1963 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1963 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Jajce, Yugoslavia (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina). 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. Three events were held for the women, all in kayak. The women's K-4 500 m event debuted at these championships.

This was the sixth championships in canoe sprint.

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 Achim Sidorov Alexe Iacovici		Template:Flagcountry Vitaliy Galkov Mikhail Zamotin		Template:Flagcountry Endre Gyürü Árpád Soltész
C-2 10000 m	Template:Flagcountry Leonid Geishtor Sergey Makarenko		Template:GDR Willi Mehlberg Werner Ulrich		Template:Flagcountry Lavrente Calinov Igor Lipalit

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	Template:Flagcountry Aurel Vernescu Vasilie Nicoară Haralambie Ivanov Anton Ivanescu		Template:Flagcountry Vladimir Morozov Vladimir Natalukha Vyacheslav Vinnik Ibragim Khasanov		Template:GDR Wolfgang Lange Dieter Krause Siegfried Rossberg Günter Perleberg
K-2 500 m	Template:Flagcountry Vasilie Nicoară Haralambie Ivanov		Template:Flagcountry Aurel Vernescu Mircea Anastasescu		Heinz Büker Holger Zander
K-2 1000 m	Template:Flagcountry Vasilie Nicoară Haralambie Ivanov		Template:GDR Wolfgang Lange Dieter Krause		Template:Flagcountry Nikolai Chuzhikov Anatoli Grishin
K-2 10000 m	Template:Flagcountry László Fábián István Timár		Template:Flagu Tord Sahlén Tyrone Ferm		Erich Suhriber Sigfred Brzoska
K-4 1000 m	Template:GDR Günter Perleberg Dieter Krause Siegfried Rossberg Wolfgang Lange		Template:Flagcountry Nicolae Artimov Andrei Contolenco Haralambie Ivanov Vasilie Nicoară		Template:Flagcountry Aleksandr Trifonov Igor Safonov Nikolay Konnikov Vyacheslav Vinnik
K-4 10000 m	Template:Flagcountry István Timár László Fábián Otto Koltai László Ürögi		Template:GDR Günter Holzvoigt Wolfgang Finger Wolfgang Niedrig Siegwart Karbe		Template:Flagcountry György Czink János Petroczy Gábor Almasi Sámuel Egri

Women's

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-2 500 m	Roswitha Esser Annemarie Zimmermann		Template:Flagcountry Mariya Shubina Lyudmila Khvedosyuk		Template:Flagcountry Valentina Bizak Lyubov Sinchina
K-4 500 m	Template:Flagcountry Valentina Bizak Lyudmila Khvedosyuk Mariya Shubina Antonina Seredina		Roswitha Esser Erika Feltman Ingrid Hertmann Annemarie Zimmermann		Template:GDR Marion Knobba Anita Nüssner-Kobuss Charlotte Siedelmann Helga Mühlberg-Ulze

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