Six Crews, One Seat: Hungary Reopens Its K2 500 Selection Before the Poznan World Championships
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- 2026-07-28T09:22:25+00:00
Full competition results: ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Championships - Poznan
Two days after Hungary won the medal table at the junior and U23 European Championships in Szeged, the same Maty-ér course will stage exactly one race: an additional selection trial for the women's K2 500 ahead of the world championships in Poznan. Start at 15:00, six crews, one result sheet — and a seat on the team for the biggest event of the season.
The regatta's official title is "Női kajak VB pótválogató (K-2 500m)" — a supplementary women's selection for the K2 over 500 m before the world championships. It is not a full meet in any meaningful sense: the programme lists a single race, an A final, spread across lanes two through eight. Inside those seven lanes sit an Olympic medallist from Paris in this exact event, a world champion in the K1 1000, two European champions crowned inside the last month, and a crew that won a junior final on this same stretch of water three days ago. One afternoon, one straight 500, and a national federation's answer to a question it has been asking since Paris.
Why Hungary reopened selection
The Hungarian system in 2026 was built around a single date. The April regatta in Szeged was the season's only complete selection test, and its outcome set the lineups for the May World Cups. In the women's K2 500, that trial was won by Laura Ujfalvi and Zsóka Csikós in 1:40.339, ahead of the crew of Aliz Gombás — Hanna Pető (1:41.685) and the pairing of Dorina Decsi — Angelina Szegedi (1:44.757).
The problem was everything that happened after it. At the World Cup in Szeged, Ujfalvi and Csikós failed to reach the A final. They won the B final in 1:42.15, while the A final was taken by Germany's Paulina Paszek and Pauline Jagsch in 1:36.92. Five seconds, in an event where podiums are decided by tenths, is not a bad-day problem. It is a structural one.
The European Championships in Montemor-o-Velho were simultaneously better and worse: the crew made the A final, but finished sixth in 1:48.645. That left them 2.749 s adrift of the gold won again by Paszek and Jagsch (1:45.896) and 1.789 s from the bronze taken by Italy's Lucrezia Zironi and Giada Rossetti (1:46.856). Hungary's second attempt at the boat, Anna Lucz with Alida Dóra Gazsó, ended its international season in Brandenburg in ninth place in the A final — despite having posted the second-fastest semifinal time of the round (1:46.77). Fast enough to qualify, not fast enough when it counted.
By Montreal in July, there were no Hungarians in the women's K2 A final at all. Poland's Martyna Klatt and Anna Puławska won it in 1:38.25, ahead of China and Italy. That left the federation with an unusually simple piece of arithmetic: an Olympic event, a world championships a month away, and not one tested combination anywhere near the podium. Hence this afternoon's race.
The field: who goes afloat at 15:00
| Lane | Crew | Born | Clubs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Emma Lili Magyar — Zita Bauer | 2005, 2007 | Újpesti Torna Egylet, Lágymányosi Spari Vízisport |
| 4 | Anna Lucz — Alida Dóra Gazsó | 1999, 2000 | Újpesti Torna Egylet, Budapesti Honvéd SE |
| 5 | Zsóka Csikós — Laura Ujfalvi | 2001, 2003 | Szolnoki Kajak-Kenu Klub, Kovács Katalin Akadémia |
| 6 | Sára Fojt — Noémi Pupp | 2003, 1998 | Kovács Katalin Akadémia, Atomerőmű SE |
| 7 | Bianka Hofer — Flóra Tölgyesi | 2008, 2006 | Ferencvárosi TC, Budapesti Honvéd SE |
| 8 | Eszter Júlia Rendessy — Emese Kőhalmi | 2002, 2002 | Újpesti Torna Egylet, Kovács Katalin Akadémia |
Six crews, and each one tells a different story about how Hungary imagines this boat looking in Poznan.
The Paris crew, back together
The most emotionally loaded entry is in lane six. Sára Fojt and Noémi Pupp are precisely the pair that won Olympic bronze in the K2 500 in Paris in 2024, crossing the line in 1:39.46 — a time identical to the hundredth with Germany's Paulina Paszek and Jule Hake, with whom they shared third place. Only two boats finished ahead of them: New Zealand's Lisa Carrington and Alicia Hoskin (1:37.28) and the second Hungarian crew, Tamara Csipes and Alida Dóra Gazsó (1:39.39).
