World Championships - 1953
Meran/ITA - Passer
25-JUL-1953 - 26-JUL-1953
C1-men - individual
| 1 | Charles DUSSUET | SUI  |
| 2 | Vaclav NIC | TCH  |
| 3 | Vladimir JIRASEK | TCH |
| 4 | Stanislav JANSKY | TCH |
| 5 | Jean-Paul RÖSSINGER | SUI |
| 6 | Pierre BIEHLER | FRA  |
| 7 | Hans NÖLKE | FRG  |
| 8 | Jan SULC | TCH |
| 9 | Jacques MARSIGNY | FRA |
| 10 | Karl MOLNAR | AUT  |
| 11 | Jacques VELARD | FRA |
| 12 | Georges DRANSART | FRA |
| 13 | Francis LEBOURDAIS | FRA |
| 14 | Ernst VON HUSEN | FRG |
| 15 | Roland BARDET | SUI |
| 16 | Miroslav CIHAK | TCH |
| 17 | Karl-Heinz BRAUNER | FRG |
| 18 | Roger TAUSS | SUI |
| 19 | Rudi UNGEWICKEL | FRG |
| 20 | Heinz REICHERT | FRG |
C2-men - individual
| 1 | Jean ENGLER - Charles DUSSUET | SUI |
| 2 | Jan SULC - Vaclav NIC | TCH |
| 3 | Jean-Luc HOUSSAYE - Pierre D'ALENCON | FRA |
| 4 | Jiri PECKA - Vaclav HAVEL | TCH |
| 5 | Roger PARIS - Claude NEVEU | FRA |
| 6 | Jean-Paul RÖSSINGER - R. JUNOD | SUI |
| 7 | Jan PECKA - Miroslav CIHAK | TCH |
| 8 | Jiri HRADIL - Josef HENDRYCH | TCH |
| 9 | SCHWAIGER - ACHLEITNER | AUT |
| 10 | Jiri KOTANA - Frantisek HRABE | TCH |
| 11 | Simone GAVINET - René GAVINET | FRA |
| 12 | Pierre RÖSSINGER - Pierre DUFOUR | SUI |
| 13 | Hans NÖLKE - Karl-Heinz BRAUNER | FRG |
| 14 | HALLARD - GOUY | FRA |
| 15 | Ernst VON HUSEN - Günter BRÜMMER | FRG |
| 16 | Rudi UNGEWICKEL - Dieter ASMUS | FRG |
| 17 | Heiner STUMPF - Franz SCHICK | FRG |
| 18 | DUMARCAY - André CRUCHON | FRA |
| 19 | Herbert WALDNER - Otto SCHINDLER | AUT |
| 20 | Erich HELLWIG - Arno FUNK | FRG |
| 21 | Otto POHLAND - Willy BODMER | SUI |
K1 men - individual
Women's Kayak - individual
| 1 | Fritzi SCHWINGL | AUT |
| 2 | Eva SETZKORN | GDR  |
| 3 | Dana MARTANOVA | TCH |
| 4 | Marie SULCOVA | TCH |
| 5 | Jaroslava HAVLOVA | TCH |
| 6 | Evelin PAWLICZEK | GDR |
| 7 | Kveta HAVLOVA | TCH |
| 8 | Anneliese BORVITZ | GDR |
| 9 | Ulrike WERNER | AUT |
| 10 | Ursula STRÜWING | GDR |
| 11 | Lona LANDGRAF | GDR |
| 12 | Madeleine ZIMMERMANN | SUI |
| 13 | Sigrid SCHNEIDER | FRG |
| 14 | Annemarie ANWANDER | FRG |
| 15 | Anni REIFINGER | FRG |
| 16 | Hanne MENDES DA COSTA | FRG |
| 17 | Gertrude WILL | AUT |
| 18 | Hella PHILIPS | AUT |
| 19 | Elsa ODERHOLZ | SUI |
| 20 | Liesl RÖMISCH | FRG |
C1-men - team
| 1 | Vladimir JIRASEK | TCH |
| Stanislav JANSKY | TCH |
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| Jan SULC | TCH |
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| 2 | Jean-Paul RÖSSINGER | SUI |
| Roland BARDET | SUI |
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| Charles DUSSUET | SUI |
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| 3 | Jacques VELARD | FRA |
| Pierre BIEHLER | FRA |
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| Jacques MARSIGNY | FRA |
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| 4 | Jochen VON FRANTZIUS | FRG |
| Karl-Heinz BRAUNER | FRG |
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| Hans NÖLKE | FRG |
C2-men - team
| 1 | Roger PARIS - Claude NEVEU | FRA |
| Jean-Luc HOUSSAYE - Pierre D'ALENCON | FRA |
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| Simone GAVINET - René GAVINET | FRA |
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| 2 | Jean-Paul RÖSSINGER - R. JUNOD | SUI |
| Pierre RÖSSINGER - Pierre DUFOUR | SUI |
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| Jean ENGLER - Charles DUSSUET | SUI |
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| 3 | Jan PECKA - Miroslav CIHAK | TCH |
| Jiri PECKA - Vaclav HAVEL | TCH |
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| Jiri HRADIL - Josef HENDRYCH | TCH |
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| 4 | Ernst VON HUSEN - Günter BRÜMMER | FRG |
| Hans NÖLKE - Karl-Heinz BRAUNER | FRG |
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| Heiner STUMPF - Franz SCHICK | FRG |
K1 men - team
| 1 | Hans HERBIST | AUT |
| Rudolf SAUSGRUBER | AUT |
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| Franz GRAFETSBERGER | AUT |
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| 2 | Hilmar PAWLICZEK | GDR |
| Dieter FRANK | GDR |
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| Helmuth SETZKORN | GDR |
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| 3 | Karl RATH | FRG |
| Karl BRUNS | FRG |
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| Günter DEUBLE | FRG |
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| 4 | Joze ROPRET | YUG  |
| Bogdan SVET | YUG |
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| Milan ZADEL | YUG |
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| 5 | Pierce ANCEL | FRA |
| Rene FONEK | FRA |
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| André KIENE | FRA |
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| 6 | Marcel BEAUJEAN | BEL  |
| Claude MENDES DA COSTA | BEL |
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| Roland PAGNOULLE | BEL |
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| 7 | Leon KLARES | LUX  |
| Leon ROTH | LUX |
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| John LUCAS | LUX |
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| 8 | Paul FARRANT | GBR  |
| David CAMPBELL | GBR |
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| William HORSMAN | GBR |
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| 9 | Roger FAVRE | SUI |
| Werner ZIMMERMANN | SUI |
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| Marcel LIENERT | SUI |
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| 10 | Theo CHRISTOMANNOS | ITA  |
| W. RUNGGALDIER | ITA |
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| Willi GERSTGRASSER | ITA |
Women's Kayak - team
| 1 | Dana MARTANOVA | TCH |
| Jaroslava HAVLOVA | TCH |
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| Kveta HAVLOVA | TCH |
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| 2 | Evelin PAWLICZEK | GDR |
| Anneliese BORVITZ | GDR |
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| Eva SETZKORN | GDR |
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| 3 | Ulrike WERNER | AUT |
| Gertrude WILL | AUT |
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| Fritzi SCHWINGL | AUT |
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| 4 | Annemarie ANWANDER | FRG |
| Anni REIFINGER | FRG |
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| Hanne MENDES DA COSTA | FRG |