1988 Canoe Slalom World Cup

The 1988 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of seven races in four canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the inaugural edition. The first four races were held in North America, the next two races were also part of the Europa Cup and the final race was held in Augsburg, Germany, on 21 August 1988.[1][2][3]

Calendar

Label Venue Date Note
World Cup Race 1 United States Wausau, Wisconsin 18-19 June
World Cup Race 2 United States Savage River, Maryland 25-26 June Pre-world championship event
World Cup Race 3 Canada Minden, Ontario 1-2 July
World Cup Race 4 United States South Bend, Indiana 4 July
World Cup Race 5 Republic of Ireland Dublin 6-7 August Europa Cup
World Cup Race 6 United Kingdom Nottingham 13-14 August Europa Cup
World Cup Final West Germany Augsburg 21 August

Final standings

The best 5 results of each paddler/boat counted for the overall standings with double points for the World Cup final.[4]

C1 men

Pos Athlete Points[5]
1 Jon Lugbill (USA)135
2 David Hearn (USA)130
3 Jed Prentice (USA)115
4 Thierry Humeau (FRA)76
5 Jože Vidmar (YUG)73
6 Jacky Avril (FRA)52
7 Juraj Ontko (TCH)41
8 Carlo Faloci (FRA)39
9 Renato de Monti (ITA)33
10 Martin Lang (FRG)32
11 Andreas Kübler (FRG)31
12 Janko Brezigar (YUG)30
13 Jiří Rohan (TCH)30
14 Imrich Vida (TCH)20
15 Mark Delaney (GBR)20
16 Adam Pietrasik (POL)19
17 Gareth Marriott (GBR)13
17 Martyn Hedges (GBR)13
19 Grzegorz Sarata (POL)12
20 Robert McGuiness (AUS)12
21 Piotr Sarata (POL)11
22 Bruce Lessels (USA)11
23 Mike Corcoran (IRL)10
24 Peter Eckhardt (AUS)8
25 Boštjan Žitnik (YUG)4
26 Jozef Hajdučík (TCH)2
27 Larry Norman (CAN)1

C2 men

Pos Athletes Points[5]
1 Lecky Haller/Jamie McEwan (USA)106
2 Frank Hemmer/Thomas Loose (FRG)101
3 Michel Saidi/Jérôme Daval (FRA)100
4 Jan Petříček/Tomáš Petříček (TCH)81
5 Jérôme Daille/Gilles Lelievre (FRA)79
6 Miroslav Šimek/Jiří Rohan (TCH)65
7 Miroslav Hajdučík/Milan Kučera (TCH)62
8 Ueli Matti/Peter Matti (SUI)60
9 Joe Jacobi/Scott Strausbaugh (USA)58
10 Thierry Saidi/Emmanuel del Rey (FRA)57
11 Nicolas Le Friec/Jean-Pierre Le Lann (FRA)47
12 Stephan Bittner/Volker Nerlich (FRG)37
13 Frank Becker/Martin Fröhlke (FRG)26
14 Colin Brown/Alan Meikle (GBR)23
15 Bill Hearn/John Anderson (USA)16
16 Mike Larimer/Steve Thomas (USA)15
17 Clive Richardson/Colin Thompson (GBR)13
18  John Harris/Charles Harris (USA)11
19 Grzegorz Staniszewski/Wojciech Staniszewski (POL)10
20 Stefan Müller/Ernst Rudin (SUI)9
21 Don Sorensen/Ray McLain (USA)8
22 Rudy Koehler/Mark Brown (CAN)6

K1 men

Pos Athlete Points[5][4]
1 Richard Fox (GBR)110
2 Janez Skok (YUG)109
3 Laurent Brissaud (FRA)86
4 Melvyn Jones (GBR)86
5 Richard Weiss (USA)60
6 Jernej Abramič (YUG)51
7 Luboš Hilgert (TCH)51
8 Peter Micheler (FRG)50
9 Chris Doughty (USA)50
10 Martin Hemmer (FRG)48
11 Manuel Brissaud (FRA)37
12 Ivan Hilgert (TCH)32
13 Marjan Štrukelj (YUG)32
14 Pierpaolo Ferrazzi (ITA)26
15 Christophe Prigent (FRA)25
16 Michael Glöckle (FRG)24
17 Russell Smith (GBR)24
18 Donald Johnstone (NZL)18
19 Ralph Rhein (SUI)14
20 Jean Pierre Latimier (FRA)14
21 Pavel Přindiš (TCH)13
22 Ettore Ivaldi (ITA)11
23 Kazimierz Gawlikowski (POL)10
24 Eugenio Salvi (ITA)10
25 Albin Čižman (YUG)9
26 Marty McCormick (USA)8
27 Horst Pock (AUT)7
28 Ian Wiley (IRL)6
29 Roland Eisele (FRG)6
30 Frits Sins (NED)5
31 Ian Raspin (GBR)3
32 Lars Johansson (SWE)1
33 Michael Reys (NED)1

