1977 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
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The 1977 Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Sofia
Sofia
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, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

.

The men's competition consisted of six Canadian
Canoe
A canoe or Canadian canoe is a small narrow boat, typically human-powered, though it may also be powered by sails or small electric or gas motors. Canoes are usually pointed at both bow and stern and are normally open on top, but can be decked over A canoe (North American English) or Canadian...

 (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak
Kayak
A kayak is a small, relatively narrow, human-powered boat primarily designed to be manually propelled by means of a double blade paddle.The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each seating one paddler...

 events. Three events were held for the women, all in kayak. The men's K-1 4 x 500 m relay was discontinued at these championships and replaced by the men's K-4 500 m event.

This was the thirteenth championships in canoe sprint.

Canoe

Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
C-1 500 m
C-1 1000 m
C-1 10000 m
C-2 500 m  Hungary
László Foltan
István Vaskúti
István Vaskuti
István Vaskuti is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s...


John Wood
John Wood (canoer)
John Joseph Wood is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1960s to the later 1970s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the C-1 500 m event at Montreal in 1976....


Gregory Smith
Gregory Smith (canoer)
Gregory Smith is a former Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. He won a silver medal in the C-2 500 m event at the 1977 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Sofia....

 Soviet Union
Vasyl Yurchenko
Vasyl Yurchenko
Vasyl Yurchenko is a Soviet-born Ukrainian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals...


Yuriy Lobanov
C-2 1000 m  Soviet Union
Vasyl Yurchenko
Vasyl Yurchenko
Vasyl Yurchenko is a Soviet-born Ukrainian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals...


Yuriy Lobanov
 Hungary
Tamás Buday
Tamás Buday
Tamás Buday is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won bronze medals in the C-2 500 m and C-2 1000 m events at Montreal in 1976....


Oszkár Frey
Oszkár Frey
Oszkár Frey is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won bronze medals in the C-2 500 m and C-2 1000 m events at Montreal in 1976....


Jerzy Opara
Jerzy Opara
Jerzy Janusz Opara is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the C-2 500 m event at Montreal in 1976....


Andrzej Gronowicz
Andrzej Gronowicz
Andrzej Gronowicz is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the C-2 500 m event at Montreal in 1976....

C-2 10000 m  Soviet Union
Sergey Petrenko
Yuriy Lobanov
 Romania
Lipat Variabev
Pavel Cozlov
Pavel Cozlov
Pavel Cozlov is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. He won a silver medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the 1977 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Sofia.-References:**...

 Hungary
Zoltán Parti
Zoltán Parti
Zoltán Parti is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the 1977 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Sofia.-References:**...


András Hubik
András Hubik
András Hubik is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the 1977 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Sofia.-References:**...


Kayak

Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
K-1 500 m
K-1 1000 m
K-1 10000 m
K-2 500 m
Joachim Mattern
Joachim Mattern
Joachim Mattern is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals at Montreal in 1976 with a gold in the K-2 500 m and silver in the K-2 1000 m events....


Bernd Olbricht
Bernd Olbricht
Bernd Olbricht is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won four medals with two golds , one silver , and one bronze .Olbricht also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships...

 Soviet Union
Viktor Vorobiyev
Viktor Vorobiyev
Viktor Vorobiyev is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. He won a complete of medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold , a silver , and a bronze ....


Nikolay Astapkovich
Nikolay Astapkovich
Nikolay Astapkovich is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds , four silvers and a bronze Nikolay Astapkovich is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s....

 Hungary
Géza Csapó
Géza Csapó
Géza Csapó is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals in K-1 1000 m event with a silver in 1976 and a bronze in 1972....


Jószef Svidró
Jószef Svidró
Jószef Svidró is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the 1970s. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold and two bronzes .-References:**...

K-2 1000 m  Hungary
Zoltán Bakó
Zoltán Bakó
Zoltán Bakó is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed during the 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Montreal in 1976....


