The 1966 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in the East Berlin suburb of Grünau in East Germany. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. From 19 to 21 August, competitors used the regatta course on the Langer See that had previously been used for the canoeing and rowing events at the 1936 Summer Olympics. ^[1]

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. This was the first championships which had one competitor or team per nation per event, a rule that continues as of 2008 ^[update].

It was also the seventh championships in canoe sprint.

Medal summary

Men's

Canoe

Event	Gold	Time [2]	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
C-1 1000 m	Detlef Lewe ( FRG)	4:29.33	Tamás Wichmann ( HUN)		Anatoly Martinov ( URS)
C-1 10000 m	Antal Hajba ( HUN)		Rudolf Pěnkava ( TCH)		Mikhail Zamotin ( URS)
C-2 1000 m	Romania Vicol Calabiciov Serghei Covaliov	4:10.98	Sweden Bernt Lindelöf Erik Zeidlitz		Hungary Árpád Soltész Csaba Szantó
C-2 10000 m	Romania Petre Maxim Gheorghe Simionov		Soviet Union Valeriy Drybas Andrey Khimich		Hungary András Peter István Cserha

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time [2]	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Aurel Vernescu ( ROU)		Erik Hansen ( DEN)		Paul Hoekstra ( NED)
K-1 1000 m	Aleksandr Shaparenko ( URS)	3:59.26	Erik Hansen ( DEN)		Imre Kemecsey ( HUN)
K-1 10000 m	Mihály Hesz ( HUN)		Vladimir Zemlyakov ( URS)		Fritz Briel ( GER)
K-1 4 x 500 m relay	Soviet Union Georgiy Karyukhin Yuriy Kabanov Vilnis Baltiņš Dmitry Matveyev	7:36.05	Hungary Mihály Hesz András Szente Ferenc Cseh Imre Kemecsey		Romania Vasilie Nicoară Haralambie Ivanov Atanase Sciotnic Aurel Vernescu
K-2 500 m	Romania Aurel Vernescu Atanase Sciotnic		West Germany Heinz Büker Holger Zander		Soviet Union Vladimir Obraztsov Georgiy Karyukhin
K-2 1000 m	Soviet Union Aleksandr Shaparenko Yuri Stetsenko	3:37.51	Romania Aurel Vernescu Atanase Sciotnic		Hungary Ferenc Cseh Endre Hazsik
K-2 10000 m	Hungary Imre Szöllősi László Fábián		Norway Egil Søby Jan Johansen		Czechoslovakia Pavel Kvasil František Švec
K-4 1000 m	Romania Atanase Sciotnic Mihai Țurcaș Haralambie Ivanov Anton Calenic		Austria Günther Pfaff Kurt Lindlgruber Helmut Hediger Gerhard Seibold		Soviet Union Aleksandr Shaparenko Yuri Stetsenko Vladimir Morozov Georgiy Karyukhin
K-4 10000 m	Soviet Union Nikolai Chuzhikov Anatoli Grishin Vladimir Morozov Vyacheslav Ionov	36:56.68	Hungary Imre Szöllősi László Fábián János Petroczy László Ürögi		East Germany Günter Holzvoigt Wolfgang Lange Wolfgang Niedrig Siegwart Karbe

Women's

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time [2]	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Lyudmila Pinayeva ( URS)		Roswitha Esser ( FRG)		Anita Kobuß ( GDR)
K-2 500 m	East Germany Anita Kobuß Helga Mühlberg-Ulze	1:59.41	Soviet Union Mariya Shubina Antonina Seredina		Hungary Katalin Benkő Anna Pfeffer
K-4 500 m	Soviet Union Mariya Shubina Antonina Seredina Lyudmila Pinayeva Nadezhda Levchenko	1:45.91	West Germany Sigrud Kummer Roswitha Esser Irene Rozema Renate Breuer		East Germany Käthe Pohland Karin Haftenberger Anita Kobuß Helga Mühlberg-Ulze

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	6	3	4	13
2	Romania (ROU)	5	1	1	7
3	Hungary (HUN)	3	3	5	11
4	West Germany (FRG)	1	3	1	5
5	East Germany (GDR)	1	0	3	4
6	Denmark (DEN)	0	2	0	2
7	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	1	2
8	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
11	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		16	16	16	48

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
• Results at Canoeresults.eu