1977 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

International canoe event 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 Men's Canoe Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeC-1 500 m Lipat Varabiev ROU 1965 Ulrich Eicke GER Zdislav Soroko URS 1955C-1 1000 m Ivan Patzaichin ROU 1965 Sergey Antipov URS 1955 Tamás Buday HUN 1957C-1 10000 m Tamás Wichmann HUN 1957 Vasiliy Yurchenko URS 1955 Ivan Patzaichin ROU 1965C-2 500 m HUN 1957László FoltánIstván Vaskúti CanadaJohn WoodGregory Smith URS 1955Vasyl YurchenkoYuri LobanovC-2 1000 m URS 1955Vasyl YurchenkoYuri Lobanov HUN 1957Tamás BudayOszkár Frey PolandJerzy OparaAndrzej GronowiczC-2 10000 m URS 1955Sergey PetrenkoYuri Lobanov ROU 1965Lipat VarabievPavel Cozlov HUN 1957Zoltán PartiAndrás Hubik Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m Vasile Dîba ROU 1965 Grzegorz Śledziewski POL Zoltán Sztanity HUN 1957K-1 1000 m Vasile Dîba ROU 1965 Rüdiger Helm GDR Oreste Perri ITAK-1 10000 m Oreste Perri ITA István Fábián HUN 1957 Nikolay Stepanenko URS 1955K-2 500 m Joachim MatternBernd Olbricht URS 1955Viktor VorobiyevNikolay Astapkovich HUN 1957Géza CsapóJózsef SvidróK-2 1000 m HUN 1957Zoltán BakóIstván Szabó Bernd OlbrichtJoachim Mattern URS 1955Vladimir RomanovskySergei NagornyiK-2 10000 m URS 1955Petras ŠiurskasAnatoliy Korolkov HUN 1957Zoltán BakóIstván Szabó ROU 1965Nicolae ȚicuCuprian MacarencuK-4 500 m PolandRyszard OborskiDaniel WełnaGrzegorz KołtanHenryk Budzicz ROU 1965Ion DragulschiBeniami BorbandiPolicarp MalîhinVasilie Simiocenco ESP 1977Herminio MenéndezMartin VázquezJosé Ramón LópezLuis Gregorio RamosK-4 1000 m PolandRyszard OborskiDaniel WełnaGrzegorz KołtanHenryk Budzicz URS 1955Aleksandr ShaparenkoVladimir MorozovSergey NikolskiyAleksandr Avdeyev ESP 1977Herminio RodriguezJosé María EstebanJosé Ramón LópezLuis Gregorio RamosK-4 10000 m URS 1955Aleksandr ShaparenkoVladimir MorozovSergey NikolskiyAleksandr Avdeyev HUN 1957Csaba GiczyJános RátkaiIstván JoósIván Herczeg PolandAndrzej KlimaszewskiKrzysztof LepiankaZbigniew TorzeckiZdzisław Szubski Women's Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m Gudrun Klaus-Dittmar GDR Maria Cosma ROU 1965 Tatyana Korzhunova URS 1955K-2 500 m Marion RösigerMartina Fischer ROU 1965Agafia OrlovNatasia Nichitov BUL 1971Vania GeschevaDiana ChristovaK-4 500 m BUL 1971Maria MintschevaRosa BohanovaVelitscha MintschevaNatascha Janakieva Marion RösigerMartina FischerSabine PochertGudrun Klaus-Dittmar URS 1955Taisiya LapteyevaGalina ZhikarevaTatyana KorzhunovaNina Doroh Medals table 4 4 6 URS 1955 4 4 2 ROU 1965 3 4 4 HUN 1957 3 3 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 BUL 1971 1 0 1 0 0 2 ESP 1977 0 1 0 0 1 0 References 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. Icf Canoe Sprint World Championships, 1977 Icf Canoe Sprint World Championships, 1977 Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships C Category:Canoeing in Bulgaria