World Championships - 1981
Bala/GBR - Tryweryn River
22-JUL-1981 - 24-JUL-1981
C2-mixed - individual
| 1 | Elizabeth TURNER - Fritz HALLER | USA  |
| 2 | John SWEET - Barbara MCKEE | USA |
| 3 | Brett SORENSEN - Karen MARTE | USA |
| 4 | Martial CHABBEY - Francoise NICOD | SUI  |
| 5 | Germinal PEIRO - Claudine PEIRO | FRA  |
| 6 | Egil KNUTSEN - Barbro HILLESTAD | NOR  |
C1-men - individual
| 1 | Jon LUGBILL | USA |
| 2 | David HEARN | USA |
| 3 | Jean SENNELIER | FRA |
| 4 | Martyn HEDGES | GBR  |
| 5 | Ron LUGBILL | USA |
| 6 | Kent FORD | USA |
| 7 | Peter KEANE | GBR |
| 8 | Milan GABA | TCH  |
| 9 | Gerald MOOS | FRG  |
| 10 | Hervé MADORÉ | FRA |
| 11 | Freddy ZIMMERMANN | FRG |
| 12 | Edward FLORIAN | POL  |
| 13 | Piotr SARATA | POL |
| 14 | Jean SALAME | FRA |
| 15 | Juraj ONTKO | TCH |
| 16 | Jürgen SCHNITZERLING-DENK | FRG |
| 17 | Joze VIDMAR | YUG  |
| 18 | Dietmar MOOS | FRG |
| 19 | Srecko MASLE | YUG |
| 20 | Bill BERISFORD | GBR |
| 21 | Claude GIACOMINO | ITA  |
| 22 | Alain MEISTER | SUI |
| 23 | Karel TOUPALIK | TCH |
| 24 | Pierre DUBATH | SUI |
| 25 | Daniel BALTHAZARD | CAN  |
| 26 | Alberto BONAMIMI | ITA |
| 27 | Petr KRYSL | TCH |
| 28 | Jeremy TAYLOR | GBR |
| 29 | Denis HENNESSY | IRL  |
| 30 | Peter FAHRNI | SUI |
| 31 | Faruk RADONCIC | YUG |
| 32 | Jeff MCCOLL | CAN |
| 33 | Bernard MCNALLY | IRL |
C2-men - individual
K1 men - individual
Women's Kayak - individual
| 1 | Ulrike DEPPE | FRG |
| 2 | Cathy HEARN | USA |
| 3 | Jocelyne ROUPIOZ | FRA |
| 4 | Yuri KUSUDA | USA |
| 5 | Marcela HILGERTOVA | TCH |
| 6 | Marcela KUBRICANOVA | TCH |
| 7 | Zdenka GROSSMANNOVA | TCH |
| 8 | Susanne ERBERS | FRG |
| 9 | Gabriele KÖLLMANN | FRG |
| 10 | Jane RODERICK | GBR |
| 11 | Sabine WEISS | SUI |
| 12 | Claudia KERCKHOFF-VAN WIJK | CAN |
| 13 | Renate WEILGUNY | AUT  |
| 14 | Eileen MURPHY | IRL |
| 15 | Elizabeth SHARMAN | GBR |
| 16 | Linda HARRISON | USA |
| 17 | Susan SMALL | GBR |
| 18 | Sue NORMAN | USA |
| 19 | Sylvie LEPELTIER | FRA |
| 20 | Beatrix WOLFFHARDT | AUT |
| 21 | Susan GARRIOCK | GBR |
| 22 | Marie-Francoise GRANGE-PRIGENT | FRA |
| 23 | Bernadette DÖNNI | SUI |
| 24 | Myriam JERUSALMI-FOX | FRA |
| 25 | Drahomira PILNACKOVA | TCH |
| 26 | Alena KREJZA | SUI |
| 27 | Kathrin WEISS | SUI |
| 28 | Rosine ROLAND | BEL  |
| 29 | Romana ZWILINK | AUT |
| 30 | Robyn MEIER | AUS  |
| 31 | Brigitte SCHLAAFF | FRG |
| 32 | Keiko TOYADA | JPN  |
| 33 | Kerry GREEVES | IRL |
C1-men - team
| 1 | Jon LUGBILL | USA |
| David HEARN | USA |
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| Ron LUGBILL | USA |
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| 2 | Hervé MADORÉ | FRA |
| Jean SENNELIER | FRA |
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| Jean SALAME | FRA |
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| 3 | Gerald MOOS | FRG |
| Freddy ZIMMERMANN | FRG |
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| Jürgen SCHNITZERLING-DENK | FRG |
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| 4 | Martyn HEDGES | GBR |
| Peter KEANE | GBR |
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| Bill BERISFORD | GBR |
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| 5 | Juraj ONTKO | TCH |
| Milan GABA | TCH |
