The 1974 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Mexico City, Mexico in neighboring Xochimilco. This marked the first time the championships took place outside Europe. , all championships have taken place either in Europe or North America. The lake was where the canoeing and rowing events took place for the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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 eleventh championships in canoe sprint.
Medal summary Men's Canoe Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeC-1 500 m C-1 1000 m C-1 10000 m C-2 500 m Aleksandr VinogradovYuri Lobanov Gheorghe DanielovGheorghe Simionov Tomáš ŠachJiří ČtvrtečkaC-2 1000 m Vladas ČesiūnasYuri Lobanov Jerzy OparaAndrzej Gronowicz Cherasim MunteanuVasile SergheiC-2 10000 m Vladas ČesiūnasYuri Lobanov Tamás BudayGábor Haraszti Alain AlcardJean-Paul Cézard
Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m K-1 1000 m K-1 10000 m K-1 4 x 500 m relay Vasile DîbaErnst PavelAtanase SciotnicMihai Zafiu Vitaliy TrukshinSergei ChukhrayAnatoliy KobrisevNikolay Astapkovich Ryszard OborskiGrzegorz ŚledziewskiKazimierz GóreckiAndrzej MatysiakK-2 500 m Ryszard OborskiGrzegorz Śledziewski József DemeJános Rátkai Ulrich HelligeHerbert LaabsK-2 1000 m Zoltán BakóIstván Szabó Vladimir KozubinMikhail Afansiyev Volkmar ThiedeRüdiger HelmK-2 10000 m Ion TerenteAntrop Variabev Jos BroekxPaul Stinckens Konstantin KostenkoVyacheslav KononovK-4 1000 m Herbert LaabsUlrich HelligeJürgen LehnertBernd Duvigneau Yuri FilatovAleksandr DegtyarovAleksandr KuprikovNikolay Astapkovich József DemeJános RátkaiCsongor VarghaCsaba GiczyK-4 10000 m Leonid DerevyankoNikolai GorbachevPytor ZhurgaAnatoliy Zharkin Csaba GiczyCsongor VarghaIstván SzabóZoltán Romhanyi Ryszard OborskiKazimierz GóreckiGrzegorz KołtanAndrzej Matysiak
Women's Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m K-2 500 m Bärbel KösterAnke Ohde Victoria DumitruMaria Nichiforov Ilona TőzsérMária ZakariásK-4 500 m Ilse KaschubeBärbel KösterAnke OhdeCarola Zirzow Nina GopovaLarissa KabakovaTatyana KorzhunovaGalina Kreft Victoria DumitruMaria NichiforovMaria CosmaAgafia Orlov
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References ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007. ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.