# 1965 Canoe Sprint European Championships

The 1965 Canoe Sprint European Championships were held in Bucharest, Romania from 13 to 15 August 1965. This was the 8th edition of the event. The men's competition consisted of four canoe and nine kayak events. Three events were held for women, all in kayak.

## Medal overview
### Men's
#### Canoe

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| C-1 1000 m | Detlef Lewe (FRG) | 4:21,68 | Igor Lipalit (ROU) | 4:24,92 | Jürgen Eschert (GDR) | 4:26,91 |
| C-1 10000 m | Andrei Igorov (ROU) | 52:58,10 | Mikhail Zamotin (URS) | 53:04,41 | Herbert Koschnik (FRG) | 53:23,21 |
| C-2 1000 m | Soviet Union Stepan Oshchepkov Andrey Khimich | 3:59,53 | Soviet Union Vitaly Galkov Mikhail Zamotin | 4:03,44 | Denmark John Sørensen Peer Nielsen | 4:04,71 |
| C-2 10000 m | Soviet Union Valeriy Drybas Andrey Khimich | 48:42,50 | Romania Simion Ismailciuc Achim Sidorov | 49:07,50 | Romania Serghei Covaliov Lavrente Calinov | 49:15,46 |

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| K-1 500 m | Aurel Vernescu (ROU) | 1:51,32 | Dieter Krause (GDR) | 1:52,41 | Rolf Peterson (SWE) | 1:52,61 |
| K-1 1000 m | Erik Hansen (DEN) | 3:51,08 | Imre Kemecsey (HUN) | 3:53,61 | Imre Szöllősi (HUN) | 3:54,21 |
| K-1 10000 m | László Ürögi (HUN) | 47:07,88 | Mihály Hesz (HUN) | 47:13,59 | Avery Matkava (URS) | 47:17,00 |
| K-1 4 x 500 m relay | Romania Aurel Vernescu Vasilie Nicoară Haralambie Ivanov Atanase Sciotnic | 7:36,08 | East Germany Dieter Krause Uwe Will Friedhelm Wentzke Jürgen Seibt | 7:38,46 | Hungary György Mészáros András Szente László Kovács Mihály Hesz | 7:38,83 |
| K-2 500 m | Romania Vasilie Nicoară Haralambie Ivanov | 1:42,20 | Soviet Union Vladimir Obraztsov Georgiy Karyukhin | 1:44,30 | Hungary András Szente György Mészáros | 1:44,35 |
| K-2 1000 m | Romania Vasilie Nicoară Haralambie Ivanov | 3:30,35 | Romania Aurel Vernescu Atanase Sciotnic | 3:31,29 | Hungary Imre Szöllősi László Fábián | 3:32,01 |
| K-2 10000 m | Hungary Imre Szöllősi László Fábián | 42:46,04 | Hungary Csaba Giczy Zoltan Novotny | 43:37,35 | East Germany Edmond Frenzel Peter Ebeling | 43:50,38 |
| K-4 1000 m | Romania Vasilie Nicoară Haralambie Ivanov Andrei Conţolenco Nicolae Terente | 3:17,20 | Romania Aurel Vernescu Atanase Sciotnic Mihai Țurcaș Miron Husarenko | 3:17,70 | West Germany Bernhard Schulze Ernst Blasek Erich Kemnitz Erich Suhrbier | 3:18,60 |
| K-4 10000 m | East Germany Günter Holzvoigt Siegwart Karbe Wolfgang Finger Wolfgang Niedrig | 38:47,67 | Soviet Union Igor Pisarev Ibragim Khasanov Avery Matkava Konstantin Nazarov [ru] | 38:50,99 | Soviet Union Nikolai Chuzhikov Anatoli Grishin Vladimir Morozov Vyacheslav Ionov | 39:15,35 |

### Women's
#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| K-1 500 m | Lyudmila Khvedosyuk (URS) | 2:13,99 | Antonina Seredina (URS) | 2:15,00 | Renate Breuer (FRG) | 2:18,15 |
| K-2 500 m | Soviet Union Antonina Seredina Mariya Shubina | 1:54,86 | Soviet Union Lyudmila Khvedosyuk Nadezhda Levchenko | 1:55,07 | West Germany Elke Felten Roswitha Esser | 1:55,27 |
| K-4 500 m | Soviet Union Mariya Shubina Antonina Seredina Lyudmila Khvedosyuk Nadezhda Levchenko | 1:44,03 | Poland Izabella Antonowicz Jadwiga Doering Stanisława Szydłowska Agnieszka Wyszynska | 1:46,04 | West Germany Elke Felten Roswitha Esser Irene Pepinghege Renate Breuer | 1:46,80 |

## Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Romania (ROU) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |