Canoe Racing World Championships 1978

14th Canoe Racing World Championships
venue	Belgrade
Competitions	18th

The 14th Canoe Racing World Championships took place in 1978 in Belgrade ( Yugoslavia ).

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	Bulgaria Lyuben Lyubenov		Hungary Gyula Hajdu		Soviet Union Sergei Lominovich
C-1 1000 m	Yugoslavia Matija Ljubek		Hungary Tamás Wichmann		Romania Ivan Patzaichin
C-1 10,000 m	Romania Ivan Patzaichin		Hungary Tamás Wichmann		Yugoslavia Matija Ljubek
C-2 500 m	Hungary László Foltán István Vaskuti		Soviet Union Sergei Petrenko Pyotr Grigoris		Romania Gheorghe Simionov Toma Simionov
C-2 1000 m	Hungary Tamás Buday Oszkár Frey		Romania Gheorghe Simionov Toma Simionov		Soviet Union Sergei Postrechin Yuri Lobanov
C-2 10,000 m	Hungary Tamás Buday Oszkár Frey		Romania Gheorghe Simionov Toma Simionov		Soviet Union Viktor Vorobiev Alexander Beli

kayak

Event	gold	time	silver	time	bronze	time
K-1 500 m	Romania Vasile Diba		Soviet Union Vladimir Parfenovich		German Democratic Republic Peter Hempel
K-1 1000 m	German Democratic Republic Rüdiger Helm		Yugoslavia Milan Janic		Soviet Union Vitaly Trukschin
K-1 10,000 m	Yugoslavia Milan Janic		Soviet Union Nikolai Stepanenko		Hungary Istvan Joos
K-2 500 m	German Democratic Republic Rüdiger Helm Bernd Olbricht		Romania Nicuşor Eşanu Ion Bîrlădeanu		Soviet Union Sergei Chukhrai Vladimir Tainikov
K-2 1000 m	Soviet Union Sergei Chukhrai Vladimir Tainikov		Norway Einar Rasmussen Olaf Soyland		Hungary István Szabó Zoltán Bakó
K-2 10,000 m	Hungary Zoltán Bakó István Szabó		France Alain Lebas Jean-Paul Hanquier		Romania Nicuşor Eşanu Grigore Constantin
K-4 500 m	German Democratic Republic Frank-Peter Bishop Bernd Duvigneau Roland Graupner Harald Marg		Spain Herminio Menéndez José María Esteban José Ramón López Luis Gregorio Ramos		Poland Ryszard Oborski Daniel Wełna Grzegorz Kołtan Henryk Budzicz
K-4 1000 m	German Democratic Republic Bernd Olbricht Bernd Duvigneau Rüdiger Helm Harald Marg		Romania Nicuşor Eşanu Ion Bîrlădeanu Mihai Zafiu Alexandru Giura		Spain Herminio Menéndez José María Esteban José Ramón López Luis Gregorio Ramos
K-4 10,000 m	Soviet Union Oleksandr Schaparenko Vladimir Morozov Sergei Nikolsky Alexander Avdejew		Poland Andrzej Klimaszewski Krzysztof Lepianka Zbigniew Torzecki Zdzisław Szubski		Romania Cuprian Macarencu Ciobann Marian Stefan Popa Nicolae Țicu

Women

kayak

Event	gold	time	silver	time	bronze	time
K-1 500 m	German Democratic Republic Roswitha Eberl		Soviet Union Olga Makarova		Romania Maria Cosma
K-2 500 m	German Democratic Republic Marion Rösiger Birgit Fischer		Soviet Union Natalia Kalashnikova Nina Doroh		Romania Agafia Orlov Nastasia Nichitov
K-4 500 m	German Democratic Republic Marion Rösiger Birgit Fischer Carsta Genaus Roswitha Eberl		Bulgaria Maria Mintscheva Vanja Geschewa Iliana Nikolowa Natascha Janakieva		Romania Agafia Olov Nastasia Nichitov Buri Mihala

Medal table

rank	nation	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	GDR	7th	-	1	8th
2	Hungary	4th	3	2	9
3	Soviet Union	2	5	5	12
4th	Romania	2	4th	7th	13
5	Yugoslavia	2	1	1	4th
6th	Bulgaria	1	1	-	2
7th	Poland	-	1	1	2
	Spain	-	1	1	2
9	Norway	-	1	-	1
	France	-	1	-	1
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 )