# 1987 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1987 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Duisburg, West Germany for the second time. The West German city hosted the championships previously in 1979.
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 21st championships in canoe sprint.

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

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 500 m | Olaf Heukrodt (GDR) | Petr Procházka (TCH) | Attila Szabó (HUN) |
| C-1 1000 m | Olaf Heukrodt (GDR) | Martin Marinov (BUL) | Ivan Klementiev (URS) |
| C-1 10000 m | Ivan Šabjan (YUG) | Zsolt Bohács (HUN) | Takhir Kamaletdinov (URS) |
| C-2 500 m | Poland Marek Łbik Marek Dopierała | Soviet Union Yuriy Gurin Valeriy Veshko | Czechoslovakia Petr Procházka Alon Lochinsky |
| C-2 1000 m | Soviet Union Yuriy Gurin Valeriy Veshko | Poland Marek Łbik Marek Dopierała | East Germany Ulrich Papke Ingo Spelly |
| C-2 10000 m | Denmark Arne Nielsson Christian Frederiksen | Hungary Róbert Rideg Pál Pétervári | Great Britain Andrew Train Stephen Train |

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 m | Paul MacDonald (NZL) | Andreas Stähle (GDR) | Attila Szabó (TCH) |
| K-1 1000 m | Greg Barton (USA) | Ferenc Csipes (HUN) | Morten Ivarsen (NOR) |
| K-1 10000 m | Greg Barton (USA) | Attila Szabó (TCH) | Einar Rasmussen (NOR) |
| K-2 500 m | Hungary Ferenc Csipes László Fidel | New Zealand Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald | Sweden Per-Inge Bengtsson Karl-Axel Sundqvist |
| K-2 1000 m | New Zealand Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald | France Philippe Boccara Pascal Boucherit | East Germany Thomas Gähme Thomas Vaske |
| K-2 10000 m | France Philippe Boccara Pascal Boucherit | Denmark Thor Nielsen Lars Koch | Hungary Ferenc Csipes Sándor Hódosi |
| K-4 500 m | Soviet Union Aleksandr Motuzenko Sergey Kirsanov Artūras Vieta Viktor Denisov | Poland Robert Chwiałkowski Kazimierz Krzyżański Grzegorz Krawców Wojciech Kurpiewski | West Germany Reiner Scholl Thomas Pfrang Volker Kreutzer Thomas Reineck |
| K-4 1000 m | Hungary Zsolt Gyulay Ferenc Csipes László Fidel Zoltán Kovács | Sweden Per-Inge Bengtsson Lars-Erik Moberg Karl-Axel Sundqvist Bengt Andersson | Soviet Union Aleksandr Matushenko Sergey Kirsanov Artūras Vieta Viktor Denisov |
| K-4 10000 m | Norway Harald Amundsen Arne Sletsjøe Morten Ivarsen Arne Johan Almeland | Hungary Zoltán Berkes Zoltán Böjti László Nieberl Kálmán Petrovics | West Germany Gilber Schneider Oliver Kegel Carsten Lömker Thomas Reineck |

### Women's
#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 m | Birgit Schmidt-Fischer (GDR) | Izabela Dylewska (POL) | Agneta Andersson (SWE) |
| K-2 500 m | East Germany Birgit Schmidt Anke Nothnagel | Netherlands Annemiek Derckx Annemarie Cox | Bulgaria Ogniana Petkova Ivanka Mueriva |
| K-4 500 m | East Germany Birgit Schmidt Anke Nothnagel Ramona Portwich Ines Rudolph | Hungary Erika Géczi Rita Kőbán Katalin Povázsán Éva Rakusz | Soviet Union Irina Salomykova Olga Slapina Guinara Zharafutdinova Snieguole Nareviciute |

## Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | New Zealand (NZL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | United States (USA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |