1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
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The 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Belgrade
Belgrade
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, Yugoslavia
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 for the second time, having hosted them in 1971. This also equaled the most times a city had done so with Copenhagen
Copenhagen
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, Denmark
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 (1950, 1970).

The men's competition consisted of six Canadian
Canoe
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 (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak
Kayak
A kayak is a small, relatively narrow, human-powered boat primarily designed to be manually propelled by means of a double blade paddle.The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each seating one paddler...

 events. Three events were held for the women, all in kayak.

This was the twelfth championships in canoe sprint. It marked the first time in the championships' history in which there was tie for a medal and that happened to be for the gold in the men's K-1 1000 m event between Italy
Italy
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's Oreste Perri
Oreste Perri
Oreste Perri is an Italian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s.Perri was born in Castelverde, in the province of Cremona...

 and Poland
Poland
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's Grzegorz Śledziewski
Grzegorz Śledziewski
Grzegorz Śledziewski is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. He won fifteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds , five silvers , and seven...

. The second would occur thirty-five years later
2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held 19–22 August 2010 in Poznań, Poland, on Lake Malta. This is the third time that the Polish city will host the championships, having done so previously in 1990 and 2001...

 in the C-1 200 m (debutted 1994
1994 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 1994 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Mexico City, Mexico for the second time at neighboring Xochimilco. The Mexican city had hosted the event previously in 1974 at the same venue that hosted the canoeing and rowing competitions for the 1968 Summer Olympics.The men's...

) for the bronze between Canada
Canada
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's Richard Dalton
Richard Dalton
Richard Dalton is an Irish-born, Canadian sprint canoer. He has won three bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships ....

 and Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

's Yuriy Cheban
Yuriy Cheban
Yuriy Cheban is a Soviet-born, Ukrainian sprint canoer who has been competing since 2003. He was born in Mykolaiv....

, neither of who were born in 1975.

Canoe

Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
C-1 500 m
C-1 1000 m
C-1 10000 m
C-2 500 m  Soviet Union
Aleksandr Vinogradov
Aleksandr Vinogradov
Aleksandr Vinogradov is a Soviet-born Russian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s...


Yuriy Lobanov

Tomáš Šach
Tomáš Šach
Tomáš Šach is a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. He two medals in the C-2 500 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver in 1975 and a bronze in 1974....


Jiří Čtvrtečka
Jirí Ctvrtecka
Jiří Čtvrtečka is a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed from the late 1960s to the late 1970s. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver and two bronzes .Čtvrtečka also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in the C-1 1000 m...

 Hungary
Gábor Arva
Gábor Arva
Gábor Arva is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He won two medals at the 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade with a gold in the C-2 1000 m and a bronze in the C-2 500 m events.-References:**...


Péter Povázsay
Péter Povázsay
Péter Povázsay is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He won two medals at the 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade with a gold in the C-2 1000 m and a bronze in the C-2 500 m events....

C-2 1000 m  Hungary
Gábor Arva
Gábor Arva
Gábor Arva is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He won two medals at the 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade with a gold in the C-2 1000 m and a bronze in the C-2 500 m events.-References:**...


Péter Povázsay
Péter Povázsay
Péter Povázsay is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He won two medals at the 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade with a gold in the C-2 1000 m and a bronze in the C-2 500 m events....

 Romania
Georghe Danielov
Gheorghe Simionov
Gheorghe Simionov
Gheorghe Simionov is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1960s to the late 1970s. He won a silver in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....

 Soviet Union
Roman Vyzhenko
Roman Vyzhenko
Roman Vyzhenko is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. He won a bronze in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade.-References:**...


Aleksandr Vinogradov
Aleksandr Vinogradov
Aleksandr Vinogradov is a Soviet-born Russian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s...

C-2 10000 m  Soviet Union
Vladas Česiūnas
Vladas Cesiunas
Vladislovas "Vladas" Česiūnas is a Soviet-born Lithuanian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He won one Olympic medal and six ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medals during his career...


Yuriy Lobanov
 Hungary
Tamás Buday
Tamás Buday
Tamás Buday is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won bronze medals in the C-2 500 m and C-2 1000 m events at Montreal in 1976....


Oszkár Frey
Oszkár Frey
Oszkár Frey is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won bronze medals in the C-2 500 m and C-2 1000 m events at Montreal in 1976....

 Bulgaria
Ivan Burtschin
Stefan Iliev
Stefan Iliev
Stefan Iliev is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed in the 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade.-References:**...


