1966 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1966 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in the East Berlin suburb of Grünau in East Germany. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. From 19 to 21 August, competitors used the regatta course on the Langer See that had previously been used for the canoeing and rowing events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]

The men's competition consisted of four Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Three events were held for the women, all in kayak. This was the first championships which had one competitor or team per nation per event, a rule that continues as of 2008.

It was also the seventh championships in canoe sprint.

Medal summary

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Men's

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Canoe

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Event Gold Time[2] Silver Time Bronze Time
C-1 1000 m   Detlef Lewe (FRG) 4:29.33   Tamás Wichmann (HUN)   Anatoly Martinov (URS)
C-1 10000 m   Antal Hajba (HUN)   Rudolf Pěnkava (TCH)   Mikhail Zamotin (URS)
C-2 1000 m   Romania
Vicol Calabiciov
Serghei Covaliov
4:10.98   Sweden
Bernt Lindelöf
Erik Zeidlitz
  Hungary
Árpád Soltész
Csaba Szantó
C-2 10000 m   Romania
Petre Maxim
Gheorghe Simionov
  Soviet Union
Valeriy Drybas
Andrey Khimich
  Hungary
András Peter
István Cserha

Kayak

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Event Gold Time[2] Silver Time Bronze Time
K-1 500 m   Aurel Vernescu (ROU)   Erik Hansen (DEN)   Paul Hoekstra (NED)
K-1 1000 m   Aleksandr Shaparenko (URS) 3:59.26   Erik Hansen (DEN)   Imre Kemecsey (HUN)
K-1 10000 m   Mihály Hesz (HUN)   Vladimir Zemlyakov (URS)   Fritz Briel (GER)
K-1 4 x 500 m relay   Soviet Union
Georgiy Karyukhin
Yuriy Kabanov
Vilnis Baltiņš
Dmitry Matveyev
7:36.05   Hungary
Mihály Hesz
András Szente
Ferenc Cseh
Imre Kemecsey
  Romania
Vasilie Nicoară
Haralambie Ivanov
Atanase Sciotnic
Aurel Vernescu
K-2 500 m   Romania
Aurel Vernescu
Atanase Sciotnic
  West Germany
Heinz Büker
Holger Zander
  Soviet Union
Vladimir Obraztsov
Georgiy Karyukhin
K-2 1000 m   Soviet Union
Aleksandr Shaparenko
Yuri Stetsenko
3:37.51   Romania
Aurel Vernescu
Atanase Sciotnic
  Hungary
Ferenc Cseh
Endre Hazsik
K-2 10000 m   Hungary
Imre Szöllősi
László Fábián
  Norway
Egil Søby
Jan Johansen
  Czechoslovakia
Pavel Kvasil
František Švec
K-4 1000 m   Romania
Atanase Sciotnic
Mihai Țurcaș
Haralambie Ivanov
Anton Calenic
  Austria
Günther Pfaff
Kurt Lindlgruber
Helmut Hediger
Gerhard Seibold
  Soviet Union
Aleksandr Shaparenko
Yuri Stetsenko
Vladimir Morozov
Georgiy Karyukhin
K-4 10000 m   Soviet Union
Nikolai Chuzhikov
Anatoli Grishin
Vladimir Morozov
Vyacheslav Ionov
36:56.68   Hungary
Imre Szöllősi
László Fábián
János Petroczy
László Ürögi
  East Germany
Günter Holzvoigt
Wolfgang Lange
Wolfgang Niedrig
Siegwart Karbe

Women's

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Kayak

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Event Gold Time[2] Silver Time Bronze Time
K-1 500 m   Lyudmila Pinayeva (URS)   Roswitha Esser (FRG)   Anita Kobuß (GDR)
K-2 500 m   East Germany
Anita Kobuß
Helga Mühlberg-Ulze
1:59.41   Soviet Union
Mariya Shubina
Antonina Seredina
  Hungary
Katalin Benkő
Anna Pfeffer
K-4 500 m   Soviet Union
Mariya Shubina
Antonina Seredina
Lyudmila Pinayeva
Nadezhda Levchenko
1:45.91   West Germany
Sigrud Kummer
Roswitha Esser
Irene Rozema
Renate Breuer
  East Germany
Käthe Pohland
Karin Haftenberger
Anita Kobuß
Helga Mühlberg-Ulze

Medals table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union (URS)63413
2  Romania (ROU)5117
3  Hungary (HUN)33511
4  West Germany (FRG)1315
5  East Germany (GDR)1034
6  Denmark (DEN)0202
7  Czechoslovakia (TCH)0112
8  Austria (AUT)0101
  Norway (NOR)0101
  Sweden (SWE)0101
11  Netherlands (NED)0011
Totals (11 entries)16161648

References

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  1. ^ "Kanuten erwartet" [Canoeists expected]. Neue Zeit (in German). Vol. 20, no. 191. 17 August 1966. p. 6. Archived from the original on 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Die Kanuweltmeister des Sonntags" [The canoe world champion of Sunday]. Neues Deutschland (in German). Vol. 21, no. 230. 22 August 1966. p. 4. Archived from the original on 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.