István Szabó
István Szabó (canoer)
István Szabó is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 1000 m event with a silver in 1980 and a bronze in 1976....


Bernd Olbricht
Bernd Olbricht
Bernd Olbricht is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won four medals with two golds , one silver , and one bronze .Olbricht also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships...


Joachim Mattern
Joachim Mattern
Joachim Mattern is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals at Montreal in 1976 with a gold in the K-2 500 m and silver in the K-2 1000 m events....

 Soviet Union
Vladimir Romanovskiy
Sergey Nagomy
K-2 10000 m  Soviet Union
Petras Shurskas
Petras Shurskas
Petras Shurkas is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. He won two medals in the K-2 10000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold in 1977 and a bronze in 1975.-References:**...


Anatoliy Korolkov
Anatoliy Korolkov
Anatoliy Korolkov is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. He won a gold medal in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1977 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Sofia.-References:**...

 Hungary
Zoltán Bakó
Zoltán Bakó
Zoltán Bakó is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed during the 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Montreal in 1976....


István Szabó
István Szabó (canoer)
István Szabó is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 1000 m event with a silver in 1980 and a bronze in 1976....

 Romania
Nicolae Tico
Nicolae Tico
Nicolae Tico is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. He won two bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships .-References:**...


Cuprian Macareanu
K-4 500 m
Ryszard Oborski
Ryszard Oborski
Ryszard Oborski is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s. He won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds , two silvers , and five bronzes Ryszard Oborski (born May 2, 1952 in Poznań) is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the...


Daniel Wełna
Daniel Wełna
Daniel Zygmunt Wełna is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds , two silvers , and three bronzes .Wełna also competed...


Grzegorz Kołtan
Grzegorz Kołtan
Grzegorz Kołtan is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the mid to late 1970s. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds , a silver , and three bronzes .Kołtan also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of...


Henryk Budzicz
Henryk Budzicz
Henryk Budzicz is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1970s. He won two gold medals at the 1977 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Sofia, earning them in the K-4 500 m and K-4 1000 m events....

 Romania
Ion Dragulschi
Ion Dragulschi
Ion Dragulschi is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the 1970s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three silvers and a bronze .Dragulschi also competed in the K-1 1000 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, but was eliminated in the...


Beniami Borbandi
Beniami Borbandi
Beniami Borbandi is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. He won a silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1977 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Sofia.-References:**...


Policarp Malîhin
Policarp Malîhin
Policarp Malîhin is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....


Vasile Simiocenco
 Spain
Herminio Menéndez
Herminio Menéndez
Herminio Menéndez Rodríguez is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s...


Martin Vásquez
Martin Vasquez
Martin Vasquez is a Mexican-born American former professional soccer player. He was most recently the head coach of C.D. Chivas USA in Major League Soccer....


Jóse Ramón López
José Ramón López
José Ramón López is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. He won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....


Luis Gregario Ramos
K-4 1000 m
Ryszard Oborski
Ryszard Oborski
Ryszard Oborski is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s. He won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds , two silvers , and five bronzes Ryszard Oborski (born May 2, 1952 in Poznań) is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the...


Daniel Wełna
Daniel Wełna
Daniel Zygmunt Wełna is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds , two silvers , and three bronzes .Wełna also competed...


Grzegorz Kołtan
Grzegorz Kołtan
Grzegorz Kołtan is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the mid to late 1970s. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds , a silver , and three bronzes .Kołtan also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of...


Henryk Budzicz
Henryk Budzicz
Henryk Budzicz is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1970s. He won two gold medals at the 1977 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Sofia, earning them in the K-4 500 m and K-4 1000 m events....

 Soviet Union
Aleksandr Shaporenko
Volodymyr Morozov
Volodymyr Morozov (1952 canoer)
Vladimir Ivanovich Morozov was a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s...


Sergey Nikolskiy
Sergey Nikolskiy
Sergey Nikolskiy is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. He won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds , and a silver ....


