The 1966 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in the East Berlin suburb of Grünau in East Germany. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. From 19 to 21 August, competitors used the regatta course on the Langer See that had previously been used for the canoeing and rowing events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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 .
It was also the seventh championships in canoe sprint.
Medal summary Men's Canoe Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeC-1 1000 m 4:29.33 C-1 10000 m C-2 1000 m Vicol CalabiciovSerghei Covaliov4:10.98 Bernt LindelöfErik Zeidlitz Árpád SoltészCsaba SzantóC-2 10000 m Petre MaximGheorghe Simionov Valeriy DrybasAndrey Khimich András PeterIstván Cserha
Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m K-1 1000 m 3:59.26 K-1 10000 m K-1 4 x 500 m relay Georgiy KaryukhinYuriy KabanovVilnis BaltiņšDmitry Matveyev7:36.05 Mihály HeszAndrás SzenteFerenc CsehImre Kemecsey Vasilie NicoarăHaralambie IvanovAtanase SciotnicAurel VernescuK-2 500 m Aurel VernescuAtanase Sciotnic Heinz BükerHolger Zander Vladimir ObraztsovGeorgiy KaryukhinK-2 1000 m Aleksandr ShaparenkoYuri Stetsenko3:37.51 Aurel VernescuAtanase Sciotnic Ferenc CsehEndre HazsikK-2 10000 m Imre SzöllősiLászló Fábián Egil SøbyJan Johansen Pavel KvasilFrantišek ŠvecK-4 1000 m Atanase SciotnicMihai ȚurcașHaralambie IvanovAnton Calenic Günther PfaffKurt LindlgruberHelmut HedigerGerhard Seibold Aleksandr ShaparenkoYuri StetsenkoVladimir MorozovGeorgiy KaryukhinK-4 10000 m Nikolai ChuzhikovAnatoli GrishinVladimir MorozovVyacheslav Ionov36:56.68 Imre SzöllősiLászló FábiánJános PetroczyLászló Ürögi Günter HolzvoigtWolfgang LangeWolfgang NiedrigSiegwart Karbe
Women's Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m K-2 500 m Anita KobußHelga Mühlberg-Ulze1:59.41 Mariya ShubinaAntonina Seredina Katalin BenkőAnna PfefferK-4 500 m Mariya ShubinaAntonina SeredinaLyudmila PinayevaNadezhda Levchenko1:45.91 Sigrud KummerRoswitha EsserIrene RozemaRenate Breuer Käthe PohlandKarin HaftenbergerAnita KobußHelga 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