Medallists per category

		gold	silver	bronze
1972	Augsburg/FRG - Eiskanal	Reinhard EIBEN / GDR	Reinhold KAUDER / FRG	Jamie MCEWAN / USA
1992	La Seu d'Urgell/ESP - Parc del Segre	Lukas POLLERT / TCH	Gareth MARRIOTT / GBR	Jacky AVRIL / FRA
1996	Ocoee/USA - Ocoee River	Michal MARTIKAN / SVK	Lukas POLLERT / CZE	Patrice ESTANGUET / FRA
2000	Penrith/AUS - Whitewater Stadium	Tony ESTANGUET / FRA	Michal MARTIKAN / SVK	Juraj MINCIK / SVK
2004	Athen/GRE - Helliniko Olympic Complex	Tony ESTANGUET / FRA	Michal MARTIKAN / SVK	Stefan PFANNMÖLLER / GER
2008	Shunyi/CHN - Olympic Rowing-Canoeing P	Michal MARTIKAN / SVK	David FLORENCE / GBR	Robin BELL / AUS
2012	Lee Valley/GBR - Lee Valley WW Center	Tony ESTANGUET / FRA	Sideris TASIADIS / GER	Michal MARTIKAN / SVK
2016	Rio de Janeiro/BRA - Parque Radical De Deodoro	Denis GARGAUD CHANUT / FRA	Matej BENUS / SVK	Takuya HANEDA / JPN
2021	Tokyo/JPN	Benjamin SAVSEK / SLO	Lukas ROHAN / CZE	Sideris TASIADIS / GER
2024	Vaires-sur-Marne/FRA	Nicolas GESTIN / FRA	Adam BURGESS / GBR	Matej BENUS / SVK

		gold	silver	bronze
1972	Augsburg/FRG - Eiskanal	Walter HOFMANN - Rolf-Dieter AMEND / GDR	Hans-Otto SCHUMACHER - Willi BAUES / FRG	Jean-Louis OLRY - Jean-Claude OLRY / FRA
1992	La Seu d'Urgell/ESP - Parc del Segre	Scott STRAUSBAUGH - Joe JACOBI / USA	Miroslav SIMEK - Jiri ROHAN / TCH	Wilfrid FORGUES - Frank ADISSON / FRA
1996	Ocoee/USA - Ocoee River	Wilfrid FORGUES - Frank ADISSON / FRA	Miroslav SIMEK - Jiri ROHAN / CZE	Andre EHRENBERG - Michael SENFT / GER
2000	Penrith/AUS - Whitewater Stadium	Peter HOCHSCHORNER - Pavol HOCHSCHORNER / SVK	Michal STANISZEWSKI - Kryzysztof KOLOMANSKI / POL	Marek JIRAS - Tomas MADER / CZE
2004	Athen/GRE - Helliniko Olympic Complex	Peter HOCHSCHORNER - Pavol HOCHSCHORNER / SVK	Stefan HENZE - Marcus BECKER / GER	Jaroslav VOLF - Ondrej STEPANEK / CZE
2008	Shunyi/CHN - Olympic Rowing-Canoeing P	Peter HOCHSCHORNER - Pavol HOCHSCHORNER / SVK	Jaroslav VOLF - Ondrej STEPANEK / CZE	Dmitri LARIONOV - Mikhail KUZNETSOV / RUS
2012	Lee Valley/GBR - Lee Valley WW Center	Etienne STOTT - Timothy BAILLIE / GBR	David FLORENCE - Richard HOUNSLOW / GBR	Peter HOCHSCHORNER - Pavol HOCHSCHORNER / SVK
2016	Rio de Janeiro/BRA - Parque Radical De Deodoro	Peter SKANTAR - Ladislav SKANTAR / SVK	David FLORENCE - Richard HOUNSLOW / GBR	Matthieu PECHE - Gauthier KLAUSS / FRA

		gold	silver	bronze
1972	Augsburg/FRG - Eiskanal	Siegbert HORN / GDR	Norbert SATTLER / AUT	Harald GIMPEL / GDR
1992	La Seu d'Urgell/ESP - Parc del Segre	Pierpaolo FERRAZZI / ITA	Sylvain CURINIER / FRA	Jochen LETTMANN / GER
1996	Ocoee/USA - Ocoee River	Oliver FIX / GER	Andraz VEHOVAR / SLO	Thomas BECKER / GER
2000	Penrith/AUS - Whitewater Stadium	Thomas SCHMIDT / GER	Paul RATCLIFFE / GBR	Pierpaolo FERRAZZI / ITA
2004	Athen/GRE - Helliniko Olympic Complex	Benoit PESCHIER / FRA	Campbell WALSH / GBR	Fabien LEFEVRE / FRA
2008	Shunyi/CHN - Olympic Rowing-Canoeing P	Alexander GRIMM / GER	Fabien LEFEVRE / FRA	Benjamin BOUKPETI / TOG
2012	Lee Valley/GBR - Lee Valley WW Center	Daniele MOLMENTI / ITA	Vavrinec HRADILEK / CZE	Hannes AIGNER / GER
2016	Rio de Janeiro/BRA - Parque Radical De Deodoro	Joseph CLARKE / GBR	Peter KAUZER / SLO	Jiří PRSKAVEC (JR.) / CZE
2021	Tokyo/JPN	Jiří PRSKAVEC (JR.) / CZE	Jakub GRIGAR / SVK	Hannes AIGNER / GER
2024	Vaires-sur-Marne/FRA	Giovanni DE GENNARO / ITA	Titouan CASTRYCK / FRA	Pau ECHANIZ / ESP

		gold	silver	bronze
2024	Vaires-sur-Marne/FRA	Finn BUTCHER / NZL	Joseph CLARKE / GBR	Noah HEGGE / GER

		gold	silver	bronze
2021	Tokyo/JPN	Jessica FOX / AUS	Mallory FRANKLIN / GBR	Andrea HERZOG / GER
2024	Vaires-sur-Marne/FRA	Jessica FOX / AUS	Elena LILIK / GER	Evy LEIBFARTH / USA

		gold	silver	bronze
1972	Augsburg/FRG - Eiskanal	Angelika BAHMANN / GDR	Gisela GROTHAUS / FRG	Magdalena WUNDERLICH / FRG
1992	La Seu d'Urgell/ESP - Parc del Segre	Elisabeth MICHELER-JONES / GER	Danielle WOODWARD / AUS	Dana CHLADEK / USA
1996	Ocoee/USA - Ocoee River	Stepanka HILGERTOVA / CZE	Dana CHLADEK / USA	Myriam JERUSALMI-FOX / FRA
2000	Penrith/AUS - Whitewater Stadium	Stepanka HILGERTOVA / CZE	Brigitte GUIBAL / FRA	Anne-Lise BARDET / FRA
2004	Athen/GRE - Helliniko Olympic Complex	Elena KALISKA / SVK	Rebecca GIDDENS / USA	Helen REEVES / GBR
2008	Shunyi/CHN - Olympic Rowing-Canoeing P	Elena KALISKA / SVK	Jacqueline LAWRENCE / AUS	Violetta OBLINGER-PETERS / AUT
2012	Lee Valley/GBR - Lee Valley WW Center	Emilie FER / FRA	Jessica FOX / AUS	Maialen CHOURRAUT / ESP
2016	Rio de Janeiro/BRA - Parque Radical De Deodoro	Maialen CHOURRAUT / ESP	Luuka JONES / NZL	Jessica FOX / AUS
2021	Tokyo/JPN	Ricarda FUNK / GER	Maialen CHOURRAUT / ESP	Jessica FOX / AUS
2024	Vaires-sur-Marne/FRA	Jessica FOX / AUS	Klaudia ZWOLINSKA / POL	Kimberley WOODS / GBR