# 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 outside 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 | Silver | Bronze |
| 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 Yuri Lobanov | Romania Gheorghe Danielov Gheorghe Simionov | Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šach Jiří Čtvrtečka |
| C-2 1000 m | Soviet Union Vladas Česiūnas Yuri Lobanov | Poland Jerzy Opara Andrzej Gronowicz | Romania Cherasim Munteanu Vasile Serghei |
| C-2 10000 m | Soviet Union Vladas Česiūnas Yuri Lobanov | Hungary Tamás Buday Gábor Haraszti | France Alain Alcard Jean-Paul Cézard |

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 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 Shaparenko (URS) | Péter Völgyi (HUN) |
| K-1 4 x 500 m relay | Romania Vasile Dîba Ernst Pavel Atanase Sciotnic Mihai Zafiu | Soviet Union Vitaliy Trukshin Sergei Chukhray 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 Broekx Paul Stinckens | Soviet Union Konstantin Kostenko Vyacheslav Kononov |
| K-4 1000 m | East Germany Herbert Laabs Ulrich Hellige Jürgen Lehnert Bernd Duvigneau | Soviet Union Yuri Filatov Aleksandr Degtyarov Aleksandr Kuprikov Nikolay Astapkovich | Hungary József Deme János Rátkai Csongor Vargha Csaba Giczy |
| K-4 10000 m | Soviet Union Leonid Derevyanko Nikolai Gorbachev Pytor Zhurga Anatoliy Zharkin | Hungary Csaba Giczy Csongor Vargha István Szabó Zoltán Romhanyi | Poland Ryszard Oborski Kazimierz Górecki Grzegorz Kołtan Andrzej Matysiak |

### Women's
#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 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 Tőzsér 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 | East Germany | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Hungary | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Romania | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | Poland | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |