1979 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships

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1979 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships
Host cityDesbiens, Canada
LevelSenior
Events8
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The 1979 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships was the 11th edition of the global wildwater canoeing competition, Wildwater Canoeing World Championships, organised by the International Canoe Federation.[1]

Podiums[]

K1[]

Men
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jean-Pierre Burny  Belgium
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United Kingdom
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France
Women
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dominique Gardette  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gisela Steigerwald  West Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  West Germany


Men team
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)

 West Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s)

 France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

 United Kingdom


C1[]

Men
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jean-Luc Verger  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gilles Zok  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   Switzerland


C2[]

Men
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)
 France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Peter Probst
Hardy Künzli		   Switzerland
Men team
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Doux / Bunichon
Hayne / Jacquet
Feuillette / Madore		  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Schmidt / Roock
Schumacher / Runo
Gefeller / Berngruber		  West Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wyss / Wyss
Zimmermann / Fürst
Künzli / Probst		   Switzerland


Medal table[]

Rank Country 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tot.
1  France 5 2 2 9
2  West Germany 1 3 2 6
3  United States 1 1 0 2
4  Belgium 1 0 0 1
5  United Kingdom 0 1 2 3
-   Switzerland 0 1 2 3
Total 8 8 8 24

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "INTERNATIONAL CANOE FEDERATION MEDAL WINNERS - Olympic Games and World Championships" (PDF). canoeicf.com. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

External links[]

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