1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation.

The men's competition consisted of four Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Two events were held for the women, both in kayak. This was the fifth championships in canoe sprint.

The Soviet Union won their first medals at these championships.

Medal summary

Men's

Canoe

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
C-1 1000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
C-1 10000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
C-2 1000 m	Template:Flagcountry Alexe Dumitru Simion Ismailciuc		Template:Flagcountry László Simari Lajos Bodnar		Jiří Kodeš Václav Vokál
C-2 10000 m	Template:Flagcountry Stepan Oshchepkov Aleksandr Silayev		Template:Flagcountry Achim Sidorov Lavrente Calinov		Jiří Kodeš Václav Vokál

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-1 1000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-1 10000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-1 4 x 500 m relay	Paul Lange Meinard Miltenberger Helmut Herz Fritz Briel		Template:Flagcountry György Mészáros László Kovács Ferenc Hatlaczki Lajos Kiss		Template:Flagu Henri Lindelöf Carl von Gerber Sven-Olov Sjödelius Gert Fredriksson
K-2 500 m	Template:Flagu Stefan Kapłaniak Władysław Zieliński		Template:Flagcountry László Nagy László Kovács		Meinard Miltenberger Paul Lange
K-2 1000 m	Template:Flagu Henri Verbrugghe Germain van der Moere		Template:Flagcountry Yevgeny Yatsinenko Ivan Golovachov		Template:Flagcountry Mikhail Kaaleste Anatoly Demitkov
K-2 10000 m	Template:Flagcountry János Urányi László Fábián		Heinz Ackers Wilhelm Schlüssel		Helmuth Stocker Franz Teidl
K-4 1000 m	Michel Scheuer Georg Lietz Gustav Schmidt Theodor Kleine		Template:Flagcountry György Mészáros József Pehl András Szente János Petroczy		Template:Flagcountry Mikhail Kaaleste Igor Pisarev Anatoliy Trozhenkov Anatoly Demitkov
K-4 10000 m	Michel Scheuer Georg Lietz Gustav Schmidt Theodor Kleine		Günter Kruger Walter Sander Heinrich Hell Hubert Birgels		Template:Flagcountry Nikolay Rudzinkas Volodar Zvyozdkin Alfons Rudzinkas Vasiliy Stepanov

Women's

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-2 500 m	Template:Flagcountry Nina Gruzintseva Mariya Shubina		Template:Flagcountry Antonina Seredina Yelisaveta Kislova		Theresa Zens Ingrid Hartmann

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