# 1977 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1977 Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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. The men's K-1 4 x 500 m relay was discontinued at these championships and replaced by the men's K-4 500 m event.
This was the thirteenth championships in canoe sprint.

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

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 500 m | Lipat Varabiev (ROU) | Ulrich Eicke (GER) | Zdislav Soroko (URS) |
| C-1 1000 m | Ivan Patzaichin (ROU) | Sergey Antipov (URS) | Tamás Buday (HUN) |
| C-1 10000 m | Tamás Wichmann (HUN) | Vasiliy Yurchenko (URS) | Ivan Patzaichin (ROU) |
| C-2 500 m | Hungary László Foltán István Vaskúti | Canada John Wood Gregory Smith | Soviet Union Vasyl Yurchenko Yuri Lobanov |
| C-2 1000 m | Soviet Union Vasyl Yurchenko Yuri Lobanov | Hungary Tamás Buday Oszkár Frey | Poland Jerzy Opara Andrzej Gronowicz |
| C-2 10000 m | Soviet Union Sergey Petrenko Yuri Lobanov | Romania Lipat Varabiev Pavel Cozlov | Hungary Zoltán Parti András Hubik |

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 m | Vasile Dîba (ROU) | Grzegorz Śledziewski (POL) | Zoltán Sztanity (HUN) |
| K-1 1000 m | Vasile Dîba (ROU) | Rüdiger Helm (GDR) | Oreste Perri (ITA) |
| K-1 10000 m | Oreste Perri (ITA) | István Fábián (HUN) | Nikolay Stepanenko (URS) |
| K-2 500 m | East Germany Joachim Mattern Bernd Olbricht | Soviet Union Viktor Vorobiyev Nikolay Astapkovich | Hungary Géza Csapó József Svidró |
| K-2 1000 m | Hungary Zoltán Bakó István Szabó | East Germany Bernd Olbricht Joachim Mattern | Soviet Union Vladimir Romanovsky Sergei Nagornyi |
| K-2 10000 m | Soviet Union Petras Šiurskas Anatoliy Korolkov | Hungary Zoltán Bakó István Szabó | Romania Nicolae Țicu Cuprian Macarencu |
| K-4 500 m | Poland Ryszard Oborski Daniel Wełna Grzegorz Kołtan Henryk Budzicz | Romania Ion Dragulschi Beniami Borbandi Policarp Malîhin Vasilie Simiocenco | Spain Herminio Menéndez Martin Vázquez José Ramón López Luis Gregorio Ramos |
| K-4 1000 m | Poland Ryszard Oborski Daniel Wełna Grzegorz Kołtan Henryk Budzicz | Soviet Union Aleksandr Shaparenko Vladimir Morozov Sergey Nikolskiy Aleksandr Avdeyev | Spain Herminio Rodriguez José María Esteban José Ramón López Luis Gregorio Ramos |
| K-4 10000 m | Soviet Union Aleksandr Shaparenko Vladimir Morozov Sergey Nikolskiy Aleksandr Avdeyev | Hungary Csaba Giczy János Rátkai István Joós Iván Herczeg | Poland Andrzej Klimaszewski Krzysztof Lepianka Zbigniew Torzecki Zdzisław Szubski |

### Women's
#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 m | Gudrun Klaus-Dittmar (GDR) | Maria Cosma (ROU) | Tatyana Korzhunova (URS) |
| K-2 500 m | East Germany Marion Rösiger Martina Fischer | Romania Agafia Orlov Natasia Nichitov | Bulgaria Vania Gescheva Diana Christova |
| K-4 500 m | Bulgaria Maria Mintscheva Rosa Bohanova Velitscha Mintscheva Natascha Janakieva | East Germany Marion Rösiger Martina Fischer Sabine Pochert Gudrun Klaus-Dittmar | Soviet Union Taisiya Lapteyeva Galina Zhikareva Tatyana Korzhunova Nina Doroh |

## Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | Romania (ROU) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | East Germany (GDR) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |