1974 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1974 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Mexico City, Mexico in neighboring Xochimilco. This marked the first time the championships took place out side of Europe. As of 2009, all championships have taken place either in Europe or North America. The lake was where the canoeing and rowing events took place for the 1968 Summer Olympics.

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 eleventh championships in canoe sprint.

Medal summary

Men's

Canoe

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
C-1 500 m	Sergey Petrenko (URS)		Klaus Zeisler (GDR)		Ivan Patzaichin (ROU)
C-1 1000 m	Vasiliy Yurchenko (URS)		Klaus Zeisler (GDR)		Ivan Patzaichin (ROU)
C-1 10000 m	Tamás Wichmann (HUN)		Vasiliy Yurchenko (URS)		Ivan Patzaichin (ROU)
C-2 500 m	Soviet Union Aleksandr Vinogradov Yuriy Lobanov		Romania Georghe Danielov Gheorghe Simionov		Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šach Jiří Čtvrtečka
C-2 1000 m	Soviet Union Vladas Česiūnas Yuriy Lobanov		Poland Jerzy Opara Andrzej Gronowicz		Romania Cherasim Munteanu Vasile Serghei
C-2 10000 m	Soviet Union Vladas Česiūnas Yuriy Lobanov		Hungary Tamás Buday Gábor Haraszti		France Alain Alcard Jean-Paul Cezard

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Vasile Dîba (ROU)		Géza Csapó (HUN)		Grzegorz Śledziewski (POL)
K-1 1000 m	Géza Csapó (HUN)		Grzegorz Śledziewski (POL)		Oreste Perri (ITA)
K-1 10000 m	Oreste Perri (ITA)		Aleksandr Shaporenko (URS)		Péter Völgyi (HUN)
K-1 4 x 500 m relay	Romania Vasile Dîba Ernst Pavel Atanase Sciotnic Mihail Zaifu		Soviet Union Vitaliy Trukshin Sergey Zhuchray Anatoliy Kobrisev Nikolay Astapkovich		Poland Ryszard Oborski Grzegorz Śledziewski Kazimierz Górecki Andrzej Matysiak
K-2 500 m	Poland Ryszard Oborski Grzegorz Śledziewski		Hungary József Deme János Rátkai		East Germany Ulrich Hellige Herbert Laabs
K-2 1000 m	Hungary Zoltán Bakó István Szabó		Soviet Union Vladimir Kozubin Mikhail Afansiyev		East Germany Volkmar Thiede Rüdiger Helm
K-2 10000 m	Romania Ion Terente Antrop Variabev		Belgium Jos Broeckx Paul Stinckens		Soviet Union Konstantin Kostenko Vyacheslav Kononov
K-4 1000 m	East Germany Herbert Laabs Ulrich Hellige Jürgen Lehnert Bernd Duvigneau		Soviet Union Yuriy Filatov Aleksandr Degtyarov Aleksandr Kuprikov Nikolay Astapkovich		Hungary József Deme János Rátkai Csongor Vargha Csaba Giczi
K-4 10000 m	Soviet Union Leonid Derevyasnko Nikolay Gorbatchov Pytor Zhurga Anatoliy Zharkin		Hungary Csaba Giczi Csongor Vargha István Szabó Zoltán Romhanyi		Poland Ryszard Oborski Kazimierz Górecki Grzegorz Kołtan Andrzej Matysiak

Women's

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Anke Ohde (GDR)		Nina Gopova (URS)		Maria Cosma (ROU)
K-2 500 m	East Germany Bärbel Köster Anke Ohde		Romania Victoria Dumitru Maria Nichiforov		Hungary Ilona Tözser Mária Zakariás
K-4 500 m	East Germany Ilse Kaschube Bärbel Köster Anke Ohde Carola Zirzow		Soviet Union Nina Gopova Larissa Kabakova Tatyana Korzhunova Galina Kreft		Romania Victoria Dumitru Maria Nichiforov Maria Cosma Agafia Orlov

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	6	7	1	14
2	Romania	3	2	6	11
3	Hungary	3	4	3	10
4	East Germany	4	2	2	8
5	Poland	1	2	3	6
6	Italy	1	0	1	2
7	Belgium	0	1	0	1
8	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
9	France	0	0	1	1
Total		18	18	18	54

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.