1978 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Appearance
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The 1978 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia for a record third time. The Yugoslavian (now Serbian) city had previously hosted the championships in 1971 and 1975.
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 fourteenth championships in canoe sprint.
Medal summary
[edit]Men's
[edit]Canoe
[edit]Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
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C-1 500 m | Liubomir Ljubenov (BUL) | Gyula Hajdu (HUN) | Sergey Liminovich (URS) | |||
C-1 1000 m | Matija Ljubek (YUG) | Tamás Wichmann (HUN) | Ivan Patzaichin (ROU) | |||
C-1 10000 m | Ivan Patzaichin (ROU) | Vasiliy Yurchenko (URS) | Matija Ljubek (YUG) | |||
C-2 500 m | Hungary László Foltán István Vaskúti |
Soviet Union Sergey Petrenko Petras Grigonis |
Romania Gheorghe Simionov Toma Simionov |
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C-2 1000 m | Hungary Tamás Buday Oszkár Frey |
Romania Gheorghe Simionov Toma Simionov |
Soviet Union Sergey Postrechin Yuri Lobanov |
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C-2 10000 m | Hungary Tamás Buday László Vaskúti |
Romania Gheorghe Simionov Toma Simionov |
Soviet Union Viktor Vorobiyev Aleksandr Beleyi |
Kayak
[edit]Women's
[edit]Kayak
[edit]Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
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K-1 500 m | Roswitha Eberl (GDR) | Olga Makarova (URS) | Maria Cosma (ROU) | |||
K-2 500 m | East Germany Marion Rösiger Martina Fischer |
Soviet Union Natalya Kalashinkova Nina Doroh |
Romania Agafia Orlov Natasia Nichitov |
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K-4 500 m | East Germany Marion Rösiger Roswitha Eberl Carsta Genäuß Martina Fischer |
Bulgaria Vanja Gescheva Maria Mintscheva Natascha Janakieva Iliana Nikolova |
Romania Agafia Orlov Natasia Nichitov Maria Nicolae Nastasia Buri |
Medals table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | East Germany (GDR) | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
2 | Hungary (HUN) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
4 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
5 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
6 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
9 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (10 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |