The 1977 Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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. The men's K-1 4 x 500 m relay was discontinued at these championships and replaced by the men's K-4 500 m event.
This was the thirteenth 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 László FoltánIstván Vaskúti John WoodGregory Smith Vasyl YurchenkoYuri LobanovC-2 1000 m Vasyl YurchenkoYuri Lobanov Tamás BudayOszkár Frey Jerzy OparaAndrzej GronowiczC-2 10000 m Sergey PetrenkoYuri Lobanov Lipat VarabievPavel Cozlov Zoltán PartiAndrás Hubik
Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m K-1 1000 m K-1 10000 m K-2 500 m Joachim MatternBernd Olbricht Viktor VorobiyevNikolay Astapkovich Géza CsapóJózsef SvidróK-2 1000 m Zoltán BakóIstván Szabó Bernd OlbrichtJoachim Mattern Vladimir RomanovskySergei NagornyiK-2 10000 m Petras ŠiurskasAnatoliy Korolkov Zoltán BakóIstván Szabó Nicolae ȚicuCuprian MacarencuK-4 500 m Ryszard OborskiDaniel WełnaGrzegorz KołtanHenryk Budzicz Ion DragulschiBeniami BorbandiPolicarp MalîhinVasilie Simiocenco Herminio MenéndezMartin VázquezJosé Ramón LópezLuis Gregorio RamosK-4 1000 m Ryszard OborskiDaniel WełnaGrzegorz KołtanHenryk Budzicz Aleksandr ShaparenkoVladimir MorozovSergey NikolskiyAleksandr Avdeyev Herminio RodriguezJosé María EstebanJosé Ramón LópezLuis Gregorio RamosK-4 10000 m Aleksandr ShaparenkoVladimir MorozovSergey NikolskiyAleksandr Avdeyev Csaba GiczyJános RátkaiIstván JoósIván Herczeg Andrzej KlimaszewskiKrzysztof LepiankaZbigniew TorzeckiZdzisław Szubski
Women's Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m K-2 500 m Marion RösigerMartina Fischer Agafia OrlovNatasia Nichitov Vania GeschevaDiana ChristovaK-4 500 m Maria MintschevaRosa BohanovaVelitscha MintschevaNatascha Janakieva Marion RösigerMartina FischerSabine PochertGudrun Klaus-Dittmar Taisiya LapteyevaGalina ZhikarevaTatyana KorzhunovaNina Doroh
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.