1959 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
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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.
Contents
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 |  SwitzerlandRoland 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 | |
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