1965 Canoe Sprint European Championships

The 1965 Canoe Sprint European Championships were held in Bucharest, Romania from 13 to 15 August 1965. This was the 8th edition of the event. The men's competition consisted of four canoe and nine kayak events. Three events were held for women, all in kayak.

1965 Canoe Sprint European Championships
Venue	Lake Snagov
Location	Bucharest, Romania
Start date	13 August 1965
End date	15 August 1965
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Medal overview

Men's

Canoe

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
C-1 1000 m	Detlef Lewe (FRG)	4:21,68	Igor Lipalit (ROU)	4:24,92	Jürgen Eschert (GDR)	4:26,91
C-1 10000 m	Andrei Igorov (ROU)	52:58,10	Mikhail Zamotin (URS)	53:04,41	Herbert Koschnik (FRG)	53:23,21
C-2 1000 m	Soviet Union Stepan Oshchepkov Andrey Khimich	3:59,53	Soviet Union Vitaly Galkov Mikhail Zamotin	4:03,44	Denmark John Sørensen Peer Nielsen	4:04,71
C-2 10000 m	Soviet Union Valeriy Drybas Andrey Khimich	48:42,50	Romania Simion Ismailciuc Achim Sidorov	49:07,50	Romania Serghei Covaliov Lavrente Calinov	49:15,46

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Aurel Vernescu (ROU)	1:51,32	Dieter Krause (GDR)	1:52,41	Rolf Peterson (SWE)	1:52,61
K-1 1000 m	Erik Hansen (DEN)	3:51,08	Imre Kemecsey (HUN)	3:53,61	Imre Szöllősi (HUN)	3:54,21
K-1 10000 m	László Ürögi (HUN)	47:07,88	Mihály Hesz (HUN)	47:13,59	Avery Matkava (URS)	47:17,00
K-1 4 x 500 m relay	Romania Aurel Vernescu Vasilie Nicoară Haralambie Ivanov Atanase Sciotnic	7:36,08	East Germany Dieter Krause Uwe Will Friedhelm Wentzke Jürgen Seibt	7:38,46	Hungary György Mészáros András Szente László Kovács Mihály Hesz	7:38,83
K-2 500 m	Romania Vasilie Nicoară Haralambie Ivanov	1:42,20	Soviet Union Vladimir Obraztsov Georgiy Karyukhin	1:44,30	Hungary András Szente György Mészáros	1:44,35
K-2 1000 m	Romania Vasilie Nicoară Haralambie Ivanov	3:30,35	Romania Aurel Vernescu Atanase Sciotnic	3:31,29	Hungary Imre Szöllősi László Fábián	3:32,01
K-2 10000 m	Hungary Imre Szöllősi László Fábián	42:46,04	Hungary Csaba Giczy Zoltan Novotny	43:37,35	East Germany Edmond Frenzel Peter Ebeling	43:50,38
K-4 1000 m	Romania Vasilie Nicoară Haralambie Ivanov Andrei Conţolenco Nicolae Terente	3:17,20	Romania Aurel Vernescu Atanase Sciotnic Mihai Țurcaș Miron Husarenko	3:17,70	West Germany Bernhard Schulze Ernst Blasek Erich Kemnitz Erich Suhrbier	3:18,60
K-4 10000 m	East Germany Günter Holzvoigt Siegwart Karbe Wolfgang Finger Wolfgang Niedrig	38:47,67	Soviet Union Igor Pisarev Ibragim Khasanov Avery Matkava Konstantin Nazarov [ru]	38:50,99	Soviet Union Nikolai Chuzhikov Anatoli Grishin Vladimir Morozov Vyacheslav Ionov	39:15,35

Women's

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Lyudmila Khvedosyuk (URS)	2:13,99	Antonina Seredina (URS)	2:15,00	Renate Breuer (FRG)	2:18,15
K-2 500 m	Soviet Union Antonina Seredina Mariya Shubina	1:54,86	Soviet Union Lyudmila Khvedosyuk Nadezhda Levchenko	1:55,07	West Germany Elke Felten Roswitha Esser	1:55,27
K-4 500 m	Soviet Union Mariya Shubina Antonina Seredina Lyudmila Khvedosyuk Nadezhda Levchenko	1:44,03	Poland Izabella Antonowicz Jadwiga Doering Stanisława Szydłowska Agnieszka Wyszynska	1:46,04	West Germany Elke Felten Roswitha Esser Irene Pepinghege Renate Breuer	1:46,80

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Romania (ROU)	6	4	1	11
2	Soviet Union (URS)	5	6	2	13
3	Hungary (HUN)	2	3	4	9
4	East Germany (GDR)	1	2	2	5
5	West Germany (FRG)	1	0	5	6
6	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	1	2
7	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
8	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		16	16	16	48

References

• Results at Canoeresults.eu
• Medalists at Sport-komplett.de (in German)
• Medaliile sportivelor români la Campionatoarele Mondiale și Europa (in Romanian)
• Г. М. Краснопевцев, Ю. А. Плеханов. «Гребля на байдарках и каноэ. Справочник» — М.: «Физкультура и спорт», 1985. — 192 с. (in Russian)