Canoe marathon at the 2022 World Games

Canoe marathon at the 2022 World Games
Venue	Oak Mountain State Park
Dates	11–12 July
No. of events	4
Competitors	40 from 22 nations

The canoe marathon competition at the 2022 World Games took place in July 2022, in Birmingham in United States, at the Oak Mountain State Park. Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games have been rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the first time, when canoe marathon was an official discipline in The World Games programme (in 2013 it was an invitational event).

Qualification

Main article: Canoe marathon at the 2022 World Games – Qualification

Participating nations

•  Argentina (2)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Czech Republic (2)
•  Chile (1)
•  Denmark (2)
•  France (2)
•  Germany (2)
•  Great Britain (2)
•  Hungary (3)
•  Ireland (1)
•  Italy (2)
•  Japan (2)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  Norway (2)
•  Poland (2)
•  Portugal (2)
•  Slovakia (1)
•  South Africa (2)
•  Spain (2)
•  Sweden (2)
•  Ukraine (2)
•  United States (2)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary	2	0	1	3
2	Denmark	1	2	0	3
3	South Africa	1	0	0	1
4	Spain	0	1	2	3
5	Germany	0	1	0	1
6	Portugal	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		4	4	4	12

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Short distance	Mads Pedersen  Denmark	13:50.92	Nico Paufler  Germany	14:01.41	José Ramalho  Portugal	14:04.06
Standard distance	Andy Birkett  South Africa	1:23:52.83	Mads Pedersen  Denmark	1:23:53.13	Iván Alonso  Spain	1:25:14.82

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Short distance	Vanda Kiszli  Hungary	15:22.46	Eva Barrios  Spain	15:34.49	Zsóka Csikós  Hungary	15:34.68
Standard distance	Vanda Kiszli  Hungary	1:32:40.76	Cathrine Rask  Denmark	1:32:56.66	Eva Barrios  Spain	1:34:16.65

External links

• The World Games 2022
• Planet Canoe
• Results book Archived 2023-10-05 at the Wayback Machine