==== World Championships - overall statistics ====
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=== medal statistics ===

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|    | Nation | gold | silver | bronze | individual categories only |
| 1 | {{icons:fra.png}} FRA - France | 66 | 63 | 39 | (30/38/21) |
| 2 | {{icons:gdr.png}} GDR - German Democratic Republic | 49 | 42 | 30 | (25/28/25) |
| 3 | {{icons:cze.png}} CZE - Czech Republic | 37 | 29 | 27 | (16/12/15) |
| 4 | {{icons:gbr.png}} GBR - Great Britain | 36 | 28 | 39 | (22/16/14) |
| 5 | {{icons:tch.png}} TCH - Czechoslovakia | 33 | 45 | 42 | (16/22/26) |
| 6 | {{icons:ger.png}} GER - Germany | 33 | 32 | 29 | (19/12/19) |
| 7 | {{icons:frg.png}} FRG - Federal Republic of Germany | 27 | 27 | 29 | (16/9/12) |
| 8 | {{icons:usa.png}} USA - United States of America | 25 | 23 | 20 | (16/19/13) |
| 9 | {{icons:svk.png}} SVK - Slovakia | 25 | 23 | 19 | (12/15/12) |
| 10 | {{icons:aut.png}} AUT - Austria | 15 | 12 | 14 | (10/6/7) |
| 11 | {{icons:aus.png}} AUS - Australia | 15 | 7 | 7 | (11/6/6) |
| 12 | {{icons:sui.png}} SUI - Switzerland | 8 | 10 | 18 | (4/2/7) |
| 13 | {{icons:slo.png}} SLO - Slovenia | 8 | 8 | 18 | (6/4/6) |
| 14 | {{icons:pol.png}} POL - Poland | 7 | 13 | 16 | (5/7/5) |
| 15 | {{icons:ita.png}} ITA - Italy | 4 | 7 | 8 | (3/3/3) |
| 16 | {{icons:esp.png}} ESP - Spain | 2 | 7 | 8 | (1/3/6) |
| 17 | {{icons:yug.png}} YUG - Yugoslavia | 2 | 5 | 7 | (1/3/5) |
| 18 | {{icons:bra.png}} BRA - Brazil | 1 | 1 | 4 | (1/1/4) |
| 19 | {{icons:can.png}} CAN - Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | (1/1/0) |
| 20 | {{icons:rus.png}} RUS - Russian Federation | 0 | 2 | 4 | (0/2/2) |
| 21 | {{icons:ned.png}} NED - Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 1 | (0/1/1) |
| 22 | {{icons:nzl.png}} NZL - New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 2 | (0/1/2) |
| 23 | {{icons:chn.png}} CHN - People's Republic of China | 0 | 1 | 0 | (0/1/0) |
| 23 | {{icons:ain.png}} AIN - Individual Neutral Athletes | 0 | 1 | 0 | (0/1/0) |
| 23 | {{icons:jpn.png}} JPN - Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | (0/0/0) |
| 23 | {{icons:cro.png}} CRO - Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | (0/0/0) |
| 27 | {{icons:mar.png}} MAR - Morocco | 0 | 0 | 1 | (0/0/1) |
| 27 | {{icons:and.png}} AND - Andorra | 0 | 0 | 1 | (0/0/1) |
| 27 | {{icons:rcf.png}} RCF - Russian Canoe Federation | 0 | 0 | 1 | (0/0/0) |
| 27 | {{icons:arg.png}} ARG - Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | (0/0/1) |