# 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation.
The men's competition consisted of four Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Two events were held for the women, both in kayak. This was the fifth championships in canoe sprint.
The Soviet Union won their first medals at these championships.

## Medal summary
### Men's
#### Canoe

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 1000 m | Gennady Bukharin (URS) | Jiří Vokněr (TCH) | Yuriy Vinogradov (URS) |
| C-1 10000 m | Gennady Bukharin (URS) | Jiří Vokněr (TCH) | Nichifor Tarara (ROU) |
| C-2 1000 m | Romania Alexe Dumitru Simion Ismailciuc | Hungary László Simari Lajos Bodnar | Czechoslovakia Jiří Kodeš Václav Vokál |
| C-2 10000 m | Soviet Union Stepan Oshchepkov Aleksandr Silayev | Romania Achim Sidorov Lavrente Calinov | Czechoslovakia Jiří Kodeš Václav Vokál |

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 m | Stefan Kapłaniak (POL) | Gert Fredriksson (SWE) | Dieter Krause (GDR) |
| K-1 1000 m | Fritz Briel (GER) | Ferenc Hatlaczki (HUN) | Gert Fredriksson (SWE) |
| K-1 10000 m | Thorvald Strömberg (FIN) | Ladislav Čepčianský (TCH) | Vagn Schmidt (DEN) |
| K-1 4 x 500 m relay | West Germany Paul Lange Meinard Miltenberger Helmut Herz Fritz Briel | Hungary György Mészáros László Kovács Ferenc Hatlaczki Lajos Kiss | Sweden Henri Lindelöf Carl von Gerber Sven-Olov Sjödelius Gert Fredriksson |
| K-2 500 m | Poland Stefan Kapłaniak Władysław Zieliński | Hungary László Nagy László Kovács | West Germany Meinard Miltenberger Paul Lange |
| K-2 1000 m | Belgium Henri Verbrugghe Germain van der Moere | Soviet Union Yevgeny Yatsinenko Ivan Golovachov | Soviet Union Mikhail Kaaleste Anatoly Demitkov |
| K-2 10000 m | Hungary János Urányi László Fábián | West Germany Heinz Ackers Wilhelm Schlüssel | West Germany Helmuth Stocker Franz Teidl |
| K-4 1000 m | West Germany Michel Scheuer Georg Lietz Gustav Schmidt Theodor Kleine | Hungary György Mészáros József Pehl András Szente János Petroczy | Soviet Union Mikhail Kaaleste Igor Pisarev Anatoliy Trozhenkov Anatoly Demitkov |
| K-4 10000 m | West Germany Michel Scheuer Georg Lietz Gustav Schmidt Theodor Kleine | West Germany Günter Kruger Walter Sander Heinrich Hell Hubert Birgels | Soviet Union Nikolay Rudzinkas Volodar Zvyozdkin Alfons Rudzinkas Vasiliy Stepanov |

### Women's
#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| K-1 500 m | Yelisaveta Kislova (URS) | | Antonina Seredina (URS) | | Theresa Zens (GER) | |
| K-2 500 m | Soviet Union Nina Gruzintseva Mariya Shubina | | Soviet Union Antonina Seredina Yelisaveta Kislova | | West Germany Theresa Zens Ingrid Hartmann | |

## Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | West Germany (FRG) | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |