1986 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships explained

The 1986 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Montreal, Canada at the Notre Dame Island. This is also where the canoeing and rowing competitions for the 1976 Summer Olympics took place.

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 20th 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	János Sarusi Kis István Vaskuti		Viktor Reneisky Aleksandr Kalnitzhenko		Ulrich Papke Ingo Spelly
C-2 1000 m	János Sarusi Kis István Vaskuti		Marek Łbik Marek Dopierała		Wolfram Faust Hartmut Faust
C-2 10000 m	Marek Łbik Marek Dopierała		Dumitru Bețiu Vasile Lehaci		Arne Nielsson Christian Frederiksen

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	Reiner Scholl Thomas Pfrang		András Rajna Attila Adrovicz		Viktor Pusev Sergey Superata
K-2 1000 m	Daniel Stoian Angelin Velea		André Wohllebe Frank Fischer		Kerry Grant Steven Wood
K-2 10000 m	Gábor Kulcsár László Gindl		Sergey Korneyevez Viktor Detkovskiy		Daniel Stoian Angelin Velea
K-4 500 m	Andreas Stähle Frank Fischer André Wohllebe Jens Fiedler		Aleksandr Matushenko Sergey Kirsanov Nikolay Zhersen Viktor Denisov		Gilbert Schneider Detlef Schmidt Volker Kreutzer Thomas Reineck
K-4 1000 m	Ferenc Csipes Zsolt Gyulay László Fidel Zoltán Kovács		Guido Behling Hans-Jörg Bliesener Jens Fiedler Thomas Vaske		Robert Chwiałkowski Kazimierz Krzyżański Grzegorz Krawców Wojciech Kurpiewski
K-4 10000 m	Nikolay Oselez Grigory Medvedev Sergey Kislev Aleksandr Akunichikov		Ionel Constantin Nicolae Feodosei Ionel Letcae Alexandru Dulău		Tibor Böjti Tibor Helyi László Nieberl Kálmán Petrovics

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	Katalin Povázsán Erika Mészáros		Nelli Korbukova Tatyana Zhistova		Vania Gesheva Diana Paliski
K-4 500 m	Erika Géczi Erika Mészáros Rita Kőbán Éva Rakusz		Nelli Korbukova Anzhela Nadtochayeva Tatyana Zhistova Olga Slapina		Tecia Borcaena Luminata Munteanu Marina Ciiucur Anna Larie