World Championships - 1959
Genf/SUI - Rhone - Rhone
26-JUL-1959 - 27-JUL-1959
C2-mixed - individual
| 1 | Manfred MERKEL - Rita BEHREND | GDR  |
| 2 | Margitta TRÖGER - Günther MERKEL | GDR |
| 3 | Ellen KRÜGEL - Siegfried SEIDEMANN | GDR |
C1-men - individual
| 1 | Vladimir JIRASEK | TCH  |
| 2 | Manfred SCHUBERT | GDR |
| 3 | Karl-Heinz WOZNIAK | GDR |
| 4 | Vaclav JANOVSKY | TCH |
| 5 | Günther BECK | FRG  |
| 6 | Gert KLEINERT | GDR |
| 7 | Ludek BENES | TCH |
| 8 | Otto STUMPF | FRG |
| 9 | Emil ZIMMERMANN | GDR |
| 10 | Heiner STUMPF | FRG |
| 11 | Jean-Claude TOCHON | SUI  |
| 12 | Roland BODENDORFER | AUT  |
| 13 | Jean MEICHTRY | SUI |
| 14 | Roland BARDET | SUI |
| 15 | Marcel ROTH | SUI |
| 16 | Etienne BRUNETTE | FRA  |
| 17 | Harry JAROSCH | AUT |
| 18 | André LIGER | FRA |
| 19 | Pierce ANCEL | FRA |
| 20 | Josef BREITENFELLNER | AUT |
| 21 | Walter WATSCHINGER | AUT |
C2-men - individual
| 1 | Horst KLEINERT - Dieter FRIEDRICH | GDR |
| 2 | Josef HENDRYCH - Vaclav HAVEL | TCH |
| 3 | Lothar SCHUBERT - Dieter GÖTHE | GDR |
| 4 | Milan KNY - Milan HORYNA | TCH |
| 5 | Michel REIG - Bernard DUVAL | FRA |
| 6 | Kurt LONGERICH - Richard HAUSCHILD | FRG |
| 7 | Bohuslav POSPICHAL - Jaroslav POLLERT | TCH |
| 8 | Dare BERNOT - Natan BERNOT | YUG  |
| 9 | Roger PARIS - Claude NEVEU | FRA |
| 10 | Henri KADRNKA - Charles DUSSUET | SUI |
| 11 | Leon ZITNIK - Franc ZITNIK | YUG |
| 12 | Hermann ROOCK - Günter BRÜMMER | FRG |
| 13 | Vladimir LANSKY - Miroslav CIHAK | TCH |
| 14 | Dieter WOITHE - Heinz REICHERT | FRG |
| 15 | Werner KERBL - Bruno KERBL | AUT |
| 16 | Jürgen NOACK - Siegfried LÜCK | GDR |
| 17 | Wolfram KOMNICK - Dieter ASMER | FRG |
| 18 | Robert ZÜRCHER - Jean PESSINA | SUI |
| 19 | Jernej BOLKA - Borut JUSTIN | YUG |
| 20 | Rudolf SEIFERT - Manfred GLÖCKNER | GDR |
| 21 | HILTBRAND - ENZ | SUI |
| 22 | Jean DAGUENET - Jean BOUDEHEN | FRA |
| 23 | Fernand LAMY - Claude LAMY | FRA |
| 24 | Roger TAUSS - Jean-Paul RÖSSINGER | SUI |
| 25 | Karl PRACHNER - Günther APPEL | AUT |
| 26 | Karl ENTLESBERGER - ENTLESBERGER | AUT |
K1 men - individual
| 1 | Paul FARRANT | GBR  |
| 2 | Eberhard GLÄSER | GDR |
| 3 | Heinz BIELIG | GDR |
| 4 | Miloslav DUFFEK | SUI |
| 5 | Vladimir CIBAK | TCH |
| 6 | Günther MÖBIUS | GDR |
| 7 | Jan PARA | TCH |
| 8 | Josef DANEK | AUT |
| 9 | Dieter BIELIG | GDR |
| 10 | Miran MOSETISCH | YUG |
| 11 | Manfred VOGT | FRG |
| 12 | Georg SAMHUBER | FRG |
| 13 | Zdenek KOSTAL | TCH |
| 14 | Iain CARMICHAEL | GBR |
| 15 | Rudolf LUBINGER | AUT |
| 16 | Edouard ROTHPLETZ | SUI |
| 17 | Albin SPACAL | YUG |
| 18 | Pavel BONE | YUG |
| 19 | Willi GERSTGRASSER | ITA  |
| 20 | Richard NOLL | FRG |
| 21 | Claude DUMONT | FRA |
| 22 | Werner VOGLER | FRG |
| 23 | Fernand GÖTZ | SUI |
| 24 | Henri JEANJEAN | FRA |
| 25 | Michel JACQUEMIN | FRA |
| 26 | Robert FABIAN | AUT |
| 27 | Keith WHITE | GBR |
| 28 | Bogdan SVET | YUG |
| 29 | Pierre ROTHPLETZ | SUI |
| 30 | Richard MARTINSICH | AUT |
| 31 | Marcel BEAUJEAN | BEL  |
| 32 | Paul DE VESTIBULLE | BEL |
