The 1977 Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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. The men's K-1 4 x 500 m relay was discontinued at these championships and replaced by the men's K-4 500 m event.
This was the thirteenth championships in canoe sprint.
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| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
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| C-1 500 m | Lipat Variabev (ROU) | Ulrich Eicke (GER) | Zdislav Soroko (URS) | |||
| C-1 1000 m | Ivan Patzaichin (ROU) | Sergey Antipov (URS) | Tamás Buday (HUN) | |||
| C-1 10000 m | Tamás Wichmann (HUN) | Vasiliy Yurchenko (URS) | Ivan Patzaichin (ROU) | |||
| C-2 500 m | Hungary László Foltan István Vaskúti |
Canada John Wood Gregory Smith |
Soviet Union Vasyl Yurchenko Yuriy Lobanov |
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| C-2 1000 m | Soviet Union Vasyl Yurchenko Yuriy Lobanov |
Hungary Tamás Buday Oszkár Frey |
Poland Jerzy Opara Andrzej Gronowicz |
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| C-2 10000 m | Soviet Union Sergey Petrenko Yuriy Lobanov |
Romania Lipat Variabev Pavel Cozlov |
Hungary Zoltán Parti András Hubik |
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K-1 500 m | Gudrun Klaus-Dittmar (GDR) | Maria Cosma (ROU) | Tatyana Korzhunova (URS) | |||
| K-2 500 m | East Germany Marion Rösiger Martina Fischer |
Romania Agafia Orlov Natasia Nichitov |
Bulgaria Vania Gescheva Diana Christova |
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| K-4 500 m | Bulgaria Maria Mintscheva Rosa Bohanova Velitscha Mintscheva Natascha Janakieva |
East Germany Marion Rösiger Martina Fischer Sabine Pochert Gudrun Klaus-Dittmar |
Soviet Union Taisiya Lapteyeva Galina Zhikareva Tatyana Korzhunova Nina Doroh |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | Hungary | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Romania | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | East Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Poland | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | West Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 | |
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