1986 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1986 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Montreal, Canada at the Notre Dame Island. This is also where the canoeing and rowing competitions for the 1976 Summer Olympics took place.

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.

This was the 20th championships in canoe sprint.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary (HUN)	7	3	1	11
2	Romania (ROU)	3	3	2	8
3	East Germany (GDR)	2	3	2	7
4	Great Britain (GBR)	2	0	0	2
5	Soviet Union (URS)	1	6	3	10
6	Poland (POL)	1	1	1	3
7	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	0	2	3
7	West Germany (FRG)	1	0	2	3
9	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
9	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	1	1	2
11	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	2	2
12	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		18	18	18	54

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 500 m	Olaf Heukrodt (GDR)	Aurel Macarencu (ROU)	Nikolay Bukhalov (BUL)
C-1 1000 m	Aurel Macarencu (ROU)	Ivan Klementiev (URS)	Ivan Šabjan (YUG)
C-1 10000 m	Aurel Macarencu (ROU)	Ivan Šabjan (YUG)	Didier Hoyer (FRA)
C-2 500 m	Hungary János Sarusi Kis István Vaskuti	Soviet Union Viktor Reneisky Aleksandr Kalnitzhenko	East Germany Ulrich Papke Ingo Spelly
C-2 1000 m	Hungary János Sarusi Kis István Vaskuti	Poland Marek Łbik Marek Dopierała	West Germany Wolfram Faust Hartmut Faust
C-2 10000 m	Poland Marek Łbik Marek Dopierała	Romania Dumitru Bețiu Vasile Lehaci	Denmark Arne Nielsson Christian Frederiksen

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 m	Jeremy West (GBR)	Zsolt Gyulay (HUN)	Igor Nagayev (URS)
K-1 1000 m	Jeremy West (GBR)	Ferenc Csipes (HUN)	Harry Nolte (GDR)
K-1 10000 m	Ferenc Csipes (HUN)	Bernard Brégeon (FRA)	Stanislav Boreyko (URS)
K-2 500 m	West Germany Reiner Scholl Thomas Pfrang	Hungary András Rajna Attila Adrovicz	Soviet Union Viktor Pusev Sergey Superata
K-2 1000 m	Romania Daniel Stoian Angelin Velea	East Germany André Wohllebe Frank Fischer	Australia Kerry Grant Steven Wood
K-2 10000 m	Hungary Gábor Kulcsár László Gindl	Soviet Union Sergey Korneyevez Viktor Detkovskiy	Romania Daniel Stoian Angelin Velea
K-4 500 m	East Germany Andreas Stähle Frank Fischer André Wohllebe Jens Fiedler	Soviet Union Aleksandr Matushenko Sergey Kirsanov Nikolay Zhersen Viktor Denisov	West Germany Gilbert Schneider Detlef Schmidt Volker Kreutzer Thomas Reineck
K-4 1000 m	Hungary Ferenc Csipes Zsolt Gyulay László Fidel Zoltán Kovács	East Germany Guido Behling Hans-Jörg Bliesener Jens Fiedler Thomas Vaske	Poland Robert Chwiałkowski Kazimierz Krzyżański Grzegorz Krawców Wojciech Kurpiewski
K-4 10000 m	Soviet Union Nikolay Oselez Grigory Medvedev Sergey Kislev Aleksandr Akunichikov	Romania Ionel Constantin Nicolae Feodosei Ionel Letcae Alexandru Dulău	Hungary Tibor Böjti Tibor Helyi László Nieberl Kálmán Petrovics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 m	Vania Gesheva (BUL)	Kathrin Giese (GDR)	Yvonne Knudsen (DEN)
K-2 500 m	Hungary Katalin Povázsán Erika Mészáros	Soviet Union Nelli Korbukova Tatyana Zhistova	Bulgaria Vania Gesheva Diana Paliski
K-4 500 m	Hungary Erika Géczi Erika Mészáros Rita Kőbán Éva Rakusz	Soviet Union Nelli Korbukova Anzhela Nadtochayeva Tatyana Zhistova Olga Slapina	Romania Tecia Borcaena Luminata Munteanu Marina Ciiucur Anna Larie

Medals table