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 Men's Canoe Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time C-1 1000 m C-1 10000 m C-2 1000 m Achim SidorovAlexe Iacovici Vitaliy GalkovMikhail Zamotin Endre GyürüÁrpád Soltész C-2 10000 m Leonid GeishtorSergey Makarenko Willi MehlbergWerner Ulrich Lavrente CalinovIgor Lipalit

Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time K-1 500 m K-1 1000 m K-1 10000 m K-1 4 x 500 m relay Aurel VernescuVasilie NicoarăHaralambie IvanovAnton Ivanescu Vladimir MorozovVladimir NatalukhaVyacheslav VinnikIbragim Khasanov Wolfgang LangeDieter KrauseSiegfried RossbergGünter Perleberg K-2 500 m Vasilie NicoarăHaralambie Ivanov Aurel VernescuMircea Anastasescu Heinz BükerHolger Zander K-2 1000 m Vasilie NicoarăHaralambie Ivanov Wolfgang LangeDieter Krause Nikolai ChuzhikovAnatoli Grishin K-2 10000 m László FábiánIstván Timár Tord SahlénTyrone Ferm Erich SuhriberSigfred Brzoska K-4 1000 m Günter PerlebergDieter KrauseSiegfried RossbergWolfgang Lange Nicolae ArtimovAndrei ContolencoHaralambie IvanovVasilie Nicoară Aleksandr TrifonovIgor SafonovNikolay KonnikovVyacheslav Vinnik K-4 10000 m István TimárLászló FábiánOtto KoltaiLászló Ürögi Günter HolzvoigtWolfgang FingerWolfgang NiedrigSiegwart Karbe György CzinkJános PetroczyGábor AlmasiSámuel Egri

Women's Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time K-1 500 m K-2 500 m Roswitha EsserAnnemarie Zimmermann Mariya ShubinaLyudmila Khvedosyuk Valentina BizakLyubov Sinchina K-4 500 m Valentina BizakLyudmila KhvedosyukMariya ShubinaAntonina Seredina Roswitha EsserErika FeltmanIngrid HertmannAnnemarie Zimmermann Marion KnobbaAnita Nüssner-KobussCharlotte SiedelmannHelga Mühlberg-Ulze

Medals table

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. Results at Canoeresults.eu