1970 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

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 since 2009Template:Dated maintenance category (articles).

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	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 Ivan Patzaichin Serghei Covaliov		Template:Flagcountry Tamás Wichmann Gyula Petrikovics		Template:Flagcountry Boris Lubenov Sachko Iliev
C-2 10000 m	Template:Flagcountry Petre Maxim Gheorghe Simionov		Template:Flagcountry Valeriy Drybas Vasiliy Kalyagin		Template:Flagu Bernt Lindelöf Erik Zeidlitz

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 Nikolay Gogol Anatoliy Tischenko Anatoliy Kobrisev Anatoliy Sedasov		Template:Flagcountry Eugen Botez Mihai Zafiu Ion Jacob Aurel Vernescu		Template:Flagcountry Géza Csapó István Csizmadia Mihály Hesz József Svidró
K-2 500 m	Template:Flagu Lars Andersson Rolf Peterson		Template:Flagcountry Aurel Vernescu Atanase Sciotnic		Gerhard Seibold Günther Pfaff
K-2 1000 m	Gerhard Seibold Günther Pfaff		Template:Flagu Lars Andersson Rolf Peterson		Template:GDR Klaus-Peter Ebeling Joachim Mattern
K-2 10000 m	Template:Flagcountry Konstantin Kostenko Vyacheslav Kononov		Template:Flagcountry Imre Szöllősi Vilmos Nagy		Template:Flagcountry Costel Coșniță Vasilie Simiocenco
K-4 1000 m	Template:Flagcountry Yuri Filatov Valeri Didenko Yuriy Stetsenko Vladimir Morozov		Template:GDR Uwe Will Eduard Augustin Klaus-Peter Ebeling Joachim Mattern		Template:Flagcountry István Szabó Péter Várhelyi Csaba Giczy István Timár
K-4 10000 m	Egil Søby Steinar Amundsen Tore Berger Jan Johansen		Horst Mattern Rainer Hennes Jochen Schneider Erich Kemnitz		Template:Flagu Kurt Lycjner Willy Tesch Åke Sandin Hans Nilsson

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 Renate Breuer		Template:Flagcountry Lyudmila Bezrukova Tamara Shymanskaya		Template:GDR Petra Setzkorn Petra Grabowski
K-4 500 m	Template:Flagcountry Lyudmila Bezrukova Tamara Shymanskaya Natalya Boyko Ninel Vakula		Template:GDR Petra Setzkorn Petra Grabowski Ingeborg Loesch Anita Nüssner-Kobuss		Roswitha Esser Irene Pepinghege Roswitha Spohr Monika Bergmann

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