1970 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

International canoe competition 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 2026 on. 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 Men's Canoe Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeC-1 1000 m Tibor Tatai HUN 1957 Jerzy Opara POL Jiří Čtvrtečka TCHC-1 10000 m Tamás Wichmann HUN 1957 Afansie Butelchin ROU 1965 Nikolay Fedulov URS 1955C-2 1000 m ROU 1965Ivan PatzaichinSerghei Covaliov HUN 1957Tamás WichmannGyula Petrikovics BUL 1968Boris LubenovSachko IlievC-2 10000 m ROU 1965Petre MaximGheorghe Simionov URS 1955Valeriy DrybasVasiliy Kalyagin SwedenBernt LindelöfErik Zeidlitz Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m Anatoliy Tischenko URS 1955 Grzegorz Śledziewski POL Jean-Pierre Burny BELK-1 1000 m Aleksandr Shaparenko URS 1955 Lars Andersson SWE Grzegorz Śledziewski POLK-1 10000 m Viktor Tsaryov URS 1955 Erik Hansen DEN Péter Völgyi HUN 1957K-1 4 x 500 m relay URS 1955Nikolay GogolAnatoliy TischenkoAnatoliy KobrisevAnatoliy Sedasov ROU 1965Eugen BotezMihai ZafiuIon JacobAurel Vernescu HUN 1957Géza CsapóIstván CsizmadiaMihály HeszJózsef SvidróK-2 500 m SwedenLars AnderssonRolf Peterson ROU 1965Aurel VernescuAtanase Sciotnic Gerhard SeiboldGünther PfaffK-2 1000 m Gerhard SeiboldGünther Pfaff SwedenLars AnderssonRolf Peterson Klaus-Peter EbelingJoachim MatternK-2 10000 m URS 1955Konstantin KostenkoVyacheslav Kononov HUN 1957Imre SzöllősiVilmos Nagy ROU 1965Costel CoșnițăVasilie SimiocencoK-4 1000 m URS 1955Yuri FilatovValeri DidenkoYuriy StetsenkoVladimir Morozov Uwe WillEduard AugustinKlaus-Peter EbelingJoachim Mattern HUN 1957István SzabóPéter VárhelyiCsaba GiczyIstván TimárK-4 10000 m Egil SøbySteinar AmundsenTore BergerJan Johansen Horst MatternRainer HennesJochen SchneiderErich Kemnitz SwedenKurt LycjnerWilly TeschÅke SandinHans Nilsson Women's Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m Lyudmila Pinayeva URS 1955 Mieke Jaapies NED Petra Setzkorn GDRK-2 500 m Roswitha EsserRenate Breuer URS 1955Lyudmila BezrukovaTamara Shymanskaya Petra SetzkornPetra GrabowskiK-4 500 m URS 1955Lyudmila BezrukovaTamara ShymanskayaNatalya BoykoNinel Vakula Petra SetzkornPetra GrabowskiIngeborg LoeschAnita Nüssner-Kobuss Roswitha EsserIrene PepinghegeRoswitha SpohrMonika Bergmann Medals table 8 2 1 URS 1955 2 2 3 HUN 1957 2 3 1 ROU 1965 1 2 2 0 2 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 BUL 1968 0 0 1 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. Results at Canoeresults.eu Icf Canoe Sprint World Championships, 1970 Icf Canoe Sprint World Championships, 1970 Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships Category:International sports competitions in Copenhagen Category:Canoeing in Denmark