1970 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1970 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Copenhagen, Denmark for the second time after hosting the event in 1950. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. Beginning at these championships, the event would be held on an annual basis in non-Summer Olympic years, a tradition that continues as of 2009[update].

The men's competition consisted of four Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Three events were held for the women, all in kayak.

This was the eighth championships in canoe sprint.

## Medal summary

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### Men's

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#### Canoe

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Event  | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time

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C-1 1000 m  |  Tibor Tatai (HUN) |  |  Jerzy Opara (POL) |  |  Jiří Čtvrtečka (TCH) |
C-1 10000 m  |  Tamás Wichmann (HUN) |  |  Afansie Butelchin (ROU) |  |  Nikolay Fedulov (URS) |
C-2 1000 m  |  Romania
Ivan Patzaichin
Serghei Covaliov |  |  Hungary
Tamás Wichmann
Gyula Petrikovics |  |  Bulgaria
Boris Lubenov
Sachko Iliev |
C-2 10000 m  |  Romania
Petre Maxim
Gheorghe Simionov |  |  Soviet Union
Valeriy Drybas
Vasiliy Kalyagin |  |  Sweden
Bernt Lindelöf
Erik Zeidlitz |

#### Kayak

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Event  | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time

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K-1 500 m  |  Anatoliy Tischenko (URS) |  |  Grzegorz Śledziewski (POL) |  |  Jean-Pierre Burny (BEL) |
K-1 1000 m  |  Aleksandr Shaparenko (URS) |  |  Lars Andersson (SWE) |  |  Grzegorz Śledziewski (POL) |
K-1 10000 m  |  Viktor Tsaryov (URS) |  |  Erik Hansen (DEN) |  |  Péter Völgyi (HUN) |
K-1 4 x 500 m relay  |  Soviet Union
Nikolay Gogol
Anatoliy Tischenko
Anatoliy Kobrisev
Anatoliy Sedasov |  |  Romania
Eugen Botez
Mihai Zafiu
Ion Jacob
Aurel Vernescu |  |  Hungary
Géza Csapó
István Csizmadia
Mihály Hesz
József Svidró |
K-2 500 m  |  Sweden
Lars Andersson
Rolf Peterson |  |  Romania
Aurel Vernescu
Atanase Sciotnic |  |  Austria
Gerhard Seibold
Günther Pfaff |
K-2 1000 m  |  Austria
Gerhard Seibold
Günther Pfaff |  |  Sweden
Lars Andersson
Rolf Peterson |  |  East Germany
Klaus-Peter Ebeling
Joachim Mattern |
K-2 10000 m  |  Soviet Union
Konstantin Kostenko
Vyacheslav Kononov |  |  Hungary
Imre Szöllősi
Vilmos Nagy |  |  Romania
Costel Coșniță
Vasilie Simiocenco |
K-4 1000 m  |  Soviet Union
Yuri Filatov
Valeri Didenko
Yuriy Stetsenko
Vladimir Morozov |  |  East Germany
Uwe Will
Eduard Augustin
Klaus-Peter Ebeling
Joachim Mattern |  |  Hungary
István Szabó
Péter Várhelyi
Csaba Giczy
István Timár |
K-4 10000 m  |  Norway
Egil Søby
Steinar Amundsen
Tore Berger
Jan Johansen |  |  West Germany
Horst Mattern
Rainer Hennes
Jochen Schneider
Erich Kemnitz |  |  Sweden
Kurt Lycjner
Willy Tesch
Åke Sandin
Hans Nilsson |

### Women's

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Event  | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time

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K-1 500 m  |  Lyudmila Pinayeva (URS) |  |  Mieke Jaapies (NED) |  |  Petra Setzkorn (GDR) |
K-2 500 m  |  West Germany
Roswitha Esser
Renate Breuer |  |  Soviet Union
Lyudmila Bezrukova
Tamara Shymanskaya |  |  East Germany
Petra Setzkorn
Petra Grabowski |
K-4 500 m  |  Soviet Union
Lyudmila Bezrukova
Tamara Shymanskaya
Natalya Boyko
Ninel Vakula |  |  East Germany
Petra Setzkorn
Petra Grabowski
Ingeborg Loesch
Anita Nüssner-Kobuss |  |  West Germany
Roswitha Esser
Irene Pepinghege
Roswitha Spohr
Monika Bergmann |

## Medals table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Soviet Union (URS)| 8| 2| 1| 11
2|  Romania (ROU)| 2| 3| 1| 6
3|  Hungary (HUN)| 2| 2| 3| 7
4|  Sweden (SWE)| 1| 2| 2| 5
5|  West Germany (FRG)| 1| 1| 1| 3
6|  Austria (AUT)| 1| 0| 1| 2
7|  Norway (NOR)| 1| 0| 0| 1
8|  East Germany (GDR)| 0| 2| 3| 5
9|  Poland (POL)| 0| 2| 1| 3
10|  Denmark (DEN)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Netherlands (NED)| 0| 1| 0| 1
12|  Belgium (BEL)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Bulgaria (BUL)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Czechoslovakia (TCH)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (14 entries)| 16| 16| 16| 48

## References

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* ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
* ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
* Results at Canoeresults.eu

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