World Championships - 1961
Hainsberg/GDR - Rote Weisseritz
22-JUL-1961 - 23-JUL-1961
C2-mixed - individual
| 1 | Vratislava NOVAKOVA - Karel NOVAK | TCH  |
| 2 | Edith NICKEL - Willi LANDERS | GDR  |
| 3 | Jarmila PACHEROVA - Vaclav NIC | TCH |
| 4 | Alenka BERNOT - Borut JUSTIN | YUG  |
| 5 | Emil ZIMMERMANN - Rita SCHNEIDER | GDR |
| 6 | Roland BARDET - Olga BARDET | SUI  |
| 7 | Jean OLRY - Henriette GUETTE | FRA  |
C1-men - individual
| 1 | Manfred SCHUBERT | GDR |
| 2 | Bohuslav POSPICHAL | TCH |
| 3 | Ingo KIRSCH | GDR |
| 4 | Vaclav JANOVSKY | TCH |
| 5 | Tibor SYKORA | TCH |
| 6 | Gert KLEINERT | GDR |
| 7 | Jaroslav POLLERT | TCH |
| 8 | Karl-Heinz WOZNIAK | GDR |
| 9 | Heinz GROBAT | SUI |
| 10 | Michel WEBER | SUI |
| 11 | Marcel ROTH | SUI |
| 12 | Jean-Claude TOCHON | SUI |
| 13 | Jean GROSSMAN | FRA |
| 14 | Roland BODENDORFER | AUT  |
C2-men - individual
| 1 | Manfred MERKEL - Günther MERKEL | GDR |
| 2 | Zdenek VALENTA - Miroslav STACH | TCH |
| 3 | Horst KLEINERT - Dieter FRIEDRICH | GDR |
| 4 | Vladimir LANSKY - Josef HENDRYCH | TCH |
| 5 | Jean-Paul RÖSSINGER - Charles DUSSUET | SUI |
| 6 | Zdenek SAHULA - Jiri DEJL | TCH |
| 7 | Josef POLAK - Zdenek BAUMRUK | TCH |
| 8 | Robert ZÜRCHER - Jean PESSINA | SUI |
| 9 | Horst ROSENHAGEN - Gernot BERGMANN | GDR |
| 10 | Lothar SCHUBERT - Dieter GÖTHE | GDR |
| 11 | Pierre THIVANS - Georges THIVANS | FRA |
| 12 | Jean DAGUENET - Jean BOUDEHEN | FRA |
| 13 | SUCHET - Jean MEICHTRY | SUI |
| 14 | Bruno KERBL - Horst BERGMAYER | AUT |
| 15 | Leon ZITNIK - Franc ZITNIK | YUG |
| 16 | Helmut WEBER - Karl PRACHNER | AUT |
| 17 | Milan VIDMAR - Janez ANDRIJASIC | YUG |
| 18 | Ernest LABARELLE - Rene BECKERT | FRA |
| 19 | Franz TUTSCHKA - Alfred HABERZETTL | AUT |
| 20 | Fernand LAMY - Claude LAMY | FRA |
| 21 | WORREL - SWENSON | USA  |
K1 men - individual
| 1 | Eberhard GLÄSER | GDR |
| 2 | Roland HAHNEBACH | GDR |
| 3 | Jiri CERNY | TCH |
| 4 | Fritz LANGE | GDR |
| 5 | Horst WÄNGLER | GDR |
| 6 | Eugeniusz KAPLANIAK | POL  |
| 7 | Jaroslav VYHLID | TCH |
| 8 | Willi GERSTGRASSER | ITA  |
| 9 | Zdenek KOSTAL | TCH |
| 10 | Sigi GERSTGRASSER | ITA |
| 11 | Keith WHITE | GBR  |
| 12 | Josef DANEK | AUT |
| 13 | Trajan JOVKOVSKY | YUG |
| 14 | Wladyslaw PIECYK | POL |
| 15 | Pavel BONE | YUG |
| 16 | Henri KADRNKA | SUI |
| 17 | Jan NIEMIEC | POL |
| 18 | Fernand GÖTZ | SUI |
| 19 | Iain CARMICHAEL | GBR |
| 20 | Freddy ROTH | SUI |
| 21 | Ruedi WERMUTH | SUI |
| 22 | Heinz PETERTILL | AUT |
| 23 | Rudolf GRUNDNER | AUT |
| 24 | Jan SONSKY | TCH |
| 25 | Paul DE VESTIBULLE | BEL  |
| 26 | Bronislav WARUS | POL |
| 27 | Albin SPACAL | YUG |
| 28 | Marcel BEAUJEAN | BEL |
| 29 | Claude DUMONT | FRA |
| 30 | Dieter DRESCHER | ITA |
| 31 | Claude FURST | TCH |
| 32 | Dalibor HLAVACEK | YUG |
| 33 | Philippe BEDET | FRA |
| 34 | Martin ROHLEDER | GBR |
| 35 | Henri JEANJEAN | FRA |
| 36 | Ted YOUNG | USA |
| 37 | Paul MAYHEW | GBR |
| 38 | Carlo GRIGIONI | ITA |
| 39 | Louis GLAUSS | BEL |
| 40 | Jose PUTZEYS | BEL |
| 41 | Alex CRONBERG | DEN  |
Women's Kayak - individual
| 1 | Ludmila POLESNA | TCH |
| 2 | Anneliese BAUER | GDR |
| 3 | Ute STROMPEL | GDR |
| 4 | Renata SONSKA | TCH |
| 5 | Jana ZVERINOVA | TCH |
| 6 | Madeleine ZIMMERMANN | SUI |
| 7 | Traude INTHALER | AUT |
| 8 | Lia SCHILHUBER | GDR |
| 9 | Marguerite ULMER | FRA |
