1977 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1977 Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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. The men's K-1 4 x 500 m relay was discontinued at these championships and replaced by the men's K-4 500 m event.

This was the thirteenth championships in canoe sprint.

Medal summary

Men's

Canoe

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
C-1 500 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
C-1 1000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
C-1 10000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
C-2 500 m	Template:Flagcountry László Foltán István Vaskúti		Template:Flagu John Wood Gregory Smith		Template:Flagcountry Vasyl Yurchenko Yuri Lobanov
C-2 1000 m	Template:Flagcountry Vasyl Yurchenko Yuri Lobanov		Template:Flagcountry Tamás Buday Oszkár Frey		Template:Flagu Jerzy Opara Andrzej Gronowicz
C-2 10000 m	Template:Flagcountry Sergey Petrenko Yuri Lobanov		Template:Flagcountry Lipat Varabiev Pavel Cozlov		Template:Flagcountry Zoltán Parti András Hubik

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-2 500 m	Template:GDR Joachim Mattern Bernd Olbricht		Template:Flagcountry Viktor Vorobiyev Nikolay Astapkovich		Template:Flagcountry Géza Csapó József Svidró
K-2 1000 m	Template:Flagcountry Zoltán Bakó István Szabó		Template:GDR Bernd Olbricht Joachim Mattern		Template:Flagcountry Vladimir Romanovsky Sergei Nagornyi
K-2 10000 m	Template:Flagcountry Petras Šiurskas Anatoliy Korolkov		Template:Flagcountry Zoltán Bakó István Szabó		Template:Flagcountry Nicolae Țicu Cuprian Macarencu
K-4 500 m	Template:Flagu Ryszard Oborski Daniel Wełna Grzegorz Kołtan Henryk Budzicz		Template:Flagcountry Ion Dragulschi Beniami Borbandi Policarp Malîhin Vasilie Simiocenco		Template:Flagcountry Herminio Menéndez Martin Vázquez José Ramón López Luis Gregorio Ramos
K-4 1000 m	Template:Flagu Ryszard Oborski Daniel Wełna Grzegorz Kołtan Henryk Budzicz		Template:Flagcountry Aleksandr Shaparenko Vladimir Morozov Sergey Nikolskiy Aleksandr Avdeyev		Template:Flagcountry Herminio Rodriguez José María Esteban José Ramón López Luis Gregorio Ramos
K-4 10000 m	Template:Flagcountry Aleksandr Shaparenko Vladimir Morozov Sergey Nikolskiy Aleksandr Avdeyev		Template:Flagcountry Csaba Giczy János Rátkai István Joós Iván Herczeg		Template:Flagu Andrzej Klimaszewski Krzysztof Lepianka Zbigniew Torzecki Zdzisław Szubski

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 Marion Rösiger Martina Fischer		Template:Flagcountry Agafia Orlov Natasia Nichitov		Template:Flagcountry Vania Gescheva Diana Christova
K-4 500 m	Template:Flagcountry Maria Mintscheva Rosa Bohanova Velitscha Mintscheva Natascha Janakieva		Template:GDR Marion Rösiger Martina Fischer Sabine Pochert Gudrun Klaus-Dittmar		Template:Flagcountry Taisiya Lapteyeva Galina Zhikareva Tatyana Korzhunova Nina Doroh

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.