1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Mâcon, France. 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. The type or number of events held at the championships remained unchanged from the previous championships.

This was the fourth championships in canoe sprint.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 1000 m	János Parti (HUN)	István Hernek (HUN)	Jaroslav Poupa (TCH)
C-1 10000 m	Jiří Vokněr (TCH)	František Čapek (TCH)	István Hernek (HUN)
C-2 1000 m	Austria Kurt Liebhart Engelbert Lulla	Hungary István Bodor József Tuza	Hungary Ferenc Csonka Mihály Sasvári
C-2 10000 m	Hungary Károly Wieland József Halmay	Hungary Ferenc Csonka Mihály Sasvári	Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Sieger Zdeněk Ziegler

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 m	Gert Fredriksson (SWE)	Meinhard Mittenberger (GER)	Mircea Anastasescu (ROU)
K-1 1000 m	Gert Fredriksson (SWE)	Louis Gantois (FRA)	Ferenc Hatlaczki (HUN)
K-1 10000 m	Ferenc Hatlaczki (HUN)	Miloš Pech (TCH)	Harald Eriksen (NOR)
K-1 4 x 500 m relay	Sweden Lars Glassér Carl-Åke Ljung Bert Nilsson Gert Fredriksson	Hungary Ervin Szörenyi András Sován Ferenc Wagner Ferenc Hatlaczki	Austria Max Raub Herbert Wiedermann Alfred Schmidtberger Hermann Salzner
K-2 500 m	West Germany Ernst Steinhauer Meinhard Miltenberger	Sweden Bengt Linfors Valter Wredgberg	Hungary Ferenc Wagner András Sován
K-2 1000 m	Hungary István Mészáros György Mészáros	West Germany Michel Scheuer Gustav Schmidt	West Germany Helmut Noller Günter Krammer
K-2 10000 m	Austria Max Raub Herbert Wiedermann	Sweden Sigvard Johansson Rolf Fjellmann	West Germany Ernst Steinhauer Helmuth Stocker
K-4 1000 m	Hungary Imre Vagyócki László Kovács László Nagy Zoltán Szigeti	Sweden Einar Pihl Ebbe Frick Ragnar Heurlin Stig Andersson	France Maurice Graffen Marcel Renaud Louis Gantois Robert Enteric
K-4 10000 m	Sweden Einar Pihl Ebbe Frick Ragnar Heurlin Stig Andersson	Sweden Hans Wetterström Carl Sundin Sigvard Johansson Rolf Fjellmann	Hungary János Urányi István Mészáros György Mészáros Ferenc Varga

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Therese Zenz (SAA)		Fritzi Schwingl (AUT)		Tove Nielsen (DEN)
K-2 500 m	Hungary Hilda Pinter Klára Fried-Bánfalvi		Hungary Valeria Lieszkowszky Vilma Egresi		West Germany Lisa Schwarz Gisela Amail

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary (HUN)	6	5	5	16
2	Sweden (SWE)	4	4	0	8
3	Austria (AUT)	2	1	1	4
4	West Germany (FRG)	1	2	3	6
5	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	2	2	5
6	Saar (SAA)	1	0	0	1
7	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
8	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
	Romania (ROU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		15	15	15	45

1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

Medal summary

Men's

Canoe

Kayak

Women's

Kayak

Note

Medals table

References

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