1973 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships explained

The 1973 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Tampere, Finland.

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.

This was the tenth championships in canoe sprint.

Medal summary

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-1 500 m
C-1 1000 m
C-1 10000 m
C-2 500 m	Oleg Kalidov Vitaliy Slobodenyuk		Gheorghe Danielov Gheorghe Simionov		Jerzy Opara Andrzej Gronowicz
C-2 1000 m	Gheorghe Danielov Gheorghe Simionov		Vladas Česiūnas Yuri Lobanov		Tamás Wichmann Gyula Petrikovics
C-2 10000 m	Vladas Česiūnas Yuri Lobanov		Vasile Serghei Cherasim Munteanu		Tamás Buday Gábor Haraszti

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	Vitaliy Trukshin Anatoliy Kobrisev Sergey Nikolskiy Oleg Zhegoyev		István Csizmadia Zoltán Angyal Róbert Schaffhauser István Szabó		Atanase Sciotnic Vasilie Simiocenco Roman Vartolomeu Mihai Zafiu
K-2 500 m	Nikolay Gogol Pytor Greshta		József Deme János Rátkai		Ion Dragulschi Ernst Pavel
K-2 1000 m	József Deme János Rátkai		Ion Dragulschi Ernst Pavel		Herbert Laabs Joachim Mattern
K-2 10000 m	Zoltán Bakó Géza Csapó		Ion Terente Antrop Variabev		Jos Broekx Paul Stinckens
K-4 1000 m	József Deme János Rátkai Csongor Vargha Csaba Giczy		Yuri Filatov Vladimir Morozov Nikolay Gogol Valeri Didenko		Norbert Paschke Peter Korsch Jürgen Lehnert Harald Marg
K-4 10000 m	Csaba Giczy Tibor Nagy Csongor Vargha Géza Kralován		Hans-Erich Pasch Horst Mattern Rudolf Blass Eberhard Fischer		Atanase Sciotnic Cuprian Macarencu Costel Coșniță Vasilie Simiocenco

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	Ilse Kaschube Petra Borzym		Lyudmila Pinayeva Nina Gopova		Anna Pfeffer Ilona Tőzsér
K-4 500 m	Lyudmila Pinayeva Nina Gopova Larissa Kabakova Tamara Popova		Anna Pfeffer Ilona Tőzsér Erzsébet Horváth Mária Zakariás		Victoria Dumitru Maria Nichiforov Maria Cosma Maria Ivanov