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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS CANOE/KAYAK SPRINT, Szeged (HUN), 1998 =

Results of the Finals, 06.09.98

K-4 Women 500m, Final, 1998.09.06.
1. Fischer / Schuck / Mucke / Bednar			GER		01:42.939
2. Dekany/ Szabo / Barocsi / Kovacs				HUN		01:43.991
3. Manchon / Aramburu / Penas / Sanchez			ESP		01:45.227
		
C-1 Men 500m, Final, 1998.09.06.
1. Maxim Opalev		                        	RUS		02:01.009
2. Andreas Dittmer		                		GER		02:01.617
3. Mikhailo Slivinskiy	                        UKR		02:02.413

K-1 Men 500m, Final, 1998.09.06.
1. Akos Vereckei		                		HUN		01:43.546
2. Michael Kolganov	                        	ISR		01:43.698
3. Lutz Liwowski		                		GER		01:44.706

K-1 Women 500m, Final, 1998.09.06.
1. Caroline Brunet		              			CAN		01:55.174
2. Katrin Borchert		                		AUS		01:56.722
3. Josefa Idem		                        	ITA		01:56.774

K-2 Men 500m, Final, 1998.09.06.
1. Csaba Horvath / György Kolonics				HUN		01:45.941
2. Pawel Baraszkiewicz / Daniel Jedraszko       POL		01:47.161
3. Thomas Zereske / Christian Gille				GER		01:47.409

K-2 Men 500m, Final, 1998.09.06.
1. Michal Riszdorfer / Juraj Baca       		SVK		01:32.042
2. Beniamino Bonomi / Luca Negri	      		ITA		01:32.286
3. Krisztian Bartfai / Gabor Horvath    		HUN		01:32.938
	
K-2 Women 500m, Final, 1998.09.06.
1. Katrin Borchert / Anna Wood		     		AUS		01:50.692
2. Birgit Fischer / Anett Schuck				GER		01:51.068
3. Kinga Dekany / Rita Köban                    HUN		01:52.108

C-4 Men 500m, Final, 1998.09.06.
1. Horvath / Kolonics / Szuszko / Hüttner   	HUN	     01:37.699
2. Andriev / Popescu / Pasca / Averian  	    ROM	     01:37.723
3. Konovalov / Polzounov / Ladocha / Kabanov	RUS	     01:39.775

K-4 Men 500m, Final, 1998.09.06.
1. Gutsche / Zabel / Bach / Ulm		            GER	     01:24.959
2. Storcz / Bartfai / Szadovszki / Bauer    	HUN	     01:25.763
3. Tissine/Chtchegolikhine/Gankine/Zaroubine    RUS	     01:25.971
		
K-4 Women 200m, Final, 1998.09.06.
1. Dekany / Viski / Köban / Kovacs              HUN        36,889
2. Kalsson / Gunnarsson / Ericsson / Haglund    SWE        37,361
3. Goulii/Tissina/Peisakhovitch/Tichtchenko     RUS        37,485

C-1 Men 200m, Final, 1998.09.06.
1. Martin Doktor                                CZE        41,622
2. Slavomir Knazovicky                          SVK        41,666
3. Mikhailo Slivinskiy                          UKR        41,714

K-1 Men 200m, 1998.09.06.
1. Michael Kolganov                             ISR        36,232
2. Oleksei Slivinskiy                           UKR        36,460
3. Ognjen Filipovic                             YUG        36,568

K-1 Women 200m, Final, 1998.09.06.
1. Caroline Brunet                              CAN        41,317
2. Josefa Idem                                  ITA        42,169
3. Eva Donusz                                   HUN        42,653

C-2 Men 200m, 1998.09.06.
1. Thomas Zereske / Christian Gille             GER        37,881
2. Miklos Buzal / Attila Vegh                   HUN        38,473
3. Vladislav Poulzounov /Andrei Kabanov         RUS        38,881

K-2 Men 200m, Final, 1998.09.06.
1. Vince Fehervari / Robert Hegedüs             HUN        33,266
2. Serguei Verline / Anatoli Tichtchenko        RUS        33,826
3. Geza Magyar / Romica Serban                  ROM        33,962

K-2 Women 200m, Final, 1998.09.06.
1. Marie-Josée Gineau / Karen Furneaux          CAN        38,770
2. Kinga Dekany / Rita Köban                    HUN        38,790
3. Beatriz Manchon / Izaskun Aramburu           ESP        38,914

C-4 Men 200m, Final, 1998.09.06.
1. Prochazka / Krivanek / Fuksa / Kozisek       CZE        34,593
2. Maseikau / Reneiski / Beliaev / Pletnev      BLR        34,629
3. Konovalov / Fomitchev / Ladocha / Kostoglod  RUS        34,721

K-4 Men 200m, Final, 1998.09.06.
1. Kajner / Fehervari / Beé / Hegtedus          HUN        31,155
2. Rossi / Bonomi / Lussignoli / Negri          ITA        31,495
3. Gjeroe / Fjeldheim / Holmann / Hangli        NOR        31,555

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