# 1963 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1963 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Jajce, Yugoslavia (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina). 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. Three events were held for the women, all in kayak. The women's K-4 500 m event debuted at these championships.
This was the sixth championships in canoe sprint.

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

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 1000 m | Simion Ismailciuc (ROU) | Detlef Lewe (GER) | Albrecht Müller (GDR) |
| C-1 10000 m | Mikhail Zamotin (URS) | Andrei Igorov (ROU) | Albrecht Müller (GDR) |
| C-2 1000 m | Romania Achim Sidorov Alexe Iacovici | Soviet Union Vitaliy Galkov Mikhail Zamotin | Hungary Endre Gyürü Árpád Soltész |
| C-2 10000 m | Soviet Union Leonid Geishtor Sergey Makarenko | East Germany Willi Mehlberg Werner Ulrich | Romania Lavrente Calinov Igor Lipalit |

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 m | Aurel Vernescu (ROU) | Erik Hansen (DEN) | Kálmán Kovács (HUN) |
| K-1 1000 m | Erik Hansen (DEN) | Aurel Vernescu (ROU) | Siegfried Rossberg (GDR) |
| K-1 10000 m | Fritz Briel (GER) | Sven-Olov Sjödelius (SWE) | Mihály Hesz (HUN) |
| K-1 4 x 500 m relay | Romania Aurel Vernescu Vasilie Nicoară Haralambie Ivanov Anton Ivanescu | Soviet Union Vladimir Morozov Vladimir Natalukha Vyacheslav Vinnik Ibragim Khasanov | East Germany Wolfgang Lange Dieter Krause Siegfried Rossberg Günter Perleberg |
| K-2 500 m | Romania Vasilie Nicoară Haralambie Ivanov | Romania Aurel Vernescu Mircea Anastasescu | West Germany Heinz Büker Holger Zander |
| K-2 1000 m | Romania Vasilie Nicoară Haralambie Ivanov | East Germany Wolfgang Lange Dieter Krause | Soviet Union Nikolai Chuzhikov Anatoli Grishin |
| K-2 10000 m | Hungary László Fábián István Timár | Sweden Tord Sahlén Tyrone Ferm | West Germany Erich Suhriber Sigfred Brzoska |
| K-4 1000 m | East Germany Günter Perleberg Dieter Krause Siegfried Rossberg Wolfgang Lange | Romania Nicolae Artimov Andrei Contolenco Haralambie Ivanov Vasilie Nicoară | Soviet Union Aleksandr Trifonov Igor Safonov Nikolay Konnikov Vyacheslav Vinnik |
| K-4 10000 m | Hungary István Timár László Fábián Otto Koltai László Ürögi | East Germany Günter Holzvoigt Wolfgang Finger Wolfgang Niedrig Siegwart Karbe | Hungary György Czink János Petroczy Gábor Almasi Sámuel Egri |

### Women's
#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 m | Mariya Shubina (URS) | Lyudmila Khvedosyuk (URS) | Hanneliese Spitz (AUT) |
| K-2 500 m | West Germany Roswitha Esser Annemarie Zimmermann | Soviet Union Mariya Shubina Lyudmila Khvedosyuk | Soviet Union Valentina Bizak Lyubov Sinchina |
| K-4 500 m | Soviet Union Valentina Bizak Lyudmila Khvedosyuk Mariya Shubina Antonina Seredina | West Germany Roswitha Esser Erika Feltman Ingrid Hertmann Annemarie Zimmermann | East Germany Marion Knobba Anita Nüssner-Kobuss Charlotte Siedelmann Helga Mühlberg-Ulze |

## Medals table

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