1979 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships

1979 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships
1979 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships
Host city	Desbiens, Canada
Level	Senior
Events	8
	← 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

Men
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Jean-Pierre Burny	Belgium
	Robert Campbell	United Kingdom
	Claude Bénézit	France

Women
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Dominique Gardette	France
	Gisela Steigerwald	West Germany
	Renate Prijon	West Germany

Men team
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Degenhard Pfeiffer Konrad Hollerieth Jörg Winfried	West Germany
	Jean-Marc Dauge Henry Estanguet Claude Bénézit	France
	Bob Campbell Dave Taylor Jeremy Hibble	United Kingdom

Women team
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Cathy Hearn Carol Fisher Leslie Klein	United States
	Ulrike Deppe Gisela Grothaus Renate Prijon	West Germany
	Hillary Peacock Jill Adams Susan Hornsby	United Kingdom

Men
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Jean-Luc Verger	France
	Gilles Zok	France
	Paul René	Switzerland

Men team
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	François Bonnet Gilles Zok Jean-Luc Verger	France
	Chuck Lyda Kent Ford John Evans	United States
	Klaus Ernst Ernst Libuda Rainer Pioch	West Germany

Men
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Michel Doux Patrick Bunichon	France
	Daniel Jacquet Jean-Jacques Hayne	France
	Peter Probst Hardy Künzli	Switzerland

Men team
Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Doux / Bunichon Hayne / Jacquet Feuillette / Madore	France
	Schmidt / Roock Schumacher / Runo Gefeller / Berngruber	West Germany
	Wyss / Wyss Zimmermann / Fürst Künzli / Probst	Switzerland