Canoe Racing World Championships 1977

13th Canoe Racing World Championships
venue	Sofia
Competitions	18th

The 13th Canoe Racing World Championships took place in Sofia ( Bulgaria ) in 1977 .

Medals were awarded in 18 canoe racing disciplines : six canoeing and nine kayaking competitions for men and three kayaking competitions for women.

Results

Men

Canadians

Event	gold	time	silver	time	bronze	time
C-1 500 m	Romania Lipat Varabiev		Federal Republic of Germany Ulrich Eicke		Soviet Union Stanislaw Soroko
C-1 1000 m	Romania Ivan Patzaichin		Soviet Union Sergei Antipov		Hungary Tamas Buday
C-1 10,000 m	Hungary Tamás Wichmann		Soviet Union Vasily Yurchenko		Romania Ivan Patzaichin
C-2 500 m	Hungary Laszlo Foltan Istvan Vaskuti		Canada John Joseph Wood Gregory Smith		Soviet Union Vasily Yurchenko Yuri Lobanov
C-2 1000 m	Soviet Union Vasily Yurchenko Yuri Lobanov		Hungary Tamas Buday Oszkar Frey		Poland Jerzy Opara Andrzej Gronowicz
C-2 10,000 m	Soviet Union Sergei Petrenko Yuri Lobanov		Romania Lipat Varabiev Pavel Cozlov		Hungary Zoltan Parti Andras Hubik

kayak

Event	gold	time	silver	time	bronze	time
K-1 500 m	Romania Vasile Diba		Poland Grzegorz Śledziewski		Hungary Zoltan Sztanity
K-1 1000 m	Romania Vasile Diba		German Democratic Republic Rüdiger Helm		Italy Oreste Perri
K-1 10,000 m	Italy Oreste Perri		Hungary Istvan Fabian		Soviet Union Nikolai Stepanenko
K-1 4 × 500 m relay	Poland Ryszard Oborski Daniel Welna Grzegorz Koltan Henryk Budzicz		Romania Borbandi Malihin Policarp Ion Dragulschi Vasile Simioncenco		Spain Herminio Rodriguez Martin Vazquez Luis Ramos Jose Ramon Lopez
K-2 500 m	German Democratic Republic Joachim Mattern Bernd Olbricht		Soviet Union Viktor Vorobiev Nikolai Astapkovich		Hungary Geza Csapo Jozsef Svidro
K-2 1000 m	Hungary Istvan Szabo Zoltan Bako		German Democratic Republic Bernd Olbricht Joachim Mattern		Soviet Union Uladzimir Ramanouski Serhiy Nagornyj
K-2 10,000 m	Soviet Union Anatoly Korolkow Petras Schurskas		Hungary Zoltan Bako Istvan Szabo		Romania Nicolae Tico Cuprian Macarencu
K-4 1000 m	Poland Ryszard Oborski Daniel Welna Grzegorz Koltan Henryk Budzicz		Soviet Union Oleksander Schaparenko Vladimir Morozov Sergei Nikolsky Alexander Avdejew		Spain Herminio Rodriguez Juan Sanchez Jose Ramon Lopez Luis Ramos Misione
K-4 10,000 m	Soviet Union Oleksander Schaparenko Vladimir Morozov Sergei Nikolsky Alexander Avdejew		Hungary Csaba Giczi Janos Ratkai Istvan Joos Ivan Herczeg		Poland Andrzej Klimaszewski Krzysztof Lepianka Zbigniew Torzecki Zdzislaw Szubski

Women

kayak

Event	gold	time	silver	time	bronze	time
K-1 500 m	German Democratic Republic Gudrun Klaus-Dittmar		Romania Maria Cosma		Soviet Union Tatiana Korschunowa
K-2 500 m	German Democratic Republic Marion Rösiger Martina Fischer		Romania Agafia Orlov Natasia Nichitov		Bulgaria Vania Geschewa Diana Christowa
K-4 500 m	Bulgaria Maria Mintscheva Rosa Bohanova Velitscha Mintscheva Natascha Janakieva		German Democratic Republic Marion Rösgen Martina Fischer Sabine Pochert Gudrun Klaus Dittmar		Soviet Union Taisia ​​Laptjewa Galina Tschikarewa Tatjana Korschunowa Nina Doroh

Medal table

rank	nation	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Soviet Union	4th	4th	6th	14th
2	Romania	4th	4th	2	10
3	Hungary	3	4th	4th	11
4th	GDR	3	3	-	6th
5	Poland	2	1	2	5
6th	Italy	1	-	1	2
	Bulgaria	1	-	1	2
8th	BR Germany	-	1	-	1
	Canada	-	1	-	1
10	Spain	-	-	2	2
total		18th	18th	18th	54

Web links

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