1959 Canoe Sprint European Championships

The 1959 Canoe Sprint European Championships were held in Duisburg, West Germany from 28 to 30 August 1959. This was the 5th edition of the event. The men's competition consisted of four canoe and nine kayak events. Two events were held for women, both in kayak.

1959 Canoe Sprint European Championships
LocationWest Germany Duisburg, West Germany
Start date28 August 1959
End date30 August 1959

Medal overview

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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   Simion Ismailciuc (ROU) 4:54,60   János Parti (HUN) 4:58,80   Aleksandr Belyaev [ru] (URS) 4:59,20
C-1 10000 m   János Parti (HUN) 53:23,30   Gennady Bukharin (URS) 53:32,40   Jiří Eliáš (TCH) 54:12,60
C-2 1000 m   Hungary
Gyula Dömötör
József Hunics
4:51,00   Romania
Lavrente Calinov
Achim Sidorov
4:57,00   Romania
Dumitru Alexe
Alexe Iacovici
4:59,00
C-2 10000 m   Soviet Union
Stepan Oshchepkov
Aleksandr Silayev
50:14,60   Hungary
Gyula Dömötör
József Hunics
50:57,90   Romania
Lavrente Calinov
Achim Sidorov
51:06,30

Kayak

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Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
K-1 500 m   Stefan Kapłaniak (POL) 2:02,90   Carl von Gerber (SWE) 2:03,70   György Mészáros (HUN) 2:04,00
K-1 1000 m   Imre Szöllősi (HUN) 4:10,10   Lajos Kiss (HUN) 4:14,20   Ronald Rhodes (GBR) 4:15,80
K-1 10000 m   Ferenc Hatlaczky (HUN) 45:03,10   Stig Andersson (SWE) 45:04,40   György Czink (HUN) 45:12,90
K-1 4 x 500 m relay   West Germany
Paul Lange
Bernhard Schulze
Helmut Schneider
Meinrad Miltenberger
8:01,20   Hungary
Lajos Kiss
György Mészáros
László Nagy
László Kovács
8:03,40   Poland
Ryszard Skwarski
Władysław Zieliński
Kazimierz Kozieras
Stefan Kapłaniak
8:05,70
K-2 500 m   Hungary
András Szente
György Mészáros
1:47,60   Hungary
László Kovács
László Nagy
1:49,30   Poland
Władysław Zieliński
Jacek Zieliński [pl]
1:50,20
K-2 1000 m   Hungary
András Szente
György Mészáros
3:41,10   Hungary
Imre Szöllősi
János Petroczy
3:44,40   West Germany
Helmuth Stocker
Franz Troidl
3:45,40
K-2 10000 m   Hungary
Imre Szöllősi
János Petroczy
41:05,80   West Germany
Wilhelm Schlüssel
Heinz Ackers
41:14,20   Hungary
János Urányi
László Fábián
41:34,20
K-4 1000 m   East Germany
Wolfgang Lange
Dieter Krause
Siegfried Roßberg
Günter Perleberg
3:25,90   West Germany
Michel Scheuer
Georg Lietz
Heinrich Hell
Theodor Kleine
3:28,70   West Germany
Günter Krüger
Walter Sander
Karl Berghausen
Hubert Birgels
3:28,90
K-4 10000 m   West Germany
Michel Scheuer
Georg Lietz
Heinrich Hell
Theodor Kleine
36:33,60   West Germany
Günter Krüger
Walter Sander
Karl Berghausen
Hubert Birgels
36:35,00   East Germany
Werner Jahn
Walter Kresse
Klaus Lammert
Siegfried Roßberg
36:45,40

Women's

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Kayak

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Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
K-1 500 m   Yelizaveta Kislova (URS) 2:21,30   Antonina Seredina (URS) 2:21,90   Klára Bánfalvi (HUN) 2:23,60
K-2 500 m   Soviet Union
Yelizaveta Kislova
Antonina Seredina
2:03,80   Soviet Union
Nina Gruzintseva
Mariya Shubina
2:04,80   West Germany
Therese Zenz
Ingrid Hartmann
2:06,50

Medals table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Hungary (HUN)76417
2  Soviet Union (URS)3317
3  West Germany (FRG)2338
4  Romania (ROU)1124
5  Poland (POL)1023
6  East Germany (GDR)1012
7  Sweden (SWE)0202
8  Czechoslovakia (TCH)0011
  Great Britain (GBR)0011
Totals (9 entries)15151545

References

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