2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships


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, Spain under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. 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 earned their NOCs a qualification quota. 18 qualification spots were available in the K1 events, and eleven in the C1.
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.
DateStarting TimeEvents
25 September09:00C1M, K1W, K1M, C1W teams
26 September09:00C1M, K1W heats – 1st run
26 September12:30C1M, K1W heats – 2nd run
27 September09:00C1W, K1M heats – 1st run
27 September12:25C1W, K1M heats – 2nd run
28 September09:03C1M, K1W semifinals
28 September12:03C1M, K1W finals
29 September08:33C1W, K1M semifinals
29 September12:03C1W, K1M finals
29 September15:00C2Mx semifinal
29 September16:10C2Mx final

Medal summary

Medal table

Men

Canoe

Kayak

Women

Canoe

Kayak

Mixed

Canoe

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:
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.