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| Karel TOUPALIK | TCH |
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| 6 | Srecko MASLE | YUG |
| Joze VIDMAR | YUG |
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| Faruk RADONCIC | YUG |
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| 7 | Alain MEISTER | SUI |
| Pierre DUBATH | SUI |
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| Peter FAHRNI | SUI |
C2-men - team
| 1 | Alistair MUNRO - Jock YOUNG | GBR |
| Robert OWEN - Robert JOCE | GBR |
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| Robin WILLIAMS - Eric JAMIESON | GBR |
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| 2 | Jerzy JEZ - Wojciech KUDLIK | POL |
| Zbigniew CZAJA - Jacek KASPRZYCKI | POL |
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| Marek MASLANKA - Ryszard SERUGA | POL |
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| 3 | Jefry HUEY - Paul GRABOW | USA |
| Mike GARVIS - Steve GARVIS | USA |
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| Paul FLACK - Carl GUTSCHICK | USA |
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| 4 | Jacques CALORI - Pierre CALORI | FRA |
| Mare LABEDENS - Richard HERNANZ | FRA |
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| Robert PLATT - Christophe PRIGENT | FRA |
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| 5 | Peter CZUPRYNA - Dieter WELSINK | FRG |
| Thomas KLEIN-IMPELMANN - Bernd GERHARZ | FRG |
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| Peter HEIERHOFF - Achim MÖLLER | FRG |
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| 6 | Ladislav BENHAK - Jiri BENHAK | TCH |
| Frantisek VAVRIK - Frantisek SILHAVECKY | TCH |
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| Ludovit TKAC - Dusan ZATKO | TCH |
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| 7 | Steve WITHERS - Bruce LORD | CAN |
| Rod KIRKHAM - Mark HEARD | CAN |
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| Darryl O'BRIEN - Dale O'BRIEN | CAN |
K1 men - team
Women's Kayak - team
| 1 | Susanne ERBERS | FRG |
| Gabriele KÖLLMANN | FRG |
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| Ulrike DEPPE | FRG |
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| 2 | Elizabeth SHARMAN | GBR |
| Jane RODERICK | GBR |
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| Susan SMALL | GBR |
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| 3 | Linda HARRISON | USA |
| Yuri KUSUDA | USA |
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| Cathy HEARN | USA |
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| 4 | Jocelyne ROUPIOZ | FRA |
| Myriam JERUSALMI-FOX | FRA |
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| Sylvie LEPELTIER | FRA |
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| 5 | Zdenka GROSSMANNOVA | TCH |
| Marcela KUBRICANOVA | TCH |
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| Marcela HILGERTOVA | TCH |
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| 6 | Renate WEILGUNY | AUT |
| Beatrix WOLFFHARDT | AUT |
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| Romana ZWILINK | AUT |
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| 7 | Sabine WEISS | SUI |
| Alena KREJZA | SUI |
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| Bernadette DÖNNI | SUI |