1959 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 1959 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Geneva, Switzerland under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the second time. The mixed C-2 team event was not held at these championships after taking place in the previous one. The Swiss city hosted the championships previously in 1949.
Medal summary
Men's
Canoe
Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C-1 | Vladimír Jirásek (TCH) | 421 | Manfred Schubert (GDR) | 453 | Karl-Heinz Wozniak (GDR) | 470 |
C-1 team | Czechoslovakia Luděk Beneš Václav Janovský Vladimír Jirásek | 772 | East Germany Karl-Heinz Wozniak Gert Kleinert Manfred Schubert | 872 | Switzerland Roland Bardet Jean-Claude Tochon Marcel Roth | 1078 |
C-2 | East Germany Dieter Friedrich Horst Kleinert | 395 | Czechoslovakia Václav Havel Josef Hendrych | 446 | East Germany Dieter Göthe Lothar Schubert | 448 |
C-2 team | East Germany Dieter Friedrich & Horst Kleinert Dieter Göthe & Lothar Schubert Manfred Glöckner & Rudolf Seifert | 664 | Czechoslovakia Miroslav Čihák & Vladimír Lánský Václav Havel & Josef Hendrych Milan Horyna & Milan Kný | 811 | Switzerland Charles Dussuet & Henri Kadrnka Enz & Hiltbrand Jean Pessina & Robert Zürcher | 912 |
Kayak
Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Folding K-1 | Paul Farrant (GBR) | 335 | Eberhard Gläser (GDR) | 344 | Heinz Bielig (GDR) | 395 |
Folding K-1 team | East Germany Eberhard Gläser Heinz Bielig Günther Möbius | 529 | Czechoslovakia Jan Pára Vladimír Cibák Zdeněk Košťál | 614 | West Germany Manfred Vogt Georg Samhuber Werner Vogler | 653 |
Mixed
Canoe
Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C-2 | East Germany Rita Behrend Manfred Merkel | 610 | East Germany Margitta Troger Günther Merkel | 810 | East Germany Ellen Krügel Siegfried Seidemann | 849 |
Women's
Kayak
Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Folding K-1 | Hilde Urbaniak (FRG) | 589 | Anneliese Bauer (GDR) | 597 | Inge Walthemate (FRG) | 627 |
Folding K-1 team | East Germany Ursula Gläser Eva Setzkorn Elfriede Hugo | 1104 | - | - |
Medals table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | East Germany | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
2 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
3 | West Germany | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
4 | United Kingdom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Total | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 |
References
- Results
- International Canoe Federation
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
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