1966 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

Template:Use dmy dates The 1966 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in the East Berlin suburb of Grünau in East Germany. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. From 19 to 21 August, competitors used the regatta course on the Langer See that had previously been used for the canoeing and rowing events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

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 first championships which had one competitor or team per nation per event, a rule that continues since 2008Template:Dated maintenance category (articles).

It was also the seventh championships in canoe sprint.

Medal summary

Men's

Canoe

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
C-1 1000 m	Template:Flagathlete	4:29.33	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
C-1 10000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
C-2 1000 m	Template:Flagcountry Vicol Calabiciov Serghei Covaliov	4:10.98	Template:Flagu Bernt Lindelöf Erik Zeidlitz		Template:Flagcountry Árpád Soltész Csaba Szantó
C-2 10000 m	Template:Flagcountry Petre Maxim Gheorghe Simionov		Template:Flagcountry Valeriy Drybas Andrey Khimich		Template:Flagcountry András Peter István Cserha

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-1 1000 m	Template:Flagathlete	3:59.26	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-1 10000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-1 4 x 500 m relay	Template:Flagcountry Georgiy Karyukhin Yuriy Kabanov Vilnis Baltiņš Dmitry Matveyev	7:36.05	Template:Flagcountry Mihály Hesz András Szente Ferenc Cseh Imre Kemecsey		Template:Flagcountry Vasilie Nicoară Haralambie Ivanov Atanase Sciotnic Aurel Vernescu
K-2 500 m	Template:Flagcountry Aurel Vernescu Atanase Sciotnic		Heinz Büker Holger Zander		Template:Flagcountry Vladimir Obraztsov Georgiy Karyukhin
K-2 1000 m	Template:Flagcountry Aleksandr Shaparenko Yuri Stetsenko	3:37.51	Template:Flagcountry Aurel Vernescu Atanase Sciotnic		Template:Flagcountry Ferenc Cseh Endre Hazsik
K-2 10000 m	Template:Flagcountry Imre Szöllősi László Fábián		Egil Søby Jan Johansen		Pavel Kvasil František Švec
K-4 1000 m	Template:Flagcountry Atanase Sciotnic Mihai Țurcaș Haralambie Ivanov Anton Calenic		Günther Pfaff Kurt Lindlgruber Helmut Hediger Gerhard Seibold		Template:Flagcountry Aleksandr Shaparenko Yuri Stetsenko Vladimir Morozov Georgiy Karyukhin
K-4 10000 m	Template:Flagcountry Nikolai Chuzhikov Anatoli Grishin Vladimir Morozov Vyacheslav Ionov	36:56.68	Template:Flagcountry Imre Szöllősi László Fábián János Petroczy László Ürögi		Template:GDR Günter Holzvoigt Wolfgang Lange Wolfgang Niedrig Siegwart Karbe

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:GDR Anita Kobuß Helga Mühlberg-Ulze	1:59.41	Template:Flagcountry Mariya Shubina Antonina Seredina		Template:Flagcountry Katalin Benkő Anna Pfeffer
K-4 500 m	Template:Flagcountry Mariya Shubina Antonina Seredina Lyudmila Pinayeva Nadezhda Levchenko	1:45.91	Sigrud Kummer Roswitha Esser Irene Rozema Renate Breuer		Template:GDR Käthe Pohland Karin Haftenberger Anita Kobuß 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