World Championships - 1959
Genf/SUI - Rhone
26-JUL-1959 - 27-JUL-1959
C2-mixed - individual
| 1 | Manfred MERKEL - Rita BEHREND | GDR  | |
| 2 | Margitta TRÖGER - Günther MERKEL | GDR | |
| 3 | Ellen KRÜGEL - Siegfried SEIDEMANN | GDR |
C1-men - individual
| 1 | Vladimir JIRASEK | TCH  | |
| 2 | Manfred SCHUBERT | GDR | |
| 3 | Karl-Heinz WOZNIAK | GDR | |
| 4 | Vaclav JANOVSKY | TCH | |
| 5 | Günther BECK | FRG  | |
| 6 | Gert KLEINERT | GDR | |
| 7 | Ludek BENES | TCH | |
| 8 | Otto STUMPF | FRG | |
| 9 | Emil ZIMMERMANN | GDR | |
| 10 | Heiner STUMPF | FRG | |
| 11 | Jean-Claude TOCHON | SUI  | |
| 12 | Roland BODENDORFER | AUT  | |
| 13 | Jean MEICHTRY | SUI | |
| 14 | Roland BARDET | SUI | |
| 15 | Marcel ROTH | SUI | |
| 16 | Etienne BRUNETTE | FRA  | |
| 17 | Harry JAROSCH | AUT | |
| 18 | André LIGER | FRA | |
| 19 | Pierce ANCEL | FRA | |
| 20 | Josef BREITENFELLNER | AUT | |
| 21 | Walter WATSCHINGER | AUT |
C2-men - individual
| 1 | Horst KLEINERT - Dieter FRIEDRICH | GDR | |
| 2 | Josef HENDRYCH - Vaclav HAVEL | TCH | |
| 3 | Lothar SCHUBERT - Dieter GÖTHE | GDR | |
| 4 | Milan KNY - Milan HORYNA | TCH | |
| 5 | Michel REIG - Bernard DUVAL | FRA | |
| 6 | Kurt LONGERICH - Richard HAUSCHILD | FRG | |
| 7 | Bohuslav POSPICHAL - Jaroslav POLLERT | TCH | |
| 8 | Dare BERNOT - Natan BERNOT | YUG  | |
| 9 | Roger PARIS - Claude NEVEU | FRA | |
| 10 | Henri KADRNKA - Charles DUSSUET | SUI | |
| 11 | Leon ZITNIK - Franc ZITNIK | YUG | |
| 12 | Hermann ROOCK - Günter BRÜMMER | FRG | |
| 13 | Vladimir LANSKY - Miroslav CIHAK | TCH | |
| 14 | Dieter WOITHE - Heinz REICHERT | FRG | |
| 15 | Werner KERBL - Bruno KERBL | AUT | |
| 16 | Jürgen NOACK - Siegfried LÜCK | GDR | |
| 17 | Wolfram KOMNICK - Dieter ASMER | FRG | |
| 18 | Robert ZÜRCHER - Jean PESSINA | SUI | |
| 19 | Jernej BOLKA - Borut JUSTIN | YUG | |
| 20 | Rudolf SEIFERT - Manfred GLÖCKNER | GDR | |
| 21 | HILTBRAND - ENZ | SUI | |
| 22 | Jean DAGUENET - Jean BOUDEHEN | FRA | |
| 23 | Fernand LAMY - Claude LAMY | FRA | |
| 24 | Roger TAUSS - Jean-Paul RÖSSINGER | SUI | |
| 25 | Karl PRACHNER - Günther APPEL | AUT | |
| 26 | Karl ENTLESBERGER - ENTLESBERGER | AUT |
K1 men - individual
| 1 | Paul FARRANT | GBR  | |
| 2 | Eberhard GLÄSER | GDR | |
| 3 | Heinz BIELIG | GDR | |
| 4 | Miloslav DUFFEK | SUI | |
| 5 | Vladimir CIBAK | TCH | |
| 6 | Günther MÖBIUS | GDR | |
| 7 | Jan PARA | TCH | |
| 8 | Josef DANEK | AUT | |
| 9 | Dieter BIELIG | GDR | |
| 10 | Miran MOSETISCH | YUG | |
| 11 | Manfred VOGT | FRG | |
| 12 | Georg SAMHUBER | FRG | |
| 13 | Zdenek KOSTAL | TCH | |
| 14 | Iain CARMICHAEL | GBR | |
| 15 | Rudolf LUBINGER | AUT | |
| 16 | Edouard ROTHPLETZ | SUI | |
| 17 | Albin SPACAL | YUG | |
| 18 | Pavel BONE | YUG | |
| 19 | Willi GERSTGRASSER | ITA  | |
| 20 | Richard NOLL | FRG | |
| 21 | Claude DUMONT | FRA | |
| 22 | Werner VOGLER | FRG | |
| 23 | Fernand GÖTZ | SUI | |
| 24 | Henri JEANJEAN | FRA | |
| 25 | Michel JACQUEMIN | FRA | |
| 26 | Robert FABIAN | AUT | |
| 27 | Keith WHITE | GBR | |
| 28 | Bogdan SVET | YUG | |
| 29 | Pierre ROTHPLETZ | SUI | |
| 30 | Richard MARTINSICH | AUT | |
| 31 | Marcel BEAUJEAN | BEL  | |
| 32 | Paul DE VESTIBULLE | BEL | |
| 33 | Claude MENDES DA COSTA | BEL | |
| 34 | Julian SHAW | GBR | |
| 35 | Sigi GERSTGRASSER | ITA | |
| 36 | Ferdy CREMER | BEL | |
| 37 | Michel COTILLON | FRA | |
| 38 | Carlo WETZEL | LUX  | |
| 39 | Alex CRONBERG | DEN  |
K1 women - individual
| 1 | Hilde URBANIAK | FRG | |
| 2 | Anneliese BAUER | GDR | |
| 3 | Inge WALTHEMATE | FRG | |
| 4 | Renata SONSKA | TCH | |
| 5 | Ursula GLÄSER | GDR | |
| 6 | Rosemarie BISINGER | FRG | |
| 7 | Elfriede HUGO | GDR | |
| 8 | Eva SETZKORN | GDR | |
| 9 | Lilo SIMON | FRG | |
| 10 | Fritzi SCHWINGL | AUT | |
| 11 | Marguerite ULMER | FRA | |
| 12 | Madeleine ZIMMERMANN | SUI | |
| 13 | Yolande KADRNKA | SUI | |
| 14 | Irmgard DUFFEK | SUI |
C1-men - team
| 1 | Vladimir JIRASEK | TCH | |
| Vaclav JANOVSKY | TCH |
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| Ludek BENES | TCH |
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| 2 | Gert KLEINERT | GDR | |
| Manfred SCHUBERT | GDR |
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| Karl-Heinz WOZNIAK | GDR |
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| 3 | Roland BARDET | SUI | |
| Marcel ROTH | SUI |
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| Jean-Claude TOCHON | SUI |
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| 4 | Pierce ANCEL | FRA | |
| Etienne BRUNETTE | FRA |
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| André LIGER | FRA |
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| 5 | Günther BECK | FRG | |
| Heiner STUMPF | FRG |
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| Otto STUMPF | FRG |
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| 6 | Harry JAROSCH | AUT | |
| Josef BREITENFELLNER | AUT |
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| Roland BODENDORFER | AUT |
C2-men - team
| 1 | Horst KLEINERT - Dieter FRIEDRICH | GDR | |
| Lothar SCHUBERT - Dieter GÖTHE | GDR |
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| Rudolf SEIFERT - Manfred GLÖCKNER | GDR |
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| 2 | Josef HENDRYCH - Vaclav HAVEL | TCH | |
| Vladimir LANSKY - Miroslav CIHAK | TCH |
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| Milan KNY - Milan HORYNA | TCH |
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| 3 | Henri KADRNKA - Charles DUSSUET | SUI | |
| HILTBRAND - ENZ | SUI |
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| Robert ZÜRCHER - Jean PESSINA | SUI |
K1 men - team
| 1 | Eberhard GLÄSER | GDR | |
| Günther MÖBIUS | GDR |
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| Heinz BIELIG | GDR |
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| 2 | Jan PARA | TCH | |
| Vladimir CIBAK | TCH |
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| Zdenek KOSTAL | TCH |
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| 3 | Georg SAMHUBER | FRG | |
| Werner VOGLER | FRG |
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| Manfred VOGT | FRG |
K1 women - team
| 1 | Ursula GLÄSER | GDR | |
| Elfriede HUGO | GDR |
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| Eva SETZKORN | GDR |