1958 World Canoe Sprint Championships

Host City Praha
Country TCH
Held 14 – 17 August 1958
Competitors 68
Countries 11

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
C-1 1000 m Men — Medal 3 2
C-1 10000 m Men — Medal 3 3
C-2 1000 m Men — Medal 6 3
C-2 10000 m Men — Medal 6 3
K-1 500 m Men — Medal 3 3
K-1 1000 m Men — Medal 3 3
K-1 10000 m Men — Medal 3 3
K-2 500 m Men — Medal 6 3
K-2 1000 m Men — Medal 6 2
K-2 10000 m Men — Medal 6 2
K-4 1000 m Men — Medal 12 3
K-4 10000 m Men — Medal 12 2
K-1 4 x 500 m relay Men — Medal 12 3
K-1 500 m Women — Medal 3 2
K-2 500 m Women — Medal 6 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 5 3 4 12
2 Germany GER 4 2 4 10
3 Poland POL 2 0 0 2
4 Hungary HUN 1 5 0 6
5 Romania ROU 1 1 1 3
6 Belgium BEL 1 0 0 1
= Finland FIN 1 0 0 1
8 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 3 2 5
9 Sweden SWE 0 1 2 3
10 Denmark DEN 0 0 1 1
= East Germany GDR 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
C-1 1000 m, Men Gennady Bukharin URS Jiří Vokněr TCH Yury Vinogradov URS
C-1 10000 m, Men Gennady Bukharin URS Jiří Vokněr TCH Nichifor Tarara ROU
C-2 1000 m, Men Dumitru Alexe / Dumitru Alexe ROU László Simari / László Simari HUN Jiří Kodeš / Jiří Kodeš TCH
C-2 10000 m, Men Stepan Oshchepkov / Stepan Oshchepkov URS Achim Sidorov / Achim Sidorov ROU Jiří Kodeš / Jiří Kodeš TCH
K-1 500 m, Men Stefan Kapłaniak POL Gert Fredriksson SWE Dieter Krause GDR
K-1 1000 m, Men Fritz Briel GER Ferenc Hatlaczky HUN Gert Fredriksson SWE
K-1 10000 m, Men Thorvald Strömberg FIN Ladislav Čepčianský TCH Vagn Schmidt DEN
K-2 500 m, Men Stefan Kapłaniak / Stefan Kapłaniak POL László Nagy / László Nagy HUN Meinrad Miltenberger / Meinrad Miltenberger GER
K-2 1000 m, Men Rik Verbrugghe / Rik Verbrugghe BEL Yevgeny Yatsinenko / Yevgeny Yatsinenko URS Mihhail Kaaleste / Mihhail Kaaleste URS
K-2 10000 m, Men János Urányi / János Urányi HUN Heinz Ackers / Heinz Ackers GER Helmuth Stocker / Helmuth Stocker GER
K-4 1000 m, Men Germany GER Hungary HUN Soviet Union URS
K-4 10000 m, Men Germany GER Germany GER Soviet Union URS
K-1 4 x 500 m relay, Men Germany GER Hungary HUN Sweden SWE
K-1 500 m, Women Yelisaveta Kislova URS Antonina Seredina URS Therese Zenz GER
K-2 500 m, Women Nina Gruzintseva / Nina Gruzintseva URS Antonina Seredina / Antonina Seredina URS Therese Zenz / Therese Zenz GER