Canoe Racing World Championships 1966

7th Canoe Racing World Championships
venue	East Berlin
Competitions	16

The 7th Canoe Racing World Championships took place in East Berlin ( German Democratic Republic ) in 1966 .

Medals were awarded in 16 disciplines of canoe racing: four canoeing and nine kayaking competitions for men and three kayaking competitions for women.

Results

Men

Canadians

Event	gold	time	silver	time	bronze	time
C-1 1000 m	Federal Republic of Germany Detlef Lewe		Hungary Tamás Wichmann		Soviet Union Anatoly Martinov
C-1 10,000 m	Hungary Antal Hajba		Czechoslovakia Rudolf Pěnkava		Soviet Union Mikhail Samotin
C-2 1000 m	Romania Vicol Calabiciov Serghei Covaliov		Sweden Bernd Lindelöf Erik Zeidlitz		Hungary Árpád Soltész Csaba Szantó
C-2 10,000 m	Romania Petre Maxim Gheorghe Simionov		Soviet Union Valeriy Drybas Andrey Chimish		Hungary András Peter István Cserha

kayak

Event	gold	time	silver	time	bronze	time
K-1 500 m	Romania Aurel Vernescu		Denmark Erik Hansen		Netherlands Paul Hoekstra
K-1 1000 m	Soviet Union Oleksander Schaparenko		Denmark Erik Hansen		Hungary Imre Kemecsey
K-1 10,000 m	Hungary Mihály Hesz		Soviet Union Vladimir Zemlyakov		BR Germany Fritz Briel
K-1 4 × 500 m relay	Soviet Union Georgiy Karyuchin Yuriy Kabanov Villi Baltans Dmitry Matveyev		Hungary Mihály Hesz András Szente Ferenc Cseh Imre Kemecsey		Romania Vasilie Nicoarǎ Haralambie Ivanov Atanase Sciotnic Aurel Vernescu
K-2 500 m	Romania Aurel Vernescu Atanase Sciotnic		Federal Republic of Germany Heinz Büker Holger Zander		Soviet Union Vladimir Obratzhov Georgiy Karyuchin
K-2 1000 m	Soviet Union Oleksander Schaparenko Yury Stetsenko		Romania Aurel Vernescu Atanase Sciotnic		Hungary Ferenc Cseh Endre Hazsik
K-2 10,000 m	Hungary Imre Szöllösi László Fábián		Norway Egil Søby Jan Johansen		Czechoslovakia Pavel Kvasil František Švec
K-4 1000 m	Romania Atanase Sciotnic Mihai Ţurcaş Haralambie Ivanov Anton Calenic		Austria Günther Pfaff Kurt Lindlgruber Helmut Hediger Gerhard Siebold		Soviet Union Oleksander Schaparenko Jurij Stezenko Volodymyr Morozov Georgiy Karyuchin
K-4 10,000 m	Soviet Union Nikolay Zhushikov Anatoliy Grishin Volodymyr Morozov Vyacheslav Yonov		Hungary Imre Szöllösi László Fábián János Petroczy László Ürögi		German Democratic Republic Günter Holzvoigt Wolfgang Lange Wolfgang Low Siegwart Krabe

Women

kayak

Event	gold	time	silver	time	bronze	time
K-1 500 m	Soviet Union Lyudmila Pinajewa		BR Germany Roswitha Esser		German Democratic Republic Anita Kobuss
K-2 500 m	German Democratic Republic Anita Kobuss Helga Mühlberg-Ulze		Soviet Union Mariya Zhubina Antonina Seredina		Hungary Katalin Benkö Anna Pfeffer
K-4 500 m	Soviet Union Mariya Zhubina Antonina Seredina Lyudmila Pinajewa Nadezhda Levchenko		BR Germany Sigrud Kummer Roswitha Esser Irene Rozema Renate Breuer		German Democratic Republic Käthe Pohland Karin Haftenberger Anita Kobuss Helga Mühlberg-Ulze

Medal table

rank	nation	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Soviet Union	6th	3	4th	13
2	Romania	5	1	1	7th
3	Hungary	3	3	5	11
4th	BR Germany	1	3	1	5
5	GDR	1	-	3	4th
6th	Denmark	-	2	-	2
7th	Czechoslovakia	-	1	1	2
8th	Austria	-	1	-	1
	Norway	-	1	-	1
	Sweden	-	1	-	1
11	Netherlands	-	-	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 )