The 1973 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in lake Kaukajärvi, Tampere, Finland. Kaukajärvi Canoe/Kayak venue on map..
The men's competition consisted of six Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Three events were held for the women, all in kayak.
This was the tenth championships in canoe sprint.
Medal summary Men's Canoe Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeC-1 500 m C-1 1000 m C-1 10000 m C-2 500 m Oleg KalidovVitaliy Slobodenyuk Gheorghe DanielovGheorghe Simionov Jerzy OparaAndrzej GronowiczC-2 1000 m Gheorghe DanielovGheorghe Simionov Vladas ČesiūnasYuri Lobanov Tamás WichmannGyula PetrikovicsC-2 10000 m Vladas ČesiūnasYuri Lobanov Vasile SergheiCherasim Munteanu Tamás BudayGábor Haraszti
Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m K-1 1000 m K-1 10000 m K-1 4 x 500 m relay Vitaliy TrukshinAnatoliy KobrisevSergey NikolskiyOleg Zhegoyev István CsizmadiaZoltán AngyalRóbert SchaffhauserIstván Szabó Atanase SciotnicVasilie SimiocencoRoman VartolomeuMihai ZafiuK-2 500 m Nikolay GogolPytor Greshta József DemeJános Rátkai Ion DragulschiErnst PavelK-2 1000 m József DemeJános Rátkai Ion DragulschiErnst Pavel Herbert LaabsJoachim MatternK-2 10000 m Zoltán BakóGéza Csapó Ion TerenteAntrop Variabev Jos BroekxPaul StinckensK-4 1000 m József DemeJános RátkaiCsongor VarghaCsaba Giczy Yuri FilatovVladimir MorozovNikolay GogolValeri Didenko Norbert PaschkePeter KorschJürgen LehnertHarald MargK-4 10000 m Csaba GiczyTibor NagyCsongor VarghaGéza Kralován Hans-Erich PaschHorst MatternRudolf BlassEberhard Fischer Atanase SciotnicCuprian MacarencuCostel CoșnițăVasilie Simiocenco
Women's Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m K-2 500 m Ilse KaschubePetra Borzym Lyudmila PinayevaNina Gopova Anna PfefferIlona TőzsérK-4 500 m Lyudmila PinayevaNina GopovaLarissa KabakovaTamara Popova Anna PfefferIlona TőzsérErzsébet HorváthMária Zakariás Victoria DumitruMaria NichiforovMaria CosmaMaria Ivanov
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.