The 1959 Canoe Sprint European Championships were held in Duisburg, West Germany from 28 to 30 August 1959. This was the 5th 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 4:54,60 4:58,80 4:59,20C-1 10000 m 53:23,30 53:32,40 54:12,60C-2 1000 m Gyula DömötörJózsef Hunics4:51,00 Lavrente CalinovAchim Sidorov4:57,00 Dumitru AlexeAlexe Iacovici4:59,00C-2 10000 m Stepan OshchepkovAleksandr Silayev50:14,60 Gyula DömötörJózsef Hunics50:57,90 Lavrente CalinovAchim Sidorov51:06,30
Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m 2:02,90 2:03,70 2:04,00K-1 1000 m 4:10,10 4:14,20 4:15,80K-1 10000 m 45:03,10 45:04,40 45:12,90K-1 4 x 500 m relay Paul LangeBernhard SchulzeHelmut SchneiderMeinrad Miltenberger8:01,20 Lajos KissGyörgy MészárosLászló NagyLászló Kovács8:03,40 Ryszard SkwarskiWładysław ZielińskiKazimierz KozierasStefan Kapłaniak8:05,70K-2 500 m András SzenteGyörgy Mészáros1:47,60 László KovácsLászló Nagy1:49,30 Władysław Zieliński1:50,20K-2 1000 m András SzenteGyörgy Mészáros3:41,10 Imre SzöllősiJános Petroczy3:44,40 Helmuth StockerFranz Troidl3:45,40K-2 10000 m Imre SzöllősiJános Petroczy41:05,80 Wilhelm SchlüsselHeinz Ackers41:14,20 János UrányiLászló Fábián41:34,20K-4 1000 m Wolfgang LangeDieter KrauseSiegfried RoßbergGünter Perleberg3:25,90 Michel ScheuerGeorg LietzHeinrich HellTheodor Kleine3:28,70 Günter KrügerWalter SanderKarl BerghausenHubert Birgels3:28,90K-4 10000 m Michel ScheuerGeorg LietzHeinrich HellTheodor Kleine36:33,60 Günter KrügerWalter SanderKarl BerghausenHubert Birgels36:35,00 Werner JahnWalter KresseKlaus LammertSiegfried Roßberg36:45,40
Women's Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m 2:21,30 2:21,90 2:23,60 K-2 500 m Yelizaveta KislovaAntonina Seredina2:03,80 Nina GruzintsevaMariya Shubina2:04,80 Therese ZenzIngrid Hartmann2:06,50
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.