1998 Canoe Slalom World Cup

The 1998 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 11th edition. The series consisted of 4 regular world cup races and the world cup final.

Label	Venue	Date
World Cup Race 1	Liptovský Mikuláš	13–14 June
World Cup Race 2	Tacen	20–21 June
World Cup Race 3	Augsburg	27–28 June
World Cup Race 4	Wausau	31 July - 2 August
World Cup Final	La Seu d'Urgell	11–13 September

The winner of each world cup race was awarded 30 points. The points scale reached down to 1 point for 20th place in the men's K1, while in the other three categories only the top 15 received points (with 6 points for 15th place). 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.^[1]

C1 men [edit] Pos Athlete Points[1] 1  Michal Martikán (SVK) 80 2  Patrice Estanguet (FRA) 66 3  Hervé Delamarre (FRA) 65 4  Emmanuel Brugvin (FRA) 60 5  Juraj Minčík (SVK) 57 6  Lukáš Pollert (CZE) 55 6  Stanislav Ježek (CZE) 55 8  Krzysztof Bieryt (POL) 51 9  Tony Estanguet (FRA) 43 10  David Hearn (USA) 42

C2 men [edit] Pos Athletes Points[1] 1  Roman Štrba/Roman Vajs (SVK) 68 2  Marek Jiras/Tomáš Máder (CZE) 65 3  Éric Biau/Bertrand Daille (FRA) 61 4  Petr Štercl/Pavel Štercl (CZE) 59 5  Jaroslav Volf/Ondřej Štěpánek (CZE) 54 6  Jaroslav Pospíšil/Jaroslav Pollert (CZE) 48 7  Matt Taylor/Lecky Haller (USA) 46 7  Milan Kubáň/Marián Olejník (SVK) 46 9  Nathanael Fouquet/Alexandre Lauvergne (FRA) 43 10  Philippe Quémerais/Yann Le Pennec (FRA) 41

K1 men [edit] Pos Athlete Points[1] 1  Paul Ratcliffe (GBR) 85 2  Scott Shipley (USA) 63 3  Pierpaolo Ferrazzi (ITA) 57 4  Andraž Vehovar (SLO) 55 5  Thomas Becker (GER) 53 6  Helmut Oblinger (AUT) 52 7  David Ford (CAN) 45 8  Enrico Lazzarotto (ITA) 41 9  Ian Raspin (GBR) 40 10  Ian Wiley (IRL) 36

K1 women [edit] Pos Athlete Points[1] 1  Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE) 75 2  Elena Kaliská (SVK) 70 3  Brigitte Guibal (FRA) 59 4  Kordula Striepecke (GER) 57 5  Margaret Langford (CAN) 50 6  María Eizmendi (ESP) 49 7  Sandra Friedli (SUI) 47 8  Gabriela Brosková (SVK) 45 9  Cathy Hearn (USA) 44 10  Heather Corrie (GBR) 41

The first world cup race of the season took place at the Ondrej Cibak Whitewater Slalom Course in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia from 13 to 14 June.^[2]

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C1 men	Emmanuel Brugvin (FRA)	214.70	Krzysztof Bieryt (POL)	216.56	Lukáš Pollert (CZE)	218.06
C2 men	Czech Republic Marek Jiras Tomáš Máder	230.14	Czech Republic Jaroslav Volf Ondřej Štěpánek	232.24	Czech Republic Jaroslav Pospíšil Jaroslav Pollert	233.10
K1 men	Scott Shipley (USA)	205.65	Pierpaolo Ferrazzi (ITA)	206.78	Ian Raspin (GBR)	209.24
K1 women	Elena Kaliská (SVK)	224.74	Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE)	228.66	Gabriela Brosková (SVK)	231.28

The second world cup race of the season took place at the Tacen Whitewater Course, Slovenia from 20 to 21 June.^[3]

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C1 men	Michal Martikán (SVK)	202.14	Hervé Delamarre (FRA)	209.05	Juraj Minčík (SVK)	209.19
C2 men	Slovakia Milan Kubáň Marián Olejník	224.27	Slovakia Roman Štrba Roman Vajs	226.48	France Frank Adisson Wilfrid Forgues	227.02
K1 men	Paul Ratcliffe (GBR)	188.01	Andraž Vehovar (SLO)	189.67	Ian Raspin (GBR)	190.71
K1 women	Brigitte Guibal (FRA)	232.81	Evi Huss (GER)	234.18	Elena Kaliská (SVK)	241.53

The third world cup race of the season took place at the Augsburg Eiskanal, Germany from 27 to 28 June.^[4]

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C1 men	Stanislav Ježek (CZE)	228.61	Patrice Estanguet (FRA)	230.34	Michal Martikán (SVK)	231.52
C2 men	France Frank Adisson Wilfrid Forgues	233.75	Poland Krzysztof Kołomański Michał Staniszewski	241.75	Germany André Ehrenberg Michael Senft	241.85
K1 men	Thomas Becker (GER)	215.75	Enrico Lazzarotto (ITA)	216.03	Scott Shipley (USA)	217.26
K1 women	Sandra Friedli (SUI)	257.46	Kordula Striepecke (GER)	258.80	Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE)	261.14

The fourth world cup race of the season took place in Wausau, Wisconsin from 31 July to 2 August.^[5]

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C1 men	Emmanuel Brugvin (FRA)	245.99	Hervé Delamarre (FRA)	249.16	Juraj Minčík (SVK)	250.00
C2 men	France Éric Biau Bertrand Daille	265.33	France Nathanael Fouquet Alexandre Lauvergne	266.93	United States Matt Taylor Lecky Haller	268.96
K1 men	Scott Shipley (USA)	233.82	Paul Ratcliffe (GBR)	237.62	David Ford (CAN)	242.17
K1 women	Cathy Hearn (USA)	273.52	Margaret Langford (CAN)	273.94	Peggy Dickens (FRA)	274.51

The final world cup race of the season took place at the Segre Olympic Park in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain from 11 to 13 September.^[6]

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C1 men	Michal Martikán (SVK)	208.44	Patrice Estanguet (FRA)	213.93	Lukáš Pollert (CZE)	214.21
C2 men	Slovakia Roman Štrba Roman Vajs	223.00	Czech Republic Petr Štercl Pavel Štercl	228.89	Czech Republic Marek Jiras Tomáš Máder	229.14
K1 men	Paul Ratcliffe (GBR)	200.49	Helmut Oblinger (AUT)	201.13	Thomas Schmidt (GER)	202.90
K1 women	Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE)	224.68	María Eizmendi (ESP)	232.30	Elena Kaliská (SVK)	236.78

• International Canoe Federation