The 1982 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia for the record fourth time. The Yugoslavian (now Serbian) city had host the championships previously in 1971, 1975, and 1978.
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 seventeenth 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 Matija LjubekMirko Nišović Yuriy LaptikovSergey Petrenko László FoltánIstván VaskútiC-2 1000 m János Sarusi KisGyula Hajdu Matija LjubekMirko Nišović Olaf HeukrodtUwe MadejaC-2 10000 m Ivan PatzaichinToma Simionov Vassily BeresaEdem Muradosilov Tamás BudayLászló Vaskúti
Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m K-1 1000 m K-1 10000 m K-2 500 m Vladimir ParfenovichSergey Superata Alan ThompsonPaul MacDonald Matthias SeackOliver SeackK-2 1000 m Vladimir ParfenovichSergey Superata Alwyn MorrisHugh Fisher Luis Gregorio RamosHerminio RodriguezK-2 10000 m Bernard BrégeonPatrick Lefoulon Ron StevensGert Jan Lebbink István SzabóIstván TóthK-4 500 m Sergey KrivozheyevIgor GaydamakaSergey KolokolovAleksander Vodovatov Frank-Peter BischofFrank FischerRüdiger HelmHarald Marg Jens NordqvistLars-Erik MobergPer-Inge BengtssonThomas OhlssonK-4 1000 m Per-Inge BengtssonLars-Erik MobergThomas OhlssonBengt Andersson Frank-Peter BischofPeter HempelRüdiger HelmHarald Marg Matthias SeackOliver SeackFrank RennerBernd HesselK-4 10000 m Alexander YermilovNikolay BaranovSergei ChukhrayVladimir Romanovsky Petrica DimofteFlorian MarinescuIonel IgorovAnghei Coman Kálmán PetrikovicsTamás SzekesLászló RasztotzkyTibor Helyl
Women's Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m K-2 500 m Birgit FischerBettina Streussel Katalin PovázsánErika Géczi Karin OlssonAgneta AnderssonK-4 500 m Birgit FischerBettina StreusselRoswitha EberlKathrin Giese Inna ZhipulinaNelli YefremovaYekaterina GolubevaSaba Komkova Agnes DragosErika GécziKatalin PovázsánÉva Rakusz
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.