Since then their paths have diverged almost completely. Pupp, born in 1998 and racing for Atomerőmű SE, has appeared on international water essentially once this season — in the K4 at the Szeged World Cup, where alongside Lucz, Pető and Gazsó she won the B final in 1:33.96. Fojt went the other direction entirely. Born in 2003, she is still age-eligible for U23, and that is where she made her mark in July. At the junior and U23 world championships in Halifax she won the K1 1000 (4:10.570) and finished second over 500 m (2:02.34); three weeks later, at the European Championships in Szeged, she added U23 silver in the K1 500 and gold in the K4 (1:40.377).
That contrast captures the selectors' dilemma perfectly. Fojt is in the form of her life, but she has spent the decisive weeks of the summer in age-group boats. Pupp — an Olympic medallist and a European champion from Szeged 2024 in the K2 1000 — arrives off a season without a senior A final in an individual event. Two years ago this crew was one hundredth of a second away from Olympic silver. Today they have to prove they can still make a boat move together.
World champion against European champion
Lane five holds the pair that began this season as the first choice and now has to defend that status. Zsóka Csikós, born in 2001, is currently Hungary's strongest paddler over the longer distances: world champion in the K1 1000 from Milan 2025 and bronze medallist over 500 m at the same regatta, and this year the winner of the Szeged World Cup 1000 (3:50.12) and runner-up in the World Cup final in Montreal (4:15.11). At the European Championships in Portugal she took bronze in the K1 500 (1:48.024). Her partner Laura Ujfalvi, born in 2003 out of the Kovács Katalin academy, has been the senior team's discovery of the year — she is the athlete alongside whom Csikós won the April trial.
Their problem is arithmetic rather than ambition. Three K2 500 starts this season produced, in order: a B final win at the Szeged World Cup, a failure to advance in Brandenburg (where Ujfalvi raced with Angelina Szegedi), and sixth place at the European Championships. There is progression in that sequence. It is simply slower than the calendar demands.
Lane eight carries the least obvious proposition of the day: Emese Kőhalmi and Eszter Júlia Rendessy, both born in 2002. Kőhalmi is a double European champion from this season — she won the K1 1000 (3:56.731) and the K1 5000 (22:50.48) in Montemor-o-Velho, having earlier finished second over the long distance in both Szeged and Brandenburg. Rendessy was sixth in the 5000 m at the Szeged World Cup this year (25:16.24) and, a year earlier, fifth in the A final of the K1 1000 in Poznan. This is a pairing of two exceptional endurance athletes in an event that lasts roughly one minute and forty seconds and is frequently settled inside the first two hundred metres. An interesting experiment — but an experiment.
The sprinter, the teenagers and the great unknown
Lane four brings together two very different profiles in Anna Lucz and Alida Dóra Gazsó. Lucz, born in 1999 and racing for Újpesti Torna Egylet, is above all a 200 m specialist: world champion from Dartmouth 2022 in the K2 200, European champion in Szeged 2024 and Račice 2025, and this year European silver medallist in the K1 200 (40.329) and a World Cup bronze medallist in Szeged (39.43). Gazsó, meanwhile, is the Olympic silver medallist from Paris in this very event, a world champion in the K1 1000 from Copenhagen 2021 and European champion from Poznan 2021.
Their joint start in Brandenburg looked promising right up until the final: second in the heats (1:46.88), second in the semifinal (1:46.77), and then ninth in the race that mattered. It is worth remembering that Lucz owns Hungary's most recent World Cup podium in this event — bronze in Poznan in May 2025 (1:45.75), earned with Blanka Kiss on the same Malta course that will host the world championships in a month's time.
Lane seven belongs to the teenagers, and not just any teenagers. Bianka Hofer, born in 2008, won the junior world title in the K2 500 in Halifax this month (1:44.08) and the K4 (1:41.51), then became junior European champion in the K2 in Szeged last weekend. Flóra Tölgyesi, born in 2006, has U23 K4 silver from Halifax (1:36.12) and U23 K4 gold from Szeged — and she is the athlete with whom Fojt raced the U23 K2 in Halifax, finishing fourth (1:46.54).
Lane two goes to Emma Lili Magyar (2005) and Zita Bauer (2007). Bauer was one of the stories of last weekend: in Szeged she won the U23 European title in the K1 1000 in 4:01.581, having also won her heat (4:04.490). It is a first international title for the 2007-born paddler, and the K2 500 would be entirely new ground for her: this season she has raced only in the single.
Does any of these crews have a chance in Poznan
Here honesty is required. The standard in the women's K2 500 in the 2026 season is set by four programmes: Germany's Paszek and Jagsch (winners of the Szeged World Cup in 1:36.92, the Brandenburg World Cup and the European Championships); Poland in two configurations, since Klatt and Puławska won Montreal (1:38.25) and were second at the European Championships, while Dominika Putto and Adrianna Kąkol were second in Szeged (1:38.69) and fourth in Montreal; and Italy's Zironi and Rossetti, who finished in the top three at all three of the season's major regattas.
Hungary's best result in this event across the entire season is sixth place at the European Championships. In none of this year's three World Cups did a Hungarian K2 make the top eight of an A final: a B final in Szeged, ninth in Brandenburg, no entry in Montreal. And in Poznan the field expands beyond Europe: China (second in Montreal), Australia (second in Brandenburg) and New Zealand, absent from this year's World Cups but holders of the Olympic title in this event.
The realistic goal of today's selection, then, is not "find a crew that can medal" but "find a crew that can make the A final". The benchmark is unforgiving but concrete: in good conditions this season the last boat in the A final clocked 1:41.09 in Szeged and 1:41.78 in Montreal, while the podium started below 1:39.10. The fastest Hungarian K2 time in comparable conditions this year is the 1:41.80 from the Szeged semifinal. The A final is therefore within reach. A podium, on current form, is not, absent a visible step change.
There is a second layer to this story, though. Hungary finished the junior and U23 European Championships on top of the medal table with 25 medals: 11 gold, 10 silver and 4 bronze. Four athletes in today's field — Fojt, Tölgyesi, Hofer and Bauer — stood on a podium in Szeged in the past week. This is not a country with a talent problem. It is a country that dismantled its best K2 after Paris and has spent two seasons looking for the next one.
What's next: Poznan, 26-30 August
The ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Championships will be held on the Malta regatta course in Poznan from 26 to 30 August 2026. For the Hungarian K2 this is not only a fight for a medal — it is also the water on which Lucz claimed her country's most recent World Cup podium in this event, and the venue where the Polish opposition will be racing at home.
Results from today's selection will appear in the Hungarian federation's official results system after 15:00. The formal decision on the world championship squad belongs to the federation and may be announced later; today's race is its most important input, but not an automatic verdict.
Frequently asked questions
What time does the supplementary K2 500 selection in Szeged start?
The Hungarian federation's official results system lists a single race: the A final of the women's K2 500 at 15:00 Central European Summer Time on 28 July 2026, on the Maty-ér course in Szeged.
How many crews are competing for the team place?
Six, drawn in lanes 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. Twelve athletes in total, from seven clubs.
Are there Olympic medallists in the field?
Yes, three. Alida Dóra Gazsó won silver in Paris in the K2 500, while Sára Fojt and Noémi Pupp took bronze in the same event, in a time identical to the German crew's.
Why is Hungary staging an additional selection when it already held selection trials in April?
Because the crew chosen in April did not confirm that form at the events that mattered. Ujfalvi and Csikós won the trial in 1:40.339, but at the Szeged World Cup they got no further than first place in the B final, and at the European Championships they were sixth, 2.749 s behind gold.
Does Hungary have a realistic medal chance in the K2 500 in Poznan?
On current form, no. The best Hungarian result of the season in this event is sixth at the European Championships, and the German, Polish and Italian crews have been between 1.8 and 5 seconds quicker all year. The target for Poznan is a return to the A final rather than a podium.
Can the junior European champions win a senior selection race?
Bianka Hofer and Flóra Tölgyesi each have two gold medals from age-group boats this year, but in the 2026 season they have not raced together once — Hofer competed alongside Vivien Leskó in the junior category, Tölgyesi alongside Sára Fojt in U23. Their asset is freshness and peak form; their risk is the absence of a shared rhythm, which in a K2 takes months to build.
Will today's result definitively settle the world championship squad?
