The 1961 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Hainsberg, East Germany under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the 7th edition. The women's folding K1 team event was not held at these championships after taking place in the previous one.
Medal summary
editMen's
editCanoe
edit| Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C1 |  Manfred Schubert (GDR) |
481.4 |  Bohuslav Pospíchal (TCH) |
486.4 | Ingo Kirsch (GDR) |
487.1 |
| C1 team | Czechoslovakia Tibor Sýkora Jaroslav Pollert Bohuslav Pospíchal |
708.4 | East Germany Karl-Heinz Wozniak Manfred Schubert Gert Kleinert |
735.3 |  SwitzerlandJean-Claude Tochon Michel Weber Marcel Roth |
865.3 |
| C2 | East Germany Günther Merkel Manfred Merkel |
408.0 | Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Valenta Miroslav Stach |
413.9 | East Germany Dieter Friedrich Horst Kleinert |
442.9 |
| C2 team | East Germany Horst Rosenhagen & Gernot Bergmann Günther Merkel & Manfred Merkel Dieter Friedrich & Horst Kleinert |
546.5 | Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Valenta & Miroslav Stach Vladimír Lánský & Josef Hendrych Josef Polák & Zdeněk Baumruk |
678.3 | Switzerland Jean Pessina & Robert Zürcher Charles Dussuet & Jean-Paul Rössinger Jean Meichtry & Suchet |
859.4 |
Kayak
edit| Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folding K1 | Eberhard Gläser (GDR) |
351.5 | Roland Hahnebach (GDR) |
367.7 | Jiří Černý (TCH) |
369.9 |
| Folding K1 team | East Germany Roland Hahnebach Eberhard Gläser Horst Wängler |
411.0 | Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Košťál Jiří Černý Jaroslav Vyhlíd |
526.8 |  PolandJan Niemiec Władysław Piecyk Eugeniusz Kapłaniak |
620.7 |
Mixed
editCanoe
edit| Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C2 | Czechoslovakia Vratislava Nováková Karel Novák |
527.0 | East Germany Edith Nickel Willi Landers |
541.3 | Czechoslovakia Jarmila Pacherová Václav Nič |
551.5 |
Women's
editKayak
edit| Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folding K1 | Ludmila Veberová (TCH) |
511.4 | Anneliese Bauer (GDR) |
574.0 | Ute Strompel (GDR) |
617.4 |
Medals table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
References
edit- ^ "Official results" (PDF). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ "Results". Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives: 11 March 2016.