K1 women

Pos Athlete Points[5]
1 Dana Chladek (USA)112
2 Myriam Jerusalmi (FRA)110
3 Marie-Françoise Grange-Prigent (FRA)98
4 Anne Boixel (FRA)66
5 Zdenka Grossmannová (TCH)66
6 Elizabeth Sharman (GBR)58
7 Cathy Hearn-Haller (USA)57
8 Margit Messelhäuser (FRG)49
9 Štěpánka Hilgertová (TCH)46
10 Elisabeth Micheler (FRG)42
11 Jennifer Stone (USA)42
12 Gabi Loose (FRG)36
13 Karen Davies (GBR)33
14 Joanne Woods (CAN)32
15 Sylvie Arnaud (FRA)20
16 Danielle Woodward (AUS)17
17 Sheryl Boyle (CAN)15
18 Deborah Vogel (SUI)12
19 Rachel Fox (GBR)11
19 Kathy Lynch (NZL)11
21 Michaela Buddeusová (TCH)9
22 Claire Casson (NZL)9
23 Marie-Claire Dönni (SUI)6
24 Katrina Day (NZL)5
25 Marta Grzybek (POL)4
26 Meta Kastelič (YUG)3
26 Mandy Linden (AUS)3
26 Sanne van der Ros (NED)3
29 Lena Cedrenius (SWE)2
29 Giovanna Ambrosi (ITA)2
29 Maylon T. Hanold (USA)2
29 Eileen Ash (USA)2
33 Brigitte Huber (AUT)1

Points

World Cup points were awarded based on the results of each race at each event as follows:[6]

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
All classes 25 20 15 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Results

Incomplete results listed below.

World Cup Race 1

18-19 June in Wausau, Wisconsin[1][4]

Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze Score
C1 men  Jon Lugbill (USA)189.60  Jed Prentice (USA)190.21  David Hearn (USA)191.56
C2 men  Jan Petříček/Tomáš Petříček (TCH)
K1 men  Richard Fox (GBR)178.07  Laurent Brissaud (FRA)179.00  Richard Weiss (USA)188.67
K1 women  Zdenka Grossmannová (TCH)204.01  Dana Chladek (USA)204.06  Myriam Jerusalmi (FRA)206.35

World Cup Race 2

25-26 June in Savage River, Maryland. The race was a tune up for the 1989 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.[7][1][4]

Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze Score
C1 men  Jon Lugbill (USA)199.66  David Hearn (USA)201.19  Jed Prentice (USA)204.49
C2 men  Jérôme Daille/Gilles Lelievre (FRA)221.41  Lecky Haller/Jamie McEwan (USA)224.59  Michel Saidi/Jérôme Daval (FRA)224.92
K1 men  Richard Fox (GBR)180.21  Melvyn Jones (GBR)183.45  Laurent Brissaud (FRA)185.44
K1 women  Elizabeth Sharman (GBR)215.42  Sylvie Arnaud (FRA)219.70  Karen Davies (GBR)226.90
K1 men team  Great Britain
Richard Fox
Melvyn Jones
Russell Smith		213.94  Yugoslavia
Jernej Abramič
Janez Skok
Albin Čižman		214.98  United States
Chris Doughty
Richard Weiss
Marty McCormick		215.42
K1 women team  France263.32  Great Britain
Elizabeth Sharman
Karen Davies
Rachel Fox		287.38  United States316.16

World Cup Race 3

1-2 July in Minden, Ontario, Gull River[1][4]

Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze Score
C1 men  Jed Prentice (USA)
C2 men  Lecky Haller/Jamie McEwan (USA)
K1 men  Richard Fox (GBR)  Melvyn Jones (GBR)
K1 women  Marie-Françoise Grange-Prigent (FRA)

World Cup Race 4

4 July in South Bend, Indiana[1][4]

Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze Score
C1 men  David Hearn (USA)
C2 men  Lecky Haller/Jamie McEwan (USA)
K1 men  Janez Skok (YUG)195.65  Luboš Hilgert (TCH)198.78  Ivan Hilgert (TCH)199.71
K1 women  Marie-Françoise Grange-Prigent (FRA)

World Cup Race 5

6-7 August in Dublin[2][3][4]

Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze Score
C1 men  Jed Prentice (USA)  Jon Lugbill (USA)
C2 men  Frank Hemmer/Thomas Loose (FRG)  Michel Saidi/Jérôme Daval (FRA)  Thierry Saidi/Emmanuel del Rey (FRA)
K1 men  Janez Skok (YUG)  Pierpaolo Ferrazzi (ITA)  Richard Fox (GBR)
K1 women  Elizabeth Sharman (GBR)  Marie-Françoise Grange-Prigent (FRA)  Myriam Jerusalmi (FRA)

World Cup Race 6

13-14 August in Nottingham[2][3][4]

Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze Score
C1 men  Jon Lugbill (USA)  David Hearn (USA)  Jed Prentice (USA)
C2 men  Miroslav Šimek/Jiří Rohan (TCH)  Frank Hemmer/Thomas Loose (FRG)  Colin Brown/Alan Meikle (GBR)
K1 men  Melvyn Jones (GBR)  Richard Fox (GBR)  Laurent Brissaud (FRA)
K1 women  Štěpánka Hilgertová (TCH)  Myriam Jerusalmi (FRA)  Dana Chladek (USA)

World Cup Final

21 August in Augsburg[4]

Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze Score
C1 men  David Hearn (USA)  Jon Lugbill (USA)  Jed Prentice (USA)
C2 men  Frank Hemmer/Thomas Loose (FRG)  Miroslav Šimek/Jiří Rohan (TCH)  Michel Saidi/Jérôme Daval (FRA)
K1 men  Peter Micheler (FRG)  Janez Skok (YUG)
K1 women  Dana Chladek (USA)  Myriam Jerusalmi (FRA)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Canoe Slalom Magazine - August 1988" (PDF). Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Canoe Slalom Magazine - September 1988" (PDF). Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "SLALOM YEARBOOK 1989" (PDF). Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Canoe-Kayak '89" (PDF). Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "1988 World Cup standings" (PDF). 21 August 1988. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  6. ↑ "Canoe Slalom Magazine - February 1989" (PDF). Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "World Cup Race 2 - Official results" (PDF). Retrieved 19 August 2026.
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