1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation.

The men's competition consisted of four Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Two events were held for the women, both in kayak. This was the fifth championships in canoe sprint.

The Soviet Union won their first medals at these championships.

Medal summary

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Men's

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Canoe

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Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
C-1 1000 m   Gennady Bukharin (URS)   Jiří Vokněr (TCH)   Yuriy Vinogradov (URS)
C-1 10000 m   Gennady Bukharin (URS)   Jiří Vokněr (TCH)   Nichifor Tarara (ROU)
C-2 1000 m   Romania
Alexe Dumitru
Simion Ismailciuc
  Hungary
László Simari
Lajos Bodnar
  Czechoslovakia
Jiří Kodeš
Václav Vokál
C-2 10000 m   Soviet Union
Stepan Oshchepkov
Aleksandr Silayev
  Romania
Achim Sidorov
Lavrente Calinov
  Czechoslovakia
Jiří Kodeš
Václav Vokál

Kayak

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Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
K-1 500 m   Stefan Kapłaniak (POL)   Gert Fredriksson (SWE)   Dieter Krause (GDR)
K-1 1000 m   Fritz Briel (GER)   Ferenc Hatlaczki (HUN)   Gert Fredriksson (SWE)
K-1 10000 m   Thorvald Strömberg (FIN)   Ladislav Čepčianský (TCH)   Vagn Schmidt (DEN)
K-1 4 x 500 m relay   West Germany
Paul Lange
Meinard Miltenberger
Helmut Herz
Fritz Briel
  Hungary
György Mészáros
László Kovács
Ferenc Hatlaczki
Lajos Kiss
  Sweden
Henri Lindelöf
Carl von Gerber
Sven-Olov Sjödelius
Gert Fredriksson
K-2 500 m   Poland
Stefan Kapłaniak
Władysław Zieliński
  Hungary
László Nagy
László Kovács
  West Germany
Meinard Miltenberger
Paul Lange
K-2 1000 m   Belgium
Henri Verbrugghe
Germain van der Moere
  Soviet Union
Yevgeny Yatsinenko
Ivan Golovachov
  Soviet Union
Mikhail Kaaleste
Anatoly Demitkov
K-2 10000 m   Hungary
János Urányi
László Fábián
  West Germany
Heinz Ackers
Wilhelm Schlüssel
  West Germany
Helmuth Stocker
Franz Teidl
K-4 1000 m   West Germany
Michel Scheuer
Georg Lietz
Gustav Schmidt
Theodor Kleine
  Hungary
György Mészáros
József Pehl
András Szente
János Petroczy
  Soviet Union
Mikhail Kaaleste
Igor Pisarev
Anatoliy Trozhenkov
Anatoly Demitkov
K-4 10000 m   West Germany
Michel Scheuer
Georg Lietz
Gustav Schmidt
Theodor Kleine
  West Germany
Günter Kruger
Walter Sander
Heinrich Hell
Hubert Birgels
  Soviet Union
Nikolay Rudzinkas
Volodar Zvyozdkin
Alfons Rudzinkas
Vasiliy Stepanov

Women's

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Kayak

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Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
K-1 500 m   Yelisaveta Kislova (URS)   Antonina Seredina (URS)   Theresa Zens (GER)
K-2 500 m   Soviet Union
Nina Gruzintseva
Mariya Shubina
  Soviet Union
Antonina Seredina
Yelisaveta Kislova
  West Germany
Theresa Zens
Ingrid Hartmann

Medals table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union (URS)53412
2  West Germany (FRG)42410
3  Poland (POL)2002
4  Hungary (HUN)1506
5  Romania (ROU)1113
6  Belgium (BEL)1001
  Finland (FIN)1001
8  Czechoslovakia (TCH)0325
9  Sweden (SWE)0123
10  Denmark (DEN)0011
  East Germany (GDR)0011
Totals (11 entries)15151545

References

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