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1970 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1970 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Copenhagen, Denmark for the second time after hosting the event in 1950. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. Beginning at these championships, the event would be held on an annual basis in non-Summer Olympic years, a tradition that continues as of 2009.

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 eighth championships in canoe sprint.

Medal summary

Men's

Canoe

Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
C-1 1000 m  Tibor Tatai (HUN)  Jerzy Opara (POL)  Jiří Čtvrtečka (TCH)
C-1 10000 m  Tamás Wichmann (HUN)  Afansie Butelchin (ROU)  Nikolay Fedulov (URS)
C-2 1000 m  Romania
Ivan Patzaichin
Serghei Covaliov
 Hungary
Tamás Wichmann
Gyula Petrikovics
 Bulgaria
Boris Lubenov
Sachko Iliev
C-2 10000 m  Romania
Petre Maxim
Gheorghe Simionov
 Soviet Union
Valeriy Drybas
Vasiliy Kalyagin
 Sweden
Bernt Lindelöf
Erik Zeidlitz

Kayak

Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
K-1 500 m  Anatoliy Tischenko (URS)  Grzegorz Śledziewski (POL)  Jean-Pierre Burny (BEL)
K-1 1000 m  Aleksandr Shaparenko (URS)  Lars Andersson (SWE)  Grzegorz Śledziewski (POL)
K-1 10000 m  Viktor Tsaryov (URS)  Erik Hansen (DEN)  Péter Völgyi (HUN)
K-1 4 x 500 m relay  Soviet Union
Nikolay Gogol
Anatoliy Tischenko
Anatoliy Kobrisev
Anatoliy Sedasov
 Romania
Eugen Botez
Mihai Zafiu
Ion Jacob
Aurel Vernescu
 Hungary
Géza Csapó
István Csizmadia
Mihály Hesz
József Svidró
K-2 500 m  Sweden
Lars Andersson
Rolf Peterson
 Romania
Aurel Vernescu
Atanase Sciotnic
 Austria
Gerhard Seibold
Günther Pfaff
K-2 1000 m  Austria
Gerhard Seibold
Günther Pfaff
 Sweden
Lars Andersson
Rolf Peterson
 East Germany
Klaus-Peter Ebeling
Joachim Mattern
K-2 10000 m  Soviet Union
Konstantin Kostenko
Vyacheslav Kononov
 Hungary
Imre Szöllősi
Vilmos Nagy
 Romania
Costel Coșniță
Vasilie Simiocenco
K-4 1000 m  Soviet Union
Yuri Filatov
Valeri Didenko
Yuriy Stetsenko
Vladimir Morozov
 East Germany
Uwe Will
Eduard Augustin
Klaus-Peter Ebeling
Joachim Mattern
 Hungary
István Szabó
Péter Várhelyi
Csaba Giczy
István Timár
K-4 10000 m  Norway
Egil Søby
Steinar Amundsen
Tore Berger
Jan Johansen
 West Germany
Horst Mattern
Rainer Hennes
Jochen Schneider
Erich Kemnitz
 Sweden
Kurt Lycjner
Willy Tesch
Åke Sandin
Hans Nilsson

Women's

Kayak

Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
K-1 500 m  Lyudmila Pinayeva (URS)  Mieke Jaapies (NED)  Petra Setzkorn (GDR)
K-2 500 m  West Germany
Roswitha Esser
Renate Breuer
 Soviet Union
Lyudmila Bezrukova
Tamara Shymanskaya
 East Germany
Petra Setzkorn
Petra Grabowski
K-4 500 m  Soviet Union
Lyudmila Bezrukova
Tamara Shymanskaya
Natalya Boyko
Ninel Vakula
 East Germany
Petra Setzkorn
Petra Grabowski
Ingeborg Loesch
Anita Nüssner-Kobuss
 West Germany
Roswitha Esser
Irene Pepinghege
Roswitha Spohr
Monika Bergmann

Medals table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)82111
2 Romania (ROU)2316
3 Hungary (HUN)2237
4 Sweden (SWE)1225
5 West Germany (FRG)1113
6 Austria (AUT)1012
7 Norway (NOR)1001
8 East Germany (GDR)0235
9 Poland (POL)0213
10 Denmark (DEN)0101
 Netherlands (NED)0101
12 Belgium (BEL)0011
 Bulgaria (BUL)0011
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0011
Totals (14 entries)16161648

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