The 1977 Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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." 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."
Medal summary※
Men's※
Canoe※
Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
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C-1 500 m | Lipat Varabiev (ROU) | Ulrich Eicke (GER) | Zdislav Soroko (URS) | |||
C-1 1000 m | Ivan Patzaichin (ROU) | Sergey Antipov (URS) | Tamás Buday (HUN) | |||
C-1 10000 m | Tamás Wichmann (HUN) | Vasiliy Yurchenko (URS) | Ivan Patzaichin (ROU) | |||
C-2 500 m | Hungary László Foltán István Vaskúti |
Canada John Wood Gregory Smith |
Soviet Union Vasyl Yurchenko Yuri Lobanov |
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C-2 1000 m | Soviet Union Vasyl Yurchenko Yuri Lobanov |
Hungary Tamás Buday Oszkár Frey |
Poland Jerzy Opara Andrzej Gronowicz |
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C-2 10000 m | Soviet Union Sergey Petrenko Yuri Lobanov |
Romania Lipat Varabiev Pavel Cozlov |
Hungary Zoltán Parti András Hubik |
Kayak※
Women's※
Kayak※
Medals table※
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
2 | Romania (ROU) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
3 | Hungary (HUN) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
4 | East Germany (GDR) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
5 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
6 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
8 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (10 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |