World Championships - 1979
Jonquiere/CAN - Aux Sables River
30-JUN-1979 - 08-JUL-1979
C1-men - individual
| 1 | Jon LUGBILL | USA  |
| 2 | David HEARN | USA |
| 3 | Bob ROBISON | USA |
| 4 | Jürgen SCHNITZERLING-DENK | FRG  |
| 5 | Ron LUGBILL | USA |
| 6 | Walter HORN | FRG |
| 7 | Peter KEANE | GBR  |
| 8 | Jean SENNELIER | FRA  |
| 9 | Milan GABA | TCH  |
| 10 | Udo WERNER | FRG |
| 11 | Daniel BALTHAZARD | CAN  |
| 12 | Raymond POTVIN | CAN |
| 13 | Alain MEISTER | SUI  |
| 14 | Ernst LIBUDA | FRG |
| 15 | Karel TRESNAK | TCH |
| 16 | Robert DUMOUCHEL | CAN |
| 17 | Pierre SALAME | FRA |
| 18 | Karel KUMPFMÜLLER | CAN |
| 19 | Claude GIACOMINO | ITA  |
| 20 | Bill BERISFORD | GBR |
| 21 | Pierre DUBATH | SUI |
| 22 | Hervé MADORÉ | FRA |
| 23 | John CHRISTENSEN | AUS  |
| 24 | Oldrich BLAZICEK | TCH |
| 25 | John WILDE | AUS |
| 26 | Srecko MASLE | YUG  |
| 27 | René PAUL | SUI |
| 28 | Martyn HEDGES | GBR |
| 29 | Warwick SMITH | AUS |
| 30 | Karel TOUPALIK | TCH |
C2-men - individual
| 1 | Peter CZUPRYNA - Dieter WELSINK | FRG |
| 2 | Jacques CALORI - Pierre CALORI | FRA |
| 3 | Jerzy JEZ - Wojciech KUDLIK | POL  |
| 4 | Jean LAMY - Robert PLATT | FRA |
| 5 | Freddy ZIMMERMANN - Günther WOLKENAER | FRG |
| 6 | Mare LABEDENS - Richard HERNANZ | FRA |
| 7 | Jan FRACZEK - Ryszard SERUGA | POL |
| 8 | Pavel SCHWARC - Miroslav NEDVED | TCH |
| 9 | Zbigniew CZAJA - Jacek KASPRZYCKI | POL |
| 10 | Gary NELSON - Kevin SONGBERG | AUS |
| 11 | Christoph STUDER - Ernst RUDIN | SUI |
| 12 | Mike GARVIS - Steve GARVIS | USA |
| 13 | Gordon GRANT - John Gamble BURTON | USA |
| 14 | Roland WYSS - Martin WYSS | SUI |
| 15 | Steve FULTON - Steve HOLMES | USA |
| 16 | Paul FLACK - Carl GUTSCHICK | USA |
| 17 | Marc GAGNON - Guy GAGNON | CAN |
| 18 | Brett FELTON - John FELTON | AUS |
| 19 | Peter PROBST - Hardy KÜNZLI | SUI |
| 20 | Rob MILES - Bruce PARRY | AUS |
| 21 | MCVICAR - MCVICAR | CAN |
| 22 | Mark BROWN - Grant MCCAFFERY | CAN |
| 23 | Heimo MÜLLNERITSCH - Helmar STEINDL | AUT  |
| 24 | Rod KIRKHAM - Mark HEARD | CAN |
K1 men - individual
Women's Kayak - individual
| 1 | Cathy HEARN | USA |
| 2 | Elizabeth SHARMAN | GBR |
| 3 | Linda HARRISON | USA |
| 4 | Jocelyne ROUPIOZ | FRA |
| 5 | Claudia KERCKHOFF-VAN WIJK | CAN |
| 6 | Ulrike DEPPE | FRG |
| 7 | Susan SMALL | GBR |
| 8 | Becky JUDD | USA |
| 9 | Gabriele KÖLLMANN | FRG |
| 10 | Kathrin WEISS | SUI |
| 11 | Elke DIETZE | FRG |
| 12 | Eileen MURPHY | IRL  |
| 13 | Sabine WEISS | SUI |
| 14 | Alena KUCERA | SUI |
| 15 | Myriam JERUSALMI-FOX | FRA |
| 16 | Sylvie LEPELTIER | FRA |
| 17 | Jean CAMPBELL | USA |
| 18 | Rosine ROLAND | BEL  |
| 19 | Renate WEILGUNY | AUT |
| 20 | Claire COSTA | SUI |
| 21 | Elisabeth BUREAUD | CAN |
| 22 | Jane RODERICK | GBR |
| 23 | Martine LEFOL | FRA |
| 24 | Julie PREEN | AUS |
| 25 | Susanne ERBERS | FRG |
| 26 | Monique BOURDON | CAN |
| 27 | Wendy BALDING | AUS |
| 28 | Annie BOULDING | CAN |
| 29 | Robyn MEIER | AUS |
C1-men - team
| 1 | Jon LUGBILL | USA |
| David HEARN | USA |
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| Bob ROBISON | USA |
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| 2 | Jürgen SCHNITZERLING-DENK | FRG |
| Walter HORN | FRG |
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| Udo WERNER | FRG |
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| 3 | Karel TRESNAK | TCH |
| Milan GABA | TCH |
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| Karel TOUPALIK | TCH |
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| 4 | Martyn HEDGES | GBR |
| Bill BERISFORD | GBR |
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| Peter KEANE | GBR |
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| 5 | Jean SENNELIER | FRA |
| Pierre SALAME | FRA |
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| Hervé MADORÉ | FRA |
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| 6 | Daniel BALTHAZARD | CAN |
| Raymond POTVIN | CAN |
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| Robert DUMOUCHEL | CAN |
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| 7 | Alain MEISTER | SUI |
| Pierre DUBATH | SUI |
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| René PAUL | SUI |
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| 8 | John CHRISTENSEN | AUS |
| Warwick SMITH | AUS |
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| John WILDE | AUS |
C2-men - team
| 1 | Jerzy JEZ - Wojciech KUDLIK | POL |
| Zbigniew CZAJA - Jacek KASPRZYCKI | POL |
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| Jan FRACZEK - Ryszard SERUGA | POL |
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| 2 | Jacques CALORI - Pierre CALORI | FRA |
| Mare LABEDENS - Richard HERNANZ | FRA |
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| Jean LAMY - Robert PLATT | FRA |
