# 1959 Canoe Sprint European Championships

The 1959 Canoe Sprint European Championships were held in Duisburg, West Germany from 28 to 30 August 1959. This was the 5th edition of the event. The men's competition consisted of four canoe and nine kayak events. Two events were held for women, both in kayak.

## Medal overview
### Men's
#### Canoe

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| C-1 1000 m | Simion Ismailciuc (ROU) | 4:54,60 | János Parti (HUN) | 4:58,80 | Aleksandr Belyaev [ru] (URS) | 4:59,20 |
| C-1 10000 m | János Parti (HUN) | 53:23,30 | Gennady Bukharin (URS) | 53:32,40 | Jiří Eliáš (TCH) | 54:12,60 |
| C-2 1000 m | Hungary Gyula Dömötör József Hunics | 4:51,00 | Romania Lavrente Calinov Achim Sidorov | 4:57,00 | Romania Dumitru Alexe Alexe Iacovici | 4:59,00 |
| C-2 10000 m | Soviet Union Stepan Oshchepkov Aleksandr Silayev | 50:14,60 | Hungary Gyula Dömötör József Hunics | 50:57,90 | Romania Lavrente Calinov Achim Sidorov | 51:06,30 |

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| K-1 500 m | Stefan Kapłaniak (POL) | 2:02,90 | Carl von Gerber (SWE) | 2:03,70 | György Mészáros (HUN) | 2:04,00 |
| K-1 1000 m | Imre Szöllősi (HUN) | 4:10,10 | Lajos Kiss (HUN) | 4:14,20 | Ronald Rhodes (GBR) | 4:15,80 |
| K-1 10000 m | Ferenc Hatlaczky (HUN) | 45:03,10 | Stig Andersson (SWE) | 45:04,40 | György Czink (HUN) | 45:12,90 |
| K-1 4 x 500 m relay | West Germany Paul Lange Bernhard Schulze Helmut Schneider Meinrad Miltenberger | 8:01,20 | Hungary Lajos Kiss György Mészáros László Nagy László Kovács | 8:03,40 | Poland Ryszard Skwarski Władysław Zieliński Kazimierz Kozieras Stefan Kapłaniak | 8:05,70 |
| K-2 500 m | Hungary András Szente György Mészáros | 1:47,60 | Hungary László Kovács László Nagy | 1:49,30 | Poland Władysław Zieliński Jacek Zieliński [pl] | 1:50,20 |
| K-2 1000 m | Hungary András Szente György Mészáros | 3:41,10 | Hungary Imre Szöllősi János Petroczy | 3:44,40 | West Germany Helmuth Stocker Franz Troidl | 3:45,40 |
| K-2 10000 m | Hungary Imre Szöllősi János Petroczy | 41:05,80 | West Germany Wilhelm Schlüssel Heinz Ackers | 41:14,20 | Hungary János Urányi László Fábián | 41:34,20 |
| K-4 1000 m | East Germany Wolfgang Lange Dieter Krause Siegfried Roßberg Günter Perleberg | 3:25,90 | West Germany Michel Scheuer Georg Lietz Heinrich Hell Theodor Kleine | 3:28,70 | West Germany Günter Krüger Walter Sander Karl Berghausen Hubert Birgels | 3:28,90 |
| K-4 10000 m | West Germany Michel Scheuer Georg Lietz Heinrich Hell Theodor Kleine | 36:33,60 | West Germany Günter Krüger Walter Sander Karl Berghausen Hubert Birgels | 36:35,00 | East Germany Werner Jahn Walter Kresse Klaus Lammert Siegfried Roßberg | 36:45,40 |

### Women's
#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| K-1 500 m | Yelizaveta Kislova (URS) | 2:21,30 | Antonina Seredina (URS) | 2:21,90 | Klára Bánfalvi (HUN) | 2:23,60 |
| K-2 500 m | Soviet Union Yelizaveta Kislova Antonina Seredina | 2:03,80 | Soviet Union Nina Gruzintseva Mariya Shubina | 2:04,80 | West Germany Therese Zenz Ingrid Hartmann | 2:06,50 |

## Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary (HUN) | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |