1955 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 1955 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Tacen, Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia) under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the 4th edition. The Mixed C2 event debuted at these championships.
Medal summary
Men's
Canoe
| Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C1 | Vladimír Jirásek (TCH) | 244.0 | Luděk Beneš (TCH) | 262.0 | Karl-Heinz Wozniak (GDR) | 284.5 |
| C1 team |
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Jirásek Jiří Hradil Luděk Beneš |
362.0 |
East Germany Karl-Heinz Wozniak Dieter Fritzsche Manfred Schubert |
617.5 |
Switzerland Roland Bardet Jean-Claude Tochon Robert Inhelder |
858.0 |
| C2 |
France Claude Neveu Roger Paris |
270.9 |
East Germany Dieter Friedrich Horst Kleinert |
272.2 |
Czechoslovakia František Hrabě Jiří Kotana |
285.3 |
| C2 team |
Czechoslovakia František Hrabě & Jiří Kotana Vladimír Lánský & Josef Hendrych Rudolf Flégr & Milan Řehoř |
409.7 |
East Germany Dieter Friedrich & Horst Kleinert Dieter Göthe & Helmut Weise Franz Brendel & Günter Grosswig |
515.8 |
Austria Wolfram Steinwendtner & Bruno Kerbl Harry Jarosch & Eduard Haider Alfred Falkner & Richard Schauer |
718.9 |
Kayak
| Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folding K1 | Sigi Holzbauer (FRG) | 223.5 | Miloslav Duffek (SUI) | 231.2 | Jože Ilija (YUG) | 243.0 |
| Folding K1 team |
West Germany Manfred Vogt Sigi Holzbauer Alois Würfmannsdobler |
326.6 |
Austria Robert Fabian Rudolf Klepp Eduard Radelspöck |
395.0 |
Czechoslovakia Dimitrij Skolil Vladimír Cibák Zdeněk Matějovský |
402.2 |
Mixed
Canoe
| Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C2 |
Czechoslovakia Dana Martanová Jiří Pecka |
396.1 |
France Simone Gavinet René Gavinet |
461.1 |
Czechoslovakia Jarmila Pacherová Miroslav Čihák |
505.0 |
Women's
Kayak
| Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folding K1 | Rosemarie Biesinger (FRG) | 350.5 | Karin Tietze (GDR) | 353.4 | Eva Setzkorn (GDR) | 373.0 |
| Folding K1 team |
East Germany Eva Setzkorn Elfriede Hugo Karin Tietze |
574.0 |
West Germany Rosemarie Biesinger Anni Reifinger Hanni Schulte |
696.1 |
Czechoslovakia Jaroslava Havlová Květa Havlová Renata Knýová |
Medals table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | West Germany (FRG) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |