Róbert Hegedűs had the following podium finishes at the Flatwater World Championships: 1st 1997 K2 200 m (with the non-Olympian Vince Fehérvári), 1st 1997 K4 500 m (with Zoltán Kammerer, Botond Storcz, and Ákos Vereckei), 1st 1998 K2 200 m (with the non-Olympian Vince Fehérvári), 1st 1998 K4 200 m (with István Beé and the non-Olympians Gyula Kajner and Vince Fehérvári), 1st 1999 K2 200 m (with the non-Olympian Vince Fehérvári), 1st 1999 K4 200 m (with István Beé and the non-Olympians Vince Fehérvári and Gyula Kajner), 1st 2001 K4 200 m (with István Beé, Gábor Horváth, and the non-Olympian Vince Fehérvári), 2nd 1997 K4 200 m (with Krisztián Bártfai, Gábor Horváth, and the non-Olympian Vince Fehérvári), 3rd 1994 K4 500 m (with Gábor Horváth, Ferenc Csipes, and Zoltán Antal).