Kayak

Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
K-1 500 m
K-1 1000 m (tie)
and
None
K-1 10000 m
K-1 4 x 500 m relay  Hungary
Iván Herczeg
Iván Herczeg
Iván Herczeg is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. He won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold and a silver .-References:**...


József Svidró
Zoltán Sztanity
Zoltán Sztanity
Zoltán Sztanity is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-1 500 m event at Montreal in 1976....


Péter Várhelyi
Peter Várhelyi
Péter Várhelyi is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold and two bronzes ....

 Romania
Zoltfab Eseanu
Zoltfab Eseanu
Zoltfab Eseanu is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. He won a silver medal in the K-1 4 x 500 m event at the 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade.-References:**...


Mihail Zaifu
Ion Dragulschi
Ion Dragulschi
Ion Dragulschi is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the 1970s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three silvers and a bronze .Dragulschi also competed in the K-1 1000 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, but was eliminated in the...


Vasile Dîba
Vasile Dîba
Vasile Dîba is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won four medals with one gold , one silver , and two bronzes .Dîba also won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with five golds Vasile Dîba (born...

 Spain
Herminio Menéndez
Herminio Menéndez
Herminio Menéndez Rodríguez is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s...


Jóse Ramón López
José Ramón López
José Ramón López is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. He won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....


Luis Gregario Ramos
Martin Vásquez
Martin Vasquez
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K-2 500 m  Soviet Union
Viktor Vorobiyev
Viktor Vorobiyev
Viktor Vorobiyev is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. He won a complete of medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold , a silver , and a bronze ....


Nikolay Astapkovich
Nikolay Astapkovich
Nikolay Astapkovich is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds , four silvers and a bronze Nikolay Astapkovich is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s....


Herbert Laabs
Herbert Laabs
Herbert Laabs is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold Herbert Laabs (born October 24, 1950) is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s. He won four medals at the...


Harald Marg
Harald Marg
Harald Marg is an East German sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he won the gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event....

 Romania
Larion Serghei
Larion Serghei
Larion Serghei is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....


Policarp Malîhin
Policarp Malîhin
Policarp Malîhin is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....

K-2 1000 m
Alexandre Slatnow
Gerhard Rummel
Gerhard Rummel
Gerhard Rummel is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. He won two medals at the 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade with a gold in the K-2 1000 m and a silver in the K-4 1000 m events.-References:**...

 Romania
Larion Serghei
Larion Serghei
Larion Serghei is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....


Policarp Malîhin
Policarp Malîhin
Policarp Malîhin is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....

 Hungary
József Deme
József Deme
József Deme is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Munich in 1972....


János Rátkai
János Rátkai
János Rátkai is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Munich in 1972....

K-2 10000 m  Hungary
Zoltán Bakó
Zoltán Bakó
Zoltán Bakó is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed during the 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Montreal in 1976....


István Szabó
István Szabó (canoer)
István Szabó is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 1000 m event with a silver in 1980 and a bronze in 1976....


Danio Merli
Danio Merli
Danio Merli is an Italian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1970s to the early 1980s. He won a silver medal in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade....


Giorgi Sbruzzi
 Soviet Union
Valeriy Zhemeza
Valeriy Zhemeza
Valeriy Zhemeza is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade.-References:**...


Petras Shurskas
Petras Shurskas
Petras Shurkas is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. He won two medals in the K-2 10000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold in 1977 and a bronze in 1975.-References:**...

K-4 1000 m  Spain
Herminio Rodriguez
José María Esteban
José María Esteban
José María Esteban is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Montreal in 1976....


Jóse Ramón López
José Ramón López
José Ramón López is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. He won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....


Luis Gregario Ramos

Herbert Laabs
Herbert Laabs
Herbert Laabs is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold Herbert Laabs (born October 24, 1950) is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s. He won four medals at the...


Gerhard Rummer
Rüdiger Helm
Rüdiger Helm
Rüdiger Helm was an East German sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s...


Harald Marg
Harald Marg
Harald Marg is an East German sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he won the gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event....

 Hungary
István Szabó
István Szabó (canoer)
István Szabó is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 1000 m event with a silver in 1980 and a bronze in 1976....


Zoltán Bakó
Zoltán Bakó
Zoltán Bakó is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed during the 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Montreal in 1976....


József Deme
József Deme
József Deme is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Munich in 1972....


János Rátkai
János Rátkai
János Rátkai is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Munich in 1972....

