The 1971 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
The men's competition consisted of six canoe (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Three events were held for women, all in kayak. C-1 500 m and C-2 500 m events debuted at this ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, the ninth Championships in canoe sprint.
Medal summary Men's Canoe Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeC-1 500 m C-1 1000 m C-1 10000 m C-2 500 m Gheorghe DanielovGheorghe Simionov Yuri LobanovVladimir Pankov Viktor BoitschevFedia DamianovC-2 1000 m Tamás WichmannGyula Petrikovics Ivan PatzaichinSerghei Covaliov Viktor BoitschevFedia DamianovC-2 10000 m Naum ProkupetsAleksandr Vinogradov László HingtIstván Cserha Serghei CovaliovVicol Calabiciov
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 Géza CsapóIstván SzabóCsaba GiczyMihály Hesz Dimitrie IvanovMihai ZafiuEugen BotezAurel Vernescu Anatoliy KobrisevAnatoliy SedasovLeonid DerevyankoAnatoliy TischenkoK-2 500 m Lars AnderssonRolf Peterson Jean-Pierre BurnyPaul Hoekstra Nikolay GogolPytor GreshtaK-2 1000 m Reiner KurthAlexander Slatnow Gerhard SeiboldGünther Pfaff Costel CoșnițăVasilie SimiocencoK-2 10000 m Konstantin KostenkoVyacheslav Kononov Egil SøbyJan Johansen Antrop VarabievEmilian ZabaraK-4 1000 m Yuri FilatovVladimir MorozovYuriy StetsenkoValeri Didenko Hans-Erich PaschRainer HennesRudolf BlassEberhard Fischer István SzabóPéter VárhelyiZoltán BakóGéza CsapóK-4 10000 m Cuprian MacarencuCostel CoșnițăVasilie SimiocencoAtanase Sciotnic Csaba GiczyIstván TimárGyörgy MészárosCsongor Vargha Heino KurvetNikolai GorbachevVladimir KlimovVladimir Zemlyakov
Women's Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m K-2 500 m Anna PfefferKatalin Hollósy Petra SetzkornPetra Grabowski Tamara PopovaYekaterina KuryshkoK-4 500 m Yekaterina KuryshkoNatalya BoykoYuliya RyabtzhinskayaLyudmila Pinayeva Renate BreuerRoswitha EsserIrene PepinghegeHeiderose Wallbaum Petra SetzkornMarion GrupeBettina MüllerPetra Grabowski
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