Not automatically. The selection is a key part of the process, but the decision to enter a crew rests with the Hungarian federation and may be announced in a separate statement.
Where will the 2026 world championships be held?
On the Malta regatta course in Poznan, from 26 to 30 August 2026.
At 15:00 on the Maty-ér, Hungarian canoe sprint gets an answer it has been chasing for two years. If Sára Fojt and Noémi Pupp rediscover the rhythm they had in Paris, Hungary travels to Poznan with a crew that knows exactly what an Olympic podium feels like. If one of the younger pairs wins, it will be a signal that the federation has started building a boat not for this world championships but for the next four years. Both answers are interesting — and both arrive this afternoon. For the full account of Hungary's weekend in Szeged, see our report from the junior and U23 European Championships and the medal table from those championships.
Complete results
Supplementary women's K2 500 selection — Szeged, 28 July 2026
One race, A final, start 15:00, Maty-ér course.
| Lane | Crew | Born | Clubs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Emma Lili Magyar — Zita Bauer | 2005, 2007 | Újpesti Torna Egylet, Lágymányosi Spari Vízisport |
| 4 | Anna Lucz — Alida Dóra Gazsó | 1999, 2000 | Újpesti Torna Egylet, Budapesti Honvéd SE |
| 5 | Zsóka Csikós — Laura Ujfalvi | 2001, 2003 | Szolnoki Kajak-Kenu Klub, Kovács Katalin Akadémia |
| 6 | Sára Fojt — Noémi Pupp | 2003, 1998 | Kovács Katalin Akadémia, Atomerőmű SE |
| 7 | Bianka Hofer — Flóra Tölgyesi | 2008, 2006 | Ferencvárosi Torna Club, Budapesti Honvéd SE |
| 8 | Eszter Júlia Rendessy — Emese Kőhalmi | 2002, 2002 | Újpesti Torna Egylet, Kovács Katalin Akadémia |
Szeged selection regatta, April 2026 — women's K2 500
| Rank | Crew | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laura Ujfalvi — Zsóka Csikós | 1:40.339 |
| 2 | Aliz Gombás — Hanna Pető | 1:41.685 |
| 3 | Dorina Decsi — Angelina Szegedi | 1:44.757 |
Women's K2 500 in the 2026 season — finals at the major regattas
Szeged World Cup, 8-10 May — A final
| Rank | Crew | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paulina Paszek — Pauline Jagsch | GER | 1:36.92 |
| 2 | Dominika Putto — Adrianna Kąkol | POL | 1:38.69 |
| 3 | Carolina García Otero — Nerea García Zabalegui | ESP | 1:39.01 |
| 4 | Nan Wang — Jie Shen | CHN | 1:39.09 |
| 5 | Lucrezia Zironi — Giada Rossetti | ITA | 1:39.26 |
| 6 | Lucía Val — Bárbara Pardo | ESP | 1:39.91 |
| 7 | Mia Medved — Anja Apollonio | SLO | 1:40.79 |
| 8 | Hermien Peters — Lize Broekx | BEL | 1:41.09 |
| 9 | Selma Konijn — Ruth Vorsselman | NED | 1:41.47 |
Hungary: Ujfalvi — Csikós, 1st place in the B final (1:42.15).