K-4 10000 m
Einar Rasmussen
Einar Rasmussen
Einar Rasmussen is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1970s to the late 1980s. He won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds , three silvers , and three bronzes Einar Rasmussen (born 16 July 1956) is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed from the...


Steinar Amundsen
Steinar Amundsen
Steinar Amundsen is a Norwegian sprint canoer. He won gold medal on K4 1000 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , and obtained a bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics in Munich on the same distance.Amundsen also won two gold medals in the K-4 10000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World...


Andreas Orheim
Andreas Orheim
Andreas Orheim is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. He won a gold medal in the K-4 10000 m at the 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade....


Olaf Søyland
Olaf Søyland
Olaf Søyland is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds and a silver ....

 Romania
Costel Coşniţă
Costel Coşniţă
Costel Coşniţă is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s. He won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold , a silver , and three bronzes Costel Coşniţă (born April 16, 1943) is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s. He...


Cuprian Macareanu
Vasile Simionceno
Nicuşor Eşanu
Nicusor Esanu
Nicuşor Eşanu is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Moscow in 1980....

 Soviet Union
Leonid Derevyasnko
Nikolay Gorbatchov
Pytor Zhurga
Pytor Zhurga
Pytor Zhurga is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. He won two medals in the K-4 10000 m at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold in 1974 and a bronze in 1975.-References:**...


Anatoliy Zharkin

Kayak

Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
K-1 500 m
K-2 500 m
Bärbel Köster
Bärbel Köster
Bärbel Köster is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. She won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....


Carola Zirzow
Carola Zirzow
Carola Zirzow is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. She won two medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal with a gold in the K-1 500 m and a bronze in the K-2 500 m events....

 Soviet Union
Galina Kreft
Galina Kreft
Galina Sergeyevna Kreft-Alekseyeva is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won two medals in the K-2 500 m event with a gold in 1976 and a silver in 1980....


Yekaterina Nagimaya
Yekaterina Nagimaya
Yekaterina Nagimaya is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. She won two silver medals at the 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade, earning them in the K-2 500 m and K-4 500 m events.-References:**...


Maria Kazanecka
Maria Kazanecka
Maria Jolanta Kazanecka-Górecka is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. She won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade....


Katarzyna Kulczak
Katarzyna Kulczak
Katarzyna Maria Kulczak is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. She won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade....

K-4 500 m
Bärbel Köster
Bärbel Köster
Bärbel Köster is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. She won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....


Anke Ohde
Anke Ohde
Anke Ohde is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. She won five gold medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two in the K-1 500 m , one in the K-2 500 m , and two in the K-4 500 m events .-References:**...


Bettina Müller
Bettina Müller
Bettina Müller is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s. She won two medals in the K-4 500 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold in 1975 and a bronze in 1971....


Carola Zirzow
Carola Zirzow
Carola Zirzow is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. She won two medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal with a gold in the K-1 500 m and a bronze in the K-2 500 m events....

 Soviet Union
Larissa Besnitzkaya
Larissa Besnitzkaya
Larissa Besnitzkaya is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. She won a silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade.-References:**...


Galina Kreft
Galina Kreft
Galina Sergeyevna Kreft-Alekseyeva is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won two medals in the K-2 500 m event with a gold in 1976 and a silver in 1980....


Yekaterina Nagimaya
Yekaterina Nagimaya
Yekaterina Nagimaya is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. She won two silver medals at the 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade, earning them in the K-2 500 m and K-4 500 m events.-References:**...


Nadezhda Trachimenok
Nadezhda Trachimenok
Nadezhda Trachimenok is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. She won two silver medals in the K-4 500 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, earning them in 1975 and 1979.-References:**...

 Hungary
Ilona Töszer
Mária Zakariás
Mária Zakariás
Mária Zakariás is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1970s to the early 1980s. She won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow....


Klára Rajnai
Klára Rajnai
Klára Rajnai is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. She won two medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal with a silver in the K-2 500 m and a bronze in the K-1 500 m events....


Ágnes Pozsonyi
Ágnes Pozsonyi
Ágnes Pozsonyi is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. She won a bronze medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade.-References:**...


Medals table

1  Soviet Union 6 3 3 12
2  Hungary 4 3 5 12
3  Romania 0 6 2 8
4 4 2 1 7
5 1 0 3 4
6 2 1 0 3
7  Spain 1 0 1 2
8  Bulgaria 0 0 2 2
9 1 0 0 1
10 0 1 0 1
11 0 1 0 1
12 0 0 1 1
Total 19 17 18 54
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