1966 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1966 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in East Berlin, East Germany. 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. This was the first championships which had one competitor or team per nation per event, a rule that continues as of 2008.

It was also the seventh championships in canoe sprint.

Medal summary

Men's

Canoe

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
C-1 1000 m	Detlef Lewe (GER)		Tamás Wichmann (HUN)		Anatoly Martinov (URS)
C-1 10000 m	Antal Hajba (HUN)		Rudolf Pěnkava (TCH)		Mikhail Zamothin (URS)
C-2 1000 m	Romania Vicol Calabiciov Serghei Covaliov		Sweden Bernd Lindelöf Erik Zeidlitz		Hungary Árpád Soltész Csaba Szantó
C-2 10000 m	Romania Petre Maxim Gheorghe Simionov		Soviet Union Valeriy Drybas Andrey Chimish		Hungary András Peter István Cserha

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Aurel Vernescu (ROU)		Erik Hansen (DEN)		Paul Hoekstra (NED)
K-1 1000 m	Aleksandr Shaporenko (URS)		Erik Hansen (DEN)		Imre Kemecsey (HUN)
K-1 10000 m	Mihály Hesz (HUN)		Vladimir Zemlyakov (URS)		Fritz Briel (GER)
K-1 4 x 500 m relay	Soviet Union Georgiy Karyuchin Yuriy Kabanov Villi Baltans Dmitry Matveyev		Hungary Mihály Hesz András Szente Ferenc Cseh Imre Kemecsey		Romania Vasilie Nicoarǎ Haralambie Ivanov Atanase Sciotnic Aurel Vernescu
K-2 500 m	Romania Vasilie Nicoarǎ Atanase Sciotnic		West Germany Heinz Büker Holger Zander		Soviet Union Vladimir Obratzhov Georgiy Karyuchin
K-2 1000 m	Soviet Union Aleksandr Shaporenko Yuriy Zhetchenko		Romania Aurel Vernescu Atanase Sciotnic		Hungary Ferenc Cseh Endre Hazsik
K-2 10000 m	Hungary Imre Szöllösi László Fábián		Norway Egil Søby Jan Johansen		Czechoslovakia Pavel Kvasil František Švec
K-4 1000 m	Romania Atanase Sciotnic Mihai Ţurcaş Haralambie Ivanov Anton Calenic		Austria Günther Pfaff Kurt Lindlgruber Helmut Hediger Gerhard Siebold		Soviet Union Aleksandr Shaporenko Yuriy Zhetchenko Vladimir Morosov Georgiy Karyuchin
K-4 10000 m	Soviet Union Nikolay Zhushikov Anatoliy Grishin Volodymyr Morozov Vyacheslav Yonov		Hungary Imre Szöllösi László Fábián János Petroczy László Ürögi		East Germany Günter Holzvoigt Wolfgang Finger Wolfgang Niedrig Siegwart Krabe

Women's

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Lyudmila Pinayeva (URS)		Roswitha Esser (FRG)		Anita Kobuss (GDR)
K-2 500 m	East Germany Anita Nüssner-Kobuss Helga Mühlberg-Ulze		Soviet Union Mariya Zhubina Antonina Seredina		Hungary Katalin Benkő Anna Pfeffer
K-4 500 m	Soviet Union Mariya Zhubina Antonina Seredina Lyudmila Pinayeva Nadezhda Levchenko		West Germany Sigrud Kummer Roswitha Esser Irene Rozema Renate Breuer		East Germany Käthe Pohland Karin Haftenberger Anita Nüssner-Kobuss Helga Mühlberg-Ulze

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	6	3	4	13
2	Hungary	3	3	5	11
3	Romania	5	1	1	7
4	West Germany	1	3	1	5
5	East Germany	1	0	3	4
6	Denmark	0	2	0	2
7	Czechoslovakia	0	1	1	2
8	Austria	0	1	0	1
9	Norway	0	1	0	1
10	Sweden	0	1	0	1
11	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
Total		16	16	16	48

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.