2003_ICF_Flatwater_Racing_World_Championships
2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Canoe and kayak event in Georgia, US
The 2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held September 10–14, 2003 in Gainesville, Georgia, United States at Lake Lanier. Located north of Atlanta, this was also where the canoe sprint and rowing events for the 1996 Summer Olympics took place.
The Lake Lanier Olympic Center hosted these championships. Photo circa 2010. | |
| Host city |  Gainesville, Georgia, USA |
|---|---|
| Dates | September 10-14 |
The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Women competed in nine events, all in kayak.
This was the 33rd championships in canoe sprint.
Sergey Ulegin of Russia won two golds (C-4 200 m, C-4 500 m) and one silver (C-2 500 m), but was stripped of those medals when he tested positive for doping. His teammates in the C-2 500 m (Aleksandr Kostoglod), C-4 200 m (Kostoglod, Roman Kruglyakov, and Maksim Opalev), and C-4 500 m (Kostoglod, Kruglyakov, and Opalev) events also lost their medals as a result of Ulegin's positive test. Ulegin received a two-year suspension.
Men's
Non-Olympic classes
Canoe
Kayak
Women's
Non-Olympic classes
Kayak
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Hungary | 10 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 |  Germany | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 |  Poland | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 |  Romania | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 |  Slovakia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Canada | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 |  Russia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 |  Australia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 |  Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 |  Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 |  New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  Spain | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 |  Czech Republic | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 |  Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 |  Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 27 | 27 | 27 | 81 | |
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
- ICF Executive Committee December 12, 2003 decision on Ulegin's doping case at the championships.[permanent dead link] – accessed August 20, 2008.
- Official website