1977 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
# 1977 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

The 1977 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Spittal, Austria under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the record setting third time. It was the 15th edition. Spittal hosted the championships previously in 1963 and 1965. A record ten countries won medals at these championships, including the first for Australia.

## Medal summary

### Men's

**Canoe**

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| C1 | Petr Sodomka (TCH) | Peter Massalski (GDR) | Karel Třešňák (TCH) |
| C1 team | East Germany Reinhard Eiben Peter Massalski Lutz Körner | West Germany Dietmar Moos Ernst Libuda Walter Horn | Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Radil Karel Třešňák Petr Sodomka |
| C2 | East Germany Walter Hofmann Jürgen Kalbitz | Czechoslovakia Miroslav Nedvěd Pavel Schwarc | East Germany Michael Berek Frank Kretschmer |
| C2 team | Czechoslovakia Jiří Benhák & Ladislav Benhák Radomír Halfar & Svetomír Kmošťák Miroslav Nedvěd & Pavel Schwarc | Switzerland Martin Wyss & Roland Wyss Matthias Hirsch & Manfred Walter Jiří Krejza & Jan Karel | Poland Jan Frączek & Ryszard Seruga Wojciech Kudlik & Jerzy Jeż Zbigniew Leśniak & Maciej Rychta |

**Kayak**

| Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| K1 | Albert Kerr (GBR) | | Dieter Förstl (FRG) | | Norbert Sattler (AUT) | |
| K1 team | France Jean-Yves Prigent Bernard Renault Christian Frossard | | Austria Eduard Wolffhardt Norbert Sattler Peter Fauster | | Poland Wojciech Gawroński Jerzy Stanuch Kazimierz Gawlikowski | |

### Mixed

**Canoe**

| Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| C2 | United States Marietta Gillman Chuck Lyda | | United States Linda Aponte John Kennedy | | Australia Kym Purdy Stuart Dry | |

### Women's

**Kayak**

| Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| K1 | Angelika Bahmann (GDR) | | Petra Krol (GDR) | | Linda Harrison (USA) | |
| K1 team | Switzerland Elisabeth Käser Kathrin Weiss Claire Costa | | East Germany Angelika Bahmann Birgit Feydt Petra Krol | | United States Cathy Hearn Jean Campbell Linda Harrison | |

## Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