| 33 | Claude MENDES DA COSTA | BEL |
| 34 | Julian SHAW | GBR |
| 35 | Sigi GERSTGRASSER | ITA |
| 36 | Ferdy CREMER | BEL |
| 37 | Michel COTILLON | FRA |
| 38 | Carlo WETZEL | LUX  |
| 39 | Alex CRONBERG | DEN  |
Women's Kayak - individual
| 1 | Hilde URBANIAK | FRG |
| 2 | Anneliese BAUER | GDR |
| 3 | Inge WALTHEMATE | FRG |
| 4 | Renata SONSKA | TCH |
| 5 | Ursula GLÄSER | GDR |
| 6 | Rosemarie BISINGER | FRG |
| 7 | Elfriede HUGO | GDR |
| 8 | Eva SETZKORN | GDR |
| 9 | Lilo SIMON | FRG |
| 10 | Fritzi SCHWINGL | AUT |
| 11 | Marguerite ULMER | FRA |
| 12 | Madeleine ZIMMERMANN | SUI |
| 13 | Yolande KADRNKA | SUI |
| 14 | Irmgard DUFFEK | SUI |
C1-men - team
| 1 | Vladimir JIRASEK | TCH |
| Vaclav JANOVSKY | TCH |
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| Ludek BENES | TCH |
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| 2 | Gert KLEINERT | GDR |
| Manfred SCHUBERT | GDR |
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| Karl-Heinz WOZNIAK | GDR |
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| 3 | Roland BARDET | SUI |
| Marcel ROTH | SUI |
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| Jean-Claude TOCHON | SUI |
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| 4 | Pierce ANCEL | FRA |
| Etienne BRUNETTE | FRA |
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| André LIGER | FRA |
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| 5 | Günther BECK | FRG |
| Heiner STUMPF | FRG |
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| Otto STUMPF | FRG |
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| 6 | Harry JAROSCH | AUT |
| Josef BREITENFELLNER | AUT |
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| Roland BODENDORFER | AUT |
C2-men - team
| 1 | Horst KLEINERT - Dieter FRIEDRICH | GDR |
| Lothar SCHUBERT - Dieter GÖTHE | GDR |
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| Rudolf SEIFERT - Manfred GLÖCKNER | GDR |
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| 2 | Josef HENDRYCH - Vaclav HAVEL | TCH |
| Milan KNY - Milan HORYNA | TCH |
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| Vladimir LANSKY - Miroslav CIHAK | TCH |
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| 3 | Henri KADRNKA - Charles DUSSUET | SUI |
| HILTBRAND - ENZ | SUI |
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| Robert ZÜRCHER - Jean PESSINA | SUI |
K1 men - team
| 1 | Eberhard GLÄSER | GDR |
| Günther MÖBIUS | GDR |
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| Heinz BIELIG | GDR |
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| 2 | Vladimir CIBAK | TCH |
| Zdenek KOSTAL | TCH |
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| Jan PARA | TCH |
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| 3 | Georg SAMHUBER | FRG |
| Werner VOGLER | FRG |
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| Manfred VOGT | FRG |
Women's Kayak - team
| 1 | Ursula GLÄSER | GDR |
| Elfriede HUGO | GDR |
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| Eva SETZKORN | GDR |