GDR-championships - 1979
Zeitz (Haynsburg)/GDR - Weiße Elster
23-JUN-1979 - 24-JUN-1979
C1-men - individual
| 1 | Lutz KÖRNER | Zeitz |
| 2 | Frank KUKUCZKA | Spremberg |
| 3 | Detlef UTH | Magdeburg |
C2-men - individual
| 1 | Enrico NEITZ - Klaus TRUMMER | Zeitz |
| 2 | Horst KOPSCH - Mathias BECK | Leipzig |
| 3 | Holger SCHULZE - Thomas KONOPKA | Leipzig |
K1 men - individual
| 1 | Uwe BÖCKELMANN | Leipzig |
| 2 | Bernd FLECKEISEN | SC DHfK Leipzig |
| 3 | Volker BRETSCHNEIDER | Zwickau |
Women's Kayak - individual
| 1 | Martina FALKE | Zeitz |
| 2 | Marion BAUMANN | SC DHfK Leipzig |
| 3 | Silvia HÖNICKE | Leipzig |
C1-men - team
| 1 | Klaus TRUMMER | Zeitz |
| Enrico NEITZ | Zeitz | |
| Lutz KÖRNER | Zeitz | |
| 2 | Hubert KRAEFT | Sömmerda |
| Michael KÜHN | Sömmerda | |
| Frank HAASE | Sömmerda | |
| 3 | Peter FRANK | Zeitz |
| Rene ULBRICH | Zeitz | |
| Uwe STIEBERITZ | Zeitz |
C2-men - team
| 1 | Horst KOPSCH - Mathias BECK | Leipzig |
| Holger SCHULZE - Thomas KONOPKA | Leipzig | |
| Bodo KORZIN - Uwe STIELER | Leipzig | |
| 2 | Roland FALKE - Ulf KRAUSE | Zeitz |
| Jens WILDE - Frithjof BERGNER | Zeitz | |
| Dirk SEIDEL - Holger TAUDTE | Zeitz | |
| 3 | LEHMANN - Günter BECKER | Magdeburg |
| Uwe MENSING - Rudolf BARTHODSIEJ | Magdeburg | |
| Fred AHRENS - Lutz KRANZ | Bützow |
K1 men - team
| 1 | Bernd FLECKEISEN | Leipzig |
| Jörg HANNES | Leipzig | |
| Uwe BÖCKELMANN | Leipzig | |
| 2 | K.-Joachim MACHNOW | Dessau |
| Andreas NITZSCHKE | Dessau | |
| Bernd RÖSNER | Dessau | |
| 3 | Ronald ERNST | ASK Vorwärts Leipzig |
| Sven PEILER | ASK Vorwärts Leipzig | |
| Udo DIETRICH | ASK Vorwärts Leipzig |
Women's Kayak - team
| 1 | Sylvia MEHLER | ASK Vorwärts Leipzig |
| Kordula STRIEPECKE | ASK Vorwärts Leipzig | |
| Barbara SCHMIDT | ASK Vorwärts Leipzig | |
| 2 | Heike LUCAS | SC DHfK Leipzig |
| Gisela STEPHAN | ASK Vorwärts Leipzig | |
| Andrea SCHMIDTKE | Leipzig | |
| 3 | Beate MÖBIUS | Coswig |
| Petra KLOSE | Coswig | |
| Simone KALKS | Coswig |