| 1991 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships | |
| Host City: |  Paris, France |
| Opening: | 21 August 1991 |
| Closing: | 25 August 1991 |
| Previous: | 1990 |
The 1991 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Paris, France from 21 to 25 August 1991.[1]
The men's competition consisted of eight Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Five events were held for the women, all in kayak. This was the first championship with a unified German team for the first time since 1938 following separate East German and West German teams that competed from 1950 to 1990.
This was the 24th championships in canoe sprint.
| Event | align=center bgcolor="gold" | Gold | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Time | align=center bgcolor="silver" | Silver | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Time | align=center bgcolor="CC9966" | Bronze | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Time |
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| C-1 500 m | ||||||||||||
| C-1 1000 m | ||||||||||||
| C-1 10000 m | ||||||||||||
| C-2 500 m | Attila Pálizs Attila Szabó | Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi | Olivier Boivin Didier Hoyer | |||||||||
| C-2 1000 m | Ulrich Papke Ingo Spelly | Olivier Boivin Didier Hoyer | Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi | |||||||||
| C-2 10000 m | István Gyulay Pál Pétervári | Gheorghe Andriev Romice Haralambie | Andrew Train Stephen Train | |||||||||
| C-4 500 m | Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi Yuriy Gurin Valeriy Veshko | Benoît Bernard Jöel Bettin Philippe Renaud Pascal Sylvoz | Axel Berndt Andreas Dittmer Sven Montag Thomas Zereske | |||||||||
| C-4 1000 m | Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi Yuriy Gurin Valeriy Veshko | Olaf Heukrodt Sven Montag Ulrich Papke Ingo Spelly | Nikolay Bukhalov Traicho Draganov Paisiy Lubenov Dejan Slavov |
| Event | align=center bgcolor="gold" | Gold | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Time | align=center bgcolor="silver" | Silver | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Time | align=center bgcolor="CC9966" | Bronze | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K-1 500 m | ||||||||||||
| K-1 5000 m | ||||||||||||
| K-2 500 m | Ramona Portwich Anke von Seck | Éva Dónusz Erika Mészáros | Agneta Andersson Anna Olsson | |||||||||
| K-2 5000 m | Ramona Portwich Anett Schuck | Maria Haglund Susanne Rosenquist | Bernadette Bregeon Sabine Gotschy | |||||||||
| K-4 500 m | Katrin Borchert Monika Bunke Ramona Portwich Anke von Seck | Éva Dónusz Katalin Gyulay Rita Kőbán Erika Mészáros | Liu Qinglan Ning Menghua Wang Jing Wen Yanfang |