The 2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, the 43rd edition of the World Championships, were held in Račice, Czech Republic, from 23 to 27 August 2017.
When a competition is listed as a K-2 500m event, for example, it means two people are in a kayak competing over a distance of 500 metres.
[2] Paracanoe competitions are contested in either a va'a (V), an outrigger canoe (which includes a second pontoon) with a single-blade paddle, or in a kayak (as above).
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.
The lower the classification number, the more severe the impairment is – for example, VL1 is a va'a competition for those with particularly severe impairments.