Brandenburg World Cup, 14-17 May — A final
| Rank | Crew | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paulina Paszek — Pauline Jagsch | GER | 1:49.91 |
| 2 | Kailey Harlen — Natalia Drobot | AUS | 1:51.47 |
| 3 | Lucrezia Zironi — Giada Rossetti | ITA | 1:51.48 |
| 4 | Martyna Klatt — Anna Puławska | POL | 1:51.65 |
| 5 | Selma Konijn — Ruth Vorsselman | NED | 1:52.46 |
| 6 | Nan Wang — Jie Shen | CHN | 1:53.64 |
| 7 | Carolina García Otero — Nerea García Zabalegui | ESP | 1:53.69 |
| 8 | Mia Medved — Anja Apollonio | SLO | 1:55.88 |
| 9 | Anna Lucz — Alida Dóra Gazsó | HUN | 1:56.81 |
European Championships Montemor-o-Velho, 11-14 June — A final
| Rank | Crew | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paulina Paszek — Pauline Jagsch | GER | 1:45.896 |
| 2 | Martyna Klatt — Anna Puławska | POL | 1:46.426 |
| 3 | Lucrezia Zironi — Giada Rossetti | ITA | 1:46.856 |
| 4 | Selma Konijn — Ruth Vorsselman | NED | 1:47.646 |
| 5 | Hermien Peters — Lize Broekx | BEL | 1:47.961 |
| 6 | Laura Ujfalvi — Zsóka Csikós | HUN | 1:48.645 |
| 7 | Mia Medved — Anja Apollonio | SLO | 1:48.970 |
| 8 | Carolina García — Nerea García | ESP | 1:49.080 |
| 9 | Manon Hostens — Vanina Paoletti | FRA | 1:50.490 |
Montreal World Cup, 9-12 July — A final
| Rank | Crew | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martyna Klatt — Anna Puławska | POL | 1:38.25 |
| 2 | Shimeng Yu — Mengdie Yin | CHN | 1:38.74 |
| 3 | Lucrezia Zironi — Giada Rossetti | ITA | 1:39.05 |
| 4 | Dominika Putto — Adrianna Kąkol | POL | 1:39.79 |
| 5 | Kailey Harlen — Natalia Drobot | AUS | 1:40.06 |
| 6 | Selma Konijn — Ruth Vorsselman | NED | 1:40.49 |
| 7 | Manon Hostens — Vanina Paoletti | FRA | 1:40.77 |
| 8 | Hermien Peters — Lize Broekx | BEL | 1:41.78 |
| 9 | Frederikke Mørcke — Sara Milthers | DEN | 1:46.24 |
The candidates — 2026 season starts
Anna Lucz — Szeged World Cup: K1 200 heats 1st (40.080), semifinal 1st (40.030), A final 3rd (39.430); K4 500 heats 3rd (1:36.010), semifinal 6th (1:36.640), B final 5th (1:33.960). Brandenburg World Cup: K2 500 heats 2nd (1:46.880), semifinal 2nd (1:46.770), A final 9th (1:56.810). European Championships: K1 200 heats 1st (38.002), A final 2nd (40.329).
Alida Dóra Gazsó — Szeged World Cup: K1 500 heats 1st (1:55.580), semifinal 6th (1:52.710), B final 1st (1:49.020); K4 500 heats 3rd, semifinal 6th, B final 5th (1:33.960). Brandenburg World Cup: K2 500 heats 2nd (1:46.880), semifinal 2nd (1:46.770), A final 9th (1:56.810); K4 500 heats 7th, semifinal 5th, B final 9th (1:39.570).
Zsóka Csikós — Szeged World Cup: K1 1000 heats 1st (4:03.380), A final 1st (3:50.120); K1 500 heats 3rd, semifinal 2nd, A final 7th (1:48.760); K2 500 heats 3rd, semifinal 4th, B final 1st (1:42.150). Brandenburg World Cup: K1 5000 final 4th (25:26.270); K1 500 A final 4th (1:55.600); K4 500 B final 9th (1:39.570). European Championships: K1 500 heats 1st (1:54.339), A final 3rd (1:48.024); K2 500 heats 3rd, semifinal 3rd, A final 6th (1:48.645). Montreal World Cup: K1 1000 heats 1st (4:21.280), A final 2nd (4:15.110); K1 500 heats 2nd, semifinal 2nd, A final 5th (1:54.470).
Laura Ujfalvi — Szeged World Cup: K2 500 heats 3rd (1:44.150), semifinal 4th (1:41.800), B final 1st (1:42.150). Brandenburg World Cup: K2 500 with Angelina Szegedi heats 6th (1:49.120); K4 500 heats 7th, semifinal 5th, B final 9th (1:39.570). European Championships: K2 500 heats 3rd (1:45.139), semifinal 3rd (1:45.708), A final 6th (1:48.645).
Sára Fojt — Halifax U23 world championships: K1 1000 heats 1st (4:43.240), A final 1st (4:10.570); K1 500 heats 2nd, semifinal 1st (2:01.020), A final 2nd (2:02.340); K2 500 with Tölgyesi heats 2nd (2:00.990), A final 4th (1:46.540). Szeged U23 European Championships: K1 500 heats 1st (1:53.471), A final 2nd (2:07.552); K4 500 heats 1st (1:38.078), A final 1st (1:40.377).
