The 1957 Canoe Sprint European Championships were held in Ghent, Belgium from 23 to 25 August 1957. This was the 4th edition of the event. The men's competition consisted of four canoe and nine kayak events. Two events were held for women, both in kayak.
Medal overview Men's Canoe Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeC-1 1000 m 4:49,40 4:50,50 4:50,90C-1 10000 m 65:13,00 65:56,00 67:08,00C-2 1000 m Aleksandr SilayevPavel Kharin4:25,90 Dumitru AlexeSimion Ismailciuc4:26,00 Imre FarkasJózsef Hunics4:27,00C-2 10000 m Dumitru AlexeSimion Ismailciuc59:19,00 Aleksandr SilayevPavel Kharin59:23,00 Igor LipalitLavrente Calinov60:05,00
Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m 1:52,70 1:53,60 1:54,30K-1 1000 m 3:57,30 3:59,10 4:01,00 K-1 10000 m 50:34,00 50:49,00 52:30,00K-1 4 x 500 m relay Yevgeny YatsinenkoAleksandr MarkovtsevIgor Pisarev8:10,70 Georg LietzPaul LangeGustav SchmidtMeinrad Miltenberger8:19,20 Dezső VerébJános PetroczyGyörgy MészárosLajos Kiss8:21,10K-2 500 m János UrányiLászló Fábián1:41,00 Meinrad MiltenbergerGustav Schmidt1:42,10 Mircea AnastasescuStavru Teodorov1:42,40 K-2 1000 m Fritz BrielHeinz Ackers3:36,50 Villy ChristiansenVagn Schmidt3:38,70 Mikhail KaalesteAnatoly Demitkov3:38,80 K-2 10000 m Mikhail KaalesteAnatoly Demitkov46:02,00 János UrányiLászló Fábián46:03,00 Hendrik VerbruggheGermain Van der Moere46:28,00K-4 1000 m Alfonsas RudzinskasVolodar ZvyozdkinMykolas RudzinskasVasiliy Stepanov3:16,40 Viktor ShadrinPavel DubininIgor Feoktistov3:17,50 Fritz BrielHeinz AckersWilhelm SchlüsselJosef Knell3:20,50 K-4 10000 m Michel ScheuerGustav SchmidtGeorg LietzTheodor Kleine38:42,00 Alfonsas RudzinskasVolodar ZvyozdkinMykolas RudzinskasVasiliy Stepanov39:06,60 Viktor ShadrinPavel DubininIgor Feoktistov39:28,00
Women's Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m 2:05,70 2:07,30 2:10,30 K-2 500 m Nina GruzintsevaNina Konistiapina1:57,80 Therese ZenzIngrid Hartmann1:57,90 Ruth RohrbachSigrid Nowinski1:59,00
Medals table
References Results at Canoeresults.eu Medalists at Sport-komplett.de Medaliile sportivelor români la Campionatoarele Mondiale și Europa Г. М. Краснопевцев, Ю. А. Плеханов. «Гребля на байдарках и каноэ. Справочник» — М.: «Физкультура и спорт», 1985. — 192 с.