1978 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships explained

The 1978 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia for a record third time. The Yugoslavian (now Serbian) city had previously hosted the championships in 1971 and 1975.

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 fourteenth championships in canoe sprint.

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-1 500 m
C-1 1000 m
C-1 10000 m
C-2 500 m	László Foltán István Vaskúti		Sergey Petrenko Petras Grigonis		Gheorghe Simionov Toma Simionov
C-2 1000 m	Tamás Buday Oszkár Frey		Gheorghe Simionov Toma Simionov		Sergey Postrechin Yuri Lobanov
C-2 10000 m	Tamás Buday László Vaskúti		Gheorghe Simionov Toma Simionov		Viktor Vorobiyev Aleksandr Beleyi

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-2 500 m	Bernd Olbricht Rüdiger Helm		Nicușor Eșanu Ion Bîrlădeanu		Sergei Chukhray Vladimir Tainikov
K-2 1000 m	Sergei Chukhray Vladimir Tainikov		Einar Rasmussen Olaf Søyland		Zoltán Bakó István Szabó
K-2 10000 m	Zoltán Bakó István Szabó		Alain Lebas Jean-Paul Hanquier		Nicușor Eșanu Grigore Constantin
K-4 500 m	Peter Bischof Bernd Duvigneau Roland Graupner Harald Marg		Herminio Menéndez Martin Vázquez José Ramón López Luis Gregorio Ramos		Ryszard Oborski Daniel Wełna Grzegorz Kołtan Grzegorz Śledziewski
K-4 1000 m	Bernd Olbricht Bernd Duvigneau Rüdiger Helm Harald Marg		Nicușor Eșanu Ion Bîrlădeanu Mihai Zafiu Alexandru Giura		Herminio Rodriguez José María Esteban José Ramón López Luis Gregorio Ramos
K-4 10000 m	Aleksandr Shaparenko Sergey Nikolskiy Vladimir Morozov Aleksandr Avdeyev		Andrzej Klimaszewski Krzysztof Lepianka Zbigniew Torzecki Zdzisław Szubski		Cuprian Macarencu Ciobann Marian Stefan Popa Nicolae Țicu

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	Marion Rösiger Martina Fischer		Natalya Kalashinkova Nina Doroh		Agafia Orlov Natasia Nichitov
K-4 500 m	Marion Rösiger Roswitha Eberl Carsta Genäuß Martina Fischer		Vanja Gescheva Maria Mintscheva Natascha Janakieva Iliana Nikolova		Agafia Orlov Natasia Nichitov Maria Nicolae Nastasia Buri

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.