1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
# 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.

## Medal summary

### Men's

**Canoe**

| 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 |

**Kayak**

| 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 |

### Women's

**Kayak**

| 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 | |

## Note

Zenz competed for Saar, but is listed in official reports as competing for West Germany.

## Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hungary (HUN) | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |
