2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Venue	Idroscalo
Location	Milan, Italy
Start date	19 August
End date	23 August

The 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships was held from 19–23 August 2015 in Milan, Italy.

Canoe sprint competitions are broken up into Canadian canoe (C), an open canoe with a single-blade paddle, or in kayaks (K), a closed canoe with a double-bladed paddle. Each canoe or kayak can hold one person (1), two people (2), or four people (4). For each of the specific canoes or kayaks, such as a K-1 (kayak single), the competition distances can be 200 metres (660 ft), 500 metres (1,600 ft), or 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) long. When a competition is listed as a C-2 500 m event as an example, it means two people are in a canoe competing at a 500 metres (1,600 ft) distance.

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