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| 3 | Christoph STUDER - Ernst RUDIN | SUI |
| Roland WYSS - Martin WYSS | SUI |
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| Peter PROBST - Hardy KÜNZLI | SUI |
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| 4 | Brett FELTON - John FELTON | AUS |
| Gary NELSON - Kevin SONGBERG | AUS |
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| Rob MILES - Bruce PARRY | AUS |
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| 5 | Mike GARVIS - Steve GARVIS | USA |
| Gordon GRANT - John Gamble BURTON | USA |
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| Steve FULTON - Steve HOLMES | USA |
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| 6 | Marc GAGNON - Guy GAGNON | CAN |
| Mark BROWN - Grant MCCAFFERY | CAN |
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| MCVICAR - MCVICAR | CAN |
K1 men - team
| 1 | Richard FOX | GBR |
| Albert KERR | GBR |
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| Allan EDGE | GBR |
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| 2 | Norbert SATTLER | AUT |
| Eduard WOLFFHARDT | AUT |
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| Peter FAUSTER | AUT |
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| 3 | Martin BRANDENBURGER | SUI |
| Milo jr DUFFEK | SUI |
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| Réne ZIMMERMANN | SUI |
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| 4 | Eric Maxfield EVANS | USA |
| Tom MCGOWAN | USA |
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| Chris MCCORMICK | USA |
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| 5 | Wojciech GAWRONSKI | POL |
| Kazimierz GAWLIKOWSKI | POL |
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| Henryk POPIELA | POL |
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| 6 | Christophe PRIGENT | FRA |
| Jean-Yves PRIGENT | FRA |
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| Thierry JUNQUET | FRA |
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| 7 | Toni PRIJON | FRG |
| Peter MICHELER | FRG |
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| Dieter FÖRSTL | FRG |
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| 8 | Theo VAN BRUSSELEN | BEL |
| Guy DESSERS | BEL |
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| Thierry COMTE | BEL |
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| 9 | Dieter POENN | CAN |
| Julien BOUCHARD | CAN |
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| Stan WOODS | CAN |
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| 10 | Stuart DRY | AUS |
| Peter STRAZDINS | AUS |
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| Peter FRANCIS | AUS |
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| 11 | Gordon RAYNER | NZL  |
| Gregory BELL | NZL |
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| Rod LAURENSON | NZL |
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| 12 | Sixten BJÖRKLUND | SWE  |
| Mats OLSSON | SWE |
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| Göran HEDSTRÖM | SWE |
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| 13 | Nico PETERS | LUX  |
| Romain ENGELS | LUX |
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| Jean Paul SCHMIT | LUX |
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| 14 | Paul MORONEY | IRL |
| Shane KELLY | IRL |
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| Eunan MALONE | IRL |
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| 15 | Shoichi HARA | JPN  |
| Noboyuki MIYAZAKI | JPN |
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| Tsuyoshi FUJINO | JPN |
Women's Kayak - team
| 1 | Cathy HEARN | USA |
| Linda HARRISON | USA |
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| Becky JUDD | USA |
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| 2 | Ulrike DEPPE | FRG |
| Elke DIETZE | FRG |
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| Gabriele KÖLLMANN | FRG |
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| 3 | Kathrin WEISS | SUI |
| Sabine WEISS | SUI |
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| Alena KUCERA | SUI |
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| 4 | Elizabeth SHARMAN | GBR |
| Susan SMALL | GBR |
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| Jane RODERICK | GBR |
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| 5 | Jocelyne ROUPIOZ | FRA |
| Sylvie LEPELTIER | FRA |
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| Myriam JERUSALMI-FOX | FRA |
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| 6 | Claudia KERCKHOFF-VAN WIJK | CAN |
| Elisabeth BUREAUD | CAN |
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| Monique BOURDON | CAN |
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| 7 | Wendy BALDING | AUS |
| Robyn MEIER | AUS |
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| Julie PREEN | AUS |