1983 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1983 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Tampere, Finland for the second time. The Finnish city had host the championships previously in 1973.

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.

This was the eighteenth championships in canoe sprint.

Medal summary

=Men's=

==Canoe==

class="wikitable" !Event \|align=center bgcolor="gold"\|Gold \|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"\|Time \|align=center bgcolor="silver"\|Silver \|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"\|Time \|align=center bgcolor="CC9966"\|Bronze \|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"\|Time
C-1 500 m \| {{flagathlete\|Costică Olaru\|ROU\|1965}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Ulrich Papke\|GDR}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Anatoliy Volkov\|URS}}
C-1 1000 m \| {{flagathlete\|Vassily Beresa\|URS}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Costică Olaru\|ROU\|1965}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Jiří Vrdlovec\|TCH}}
C-1 10000 m \| {{flagathlete\|Jiří Vrdlovec\|TCH}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Gheorghe Titu\|ROU\|1965}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Tamás Wichmann\|HUN\|1957}}
C-2 500 m \| {{YUG}} Matija Ljubek Mirko Nišović	\| {{URS}} Ivan Klementiev Sergey Ossadzhiy	\| {{flagcountry\|ROU\|1965}} Dumitru Bețiu Flodor Gurei
C-2 1000 m \| {{flagcountry\|ROU\|1965}} Ivan Patzaichin Toma Simionov	\| {{GDR}} Olaf Heukrodt Alexander Schuck	\| {{YUG}} Matija Ljubek Mirko Nišović
C-2 10000 m \| {{flagcountry\|HUN\|1957}} Tamás Buday László Vaskúti	\| {{flagcountry\|ROU\|1965}} Ivan Patzaichin Toma Simionov	\| {{URS}} Sergey Petrenko Yuriy Laptikov

==Kayak==

class="wikitable" !Event \|align=center bgcolor="gold"\|Gold \|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"\|Time \|align=center bgcolor="silver"\|Silver \|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"\|Time \|align=center bgcolor="CC9966"\|Bronze \|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"\|Time
K-1 500 m \| {{flagathlete\|Vladimir Parfenovich\|URS}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Ian Ferguson\|NZL}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Andreas Stähle\|GDR}}
K-1 1000 m \| {{flagathlete\|Rüdiger Helm\|GDR}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Artūras Vieta\|URS}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Alan Thompson\|NZL}}
K-1 10000 m \| {{flagathlete\|Einar Rasmussen\|NOR}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Milan Janić\|YUG}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Rick Daman\|NED}}
K-2 500 m \| {{GDR}} Frank Fischer André Wohllebe	\| {{URS}} Vladimir Parfenovich Sergey Superata	\| {{flagu\|Canada}} Hugh Fisher Alwyn Morris
K-2 1000 m \| {{GDR}} Frank Fischer André Wohllebe	\| {{URS}} Vladimir Parfenovich Sergey Superata	\| {{AUT}} Werner Bachmeyer Wolfgang Hartl
K-2 10000 m \| {{GBR2}} Stephen Jackson Alan Williams	\| {{flagcountry\|HUN\|1957}} István Szabó István Tóth	\| {{flagu\|Sweden}} Bengt Andersson Karl-Axel Sundqvist
K-4 500 m \| {{GDR}} Andreas Stähle Peter Hempel Harald Marg Rüdiger Helm	\| {{URS}} Sergey Kolokolov Sergei Chukhray Artūras Vieta Aleksandr Vodovatov	\| {{flagcountry\|HUN\|1957}} István Imai Attila Császár Zoltán Lorinczy András Rajna
K-4 1000 m \| {{flagcountry\|ROU\|1965}} Ionel Constantin Nicolae Feodosei Ionel Letcae Angelin Velea	\| {{GDR}} Andreas Stähle Peter Hempel Rüdiger Helm Harald Marg	\| {{URS}} Sergey Kolokolov Sergei Chukhray Artūras Vieta Aleksandr Vodovatov
K-4 10000 m \| {{URS}} Nikolay Astapkovich Aleksandr Avdeyev Nikolay Baranov Alexander Yermilov	\| {{NOR}} Harald Amudsen Geir Kvillum Lars Ivar Gran Arne Sletsjøe	\| {{flagu\|Poland}} Ireneusz Ciurzyński Andrzej Klimaszewski Ryszard Oborski Krzysztof Szczepański

