1977 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1977 Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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. The men's K-1 4 x 500 m relay was discontinued at these championships and replaced by the men's K-4 500 m event.

This was the thirteenth 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  |  Lipat Varabiev (ROU) |  |  Ulrich Eicke (GER) |  |  Zdislav Soroko (URS) |
C-1 1000 m  |  Ivan Patzaichin (ROU) |  |  Sergey Antipov (URS) |  |  Tamás Buday (HUN) |
C-1 10000 m  |  Tamás Wichmann (HUN) |  |  Vasiliy Yurchenko (URS) |  |  Ivan Patzaichin (ROU) |
C-2 500 m  |  Hungary
László Foltán
István Vaskúti |  |  Canada
John Wood
Gregory Smith |  |  Soviet Union
Vasyl Yurchenko
Yuri Lobanov |
C-2 1000 m  |  Soviet Union
Vasyl Yurchenko
Yuri Lobanov |  |  Hungary
Tamás Buday
Oszkár Frey |  |  Poland
Jerzy Opara
Andrzej Gronowicz |
C-2 10000 m  |  Soviet Union
Sergey Petrenko
Yuri Lobanov |  |  Romania
Lipat Varabiev
Pavel Cozlov |  |  Hungary
Zoltán Parti
András Hubik |

#### Kayak

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

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K-1 500 m  |  Vasile Dîba (ROU) |  |  Grzegorz Śledziewski (POL) |  |  Zoltán Sztanity (HUN) |
K-1 1000 m  |  Vasile Dîba (ROU) |  |  Rüdiger Helm (GDR) |  |  Oreste Perri (ITA) |
K-1 10000 m  |  Oreste Perri (ITA) |  |  István Fábián (HUN) |  |  Nikolay Stepanenko (URS) |
K-2 500 m  |  East Germany
Joachim Mattern
Bernd Olbricht |  |  Soviet Union
Viktor Vorobiyev
Nikolay Astapkovich |  |  Hungary
Géza Csapó
József Svidró |
K-2 1000 m  |  Hungary
Zoltán Bakó
István Szabó |  |  East Germany
Bernd Olbricht
Joachim Mattern |  |  Soviet Union
Vladimir Romanovsky
Sergei Nagornyi |
K-2 10000 m  |  Soviet Union
Petras Šiurskas
Anatoliy Korolkov |  |  Hungary
Zoltán Bakó
István Szabó |  |  Romania
Nicolae Țicu
Cuprian Macarencu |
K-4 500 m  |  Poland
Ryszard Oborski
Daniel Wełna
Grzegorz Kołtan
Henryk Budzicz |  |  Romania
Ion Dragulschi
Beniami Borbandi
Policarp Malîhin
Vasilie Simiocenco |  |  Spain
Herminio Menéndez
Martin Vázquez
José Ramón López
Luis Gregorio Ramos |
K-4 1000 m  |  Poland
Ryszard Oborski
Daniel Wełna
Grzegorz Kołtan
Henryk Budzicz |  |  Soviet Union
Aleksandr Shaparenko
Vladimir Morozov
Sergey Nikolskiy
Aleksandr Avdeyev |  |  Spain
Herminio Rodriguez
José María Esteban
José Ramón López
Luis Gregorio Ramos |
K-4 10000 m  |  Soviet Union
Aleksandr Shaparenko
Vladimir Morozov
Sergey Nikolskiy
Aleksandr Avdeyev |  |  Hungary
Csaba Giczy
János Rátkai
István Joós
Iván Herczeg |  |  Poland
Andrzej Klimaszewski
Krzysztof Lepianka
Zbigniew Torzecki
Zdzisław Szubski |

### Women's

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#### Kayak

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

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K-1 500 m  |  Gudrun Klaus-Dittmar (GDR) |  |  Maria Cosma (ROU) |  |  Tatyana Korzhunova (URS) |
K-2 500 m  |  East Germany
Marion Rösiger
Martina Fischer |  |  Romania
Agafia Orlov
Natasia Nichitov |  |  Bulgaria
Vania Gescheva
Diana Christova |
K-4 500 m  |  Bulgaria
Maria Mintscheva
Rosa Bohanova
Velitscha Mintscheva
Natascha Janakieva |  |  East Germany
Marion Rösiger
Martina Fischer
Sabine Pochert
Gudrun Klaus-Dittmar |  |  Soviet Union
Taisiya Lapteyeva
Galina Zhikareva
Tatyana Korzhunova
Nina Doroh |

## Medals table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Soviet Union (URS)| 4| 4| 6| 14
2|  Romania (ROU)| 4| 4| 2| 10
3|  Hungary (HUN)| 3| 4| 4| 11
4|  East Germany (GDR)| 3| 3| 0| 6
5|  Poland (POL)| 2| 1| 2| 5
6|  Bulgaria (BUL)| 1| 0| 1| 2
Italy (ITA)| 1| 0| 1| 2
8|  Canada (CAN)| 0| 1| 0| 1
West Germany (FRG)| 0| 1| 0| 1
10|  Spain (ESP)| 0| 0| 2| 2
Totals (10 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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