The 1986 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Montreal, Canada at the Notre Dame Island. This is also where the canoeing and rowing competitions for the 1976 Summer Olympics took place.
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 20th championships in canoe sprint.
Medals table
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 János Sarusi KisIstván Vaskuti Viktor ReneiskyAleksandr Kalnitzhenko Ulrich PapkeIngo SpellyC-2 1000 m János Sarusi KisIstván Vaskuti Marek ŁbikMarek Dopierała Wolfram FaustHartmut FaustC-2 10000 m Marek ŁbikMarek Dopierała Dumitru BețiuVasile Lehaci Arne NielssonChristian Frederiksen
Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m K-1 1000 m K-1 10000 m K-2 500 m Reiner SchollThomas Pfrang András RajnaAttila Adrovicz Viktor PusevSergey SuperataK-2 1000 m Daniel StoianAngelin Velea André WohllebeFrank Fischer Kerry GrantSteven WoodK-2 10000 m Gábor KulcsárLászló Gindl Sergey KorneyevezViktor Detkovskiy Daniel StoianAngelin VeleaK-4 500 m Andreas StähleFrank FischerAndré WohllebeJens Fiedler Aleksandr MatushenkoSergey KirsanovNikolay ZhersenViktor Denisov Gilbert SchneiderDetlef SchmidtVolker KreutzerThomas ReineckK-4 1000 m Ferenc CsipesZsolt GyulayLászló FidelZoltán Kovács Guido BehlingHans-Jörg BliesenerJens FiedlerThomas Vaske Robert ChwiałkowskiKazimierz KrzyżańskiGrzegorz KrawcówWojciech KurpiewskiK-4 10000 m Nikolay OselezGrigory MedvedevSergey KislevAleksandr Akunichikov Ionel ConstantinNicolae FeodoseiIonel LetcaeAlexandru Dulău Tibor BöjtiTibor HelyiLászló NieberlKálmán Petrovics
Women's
Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m K-2 500 m Katalin PovázsánErika Mészáros Nelli KorbukovaTatyana Zhistova Vania GeshevaDiana PaliskiK-4 500 m Erika GécziErika MészárosRita KőbánÉva Rakusz Nelli KorbukovaAnzhela NadtochayevaTatyana ZhistovaOlga Slapina Tecia BorcaenaLuminata MunteanuMarina CiiucurAnna Larie
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.