1978 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

File:1978 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships stamp of Yugoslavia.jpg

Yugoslav stamp dedicated to the 1978 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1978 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia for a record third time. The Yugoslavian (now Serbian) city had previously hosted the championships in 1971 and 1975.

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.

This was the fourteenth 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:Flagcountry Sergey Petrenko Petras Grigonis		Template:Flagcountry Gheorghe Simionov Toma Simionov
C-2 1000 m	Template:Flagcountry Tamás Buday Oszkár Frey		Template:Flagcountry Gheorghe Simionov Toma Simionov		Template:Flagcountry Sergey Postrechin Yuri Lobanov
C-2 10000 m	Template:Flagcountry Tamás Buday László Vaskúti		Template:Flagcountry Gheorghe Simionov Toma Simionov		Template:Flagcountry Viktor Vorobiyev Aleksandr Beleyi

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 Bernd Olbricht Rüdiger Helm		Template:Flagcountry Nicușor Eșanu Ion Bîrlădeanu		Template:Flagcountry Sergei Chukhray Vladimir Tainikov
K-2 1000 m	Template:Flagcountry Sergei Chukhray Vladimir Tainikov		Einar Rasmussen Olaf Søyland		Template:Flagcountry Zoltán Bakó István Szabó
K-2 10000 m	Template:Flagcountry Zoltán Bakó István Szabó		Template:Flagu Alain Lebas Jean-Paul Hanquier		Template:Flagcountry Nicușor Eșanu Grigore Constantin
K-4 500 m	Template:GDR Peter Bischof Bernd Duvigneau Roland Graupner Harald Marg		Template:Flagcountry Herminio Menéndez Martin Vázquez José Ramón López Luis Gregorio Ramos		Template:Flagu Ryszard Oborski Daniel Wełna Grzegorz Kołtan Grzegorz Śledziewski
K-4 1000 m	Template:GDR Bernd Olbricht Bernd Duvigneau Rüdiger Helm Harald Marg		Template:Flagcountry Nicușor Eșanu Ion Bîrlădeanu Mihai Zafiu Alexandru Giura		Template:Flagcountry Herminio Rodriguez José María Esteban José Ramón López Luis Gregorio Ramos
K-4 10000 m	Template:Flagcountry Aleksandr Shaparenko Sergey Nikolskiy Vladimir Morozov Aleksandr Avdeyev		Template:Flagu Andrzej Klimaszewski Krzysztof Lepianka Zbigniew Torzecki Zdzisław Szubski		Template:Flagcountry Cuprian Macarencu Ciobann Marian Stefan Popa Nicolae Țicu

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 Natalya Kalashinkova Nina Doroh		Template:Flagcountry Agafia Orlov Natasia Nichitov
K-4 500 m	Template:GDR Marion Rösiger Roswitha Eberl Carsta Genäuß Martina Fischer		Template:Flagcountry Vanja Gescheva Maria Mintscheva Natascha Janakieva Iliana Nikolova		Template:Flagcountry Agafia Orlov Natasia Nichitov Maria Nicolae Nastasia Buri

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.