1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Mâcon, France. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation.

The men's competition consisted of four Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Two events were held for the women, both in kayak. The type or number of events held at the championships remained unchanged from the previous championships.

This was the fourth championships in canoe sprint.

Medal summary

Canoe

Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
C-1 1000 m  János Parti (HUN)  István Hernek (HUN)  Jaroslav Poupa (TCH)
C-1 10000 m  Jiří Vokněr (TCH)  František Čapek (TCH)  István Hernek (HUN)
C-2 1000 m  Austria
Kurt Liebhart
Engelbert Lulla
 Hungary
István Bodor
József Tuza
 Hungary
Ferenc Csonka
Mihály Sasvári
C-2 10000 m  Hungary
Károly Wieland
József Halmay
 Hungary
Ferenc Csonka
Mihály Sasvári
 Czechoslovakia
Jaroslav Sieger
Zdeněk Ziegler

Kayak

Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
K-1 500 m  Gert Fredriksson (SWE)  Meinhard Mittenberger (GER)  Mircea Anastasescu (ROU)
K-1 1000 m  Gert Fredriksson (SWE)  Louis Gantois (FRA)  Ferenc Hatlaczki (HUN)
K-1 10000 m  Ferenc Hatlaczki (HUN)  Miloš Pech (TCH)  Harald Eriksen (NOR)
K-1 4 x 500 m relay  Sweden
Lars Glasser
Carl-Åke Ljung
Bert Nilsson
Gert Fredriksson
 Hungary
Ervin Szörényi
András Sován
Ferenc Wágner
Ferenc Hatlaczki
 Austria
Max Raub
Herbert Wiedermann
Alfred Schmidtberger
Hermann Salzner
K-2 500 m  West Germany
Ernst Steinhauer
Meinhard Miltenberger
 Sweden
Bengt Linfors
Valter Wredgberg
 Hungary
Ferenc Wágner
András Sován
K-2 1000 m  Hungary
István Mészáros
György Mészáros
 West Germany
Michel Scheurer
Gustav Schmidt
 West Germany
Helmut Nuller
Günter Krammer
K-2 10000 m  Austria
Max Raub
Herbert Wiedermann
 Sweden
Sigvard Johansson
Rolf Fjellmann
 West Germany
Ernst Steinhauer
Helmuth Stocker
K-4 1000 m  Hungary
Imre Vagyócki
László Kovács
László Nagy
Zoltán Szigeti
 Sweden
Einar Pihl
Ebbe Frick
Ragnar Heurlin
Stig Andersson
 France
Maurice Graffen
Marcel Renaud
Louis Gantois
Robert Enteric
K-4 10000 m  Sweden
Einar Pihl
Ebbe Frick
Ragnar Heurlin
Stig Andersson
 Sweden
Hans Wetterström
Carl Sundin
Sigvard Johansson
Rolf Fjellmann
 Hungary
János Urányi
István Mészáros
György Mészáros
Ferenc Varga

Kayak

Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
K-1 500 m  Therese Zenz (SAA)  Fritzi Schwingl (AUT)  Tove Nielsen (DEN)
K-2 500 m  Hungary
Hilda Pintér
Klára Fried-Bánfalvi
 Hungary
Valéria Lieszkovszky
Vilma Egresi
 West Germany
Lisa Schwarz
Gisela Amail

Note

Zenz competed for Saar, but is listed in official reports as competing for West Germany.

Medals table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Hungary (HUN)65516
2 Sweden (SWE)4408
3 West Germany (FRG)2237
4 Austria (AUT)2114
5 Czechoslovakia (TCH)1225
6 France (FRA)0112
7 Denmark (DEN)0011
 Norway (NOR)0011
 Romania (ROU)0011
Totals (9 nations)15151545


References

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