=Women's=

==Kayak==

class="wikitable" !Event \|align=center bgcolor="gold"\|Gold \|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"\|Time \|align=center bgcolor="silver"\|Silver \|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"\|Time \|align=center bgcolor="CC9966"\|Bronze \|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"\|Time
K-1 500 m \| {{flagathlete\|Birgit Fischer\|GDR}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Vania Gesheva\|BUL\|1971}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Maria Ştefan\|ROU\|1965}}
K-2 500 m \| {{GDR}} Birgit Fischer Carsta Kühn	\| {{flagcountry\|HUN\|1957}} Katalin Povázsán Erika Géczi	\| {{flagu\|Sweden}} Agneta Andersson Susanne Wiberg
K-4 500 m \| {{GDR}} Birgit Fischer Carsta Kühn Ramona Walther Kathrin Giese	\| {{URS}} Inna Zhipulina Nelli Yefremova Natalya Kalasnikova Galina Alekseyeva	\| {{flagcountry\|ROU\|1965}} Tecia Borzanea Agafia Burhaev Natasia Ionescu Maria Ştefan

Medals table

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| host =

| flag_template =

| event =

| team =

| gold_URS = 3 | silver_URS = 6 | bronze_URS = 3

| gold_GDR = 7 | silver_GDR = 3 | bronze_GDR = 1

| gold_ROU = 3 | silver_ROU = 3 | bronze_ROU = 3 | name_ROU = {{flagteam|ROU|1965}}

| gold_HUN = 1 | silver_HUN = 2 | bronze_HUN = 2 | name_HUN = {{flagteam|HUN|1957}}

| gold_YUG = 1 | silver_YUG = 1 | bronze_YUG = 1

| gold_NOR = 1 | silver_NOR = 1 | bronze_NOR = 0

| gold_TCH = 1 | silver_TCH = 0 | bronze_TCH = 1

| gold_NZL = 0 | silver_NZL = 1 | bronze_NZL = 1

| gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 2

| gold_GBR = 1 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 0

| gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 1 | bronze_BUL = 0 | name_BUL = {{flagteam|BUL|1971}}

| gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 0 | bronze_AUT = 1

| gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 0 | bronze_CAN = 1

| gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 0 | bronze_NED = 1

| gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 1

}}

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20160113142416/http://www.bcu.org.uk/files/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160311071809/http://bcu.org.uk/files/pages%2042-83%20from%20medal%20winners%20icf%20updated%202007.pdf ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.]

Icf Canoe Sprint World Championships, 1983

Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

Canoeing

Category:Canoeing and kayaking competitions in Finland

class="wikitable" !Event \|align=center bgcolor="gold"\|Gold \|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"\|Time \|align=center bgcolor="silver"\|Silver \|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"\|Time \|align=center bgcolor="CC9966"\|Bronze \|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"\|Time
C-1 500 m \| {{flagathlete\|Costică Olaru\|ROU\|1965}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Ulrich Papke\|GDR}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Anatoliy Volkov\|URS}}
C-1 1000 m \| {{flagathlete\|Vassily Beresa\|URS}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Costică Olaru\|ROU\|1965}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Jiří Vrdlovec\|TCH}}
C-1 10000 m \| {{flagathlete\|Jiří Vrdlovec\|TCH}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Gheorghe Titu\|ROU\|1965}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Tamás Wichmann\|HUN\|1957}}
C-2 500 m \| {{YUG}} Matija Ljubek Mirko Nišović	\| {{URS}} Ivan Klementiev Sergey Ossadzhiy	\| {{flagcountry\|ROU\|1965}} Dumitru Bețiu Flodor Gurei
C-2 1000 m \| {{flagcountry\|ROU\|1965}} Ivan Patzaichin Toma Simionov	\| {{GDR}} Olaf Heukrodt Alexander Schuck	\| {{YUG}} Matija Ljubek Mirko Nišović
C-2 10000 m \| {{flagcountry\|HUN\|1957}} Tamás Buday László Vaskúti	\| {{flagcountry\|ROU\|1965}} Ivan Patzaichin Toma Simionov	\| {{URS}} Sergey Petrenko Yuriy Laptikov

