# 1957 Canoe Sprint European Championships

The 1957 Canoe Sprint European Championships were held in Ghent, Belgium from 23 to 25 August 1957. This was the 4th 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 | Gábor Novák (HUN) | 4:49,40 | Gennady Bukharin (URS) | 4:50,50 | Yuri Zhukovsky (URS) | 4:50,90 |
| C-1 10000 m | János Parti (HUN) | 65:13,00 | Gennady Bukharin (URS) | 65:56,00 | Werner Tschaschke (FRG) | 67:08,00 |
| C-2 1000 m | Soviet Union Aleksandr Silayev Pavel Kharin | 4:25,90 | Romania Dumitru Alexe Simion Ismailciuc | 4:26,00 | Hungary Imre Farkas József Hunics | 4:27,00 |
| C-2 10000 m | Romania Dumitru Alexe Simion Ismailciuc | 59:19,00 | Soviet Union Aleksandr Silayev Pavel Kharin | 59:23,00 | Romania Igor Lipalit Lavrente Calinov | 60:05,00 |

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| K-1 500 m | Valentin Naumov [ru] (URS) | 1:52,70 | Aleksandr Markovtsev (URS) | 1:53,60 | Stefan Kapłaniak (POL) | 1:54,30 |
| K-1 1000 m | Valentin Naumov [ru] (URS) | 3:57,30 | Fritz Briel (FRG) | 3:59,10 | Villy Christiansen (DEN) | 4:01,00 |
| K-1 10000 m | Fritz Briel (FRG) | 50:34,00 | Heinz Ackers (FRG) | 50:49,00 | Igor Pisarev (URS) | 52:30,00 |
| K-1 4 x 500 m relay | Soviet Union Valentin Naumov [ru] Yevgeny Yatsinenko Aleksandr Markovtsev Igor Pisarev | 8:10,70 | West Germany Georg Lietz Paul Lange Gustav Schmidt Meinrad Miltenberger | 8:19,20 | Hungary Dezső Veréb János Petroczy György Mészáros Lajos Kiss | 8:21,10 |
| K-2 500 m | Hungary János Urányi László Fábián | 1:41,00 | West Germany Meinrad Miltenberger Gustav Schmidt | 1:42,10 | Romania Mircea Anastasescu Stavru Teodorov | 1:42,40 |
| K-2 1000 m | West Germany Fritz Briel Heinz Ackers | 3:36,50 | Denmark Villy Christiansen Vagn Schmidt | 3:38,70 | Soviet Union Mikhail Kaaleste Anatoly Demitkov | 3:38,80 |
| K-2 10000 m | Soviet Union Mikhail Kaaleste Anatoly Demitkov | 46:02,00 | Hungary János Urányi László Fábián | 46:03,00 | Belgium Hendrik Verbrugghe Germain Van der Moere | 46:28,00 |
| K-4 1000 m | Soviet Union Alfonsas Rudzinskas Volodar Zvyozdkin Mykolas Rudzinskas Vasiliy Stepanov | 3:16,40 | Soviet Union Viktor Shadrin Pavel Dubinin Konstantin Nazarov [ru] Igor Feoktistov | 3:17,50 | West Germany Fritz Briel Heinz Ackers Wilhelm Schlüssel Josef Knell | 3:20,50 |
| K-4 10000 m | West Germany Michel Scheuer Gustav Schmidt Georg Lietz Theodor Kleine | 38:42,00 | Soviet Union Alfonsas Rudzinskas Volodar Zvyozdkin Mykolas Rudzinskas Vasiliy Stepanov | 39:06,60 | Soviet Union Viktor Shadrin Pavel Dubinin Konstantin Nazarov [ru] Igor Feoktistov | 39:28,00 |

### Women's
#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| K-1 500 m | Yelizaveta Dementyeva (URS) | 2:05,70 | Therese Zenz (FRG) | 2:07,30 | Nina Konistiapina (URS) | 2:10,30 |
| K-2 500 m | Soviet Union Nina Gruzintseva Nina Konistiapina | 1:57,80 | West Germany Therese Zenz Ingrid Hartmann | 1:57,90 | West Germany Ruth Rohrbach Sigrid Nowinski | 1:59,00 |

## Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 2 | West Germany (FRG) | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |