1978 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

International canoe event thumb|Yugoslav stamp dedicated to the 1978 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships 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 Men's Canoe Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeC-1 500 m Liubomir Ljubenov BUL 1971 Gyula Hajdu HUN 1957 Sergey Liminovich URS 1955C-1 1000 m Matija Ljubek YUG Tamás Wichmann HUN 1957 Ivan Patzaichin ROU 1965C-1 10000 m Ivan Patzaichin ROU 1965 Vasiliy Yurchenko URS 1955 Matija Ljubek YUGC-2 500 m HUN 1957László FoltánIstván Vaskúti URS 1955Sergey PetrenkoPetras Grigonis ROU 1965Gheorghe SimionovToma SimionovC-2 1000 m HUN 1957Tamás BudayOszkár Frey ROU 1965Gheorghe SimionovToma Simionov URS 1955Sergey PostrechinYuri LobanovC-2 10000 m HUN 1957Tamás BudayLászló Vaskúti ROU 1965Gheorghe SimionovToma Simionov URS 1955Viktor VorobiyevAleksandr Beleyi Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m Vasile Dîba ROU 1965 Vladimir Parfenovich URS 1955 Peter Hempel GDRK-1 1000 m Rüdiger Helm GDR Milan Janić YUG Vitaliy Trukshin URS 1955K-1 10000 m Milan Janić YUG Nikolay Stepanenko URS 1955 István Joós HUN 1957K-2 500 m Bernd OlbrichtRüdiger Helm ROU 1965Nicușor EșanuIon Bîrlădeanu URS 1955Sergei ChukhrayVladimir TainikovK-2 1000 m URS 1955Sergei ChukhrayVladimir Tainikov Einar RasmussenOlaf Søyland HUN 1957Zoltán BakóIstván SzabóK-2 10000 m HUN 1957Zoltán BakóIstván Szabó FranceAlain LebasJean-Paul Hanquier ROU 1965Nicușor EșanuGrigore ConstantinK-4 500 m Peter BischofBernd DuvigneauRoland GraupnerHarald Marg ESP 1977Herminio MenéndezMartin VázquezJosé Ramón LópezLuis Gregorio Ramos PolandRyszard OborskiDaniel WełnaGrzegorz KołtanGrzegorz ŚledziewskiK-4 1000 m Bernd OlbrichtBernd DuvigneauRüdiger HelmHarald Marg ROU 1965Nicușor EșanuIon BîrlădeanuMihai ZafiuAlexandru Giura ESP 1977Herminio RodriguezJosé María EstebanJosé Ramón LópezLuis Gregorio RamosK-4 10000 m URS 1955Aleksandr ShaparenkoSergey NikolskiyVladimir MorozovAleksandr Avdeyev PolandAndrzej KlimaszewskiKrzysztof LepiankaZbigniew TorzeckiZdzisław Szubski ROU 1965Cuprian MacarencuCiobann MarianStefan PopaNicolae Țicu Women's Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m Roswitha Eberl GDR Olga Makarova URS 1955 Maria Cosma ROU 1965K-2 500 m Marion RösigerMartina Fischer URS 1955Natalya KalashinkovaNina Doroh ROU 1965Agafia OrlovNatasia NichitovK-4 500 m Marion RösigerRoswitha EberlCarsta GenäußMartina Fischer BUL 1971Vanja GeschevaMaria MintschevaNatascha JanakievaIliana Nikolova ROU 1965Agafia OrlovNatasia NichitovMaria NicolaeNastasia Buri Medals table 2 6 5 URS 1955 2 4 7 ROU 1965 7 0 1 4 2 2 HUN 1957 2 1 1 1 1 0 BUL 1971 0 1 1 0 1 1 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, 1978 Icf Canoe Sprint World Championships, 1978 Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships Category:International sports competitions hosted by Yugoslavia Category:Canoeing and kayaking competitions in Yugoslavia