| 10 | Nicole GEOFFREY | FRA |
| 11 | Eva SETZKORN | GDR |
C1-men - team
| 1 | Tibor SYKORA | TCH |
| Bohuslav POSPICHAL | TCH |
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| Jaroslav POLLERT | TCH |
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| 2 | Karl-Heinz WOZNIAK | GDR |
| Gert KLEINERT | GDR |
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| Manfred SCHUBERT | GDR |
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| 3 | Jean-Claude TOCHON | SUI |
| Michel WEBER | SUI |
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| Marcel ROTH | SUI |
C2-men - team
| 1 | Manfred MERKEL - Günther MERKEL | GDR |
| Horst ROSENHAGEN - Gernot BERGMANN | GDR |
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| Horst KLEINERT - Dieter FRIEDRICH | GDR |
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| 2 | Zdenek VALENTA - Miroslav STACH | TCH |
| Josef POLAK - Zdenek BAUMRUK | TCH |
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| Vladimir LANSKY - Josef HENDRYCH | TCH |
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| 3 | Jean-Paul RÖSSINGER - Charles DUSSUET | SUI |
| SUCHET - Jean MEICHTRY | SUI |
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| Robert ZÜRCHER - Jean PESSINA | SUI |
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| 4 | Milan VIDMAR - Janez ANDRIJASIC | YUG |
| Leon ZITNIK - Franc ZITNIK | YUG |
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| 5 | Helmut WEBER - Karl PRACHNER | AUT |
| Franz TUTSCHKA - Alfred HABERZETTL | AUT |
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| Bruno KERBL - Horst BERGMAYER | AUT |
K1 men - team
| 1 | Roland HAHNEBACH | GDR |
| Horst WÄNGLER | GDR |
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| Eberhard GLÄSER | GDR |
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| 2 | Jaroslav VYHLID | TCH |
| Jiri CERNY | TCH |
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| Zdenek KOSTAL | TCH |
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| 3 | Eugeniusz KAPLANIAK | POL |
| Wladyslaw PIECYK | POL |
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| Jan NIEMIEC | POL |
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| 4 | Pavel BONE | YUG |
| Bogdan SVET | YUG |
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| Trajan JOVKOVSKY | YUG |
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| 5 | Ruedi WERMUTH | SUI |
| Henri KADRNKA | SUI |
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| Fernand GÖTZ | SUI |
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| 6 | Keith WHITE | GBR |
| Martin ROHLEDER | GBR |
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| Iain CARMICHAEL | GBR |
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| 7 | Heinz PETERTILL | AUT |
| Rudolf KLEPP | AUT |
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| Josef DANEK | AUT |
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| 8 | Claude DUMONT | FRA |
| Henri JEANJEAN | FRA |
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| 8 | Claude FURST | TCH |
| 9 | Sigi GERSTGRASSER | ITA |
| Willi GERSTGRASSER | ITA |
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| Dieter DRESCHER | ITA |
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| 10 | Jose PUTZEYS | BEL |
| Paul DE VESTIBULLE | BEL |
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| Marcel BEAUJEAN | BEL |