Vasile Simiocenco had the following podium finishes at the Flatwater World Championships: 1st 1971 K4 10000 m (with Costel Coşniţă, Atanasie Sciotnic, and the non-Olympian Cuprian Macarencu), 2nd 1975 K4 10000 m (with Costel Coşniţă, Nicuşor Eşanu, and the non-Olympian Cuprian Macarencu), 2nd 1977 K4 500 m (with Ion Dragulschi, Mihai Zafiu, and the non-Olympian Beniami Borbandi), 3rd 1970 K2 10000 m (with Costel Coşniţă), 3rd 1971 K2 10000 m (with Costel Coşniţă), 3rd 1973 K1 4×500 m (with Atanasie Sciotnic, Roman Vartolomeu, and Mihai Zafiu), 3rd 1973 K4 10000 m (with Costel Coşniţă, Atanasie Sciotnic, and the non-Olympian Cuprian Macarencu).