1978 World Canoe Sprint Championships

Host City Beograd
Country YUG
Held 8 – 13 August 1978
Competitors 80
Countries 10

Events

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

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 East Germany GDR 7 0 1 8
2 Hungary HUN 4 3 2 9
3 Soviet Union URS 2 5 5 12
4 Romania ROU 2 4 7 13
5 Yugoslavia YUG 2 1 1 4
6 Bulgaria BUL 1 1 0 2
7 Poland POL 0 1 1 2
= Spain ESP 0 1 1 2
9 France FRA 0 1 0 1
= Norway NOR 0 1 0 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
C-1 500 m, Men Lyubomir Lyubenov BUL Gyula Hajdu HUN Sergey Liminovich URS
C-1 1000 m, Men Matija Ljubek YUG Tamás Wichmann HUN Ivan Patzaichin ROU
C-1 10000 m, Men Ivan Patzaichin ROU Tamás Wichmann HUN Matija Ljubek YUG
C-2 500 m, Men László Foltán / István Vaskuti HUN Sergey Petrenko / Pytor Grigonis URS Gheorghe Simionov / Toma Simionov ROU
C-2 1000 m, Men Tamás Buday / Oszkár Frey HUN Gheorghe Simionov / Toma Simionov ROU Sergey Postrekhin / Yury Lobanov URS
C-2 10000 m, Men Tamás Buday / István Vaskuti HUN Gheorghe Simionov / Toma Simionov ROU Viktor Vorobyov / Aleksandr Beleyi URS
K-1 500 m, Men Vasile Dîba ROU Vladimir Parfenovich URS Peter Hempel GDR
K-1 1000 m, Men Rüdiger Helm GDR Milan Janić YUG Vitaly Trukshin URS
K-1 10000 m, Men Milan Janić YUG Nikolay Stepanenko URS István Joós HUN
K-2 500 m, Men Bernd Olbricht / Rüdiger Helm GDR Nicușor Eșanu / Ion Bîrlădeanu ROU Sergey Chukhray / Vladimir Taynikov URS
K-2 1000 m, Men Sergey Chukhray / Vladimir Taynikov URS Einar Rasmussen / Olaf Søyland NOR Zoltán Bakó / István Szabó HUN
K-2 10000 m, Men Zoltán Bakó / István Szabó HUN Alain Lebas / Jean-Paul Hanquier FRA Nicușor Eșanu / Grigore Constantin ROU
K-4 500 m, Men East Germany GDR Spain ESP Poland POL
K-4 1000 m, Men East Germany GDR Romania ROU Spain ESP
K-4 10000 m, Men Soviet Union URS Poland POL Romania ROU
K-1 500 m, Women Roswitha Eberl GDR Olga Makarova URS Maria Cosma ROU
K-2 500 m, Women Marion Rösiger / Martina Fischer GDR Nataliya Kalashinkova / Nina Dorokh URS Agafia Orlov / Nastasia Nichitov ROU
K-4 500 m, Women East Germany GDR Bulgaria BUL Romania ROU