1983 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1983 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Tampere, Finland for the second time. The Finnish city had host the championships previously in 1973.

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 eighteenth 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	Matija Ljubek Mirko Nišović		Ivan Klementiev Sergey Ossadzhiy		Template:Flagcountry Dumitru Bețiu Flodor Gurei
C-2 1000 m	Template:Flagcountry Ivan Patzaichin Toma Simionov		Template:GDR Olaf Heukrodt Alexander Schuck		Matija Ljubek Mirko Nišović
C-2 10000 m	Template:Flagcountry Tamás Buday László Vaskúti		Template:Flagcountry Ivan Patzaichin Toma Simionov		Sergey Petrenko Yuriy Laptikov

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 Frank Fischer André Wohllebe		Vladimir Parfenovich Sergey Superata		Template:Flagu Hugh Fisher Alwyn Morris
K-2 1000 m	Template:GDR Frank Fischer André Wohllebe		Vladimir Parfenovich Sergey Superata		Werner Bachmeyer Wolfgang Hartl
K-2 10000 m	Template:GBR2 Stephen Jackson Alan Williams		Template:Flagcountry István Szabó István Tóth		Template:Flagu Bengt Andersson Karl-Axel Sundqvist
K-4 500 m	Template:GDR Andreas Stähle Peter Hempel Harald Marg Rüdiger Helm		Sergey Kolokolov Sergei Chukhray Artūras Vieta Aleksandr Vodovatov		Template:Flagcountry István Imai Attila Császár Zoltán Lorinczy András Rajna
K-4 1000 m	Template:Flagcountry Ionel Constantin Nicolae Feodosei Ionel Letcae Angelin Velea		Template:GDR Andreas Stähle Peter Hempel Rüdiger Helm Harald Marg		Sergey Kolokolov Sergei Chukhray Artūras Vieta Aleksandr Vodovatov
K-4 10000 m	Nikolay Astapkovich Aleksandr Avdeyev Nikolay Baranov Alexander Yermilov		Harald Amudsen Geir Kvillum Lars Ivar Gran Arne Sletsjøe		Template:Flagu Ireneusz Ciurzyński Andrzej Klimaszewski Ryszard Oborski Krzysztof Szczepański

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 Birgit Fischer Carsta Kühn		Template:Flagcountry Katalin Povázsán Erika Géczi		Template:Flagu Agneta Andersson Susanne Wiberg
K-4 500 m	Template:GDR Birgit Fischer Carsta Kühn Ramona Walther Kathrin Giese		Inna Zhipulina Nelli Yefremova Natalya Kalasnikova Galina Alekseyeva		Template:Flagcountry Tecia Borzanea Agafia Burhaev Natasia Ionescu Maria Ştefan

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.