Canoe Racing World Championships 1963

6th Canoe Racing World Championships
venue	Jajce
Competitions	16

The 6th Canoe Racing World Championships took place in Jajce (Yugoslavia) in 1963 .

Medals were awarded in 16 disciplines of canoe racing: four canoeing and nine kayaking competitions for men and three kayaking competitions for women. At these world championships, the four-person kayak competition for women over 500 meters was introduced.

Results

Men

Canadians

Event	gold	time	silver	time	bronze	time
C-1 1000 m	Romania Simion Ismailciuc		Federal Republic of Germany Detlef Lewe		German Democratic Republic Albrecht Müller
C-1 10,000 m	Soviet Union Mikhail Samotin		Romania Andrei Igorov		German Democratic Republic Albrecht Müller
C-2 1000 m	Romania Achim Sidorow Alexe Iacovici		Soviet Union Vitaly Galkov Mikhail Samotin		Hungary Endre Gyürü Árpád Soltész
C-2 10,000 m	Soviet Union Leonid Geishtor Sergey Makarenko		German Democratic Republic Willi Mehlberg Werner Ulrich		Romania Lavrneti Kalinow Igor Lapilit

kayak

Event	gold	time	silver	time	bronze	time
K-1 500 m	Romania Aurel Vernescu		Denmark Erik Hansen		Hungary Kálmán Kovács
K-1 1000 m	Denmark Erik Hansen		Romania Aurel Vernescu		German Democratic Republic Siegfried Rossberg
K-1 10,000 m	BR Germany Fritz Briel		Sweden Sven-Olaf Sjödelius		Hungary Mihály Hesz
K-1 4 × 500 m relay	Romania Aurel Vernescu Vasilie Nicoarǎ Haralambie Ivanov Anton Ivanescu		Soviet Union Volodymyr Morozov Vladimir Natalukha Vyacheslav Vinnik Ivan Gasonov		German Democratic Republic Wolfgang Lange Dieter Krause Siegfried Rossberg Günter Perleberg
K-2 500 m	Romania Vasilie Nicoarǎ Haralambie Ivanov		Romania Aurel Vernescu Mircea Anastasescu		Federal Republic of Germany Heinz Büker Holger Zander
K-2 1000 m	Romania Vasilie Nicoarǎ Haralambie Ivanov		German Democratic Republic Wolfgang Lange Dieter Krause		Soviet Union Nikolai Zhushikov Anatoly Hryschyn
K-2 10,000 m	Hungary László Fábián István Timár		Sweden Tord Sahlén Tyrone Ferm		BR Germany Erich Suhrbier Siegfred Brzoska
K-4 1000 m	German Democratic Republic Günter Perleberg Dieter Krause Siegfried Rossberg Wolfgang Lange		Romania Nicolae Artimov Andrei Contolenco Haralambie Ivanov Vasilie Nicoarǎ		Soviet Union Alexander Trifonov Igor Safonov Nikolaj Konnikov Vyacheslav Vinnik
K-4 10,000 m	Hungary István Timár László Fábián Otto Koltai László Ürögi		German Democratic Republic Günter Holzvoigt Wolfgang Finger Wolfgang Low Siegwart Krabe		Hungary György Czink János Petroczy Gábor Almasi Sámuel Egri

Women

kayak

Event	gold	time	silver	time	bronze	time
K-1 500 m	Soviet Union Maria Zhubina		Soviet Union Lyudmila Pinajewa		Austria Hanneliese Spitz
K-2 500 m	BR Germany Roswitha Esser Annemarie Zimmermann		Soviet Union Maria Zhubina Lyudmila Pinajewa		Soviet Union Valentina Bizak Lyubov Sinchina
K-4 500 m	Soviet Union Valentina Bizak Lyudmila Pinajewa Maria Zhubina Antonina Seredina		BR Germany Roswitha Esser Erika Feltman Ingrid Hertmann Annemarie Zimmermann		German Democratic Republic Marion Knobba Anita Nüssner-Kobuss Charlotte Siedelmann Helga Mühlberg-Ulze

Medal table

rank	nation	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Romania	6th	4th	1	11
2	Soviet Union	4th	4th	3	11
3	BR Germany	2	2	2	6th
4th	Hungary	2	-	4th	6th
5	GDR	1	3	5	9
6th	Denmark	1	1	-	2
7th	Sweden	-	2	-	2
8th	Austria	-	-	1	1
total		16	16	16	48

Web links

• Winner of the Canoe Racing World Championships (1936-2007) pp. 1–41 ( Memento from January 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive )