL - Luke MOORE | USA |
| Chad LONG - Kenneth LONG | USA |
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| Matt TAYLOR - Lecky HALLER | USA |
K1 men - team
| 1 | Paul RATCLIFFE | GBR |
| Shaun PEARCE | GBR |
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| Ian RASPIN | GBR |
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| 2 | Ludovic BOULESTEIX | FRA |
| Vincent FONDEVIOLE | FRA |
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| Jean-Michel REGNIER | FRA |
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| 3 | Thomas BECKER | GER |
| Holger HÄFFNER | GER |
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| Jochen LETTMANN | GER |
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| 4 | Jernej ABRAMIC | SLO |
| Fedja MARUSIC | SLO |
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| Andraz VEHOVAR | SLO |
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| 5 | Günter MARTINSICH | AUT |
| Manuel KÖHLER | AUT |
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| Helmut OBLINGER | AUT |
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| 6 | Peter NAGY | SVK |
| Miroslav STANOVSKY | SVK |
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| Peter CIBAK | SVK |
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| 7 | Tomas ABRAHAM | CZE |
| Lubos HILGERT | CZE |
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| Jiri PRSKAVEC | CZE |
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| 8 | Scott SHIPLEY | USA |
| Eric GIDDENS | USA |
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| Jason BEAKES | USA |
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| 9 | Stefan GÖTZ | SUI |
| Heinz RÖTHENMUND | SUI |
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| Mathias RÖTHENMUND | SUI |
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| 10 | Sam OUD | NED  |
| Maarten HOLDRINET | NED |
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| Floris BRAAT | NED |
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| 11 | Keith KLAPSTEIN | CAN |
| David FORD | CAN |
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| Tim STUMPEL | CAN |
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| 12 | Enio Roberto WINCKLER | BRA |
| Gustavo SELBACH | BRA |
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| Christian A. KRUMMENAUER | BRA |
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| 13 | Andrew FULLER | NZL  |
| Dai EDWARDS | NZL |
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| John SNOOK | NZL |
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| 14 | Sergio VIDAL | CHI  |
| Cristian RAMIREZ | CHI |
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| Alex Ian OLGUIN HENRIQUEZ | CHI |
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| 15 | Paolo DALLA LIBERA | ITA |
| Enrico LAZZAROTTO | ITA |
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| Pierpaolo FERRAZZI | ITA |
Women's Kayak - team
| 1 | Evi HUSS | GER |
| Kordula STRIEPECKE | GER |
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| Mandy BENZIEN | GER |
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| 2 | Anouk LOUBIE | FRA |
| Anne BOIXEL | FRA |
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| Brigitte GUIBAL | FRA |
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| 3 | Rachel CROSBEE | GBR |
| Lynn SIMPSON | GBR |
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| Heather CORRIE | GBR |
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| 4 | Marcela SADILOVA | CZE |
| Stepanka HILGERTOVA | CZE |
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| Irena PAVELKOVA | CZE |
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| 5 | Elena KALISKA | SVK |
| Gabriela ZAMISKOVA | SVK |
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| Gabriela STACHEROVA | SVK |
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| 6 | Cathy HEARN | USA |
| Rebecca GIDDENS | USA |
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| Kara WELD | USA |
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| 7 | Margaret LANGFORD | CAN |
| Sarah DONNELLY | CAN |
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| Sheryl BOYLE | CAN |