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Herbert Laabs (born October 24 1950) is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-1970s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-4 1000 m: 1974) two silvers (K-2 500 m and K-4 1000 m: both 1975) and two bronzes (K-2 500 m and K-2 1000 m: 1973).Laabs also competed in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich but was eliminated in the semifinals.