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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS CANOE/KAYAK SPRINT, Szeged (HUN), 1998 =
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Results of the Finals, 05.09.98

K-1 Women 1000m
1. Josefa Idem                                  ITA      04:05,198
2. Caroline Brunet                              CAN      04:06,006
3. Katrin Borchert                              AUS      04:08,550
4. Ursula Profanter                             AUT      04:11,290
5. Manuela Mucke                                GER      04:11,394
6. Nicole Bulk                                  NED      04:13,422 
7. Ruth Nortje                                  RSA      04:14,886
8. Delphine Vandevenne                          BEL      04:15,970
9. Belen Sanchez                                ESP      04:18,846

C-1 Men 1000 m
1. Steve Giles                                  CAN      04:06,725
2. Martin Doktor                                CZE      04:07,525
3. Andres Dittmer                               GER      04:10,917
4. Maxim Opalev                                 RUS      04:12,713
5. Jose Manuel Crespo                           ESP      04:13,061
6. Jefimijs Klementjevs                         LAT      04:13,401
7. György Kolonics                              HUN      04:15,881
8. Christian Fredriksen                         NOR      04:19,353 
9. Pawel Baraszkiewicz                          POL      04:34,097

K-1 Men 1000 m
1. Lutz Liwowski                                GER      03:40,738
2. Knut Holmann                                 NOR      03:42,806
3. Javier Correa                                ARG      03:45,074
4. Babak Amir Tahmasseb                         FRA      03:46,042
5. Michael Kolganov                             ISR      03:46,994
6. Evgueni Salalkhov                            RUS      03:47,154 
7. Botond Storcz                                HUN      03:49,122
8. Sebastian Cuattrin                           BRA      03:52,050
9. Beniamino Bonomi                             ITA      04:01,870

K-2 Women 1000m
1. Anna Wood/Katrin Borchert                    AUS      03.52,892
2. Birgit Fischer/Ute Plessmann                 GER      03:53,228             
3. Anna Karlsson/Susanne Gunnarsson             SWE      03:55,798
4. Szilvia Mednyanszky//Rita Köban              HUN      03:57,206
5. Alison Herst/Rosetta Ravetta                 ITA      03:59,576      
6. Nataliya Jiklisova/Hanna Balabanova          UKR      03:59,594
7. Mariana Limbau/Sanda Toma                    ROM      04:02,012      
8. Svetlana Vakoula/Alena Bets                  BLR      04:04,316
9. Irina Vaag/O)lga Bajenova                    RUS      04:05,462

C-2 Men 1000m
1. Alexandre Kovalev/Alexandre Kostoglod        RUS      03:56,028
2. Gheorghe Andriev/Florin Popescu              ROM      03:56,550
3. György Zala/Endre Ipacs                      HUN      03:57,486
4. Stefan Utess/Lars Kober                      GER      03:58,590
5. Jose Alfredo Bea/David Mascato               ESP      04:01,464                 6.
6. Ibrahim Rojas/Leobaldo Pereira               CUB      04:02,970
7. Marcin Kobierski/Piotr Midloch               POL      04:04,032
8. Eric Le Leuch/Benoît Bernard                 FRA      04:04,800
9. Tamas Buday/Attila Buday                     CAN      04:05,778

K-2 Men 1000m
1. Antonio Rossi/Luca Negri                     ITA      03:28,728
2. Mico Janic/Stjepan Janic                     YUG      03:28,964
3. Attila Adam/Kisztian Vereb                   HUN      03:29,728
4. Clint Robinson/Brian Morton                  AUS      03:32,236
5. Marcus Oscarsson/Henrik Nilsson              SWE      03:32,560
6. Jan Schäfer/Olaf Winter                      GER      03:34,114
7. Grzegorz Kotowicz/Dariusz Bialkowski         POL      03:35,872 
8. Jesper Staal/Thomas Jakobsen                 DEN      03:36,532
9. Ivan Lawler/Ross Sabberton                   GBR      03:40,798

C-4 Men 1000m
1. Horvath/Blicza/Szuszko/Hüttner               HUN      03:36,876            
2. Fomitchev/Mailov/Kabanov/Kovalev             RUS      03:40,680
3. Doktor/Netusil/Machac/Jirasky                CZE      03:41,736
4. Röder/Kirchbach/John/Hörnig                  GER      03:42,096    
5. Sylvoz/Hoyer/Lavigne/Lenoir                  FRA      03:42,642
6. Sablin/Dimakov/Moslovenko/Petruhin           UKR      03:42,948
7. Glavan/Borsan/Pasca/Averian                  ROM      03:43,854
8. Martinez/Ferrer/Romero/Castaneda             MEX      03:45,900

K-4 Men 1000m
1. Gutsche/Zabel/Bach/Ulm                       GER      03:06,557
2. Storcz/Bartfai/Szadovski/Bauer               HUN      03:07,373
3. Tichtchenko/Verline/Tsyboulnikov/Ivannik     RUS      03:09,779
4. Riszdorfer/Kadnar/Erban/Baca                 SVK      03:10,343
5. Trim/Hendy/Scott/Collins                     AUS      03:11,471
6. Larsen/Fjeldheim/Selvik/Hangli               NOR      03:13,097
7. Seroczynski/Witkowski/Lakomy/Kaleta          POL      03:13,325
8. Perez/Newton/Jorgensen/Mooney                USA      03:17,033
9. Benedini/Majocchi/Lussignoli/Malusa          ITA      03:18,443

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