1963 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1963 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Jajce, Yugoslavia (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina). This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation.

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. The women's K-4 500 m event debuted at these championships.

This was the sixth championships in canoe sprint.

Medal summary

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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)  Detlef Lewe (GER)  Albrecht Müller (GDR)
C-1 10000 m  Mikhail Zamotin (URS)  Andrei Igorov (ROU)  Albrecht Müller (GDR)
C-2 1000 m  Romania
Achim Sidorov
Alexe Iacovici
 Soviet Union
Vitaliy Galkov
Mikhail Zamotin
 Hungary
Endre Gyürü
Árpád Soltész
C-2 10000 m  Soviet Union
Leonid Geishtor
Sergey Makarenko
 East Germany
Willi Mehlberg
Werner Ulrich
 Romania
Lavrente Calinov
Igor Lipalit

Kayak

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Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
K-1 500 m  Aurel Vernescu (ROU)  Erik Hansen (DEN)  Kálmán Kovács (HUN)
K-1 1000 m  Erik Hansen (DEN)  Aurel Vernescu (ROU)  Siegfried Rossberg (GDR)
K-1 10000 m  Fritz Briel (GER)  Sven-Olov Sjödelius (SWE)  Mihály Hesz (HUN)
K-1 4 x 500 m relay  Romania
Aurel Vernescu
Vasilie Nicoară
Haralambie Ivanov
Anton Ivanescu
 Soviet Union
Vladimir Morozov
Vladimir Natalukha
Vyacheslav Vinnik
Ibragim Khasanov
 East Germany
Wolfgang Lange
Dieter Krause
Siegfried Rossberg
Günter Perleberg
K-2 500 m  Romania
Vasilie Nicoară
Haralambie Ivanov
 Romania
Aurel Vernescu
Mircea Anastasescu
 West Germany
Heinz Büker
Holger Zander
K-2 1000 m  Romania
Vasilie Nicoară
Haralambie Ivanov
 East Germany
Wolfgang Lange
Dieter Krause
 Soviet Union
Nikolai Chuzhikov
Anatoli Grishin
K-2 10000 m  Hungary
László Fábián
István Timár
 Sweden
Tord Sahlén
Tyrone Ferm
 West Germany
Erich Suhriber
Sigfred Brzoska
K-4 1000 m  East Germany
Günter Perleberg
Dieter Krause
Siegfried Rossberg
Wolfgang Lange
 Romania
Nicolae Artimov
Andrei Contolenco
Haralambie Ivanov
Vasilie Nicoară
 Soviet Union
Aleksandr Trifonov
Igor Safonov
Nikolay Konnikov
Vyacheslav Vinnik
K-4 10000 m  Hungary
István Timár
László Fábián
Otto Koltai
László Ürögi
 East Germany
Günter Holzvoigt
Wolfgang Finger
Wolfgang Niedrig
Siegwart Karbe
 Hungary
György Czink
János Petroczy
Gábor Almasi
Sámuel Egri

Women's

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Kayak

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Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
K-1 500 m  Mariya Shubina (URS)  Lyudmila Khvedosyuk (URS)  Hanneliese Spitz (AUT)
K-2 500 m  West Germany
Roswitha Esser
Annemarie Zimmermann
 Soviet Union
Mariya Shubina
Lyudmila Khvedosyuk
 Soviet Union
Valentina Bizak
Lyubov Sinchina
K-4 500 m  Soviet Union
Valentina Bizak
Lyudmila Khvedosyuk
Mariya Shubina
Antonina Seredina
 West Germany
Roswitha Esser
Erika Feltman
Ingrid Hertmann
Annemarie Zimmermann
 East Germany
Marion Knobba
Anita Nüssner-Kobuss
Charlotte Siedelmann
Helga Mühlberg-Ulze

Medals table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Romania (ROU)64111
2 Soviet Union (URS)44311
3 West Germany (FRG)2226
4 Hungary (HUN)2046
5 East Germany (GDR)1359
6 Denmark (DEN)1102
7 Sweden (SWE)0202
8 Austria (AUT)0011
Totals (8 entries)16161648

References

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