1998 ICF World Championship Canoeing Szeged Men's C-1 500 m Final (16:9)

1st Gold (Russia) Opalev Maxim 2:01.009. 2nd Silver (Germany) Dittmer Andreas 2:01.617. 3rd Bronze (Ukraine) Slivinskiy Mikhail 2:02.413. 4th (Hungary) Belicza Bela 2:04.885. 5th (Czech Republic) Doktor Martin 2:05.061. 6th (Italy) Cannone Domenico 2:05.761. 7th (Norway) Frederiksen Christian 2:06.537. 8th (Canada) Giles Stephen 2:09.365. 9th (Kazakhstan) Negodyayev Konstantin 2:12.033.