1978 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

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	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
C-1 500 m	Liubomir Ljubenov (BUL)		Gyula Hajdu (HUN)		Sergey Liminovich (URS)
C-1 1000 m	Matija Ljubek (YUG)		Tamás Wichmann (HUN)		Ivan Patzaichin (ROU)
C-1 10000 m	Ivan Patzaichin (ROU)		Vasiliy Yurchenko (URS)		Matija Ljubek (YUG)
C-2 500 m	Hungary László Foltan István Vaskúti		Soviet Union Sergey Petrenko Petras Grigonis		Romania Gheorghe Simionov Toma Simionov
C-2 1000 m	Hungary Tamás Buday Oszkár Frey		Romania Gheorghe Simionov Toma Simionov		Soviet Union Sergey Postrechin Yuriy Lobanov
C-2 10000 m	Hungary Tamás Buday László Vaskúti		Romania Gheorghe Simionov Toma Simionov		Soviet Union Viktor Vorobiyev Aleksandr Beleyi

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Vasile Dîba (ROU)		Vladimir Parfenovich (URS)		Peter Hempel (GDR)
K-1 1000 m	Rüdiger Helm (GDR)		Milan Janić (YUG)		Vitaliy Trukshin (URS)
K-1 10000 m	Milan Janić (YUG)		Nikolay Stepanenko (URS)		István Joós (HUN)
K-2 500 m	East Germany Bernd Olbricht Rüdiger Helm		Romania Nicuşor Eşanu Ion Bîrlădeanu		Soviet Union Sergey Zhuchray Vladimir Trainikov
K-2 1000 m	Soviet Union Sergey Zhuchray Vladimir Trainikov		Norway Einar Rasmussen Olaf Søyland		Hungary Zoltán Bakó István Szabó
K-2 10000 m	Hungary Zoltán Bakó István Szabó		France Alain Lebas Jean-Paul Hanquier		Romania Nicuşor Eşanu Grigore Constantin
K-4 500 m	East Germany Peter Bischof Bernd Duvigneau Roland Graupner Harald Marg		Spain Herminio Menéndez Martin Vásquez Jóse Ramón López Luis Gregario Ramos		Poland Ryszard Oborski Daniel Wełna Grzegorz Kołtan Grzegorz Śledziewski
K-4 1000 m	East Germany Bernd Olbricht Bernd Duvigneau Rüdiger Helm Harald Marg		Romania Nicuşor Eşanu Ion Bîrlădeanu Mihail Zaifu Alexandru Giura		Spain Herminio Rodriguez José María Esteban Jóse Ramón López Luis Gregario Ramos
K-4 10000 m	Soviet Union Aleksandr Shaporenko Sergey Nikolskiy Volodymyr Morozov Aleksandr Avdeyev		Poland Andrzej Klimaszewski Krzysztof Lepianka Zbigniew Torzecki Zdzisław Szubski		Romania Cuprian Macareanu Ciobann Marian Stefan Popa Nicolae Tico

Women's

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Roswitha Eberl (GDR)		Olga Makarova (URS)		Maria Cosma (ROU)
K-2 500 m	East Germany Marion Rösiger Martina Fischer		Soviet Union Natalya Kalashinkova Nina Doroh		Romania Agafia Orlov Natasia Nichitov
K-4 500 m	East Germany Marion Rösiger Roswitha Eberl Carsta Genäuß Martina Fischer		Bulgaria Vanja Gescheva Maria Mintscheva Natascha Janakieva Iliana Nikolova		Romania Agafia Orlov Natasia Nichitov Maria Nicolae Buri

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	2	6	5	13
2	Romania	2	4	7	13
3	East Germany	7	0	1	8
4	Hungary	4	2	2	8
5	Yugoslavia	2	1	1	4
6	Bulgaria	1	1	0	2
7	Poland	0	1	1	2
8	Spain	0	1	1	2
9	France	0	1	0	1
10	Norway	0	1	0	1
Total		18	18	18	54

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.