The 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia. 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. This was the fifth championships in canoe sprint.
The Soviet Union won their first medals at these championships.
Medal summary Men's Canoe Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeC-1 1000 m C-1 10000 m C-2 1000 m Alexe DumitruSimion Ismailciuc László SimariLajos Bodnar Jiří KodešVáclav VokálC-2 10000 m Stepan OshchepkovAleksandr Silayev Achim SidorovLavrente Calinov Jiří KodešVáclav Vokál
Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m K-1 1000 m K-1 10000 m K-1 4 x 500 m relay Paul LangeMeinard MiltenbergerHelmut HerzFritz Briel György MészárosLászló KovácsFerenc HatlaczkiLajos Kiss Henri LindelöfCarl von GerberSven-Olov SjödeliusGert FredrikssonK-2 500 m Stefan KapłaniakWładysław Zieliński László NagyLászló Kovács Meinard MiltenbergerPaul LangeK-2 1000 m Henri VerbruggheGermain van der Moere Yevgeny YatsinenkoIvan Golovachov Mikhail KaalesteAnatoly DemitkovK-2 10000 m János UrányiLászló Fábián Heinz AckersWilhelm Schlüssel Helmuth StockerFranz TeidlK-4 1000 m Michel ScheuerGeorg LietzGustav SchmidtTheodor Kleine György MészárosJózsef PehlAndrás SzenteJános Petroczy Mikhail KaalesteIgor PisarevAnatoliy TrozhenkovAnatoly DemitkovK-4 10000 m Michel ScheuerGeorg LietzGustav SchmidtTheodor Kleine Günter KrugerWalter SanderHeinrich HellHubert Birgels Nikolay RudzinkasVolodar ZvyozdkinAlfons RudzinkasVasiliy Stepanov
Women's Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m K-2 500 m Nina GruzintsevaMariya Shubina Antonina SeredinaYelisaveta Kislova Theresa ZensIngrid Hartmann
Medals table
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