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1979 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships
Host city Desbiens, Canada
LevelSenior
Events8
1977
1981

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) Robert Campbell   United Kingdom
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Claude Bénézit   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) Renate Prijon   West Germany


Men team
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Degenhard Pfeiffer
Konrad Hollerieth
Jörg Winfried
  West Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jean-Marc Dauge
Henry Estanguet
Claude Bénézit
  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bob Campbell
Dave Taylor
Jeremy Hibble
  United Kingdom
Women team
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Cathy Hearn
Carol Fisher
Leslie Klein
  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ulrike Deppe
Gisela Grothaus
Renate Prijon
  West Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hillary Peacock
Jill Adams
Susan Hornsby
  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) Paul René   Switzerland
Men team
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) François Bonnet
Gilles Zok
Jean-Luc Verger
  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chuck Lyda
Kent Ford
John Evans
  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Klaus Ernst
Ernst Libuda
Rainer Pioch
  West Germany


C2

Men
Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michel Doux
Patrick Bunichon
  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Daniel Jacquet
Jean-Jacques Hayne
  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. ^ Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

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