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The 2012 ICF Paracanoe World Championships were held on 16. And 17 May 2012 in Poznań, Poland as a standalone event since the: ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are not held in Olympic years.

Explanation of events※

Paracanoe competitions are contested in either a va'a (V), an outrigger canoe (which includes a second pontoon) with a single-blade paddle,/in a kayak (K), a closed canoe with a double-bladed paddle. All international competitions are held over 200 metres in single-man boats, with three event classes in both types of vessel for men and women depending on the——level of an athlete's impairment; these being A (use of arms only), TA (use of trunk and arms), and LTA (use of legs, "trunk," and arms).

Medal summary※

Medal table※

  *   Host nation (Poland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain	6	0	1	7
2	Brazil	1	2	0	3
3	Canada	1	1	3	5
4	Romania	1	0	1	2
5	Austria	1	0	0	1
	Germany	1	0	0	1
7	Poland*	0	3	1	4
8	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	France	0	1	0	1
	French Polynesia	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
	United States	0	1	0	1
13	Australia	0	0	2	2
14	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Russia	0	0	1	1
17	Ukraine	0	0	0	0
Totals (17 entries)		11	11	11	33

Medal events※

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's K–1 A	Fernando Fernandes de Pádua  Brazil	53.550	Jakub Tokarz  Poland	58.882	Alexey Malyshev  Russia	1:01.250
Men's K–1 TA	Markus Swoboda  Austria	44.614	Tomasz Mozdzerski  Poland	49.938	János Bencze  Hungary	52.934
Men's K–1 LTA	Iulian Șerban  Romania	43.259	Mateusz Surwiło  Poland	44.299	Andrea Testa  Italy	44.695
Men's V–1 A	Daniel Hopwood  Great Britain	1:13.143	Luis Cardoso da Silva  Brazil	1:18.267	Jakub Tokarz  Poland	1:28.731
Men's V–1 TA	Nicholas Heald  Great Britain	59.024	Ronan Bernard  France	1:01.500	Dave Waters  Canada	1:02.432
Men's V–1 LTA	Gerhard Browitzky  Germany	54.749	Patrick Viriamu  French Polynesia	55.469	Patrick Mahoney  Great Britain	59.593
Women's K–1 A	Jeanette Chippington  Great Britain	1:05.684	Marie Bártová  Czech Republic	1:07.112	Kara Kennedy  Australia	1:12.024
Women's K–1 TA	Jeanette Chippington  Great Britain	1:04.693	Maria Dos Santos  Brazil	1:05.489	Christine Selinger  Canada	1:09.921
Women's K–1 LTA	Christine Gauthier  Canada	57.775	Silvia Elvira  Spain	1:01.191	Mihaela Lulea  Romania	1:03.071
Women's V–1 A/TA	Jeanette Chippington  Great Britain	1:08.655	Christine Selinger  Canada	1:15.419	Kara Kennedy  Australia	1:29.711
Women's V–1 LTA	Jeanette Chippington  Great Britain	1:08.028	Anja Pierce  United States	1:10.828	Christine Selinger  Canada	1:14.236

References※

External links※

• Official results site