1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships explained

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

Men's

Canoe

Event	align=center bgcolor="gold"	Gold	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time	align=center bgcolor="silver"	Silver	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"	Bronze	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time
C-1 1000 m
C-1 10000 m
C-2 1000 m	Alexe Dumitru Simion Ismailciuc		László Simari Lajos Bodnar		Jiří Kodeš Václav Vokál
C-2 10000 m	Stepan Oshchepkov Aleksandr Silayev		Achim Sidorov Lavrente Calinov		Jiří Kodeš Václav Vokál

Kayak

Event	align=center bgcolor="gold"	Gold	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time	align=center bgcolor="silver"	Silver	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"	Bronze	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time
K-1 500 m
K-1 1000 m
K-1 10000 m
K-1 4 x 500 m relay	Paul Lange Meinard Miltenberger Helmut Herz Fritz Briel		György Mészáros László Kovács Ferenc Hatlaczki Lajos Kiss		Henri Lindelöf Carl von Gerber Sven-Olov Sjödelius Gert Fredriksson
K-2 500 m	Stefan Kapłaniak Władysław Zieliński		László Nagy László Kovács		Meinard Miltenberger Paul Lange
K-2 1000 m	Henri Verbrugghe Germain van der Moere		Yevgeny Yatsinenko Ivan Golovachov		Mikhail Kaaleste Anatoly Demitkov
K-2 10000 m	János Urányi László Fábián		Heinz Ackers Wilhelm Schlüssel		Helmuth Stocker Franz Teidl
K-4 1000 m	Michel Scheuer Georg Lietz Gustav Schmidt Theodor Kleine		György Mészáros József Pehl András Szente János Petroczy		Mikhail Kaaleste Igor Pisarev Anatoliy Trozhenkov Anatoly Demitkov
K-4 10000 m	Michel Scheuer Georg Lietz Gustav Schmidt Theodor Kleine		Günter Kruger Walter Sander Heinrich Hell Hubert Birgels		Nikolay Rudzinkas Volodar Zvyozdkin Alfons Rudzinkas Vasiliy Stepanov

Women's

Kayak

Event	align=center bgcolor="gold"	Gold	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time	align=center bgcolor="silver"	Silver	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"	Bronze	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time
K-1 500 m
K-2 500 m	Nina Gruzintseva Mariya Shubina		Antonina Seredina Yelisaveta Kislova		Theresa Zens Ingrid Hartmann

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.
• Results at Canoeresults.eu