Noémi Pupp — Szeged World Cup: K4 500 heats 3rd (1:36.010), semifinal 6th (1:36.640), B final 5th (1:33.960).
Bianka Hofer — Halifax junior world championships: K2 500 heats 1st (1:56.520), A final 1st (1:44.080); K4 500 heats 1st (1:43.350), A final 1st (1:41.510). Szeged junior European Championships: K1 500 heats 1st (1:57.390), semifinal 1st (1:53.105), A final 4th (2:11.274); K2 500 heats 1st (1:45.856), A final 1st (1:51.418).
Flóra Tölgyesi — Halifax U23 world championships: K2 500 heats 2nd (2:00.990), A final 4th (1:46.540); K4 500 heats 1st (1:46.130), A final 2nd (1:36.120). Szeged U23 European Championships: K1 200 heats 1st (40.370), A final 4th (44.180); K4 500 heats 1st (1:38.078), A final 1st (1:40.377).
Eszter Júlia Rendessy — Szeged World Cup: K1 5000 A final 6th (25:16.240).
Emese Kőhalmi — Szeged World Cup: K1 1000 heats 1st (4:10.500), A final 2nd (3:51.420); K1 5000 A final 2nd (24:52.990). Brandenburg World Cup: K1 5000 final 2nd (24:59.790); K4 500 heats 7th, semifinal 5th, B final 9th (1:39.570). European Championships: K1 1000 heats 2nd (3:52.327), semifinal 2nd (3:54.262), A final 1st (3:56.731); K1 5000 A final 1st (22:50.480).
Zita Bauer — Szeged U23 European Championships: K1 1000 heats 1st (4:04.490), A final 1st (4:01.581).
Emma Lili Magyar — no international starts in the 2026 season.
Women's K2 500 — Hungarian crews at the World Cups, 2025-2026
| Date | Event | Round | Rank | Time | Crew |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-22 | Poznan World Cup | heats | 1 | 1:44.100 | Blanka Kiss — Anna Lucz |
| 2025-05-22 | Poznan World Cup | heats | 4 | 1:43.630 | Noémi Pupp — Sára Fojt |
| 2025-05-22 | Poznan World Cup | A final | 3 | 1:45.750 | Blanka Kiss — Anna Lucz |
| 2026-05-08 | Szeged World Cup | heats | 3 | 1:44.150 | Laura Ujfalvi — Zsóka Csikós |
| 2026-05-08 | Szeged World Cup | semifinal | 4 | 1:41.800 | Laura Ujfalvi — Zsóka Csikós |
| 2026-05-08 | Szeged World Cup | B final | 1 | 1:42.150 | Laura Ujfalvi — Zsóka Csikós |
| 2026-05-14 | Brandenburg World Cup | heats | 2 | 1:46.880 | Anna Lucz — Alida Dóra Gazsó |
| 2026-05-14 | Brandenburg World Cup | heats | 6 | 1:49.120 | Angelina Szegedi — Laura Ujfalvi |
| 2026-05-14 | Brandenburg World Cup | semifinal | 2 | 1:46.770 | Anna Lucz — Alida Dóra Gazsó |
| 2026-05-14 | Brandenburg World Cup | A final | 9 | 1:56.810 | Anna Lucz — Alida Dóra Gazsó |
| 2026-06-11 | European Championships Montemor | heats | 3 | 1:45.139 | Laura Ujfalvi — Zsóka Csikós |
| 2026-06-11 | European Championships Montemor | semifinal | 3 | 1:45.708 | Laura Ujfalvi — Zsóka Csikós |
| 2026-06-11 | European Championships Montemor | A final | 6 | 1:48.645 | Laura Ujfalvi — Zsóka Csikós |
Junior and U23 European Championships, Szeged, 23-26 July 2026 — medal table (leaders)
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | 11 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | Czechia | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Germany | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Serbia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Poland | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
Outside the national federation standings, Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) won 20 gold, 10 silver and 12 bronze medals in Szeged.
Sources: the official results system of the Hungarian Canoe Federation (programme and start lists for regatta no. 968), official ICF and ECA results from the 2026 season, and organisers' communications from the junior and U23 European Championships in Szeged.