The 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were the 40th edition of the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. The event took place from 24 to 29 September 2019 in La Seu d'Urgell, Catalonia, Spain under the auspices of International Canoe Federation (ICF). The events took place at the Segre Olympic Park which also hosted the canoe slalom events at the 1992 Summer Olympics. La Seu d'Urgell hosted the championships for the third time after previously hosting the event in 1999 and 2009.
As is traditional in a pre-Olympic year, the Championships also doubled as the primary qualification event for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The top placed boats (subject to a limit of one per nation) earned their NOCs a qualification quota. 18 qualification spots were available in the K1 events, and eleven in the C1.Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Canoe Slalom from ICF.
Seu also hosted the Wildwater Canoeing World Championships as part of the same event.
Schedule Nine medal events were contested.
All times listed are UTC+2.
Date Starting Time Events 25 September 09:00 C1M, K1W, K1M, C1W teams 26 September 09:00 C1M, K1W heats – 1st run 12:30 C1M, K1W heats – 2nd run 27 September 09:00 C1W, K1M heats – 1st run 12:25 C1W, K1M heats – 2nd run 28 September 09:03 C1M, K1W semifinals 12:03 C1M, K1W finals 29 September 08:33 C1W, K1M semifinals 12:03 C1W, K1M finals 15:00 C2Mx semifinal 16:10 C2Mx final
Medal summary Medal table
Men Canoe C1 90.84 91.35 91.92C1 team Alexander SlafkovskýMichal MartikánMatej Beňuš 94.38 Ander ElosegiMiquel TravéLuis Fernández 97.43 Kirill SetkinDmitrii KhramtsovPavel Kotov 98.62
Kayak K1 84.26 85.96 87.22K1 team David LlorenteSamuel HernanzJoan Crespo 89.87 Jiří PrskavecVít PřindišVavřinec Hradilek 90.86 Dariusz PopielaMichał PasiutKrzysztof Majerczak 93.69
Women Canoe C1 100.52 101.46 106.45C1 team Jessica FoxNoemie FoxRosalyn Lawrence 117.97 Núria VilarrublaKlara OlazabalAinhoa Lameiro 121.72 Tereza FišerováEva ŘíhováKateřina Havlíčková 124.48
Kayak K1 94.27 94.69 94.77K1 team Mallory FranklinFiona PennieKimberley Woods 103.96 Kateřina KudějováVeronika VojtováAmálie Hilgertová 104.16 Ekaterina PerovaMarta KharitonovaAlsu Minazova 104.19
Mixed
Canoe C2 109.65 113.36 114.57
Olympic qualification
The 2019 World Championships also served as a main qualification event in each of the individual boat classes. The following nations each qualified a boat in the stated event:
Qualified boats for Tokyo 2020 from the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World ChampionshipsMen's K-1 (18) Men's C-1 (11) Women's K-1 (18) Women's C-1 (11)
Great Britain, the Czech Republic and Spain achieved qualification in all four classes, and thus joined host Japan in completing their qualification pathway for Canoe slalom at the 2020 Games. Further events providing opportunities to qualify for other nations will take place throughout 2020.
References
External links ICF website