The 1959 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Geneva, Switzerland under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the second time. It was the 6th edition. The mixed C2 team event was not held at these championships after taking place in the previous one. The Swiss city hosted the championships previously in 1949.
Medal summary
Men's Canoe Event Gold Points Silver Points Bronze PointsC1 421 453 470C1 team Luděk BenešVáclav JanovskýVladimír Jirásek 772 Manfred SchubertKarl-Heinz WozniakGert Kleinert 872 Jean-Claude TochonMarcel RothRoland Bardet 1078C2 Dieter FriedrichHorst Kleinert 395 Václav HavelJosef Hendrych 446 Dieter GötheLothar Schubert 448C2 team Dieter Friedrich & Horst KleinertDieter Göthe & Lothar SchubertRudolf Seifert & Manfred Glöckner 664 Václav Havel & Josef HendrychMilan Kný & Milan HorynaVladimír Lánský & Miroslav Čihák 811 Charles Dussuet & Henri KadrnkaJean Pessina & Robert ZürcherEnz & Hiltbrand 912
Kayak Event Gold Points Silver Points Bronze PointsFolding K1 335 344 395.3Folding K1 team Eberhard GläserHeinz BieligGünther Möbius 529 Jan PáraVladimír CibákZdeněk Košťál 614 Manfred VogtGeorg SamhuberWerner Vogler 653
Mixed Canoe Event Gold Points Silver Points Bronze PointsC2 Rita BehrendManfred Merkel 610 Margitta TrogerGünther Merkel 810 Ellen KrügelSiegfried Seidemann 849
Women's Kayak Event Gold Points Silver Points Bronze PointsFolding K1 589 597 627Folding K1 team Ursula GläserEva SetzkornElfriede Hugo 1104 - -
Medal table
References
External links International Canoe Federation