Aleksandr Avdeyev
 Spain
Herminio Rodriguez
José María Esteban
José María Esteban
José María Esteban is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Montreal in 1976....


Jóse Ramón López
José Ramón López
José Ramón López is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. He won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....


Luis Gregario Ramos
K-4 10000 m  Soviet Union
Aleksandr Shaporenko
Volodymyr Morozov
Volodymyr Morozov (1952 canoer)
Vladimir Ivanovich Morozov was a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s...


Sergey Nikolskiy
Sergey Nikolskiy
Sergey Nikolskiy is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. He won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds , and a silver ....


Aleksandr Avdeyev
 Hungary
Csaba Giczi
Csaba Giczi
Csaba Giczy was a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1960s to the late 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals at Mexico City in 1968 with a silver in the K-2 1000 m and a bronze in the K-4 1000 m events.Giczy also won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World...


János Rátkai
János Rátkai
János Rátkai is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Munich in 1972....


István Joós
István Joós
István Joós is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow....


Iván Herczeg
Iván Herczeg
Iván Herczeg is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. He won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold and a silver .-References:**...


Andrzej Klimaszewski
Andrzej Klimaszewski
Andrzej Klimaszewski is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1970s to the mid 1980s. He won five medals in the K-4 10000 m at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three silvers and two bronzes .Klimaszewski competed in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in...


Krzysztof Lepianka
Krzysztof Lepianka
Krzysztof Lepianka is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won three medals in the K-4 10000 m at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two silvers and a bronze ....


Zbigniew Torzecki
Zbigniew Torzecki
Zbigniew Torzecki is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won three medals in the K-4 10000 m at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two silvers and a bronze .-References:**...


Zdzisław Szubski
Zdzisław Szubski
Zdzisław Szubski is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won four medals in the K-4 10000 m at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three silvers and a bronze .Szubski also finished seventh in the K-2 500 m event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in...


Kayak

Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
K-1 500 m
K-2 500 m
Marion Rösiger
Marion Rösiger
Marion Rösiger is a German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. She won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds and two silvers ....


Martina Fischer
 Romania
Agafia Orlov
Natasia Nichitov
 Bulgaria
Vania Gescheva
Diana Christova
Diana Christova
Diana Christova is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. She won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1977 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Sofia.-References:**...

K-4 500 m  Bulgaria
Maria Mintscheva
Maria Mintscheva
Maria Mintscheva is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s...


Rosa Bohanova
Rosa Bohanova
Rosa Bohanova is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1970s. She won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1977 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Sofia.-References:**...


Velitscha Mintscheva
Velitscha Mintscheva
Velitscha Mintscheva is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. She won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1977 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Sofia.-References:**...


Natascha Janakieva
Natascha Janakieva
Natascha Janakieva Petrova is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s...


Marion Rösiger
Marion Rösiger
Marion Rösiger is a German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. She won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds and two silvers ....


Martina Fischer
Sabine Pochert
Sabine Pochert
Sabine Pochert is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. She won a silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1977 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Sofia.-References:**...


Gudrun Klaus-Dittmar
Gudrun Klaus-Dittmar
Gudrun Klaus-Dittmar is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. She won two medals at the 1977 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold in the K-1 500 m event and a silver in the K-4 500 m event.-References:**...

 Soviet Union
Taisiya Lapteyeva
Galina Zhikareva
Galina Zhikareva
Galina Zhikareva is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. She won a bronze medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1977 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Sofia.-References:**...


Tatyana Korzhunova
Nina Doroh
Nina Doroh
Nina Doroh is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. She won a complete set of medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold , a silver K-2 500 m: 1978), and a bronze .-References:**...


Medals table

1  Soviet Union 4 4 6 14
2  Hungary 3 4 4 11
3  Romania 4 4 2 10
4 3 3 0 6
5 2 1 2 5
6  Bulgaria 1 0 1 2
7 1 0 1 2
8  Spain 0 0 2 2
9 0 1 0 1
10 0 1 0 1
Total 18 18 18 54
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