1997 Canoe Slalom World Cup Explained

The 1997 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 10th edition. The series consisted of 4 regular world cup races and the world cup final.

Calendar

Label	Venue	Date
World Cup Race 1	Bourg-Saint-Maurice	21–22 June
World Cup Race 2	Björbo	28–29 June
World Cup Race 3	Bratislava	4–6 July
World Cup Race 4	Ocoee	27–28 July
World Cup Final	Minden	2–3 August

Final standings

The winner of each world cup race in the men's K1 was awarded 30 points while in the other three categories the winner was awarded 25 points. The points scale reached down to 1 point for 20th place in the men's K1 (15th place in the other three categories). Only the best two results of each athlete from the first 4 world cups plus the result from the world cup final counted for the final world cup standings. Furthermore, an athlete or boat had to compete in the world cup final in order to be classified in the world cup rankings. If two or more athletes or boats were equal on points, the ranking was determined by their positions in the world cup final.^[1]

C1 men

Pos	Athlete	Points
1		65
2		50
3		44
4		37
5		36
6		33
7		32
8		31
9		27
10		25

C2 men

Pos	Athletes	Points
1		62
2		60
3		60
4		41
5		32
6		27
7		26
8		17
9		17
10		12

K1 men

Pos	Athlete	Points
1		75
2		70
3		70
4		68
5		58
6		49
7		45
8		42
9		40
10		35

K1 women

Pos	Athlete	Points
1		65
2		49
3		45
4		41
5		39
6		37
7		36
8		30
9		23
10		21

Results

World Cup Race 1

The first world cup race of the season took place in Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France from 21 to 22 June.^[2]

Event	align=center bgcolor="gold"	Gold	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="silver"	Silver	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"	Bronze	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score
C1 men
C2 men	Frank Adisson Wilfrid Forgues		Miroslav Šimek Jiří Rohan		Marek Jiras Tomáš Máder
K1 men
K1 women

World Cup Race 2

The second world cup race of the season took place in Björbo, Sweden from 28 to 29 June.^[3]

Event	align=center bgcolor="gold"	Gold	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="silver"	Silver	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"	Bronze	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score
C1 men		224.28		224.86		231.55
C2 men	Krzysztof Kołomański Michał Staniszewski	232.94	Frank Adisson Wilfrid Forgues	232.99	Marek Jiras Tomáš Máder	235.18
K1 men		203.95		207.08		208.32
K1 women		249.57		249.64		250.57

World Cup Race 3

The third world cup race of the season took place at the Čunovo Water Sports Centre, Slovakia from 4 to 6 July.^[4]

Event	align=center bgcolor="gold"	Gold	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="silver"	Silver	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"	Bronze	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score
C1 men		241.17		241.27		253.89
C2 men	Milan Kubáň Marián Olejník	259.29	Miroslav Šimek Jiří Rohan	264.96	Ľuboš Šoška Peter Šoška	270.00
K1 men		232.70		234.52		234.72
K1 women		269.41		273.34		278.96

World Cup Race 4

The fourth world cup race of the season took place at the Ocoee Whitewater Center, Tennessee from 27 to 28 July.^[5]

Event	align=center bgcolor="gold"	Gold	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="silver"	Silver	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"	Bronze	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score
C1 men		291.38		297.07		299.40
C2 men	Frank Adisson Wilfrid Forgues	302.88	Marek Jiras Tomáš Máder	304.27	Éric Biau Bertrand Daille	305.47
K1 men		271.10		273.30		278.23
K1 women		314.96		324.56		329.65

World Cup Final

The final world cup race of the season took place at the Minden Wild Water Preserve, Ontario from 2 to 3 August.^[6]

Event	align=center bgcolor="gold"	Gold	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="silver"	Silver	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"	Bronze	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score
C1 men		242.41		242.50		242.75
C2 men	Marek Jiras Tomáš Máder	251.83	Miroslav Šimek Jiří Rohan	254.81	Éric Biau Bertrand Daille	259.99
K1 men		224.83		227.61		231.15
K1 women		265.26		270.52		283.66

External links

International Canoe Federation

Notes and References

http://www.whitewaterslalom.org/results/1997/worldcup.html 1997 World Cup standings Final Results
http://www.whitewaterslalom.org/results/1997/worldcup_one.html Results - World Cup Race 1
Web site: Official results - World Cup Race 2. 15 September 2017.
Web site: Official results - World Cup Race 3. 15 September 2017.
http://www.whitewaterslalom.org/results/1997/worldcup_four_final.html Results - World Cup Race 4
http://www.whitewaterslalom.org/results/1997/worldcup_five_final.html Results - World Cup Final