# 1971 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1971 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
The men's competition consisted of six canoe (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Three events were held for women, all in kayak. C-1 500 m and C-2 500 m events debuted at this ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, the ninth Championships in canoe sprint.

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

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 500 m | Detlef Lewe (GER) | Tamás Wichmann (HUN) | Ivan Patzaichin (ROU) |
| C-1 1000 m | Detlef Lewe (GER) | Tibor Tatai (HUN) | Vladas Česiūnas (URS) |
| C-1 10000 m | Tamás Wichmann (HUN) | Vasiliy Yurchenko (URS) | Lipat Varabiev (ROU) |
| C-2 500 m | Romania Gheorghe Danielov Gheorghe Simionov | Soviet Union Yuri Lobanov Vladimir Pankov | Bulgaria Viktor Boitschev Fedia Damianov |
| C-2 1000 m | Hungary Tamás Wichmann Gyula Petrikovics | Romania Ivan Patzaichin Serghei Covaliov | Bulgaria Viktor Boitschev Fedia Damianov |
| C-2 10000 m | Soviet Union Naum Prokupets Aleksandr Vinogradov | Hungary László Hingt István Cserha | Romania Serghei Covaliov Vicol Calabiciov |

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 m | Nikolay Gogol (URS) | Ladislav Souček (TCH) | Mihály Hesz (HUN) |
| K-1 1000 m | Grzegorz Śledziewski (POL) | Lars Andersson (SWE) | Aleksandr Shaparenko (URS) |
| K-1 10000 m | Viktor Tsaryov (URS) | Péter Völgyi (HUN) | Jochen Schneider (GER) |
| K-1 4 x 500 m relay | Hungary Géza Csapó István Szabó Csaba Giczy Mihály Hesz | Romania Dimitrie Ivanov Mihai Zafiu Eugen Botez Aurel Vernescu | Soviet Union Anatoliy Kobrisev Anatoliy Sedasov Leonid Derevyanko Anatoliy Tischenko |
| K-2 500 m | Sweden Lars Andersson Rolf Peterson | Belgium Jean-Pierre Burny Paul Hoekstra | Soviet Union Nikolay Gogol Pytor Greshta |
| K-2 1000 m | East Germany Reiner Kurth Alexander Slatnow | Austria Gerhard Seibold Günther Pfaff | Romania Costel Coșniță Vasilie Simiocenco |
| K-2 10000 m | Soviet Union Konstantin Kostenko Vyacheslav Kononov | Norway Egil Søby Jan Johansen | Romania Antrop Varabiev Emilian Zabara |
| K-4 1000 m | Soviet Union Yuri Filatov Vladimir Morozov Yuriy Stetsenko Valeri Didenko | West Germany Hans-Erich Pasch Rainer Hennes Rudolf Blass Eberhard Fischer | Hungary István Szabó Péter Várhelyi Zoltán Bakó Géza Csapó |
| K-4 10000 m | Romania Cuprian Macarencu Costel Coșniță Vasilie Simiocenco Atanase Sciotnic | Hungary Csaba Giczy István Timár György Mészáros Csongor Vargha | Soviet Union Heino Kurvet Nikolai Gorbachev Vladimir Klimov Vladimir Zemlyakov |

### Women's
#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 m | Lyudmila Pinayeva (URS) | Mieke Jaapies (NED) | Petra Setzkorn (GDR) |
| K-2 500 m | Hungary Anna Pfeffer Katalin Hollósy | East Germany Petra Setzkorn Petra Grabowski | Soviet Union Tamara Popova Yekaterina Kuryshko |
| K-4 500 m | Soviet Union Yekaterina Kuryshko Natalya Boyko Yuliya Ryabtzhinskaya Lyudmila Pinayeva | West Germany Renate Breuer Roswitha Esser Irene Pepinghege Heiderose Wallbaum | East Germany Petra Setzkorn Marion Grupe Bettina Müller Petra Grabowski |

## Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |