1974 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1974 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Mexico City, Mexico in neighboring Xochimilco. This marked the first time the championships took place outside Europe. As of 2009[update], all championships have taken place either in Europe or North America. The lake was where the canoeing and rowing events took place for the 1968 Summer Olympics.

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

This was the eleventh 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-1 500 m  |  Sergey Petrenko (URS) |  |  Klaus Zeisler (GDR) |  |  Ivan Patzaichin (ROU) |
C-1 1000 m  |  Vasiliy Yurchenko (URS) |  |  Klaus Zeisler (GDR) |  |  Ivan Patzaichin (ROU) |
C-1 10000 m  |  Tamás Wichmann (HUN) |  |  Vasiliy Yurchenko (URS) |  |  Ivan Patzaichin (ROU) |
C-2 500 m  |  Soviet Union
Aleksandr Vinogradov
Yuri Lobanov |  |  Romania
Gheorghe Danielov
Gheorghe Simionov |  |  Czechoslovakia
Tomáš Šach
Jiří Čtvrtečka |
C-2 1000 m  |  Soviet Union
Vladas Česiūnas
Yuri Lobanov |  |  Poland
Jerzy Opara
Andrzej Gronowicz |  |  Romania
Cherasim Munteanu
Vasile Serghei |
C-2 10000 m  |  Soviet Union
Vladas Česiūnas
Yuri Lobanov |  |  Hungary
Tamás Buday
Gábor Haraszti |  |  France
Alain Alcard
Jean-Paul Cézard |

#### Kayak

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

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K-1 500 m  |  Vasile Dîba (ROU) |  |  Géza Csapó (HUN) |  |  Grzegorz Śledziewski (POL) |
K-1 1000 m  |  Géza Csapó (HUN) |  |  Grzegorz Śledziewski (POL) |  |  Oreste Perri (ITA) |
K-1 10000 m  |  Oreste Perri (ITA) |  |  Aleksandr Shaparenko (URS) |  |  Péter Völgyi (HUN) |
K-1 4 x 500 m relay  |  Romania
Vasile Dîba
Ernst Pavel
Atanase Sciotnic
Mihai Zafiu |  |  Soviet Union
Vitaliy Trukshin
Sergei Chukhray
Anatoliy Kobrisev
Nikolay Astapkovich |  |  Poland
Ryszard Oborski
Grzegorz Śledziewski
Kazimierz Górecki
Andrzej Matysiak |
K-2 500 m  |  Poland
Ryszard Oborski
Grzegorz Śledziewski |  |  Hungary
József Deme
János Rátkai |  |  East Germany
Ulrich Hellige
Herbert Laabs |
K-2 1000 m  |  Hungary
Zoltán Bakó
István Szabó |  |  Soviet Union
Vladimir Kozubin
Mikhail Afansiyev |  |  East Germany
Volkmar Thiede
Rüdiger Helm |
K-2 10000 m  |  Romania
Ion Terente
Antrop Variabev |  |  Belgium
Jos Broekx
Paul Stinckens |  |  Soviet Union
Konstantin Kostenko
Vyacheslav Kononov |
K-4 1000 m  |  East Germany
Herbert Laabs
Ulrich Hellige
Jürgen Lehnert
Bernd Duvigneau |  |  Soviet Union
Yuri Filatov
Aleksandr Degtyarov
Aleksandr Kuprikov
Nikolay Astapkovich |  |  Hungary
József Deme
János Rátkai
Csongor Vargha
Csaba Giczy |
K-4 10000 m  |  Soviet Union
Leonid Derevyanko
Nikolai Gorbachev
Pytor Zhurga
Anatoliy Zharkin |  |  Hungary
Csaba Giczy
Csongor Vargha
István Szabó
Zoltán Romhanyi |  |  Poland
Ryszard Oborski
Kazimierz Górecki
Grzegorz Kołtan
Andrzej Matysiak |

### Women's

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

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K-1 500 m  |  Anke Ohde (GDR) |  |  Nina Gopova (URS) |  |  Maria Cosma (ROU) |
K-2 500 m  |  East Germany
Bärbel Köster
Anke Ohde |  |  Romania
Victoria Dumitru
Maria Nichiforov |  |  Hungary
Ilona Tőzsér
Mária Zakariás |
K-4 500 m  |  East Germany
Ilse Kaschube
Bärbel Köster
Anke Ohde
Carola Zirzow |  |  Soviet Union
Nina Gopova
Larissa Kabakova
Tatyana Korzhunova
Galina Kreft |  |  Romania
Victoria Dumitru
Maria Nichiforov
Maria Cosma
Agafia Orlov |

## Medals table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Soviet Union| 6| 7| 1| 14
2|  East Germany| 4| 2| 2| 8
3|  Hungary| 3| 4| 3| 10
4|  Romania| 3| 2| 6| 11
5|  Poland| 1| 2| 3| 6
6|  Italy| 1| 0| 1| 2
7|  Belgium| 0| 1| 0| 1
8|  Czechoslovakia| 0| 0| 1| 1
France| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (9 entries)| 18| 18| 18| 54

## 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.

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