1981 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships

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1981 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships
National White Water Centre. Frongoch, Bala
Host cityBala, United Kingdom
LevelSenior
Events9
1980
1982

The 1981 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships was the 12th edition of the global wildwater canoeing competition, Wildwater Canoeing World Championships, organised by the International Canoe Federation.[1]

Results[edit]

K1[edit]

Men[edit]

Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Claude Bénézit  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marco Previde-Massara  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bernard Morin  France
4th Hibble Jeremy  United Kingdom
5th Hollerieth Konrad  West Germany

Men team[edit]

Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Claude Bénézit
Bernard Morin
Christian Frossard
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jeremy Hibble
David Taylor
Jerome Truran
 United Kingdom
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Degenhard Pfeiffer
Konrad Hollerieth
Michael Graessl
 West Germany

Women[edit]

Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dominique Gardette  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gisela Grothaus  West Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anne Plant  East Germany
4th Elisabeth Blencowe  Australia
5th Dagmar Stupp  West Germany

Women team[edit]

Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dagmar Stupp
Gisela Grothaus
Karin Wahl
 West Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sabine Weiss
Claire Costa
Kathrin Weiss
 Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cathy Hearn
Leslie Klein
Carol Fisher
 United States

C1[edit]

Men[edit]

Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gilles Zok  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jean-Luc Verger  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Butler  United States
4th Reiner Pioch  West Germany
5th René Paul  Switzerland

Men team[edit]

Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jean-Luc Ponchon
Gilles Zok
Jean-Luc Verger
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chuck Lyda
Jim Underwood
John Butler
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Klaus Ernst
Willi Fiedler
Rainer Pioch
 West Germany

C2[edit]

Men[edit]

Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Daniel Jacquet
Jean-Jacques Hayne
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michel Doux
Patrick Bunichon
 France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jean-Luc Rigaut
Gilles Bernard
 France
4th Peter Probst
Roland Wyss
 Switzerland
5th Jean-Claude Delage
François Picard
 France

Men team[edit]

Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jacquet / Hayne
Doux / Bunichon
Rigaut / Bernard
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Proquitte / Gonschior
Schumacher / Runo
Bansleben / Berngruber
 West Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Probst / Wyss
Zimmermann / Fürst
Von Büren / Schläppi
 Switzerland

Mixed[edit]

Rank Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Elizabeth Johns
Michael Hpsher
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Claudine Peiro
Germinal Peiro
 France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Petra Berghausen
Eduard Berghausen
 West Germany
4th Claude Jenden
Rodney Jenden
 Luxembourg
5th Eva Stupp
Wolfgang Schumacher
 West Germany

Medal table[edit]

Rank Country 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tot.
1  France 7 3 2 12
2  West Germany 1 2 3 6
3  United States 1 2 2 5
4  United Kingdom 0 1 0 1
-  Switzerland 0 1 1 2
6  Italy 0 1 0 1
7  East Germany 0 0 1 1
Total 9 9 9 27

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 18 March 2020.

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