The 1949 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Geneva, Switzerland under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the inaugural edition.
Eight sets of medals were awarded. There were four individual events and four team events. The team events were just combined times of three selected athletes or crews from the individual events. Only two teams were classified in the men's C1 team, men's C2 team and women's folding K1 team events.
| Event | align=center bgcolor="gold" | Gold | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points | align=center bgcolor="silver" | Silver | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points | align=center bgcolor="CC9966" | Bronze | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C1 | 528.0 | 807.5 | 1227.5 | |||||||||
| C1 team | Pierre d'Alençon Paul Huguet Marcel Renaud | 3134.1 | Jan Brzák-Felix Jiří Purchart Bohuslav Karlík | 4189.9 | - | |||||||
| C2 | Michel Duboille Jacques Rousseau | 1013.0 | Claude Neveu Roger Paris | 1146.6 | Jan Brzák-Felix Bohumil Kudrna | 1280.7 | ||||||
| C2 team | Michel Duboille & Jacques Rousseau Claude Neveu & Roger Paris René Gavinet & Simon Gavinet | 3738.8 | Jan Brzák-Felix & Bohumil Kudrna Václav Nič & Miroslav Drastík Jan Šulc & Karel Koníček | 5090.6 | - |
| Event | align=center bgcolor="gold" | Gold | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points | align=center bgcolor="silver" | Silver | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points | align=center bgcolor="CC9966" | Bronze | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folding K1 | 594.1 | 601.7 | 661.5 | |||||||||
| Folding K1 team | Werner Zimmermann Jean Engler Eduard Kunz | 2355.5 | Hans Frühwirth Rudolf Pillwein Josef Danek | 2606.9 | Bohuslav Fiala Alvin Jeschke Jiří Valeš | 3374.1 |
| Event | align=center bgcolor="gold" | Gold | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points | align=center bgcolor="silver" | Silver | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points | align=center bgcolor="CC9966" | Bronze | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folding K1 | 408.8 | 435.1 | 508.3 | |||||||||
| Folding K1 team | Heidi Pillwein Fritzi Schwingl Gerti Pertlwieser | 1352.2 | Marie Fromaigeat Elsa Oderholz Janine Maulet | 3989.9 | - |