class="wikitable" !Event \|align=center bgcolor="gold"\|Gold \|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"\|Time \|align=center bgcolor="silver"\|Silver \|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"\|Time \|align=center bgcolor="CC9966"\|Bronze \|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"\|Time
K-1 500 m \| {{flagathlete\|Vladimir Parfenovich\|URS}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Ian Ferguson\|NZL}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Andreas Stähle\|GDR}}
K-1 1000 m \| {{flagathlete\|Rüdiger Helm\|GDR}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Artūras Vieta\|URS}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Alan Thompson\|NZL}}
K-1 10000 m \| {{flagathlete\|Einar Rasmussen\|NOR}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Milan Janić\|YUG}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Rick Daman\|NED}}
K-2 500 m \| {{GDR}} Frank Fischer André Wohllebe	\| {{URS}} Vladimir Parfenovich Sergey Superata	\| {{flagu\|Canada}} Hugh Fisher Alwyn Morris
K-2 1000 m \| {{GDR}} Frank Fischer André Wohllebe	\| {{URS}} Vladimir Parfenovich Sergey Superata	\| {{AUT}} Werner Bachmeyer Wolfgang Hartl
K-2 10000 m \| {{GBR2}} Stephen Jackson Alan Williams	\| {{flagcountry\|HUN\|1957}} István Szabó István Tóth	\| {{flagu\|Sweden}} Bengt Andersson Karl-Axel Sundqvist
K-4 500 m \| {{GDR}} Andreas Stähle Peter Hempel Harald Marg Rüdiger Helm	\| {{URS}} Sergey Kolokolov Sergei Chukhray Artūras Vieta Aleksandr Vodovatov	\| {{flagcountry\|HUN\|1957}} István Imai Attila Császár Zoltán Lorinczy András Rajna
K-4 1000 m \| {{flagcountry\|ROU\|1965}} Ionel Constantin Nicolae Feodosei Ionel Letcae Angelin Velea	\| {{GDR}} Andreas Stähle Peter Hempel Rüdiger Helm Harald Marg	\| {{URS}} Sergey Kolokolov Sergei Chukhray Artūras Vieta Aleksandr Vodovatov
K-4 10000 m \| {{URS}} Nikolay Astapkovich Aleksandr Avdeyev Nikolay Baranov Alexander Yermilov	\| {{NOR}} Harald Amudsen Geir Kvillum Lars Ivar Gran Arne Sletsjøe	\| {{flagu\|Poland}} Ireneusz Ciurzyński Andrzej Klimaszewski Ryszard Oborski Krzysztof Szczepański

class="wikitable" !Event \|align=center bgcolor="gold"\|Gold \|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"\|Time \|align=center bgcolor="silver"\|Silver \|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"\|Time \|align=center bgcolor="CC9966"\|Bronze \|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"\|Time
K-1 500 m \| {{flagathlete\|Birgit Fischer\|GDR}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Vania Gesheva\|BUL\|1971}}	\| {{flagathlete\|Maria Ştefan\|ROU\|1965}}
K-2 500 m \| {{GDR}} Birgit Fischer Carsta Kühn	\| {{flagcountry\|HUN\|1957}} Katalin Povázsán Erika Géczi	\| {{flagu\|Sweden}} Agneta Andersson Susanne Wiberg
K-4 500 m \| {{GDR}} Birgit Fischer Carsta Kühn Ramona Walther Kathrin Giese	\| {{URS}} Inna Zhipulina Nelli Yefremova Natalya Kalasnikova Galina Alekseyeva	\| {{flagcountry\|ROU\|1965}} Tecia Borzanea Agafia Burhaev Natasia Ionescu Maria Ştefan