# 1982 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

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 | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 500 m | Olaf Heukrodt (GDR) | János Sarusi Kis (HUN) | Sergey Postrechin (URS) |
| C-1 1000 m | Jörg Schmidt (GDR) | Dezső Csépai (HUN) | Vassily Beresa (URS) |
| C-1 10000 m | Tamás Wichmann (HUN) | Jiří Vrdlovec (TCH) | Gheorghe Titu (ROU) |
| C-2 500 m | Yugoslavia Matija Ljubek Mirko Nišović | Soviet Union Yuriy Laptikov Sergey Petrenko | Hungary László Foltán István Vaskúti |
| C-2 1000 m | Hungary János Sarusi Kis Gyula Hajdu | Yugoslavia Matija Ljubek Mirko Nišović | East Germany Olaf Heukrodt Uwe Madeja |
| C-2 10000 m | Romania Ivan Patzaichin Toma Simionov | Soviet Union Vassily Beresa Edem Muradosilov | Hungary Tamás Buday László Vaskúti |

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 m | Vladimir Parfenovich (URS) | Peter Hempel (GDR) | Lars-Erik Moberg (SWE) |
| K-1 1000 m | Rüdiger Helm (GDR) | Alan Thompson (NZL) | Einar Rasmussen (NOR) |
| K-1 10000 m | Milan Janić (YUG) | Einar Rasmussen (NOR) | Nikolay Astapkovich (URS) |
| K-2 500 m | Soviet Union Vladimir Parfenovich Sergey Superata | New Zealand Alan Thompson Paul MacDonald | West Germany Matthias Seack Oliver Seack |
| K-2 1000 m | Soviet Union Vladimir Parfenovich Sergey Superata | Canada Alwyn Morris Hugh Fisher | Spain Luis Gregorio Ramos Herminio Rodriguez |
| K-2 10000 m | France Bernard Brégeon Patrick Lefoulon | Netherlands Ron Stevens Gert Jan Lebbink | Hungary István Szabó István Tóth |
| K-4 500 m | Soviet Union Sergey Krivozheyev Igor Gaydamaka Sergey Kolokolov Aleksander Vodovatov | East Germany Frank-Peter Bischof Frank Fischer Rüdiger Helm Harald Marg | Sweden Jens Nordqvist Lars-Erik Moberg Per-Inge Bengtsson Thomas Ohlsson |
| K-4 1000 m | Sweden Per-Inge Bengtsson Lars-Erik Moberg Thomas Ohlsson Bengt Andersson | East Germany Frank-Peter Bischof Peter Hempel Rüdiger Helm Harald Marg | West Germany Matthias Seack Oliver Seack Frank Renner Bernd Hessel |
| K-4 10000 m | Soviet Union Alexander Yermilov Nikolay Baranov Sergei Chukhray Vladimir Romanovsky | Romania Petrica Dimofte Florian Marinescu Ionel Igorov Anghei Coman | Hungary Kálmán Petrikovics Tamás Szekes László Rasztotzky Tibor Helyl |

### Women's
#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 m | Birgit Fischer (GDR) | Agneta Andersson (SWE) | Éva Rakusz (HUN) |
| K-2 500 m | East Germany Birgit Fischer Bettina Streussel | Hungary Katalin Povázsán Erika Géczi | Sweden Karin Olsson Agneta Andersson |
| K-4 500 m | East Germany Birgit Fischer Bettina Streussel Roswitha Eberl Kathrin Giese | Soviet Union Inna Zhipulina Nelli Yefremova Yekaterina Golubeva Saba Komkova | Hungary Agnes Dragos Erika Géczi Katalin Povázsán Éva Rakusz |

## Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |