World Championships - 1949
Genf/SUI - Rhone
30-AUG-1949 - 31-AUG-1949
C1-men - individual
| 1 | Pierre D'ALENCON | FRA  |
| 2 | Paul HUGUET | FRA |
| 3 | Jan BRZAK | TCH  |
| 4 | Charles DUSSUET | SUI  |
| 5 | Jiri PURCHART | TCH |
| 6 | Bohuslav KARLIK | TCH |
| 7 | Marcel RENAUD | FRA |
| 8 | Vaclav NIC | TCH |
| 9 | Bohumil KUDRNA | TCH |
| 10 | Simon BORES | FRA |
C2-men - individual
| 1 | Jacques ROUSSEAU - Michel DUBOILLE | FRA |
| 2 | Roger PARIS - Claude NEVEU | FRA |
| 3 | Bohumil KUDRNA - Jan BRZAK | TCH |
| 4 | Vaclav NIC - Miroslav DRASTIK | TCH |
| 5 | Simone GAVINET - René GAVINET | FRA |
| 6 | Roger TAUSS - André MAULET | SUI |
| 7 | André PEAN - Jacques MUSSON | FRA |
| 8 | Charles DUSSUET - Claude AUGSBURGER | SUI |
| 9 | Jan SULC - Karel KONICEK | TCH |
| 10 | Jiri PECKA - Vaclav HAVEL | TCH |
K1 men - individual
| 1 | Othmar EITERER | AUT  |
| 2 | Hans FRÜHWIRTH | AUT |
| 3 | Werner ZIMMERMANN | SUI |
| 4 | Claude BORDEAUX | FRA |
| 5 | Jean ENGLER | SUI |
| 6 | Eduard KUNZ | SUI |
| 7 | Bohuslav FIALA | TCH |
| 8 | Rudolf PILLWEIN | AUT |
| 9 | Josef DANEK | AUT |
| 10 | Fritz ZULAUF | SUI |
| 11 | Alvin JESCHKE | TCH |
| 12 | Leopold HIETLER | AUT |
| 13 | Jiri VALES | TCH |
| 14 | Bernard BASTIAENS | BEL  |
| 15 | Bernard KIENE | FRA |
| 16 | Henri EBERHARDT | FRA |
| 17 | Roger VIGNY | SUI |
| 18 | Guido HOCHSTRASSER | SUI |
| 19 | André KIENE | FRA |
| 20 | Albert TANNER | SUI |
| 21 | Georges DE MEULENEIR | BEL |
| 22 | Marcel LENTZ | LUX  |
| 23 | Roland PAGNOULLE | BEL |
| 24 | Norman-William DOBSON | GBR  |
| 25 | Jack SPUHLER | GBR |
| 26 | Donald TAYLOR | GBR |
Women's Kayak - individual
| 1 | Heidi PILLWEIN | AUT |
| 2 | Fritzi SCHWINGL | AUT |
| 3 | Gerti PERTLWIESER | AUT |
| 4 | Janine MAULET | SUI |
| 5 | Lucienne SCHIRMER | FRA |
| 6 | Marie FROMAIGEAT | SUI |
| 7 | Elsa ODERHOLZ | SUI |
C1-men - team
| 1 | Marcel RENAUD | FRA |
| Pierre D'ALENCON | FRA |
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| Paul HUGUET | FRA |
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| 2 | Jiri PURCHART | TCH |
| Jan BRZAK | TCH |
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| Bohuslav KARLIK | TCH |
C2-men - team
| 1 | Roger PARIS - Claude NEVEU | FRA |
| Jacques ROUSSEAU - Michel DUBOILLE | FRA |
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| Simone GAVINET - René GAVINET | FRA |
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| 2 | Vaclav NIC - Miroslav DRASTIK | TCH |
| Bohumil KUDRNA - Jan BRZAK | TCH |
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| Jan SULC - Karel KONICEK | TCH |
K1 men - team
| 1 | Jean ENGLER | SUI |
| Werner ZIMMERMANN | SUI |
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| Eduard KUNZ | SUI |
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| 2 | Rudolf PILLWEIN | AUT |
| Hans FRÜHWIRTH | AUT |
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| Josef DANEK | AUT |
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| 3 | Alvin JESCHKE | TCH |
| Jiri VALES | TCH |
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| Bohuslav FIALA | TCH |
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| 4 | André KIENE | FRA |
| Bernard KIENE | FRA |
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| Henri EBERHARDT | FRA |
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| 5 | Guido HOCHSTRASSER | SUI |
| Albert TANNER | SUI |
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| Fritz ZULAUF | SUI |
Women's Kayak - team
| 1 | Heidi PILLWEIN | AUT |
| Gerti PERTLWIESER | AUT |
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| Fritzi SCHWINGL | AUT |
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| 2 | Elsa ODERHOLZ | SUI |
| Marie FROMAIGEAT | SUI |
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| Janine MAULET | SUI |