1977 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1977 Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

The men's competition consisted of six Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Three events were held for the women, all in kayak. The men's K-1 4 x 500 m relay was discontinued at these championships and replaced by the men's K-4 500 m event.

This was the thirteenth championships in canoe sprint.

Medal summary

Canoe

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
C-1 500 m	Lipat Variabev (ROU)		Ulrich Eicke (GER)		Zdislav Soroko (URS)
C-1 1000 m	Ivan Patzaichin (ROU)		Sergey Antipov (URS)		Tamás Buday (HUN)
C-1 10000 m	Tamás Wichmann (HUN)		Vasiliy Yurchenko (URS)		Ivan Patzaichin (ROU)
C-2 500 m	Hungary László Foltan István Vaskúti		Canada John Wood Gregory Smith		Soviet Union Vasyl Yurchenko Yuriy Lobanov
C-2 1000 m	Soviet Union Vasyl Yurchenko Yuriy Lobanov		Hungary Tamás Buday Oszkár Frey		Poland Jerzy Opara Andrzej Gronowicz
C-2 10000 m	Soviet Union Sergey Petrenko Yuriy Lobanov		Romania Lipat Variabev Pavel Cozlov		Hungary Zoltán Parti András Hubik

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Vasile Dîba (ROU)		Grzegorz Śledziewski (POL)		Zoltán Sztanity (HUN)
K-1 1000 m	Vasile Dîba (ROU)		Rüdiger Helm (GDR)		Oreste Perri (ITA)
K-1 10000 m	Oreste Perri (ITA)		István Fábián (HUN)		Nikolay Stepanenko (URS)
K-2 500 m	East Germany Joachim Mattern Bernd Olbricht		Soviet Union Viktor Vorobiyev Nikolay Astapkovich		Hungary Géza Csapó Jószef Svidró
K-2 1000 m	Hungary Zoltán Bakó István Szabó		East Germany Bernd Olbricht Joachim Mattern		Soviet Union Vladimir Romanovskiy Sergey Nagomy
K-2 10000 m	Soviet Union Petras Šiurskas Anatoliy Korolkov		Hungary Zoltán Bakó István Szabó		Romania Nicolae Tico Cuprian Macareanu
K-4 500 m	Poland Ryszard Oborski Daniel Wełna Grzegorz Kołtan Henryk Budzicz		Romania Ion Dragulschi Beniami Borbandi Policarp Malîhin Vasile Simiocenco		Spain Herminio Menéndez Martin Vásquez Jóse Ramón López Luis Gregario Ramos
K-4 1000 m	Poland Ryszard Oborski Daniel Wełna Grzegorz Kołtan Henryk Budzicz		Soviet Union Aleksandr Shaparenko Vladimir Morozov Sergey Nikolskiy Aleksandr Avdeyev		Spain Herminio Rodriguez José María Esteban Jóse Ramón López Luis Gregario Ramos
K-4 10000 m	Soviet Union Aleksandr Shaparenko Vladimir Morozov Sergey Nikolskiy Aleksandr Avdeyev		Hungary Csaba Giczi János Rátkai István Joós Iván Herczeg		Poland Andrzej Klimaszewski Krzysztof Lepianka Zbigniew Torzecki Zdzisław Szubski

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Gudrun Klaus-Dittmar (GDR)		Maria Cosma (ROU)		Tatyana Korzhunova (URS)
K-2 500 m	East Germany Marion Rösiger Martina Fischer		Romania Agafia Orlov Natasia Nichitov		Bulgaria Vania Gescheva Diana Christova
K-4 500 m	Bulgaria Maria Mintscheva Rosa Bohanova Velitscha Mintscheva Natascha Janakieva		East Germany Marion Rösiger Martina Fischer Sabine Pochert Gudrun Klaus-Dittmar		Soviet Union Taisiya Lapteyeva Galina Zhikareva Tatyana Korzhunova Nina Doroh

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	4	4	6	14
2	Romania (ROU)	4	4	2	10
3	Hungary (HUN)	3	4	4	11
4	East Germany (GDR)	3	3	0	6
5	Poland (POL)	2	1	2	5
6	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	0	1	2
	Italy (ITA)	1	0	1	2
8	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	0	1
10	Spain (ESP)	0	0	2	2
Totals (10 nations)		18	18	18	54

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.