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                 WORLD CUP CANOE / KAYAK SPRINT 2002
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FINAL STANDING after 5th WORLD CUP CANOE/KAYAK SPRINT, Komatsu / JPN

July 26-28, 2002 


"The Top 15"
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                                     1   2   3   4   5  Total (  ) 
 

MEN. KAJAK (K MEN)

1000 m/500 m/200 m: K1, K2.        
 
 1. ( 1)  PETRUKANECAS Romas   LTU  36  36  48  40   40    200 (160)
 2. ( 2)  RAUHE Ronald         GER  --  44  44  --   --     88  (88)
 3. ( 3)  CORREA Javier        ARG  20  32  --  30   --     82  (82)
 4. ( 4)  NILSSON Henrik       SWE  30  35   8  --   --     73  (73)
 5. ( 5)  RIAHOV Anton         UZB  --  40  30  --   --     70  (70)
 6. ( 6)  BAGGALEY Nathan      AUS  --   2  11  54   --     67  (67)
 7. ( 7)  OSKARSSON Marcus     SWE  30  35  --  --   --     65  (65)
 8. ( 8)  MERCHAN Emilio A.    ESP  19  --  --  45   --     64  (64)
 9. ( 9)  WIESKOTTER Tim       GER  --  30  30  --   --     60  (60)
10. (10)  BALCIUNAS Egidijua   LTU  21  14  22  --   --     57  (57)
11. (--)  SAIKI Masashi        JPN  --  --  --  --   56     56  (--) 
12. (--)  SHIMAMURA Kenji      JPN  --  --  --  --   52     52  (--)
13. (--)  FU Guanssun          CHN  --  --  --  --   46     46  (--)
14. (11)  RIAL Carlos          ESP  --  --  --  45   --     45  (--)
15. (12)  KOLGANOV Michael     ISR  32  --  12  --   --     44  (44)

178 athletes with WORLD CUP points
  

MEN. CANADIEN (C MEN)

1000 m/500 m/200 m: C1, C2.

 1. ( 1)  DOKTOR Martin        CZE  42  44  44   40  --    170 (170)
 2. ( 2)  DITTMER Andreas      GER  46  60  50   --  --    156 (156)
 3. ( 3)  OPALEV Maxim         RUS  60  --  56   --  --    116 (116)
 4. ( 4)  MARINOV Martin       AUS  --  --  22   32  --     54  (54)
 4. ( 4)  OULEGUINE Serguei    RUS   9  --  45   --  --     54  (54)
 6. ( 6)  ZHUKOVSKI Aliaksand. BLR  24  14  14   --  --     52  (52)
 7. ( 7)  BAGDANOVICH Aliaska. BLR  33  10   8   --  --     51  (51)
 8. ( 8)  BALCEIRO Ledi E.     CUB  --  45  --   --  --     45  (45)  
 8. ( 8)  KOSTOGLOD Alexander  RUS  --  --  45   --  --     45  (45)  
 8. ( 8)  ROJAS Ibrahim        CUB  --  45  --   --  --     45  (45)
11. (11)  SKOVORODKIN Ivan     BLR  25  10   8   --  --     43  (43)
12. (12)  RYNKIEWICZ Roman     POL  --  22  --   20  --     42  (42)
13. (13)  GILES Steve          CAN  26  --  14   --  --     40  (40)
14. (14)  ATANASOV Stanimir    BUL  22  16  --   --  --     38  (38)
15. (15)  BUGLAKOV Alexander   KAZ  --   3   4   30  --     37  (37)
15. (15)  CHERCHENKO Alerei    KAZ  --   3   4   30  --     37  (37)

110 athletes with World Cup points


WOMEN. KAJAK (K WOMEN)

1000 m/500 m/200 m: K1, K2.

 1. ( 1)  BORCHERT Katrin      AUS  49  50  26  52  --    177 (125)
 2. ( 2)  WAGNER Katrin        GER  56  32  32  --  --    120 (120)
 3. (--)  XU Yaping            CHN  --  --  --  --  86     86  (--)   
 4. ( 3)  KIESELER Katrin      AUS  27  14   4  26  --     71  (45)
 5. ( 4)  KOVACS Katalin       HUN  --  --  70  --  --     70  (70)
 6. (--)  WANG Min             CHN  --  --  --  --  64     64  (--)
 7. ( 5)  PALADANIUS Sofia     SWE  36  21   6  --  --     63  (63)
 8. (--)  SARCE Arronggear     INA  --  --  --  --  54     54  (--)
 9. ( 6)  KARLSSON Anna        SWE  26  21   6  --  --     53  (53)
10. (--)  MARUYAMA Sayuri      JPN  --  --  --  --  52     52  (--)
11. ( 7)  SERGEEVA Natali      KAZ  22  20   9  --  --     51  (51)
12. ( 8)  SCHLITZER Petra      AUT  --   8  --  42  --     50  ( 8)
13. ( 9)  FURNEAUX Karen       CAN  30  --  17  --  --     47  (47)
13. ( 9)  UZHAKHOVA Eilina     KAZ  22  16   9  --  --     47  (47)
15. (11)  BRUNET Caroline      CAN  --  --  46  --  --     46  (46)

134 athletes with World Cup points 

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WORLD CUP RULES CANOE / KAYAK SPRINT

Events.

Men.   Kayak    (K-1, K2); Distances: 200 m/500 m/1000 m.
Men.   Canoe    (C-1, C2); Distances: 200 m/500 m/1000 m.
Women. Kayak    (K-1, K2); Distances: 200 m/500 m/1000 m. 

Point System (all categories, points given only in finals = 9 boats):

K1, C1, men and women: 
1.=20 pts., 2.=16, 3.=14, 4.=12, 5.=10, 6.=8, 7.=6, 8.=4, 9.=2; 
(..)=previous ranking, previous=points. 

K2 men and women, C2 men (each of the two paddlers): 
1.=15, 2.=12, 3.=10, 4.=8, 5.=6, 6.=4, 7.=3, 8.=2, 9.=1. 

World Cup Events 2002 (5): 

Nr. 1, May 03-05, Hazewinkel/BEL; Nr. 2: May 24-26, Poznan/POL;
Nr. 3: June 21-23, Duisburg/GER; Nr. 4: July 12-14, Milano/ITA;
Nr. 5: July 26-28, Komatsu/JAP.

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