The 1965 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Spittal an der Drau, Austria under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the second time in a row after hosting the event previously in 1963. It was the 9th edition. It also marked some changes in which the folding kayak events were replaced by standard kayaks for the men's and women's events. Additionally, the mixed C2 team event returned for the first time since 1957.
| 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 |
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| C1 | 335.5 | 374.0 | 383.3 | |||||||||
| C1 team | Jiří Vočka Luděk Beneš Bohuslav Pospíchal | 472.8 | Christian Kaufmann Heiner Stumpf Otto Stumpf | 517.9 | Jochen Förster Gert Kleinert Manfred Schubert | 537.9 | ||||||
| C2 | Günther Merkel Manfred Merkel | 369.7 | Jiří Dejl Zdeněk Fifka | 432.3 | Fernand Götz Wolfgang Klingebiel | 446.9 | ||||||
| C2 team | Ladislav Měšťan & Zdeněk Měšťan Emil Pollert & Jaroslav Pollert Jaroslav Brejcha & Milan Kalas | 1040.2 | Janez Andrejašič & Jože Gerkman Milan Vidmar & Borut Justin Franc Žitnik & Leon Žitnik | 1231.7 | Friedrich Bohry & Walter Gehlen Hermann Roock & Norbert Schmidt Wolf Dieter Seller & Günther Tuchel | 1322.7 |
| 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 |
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| K1 | 276.7 | 277.4 | 277.7 | |||||||||
| K1 team | Manfred Vogt Eugen Weimann Horst Dieter Engelke | 493.5 | Eberhard Gläser Fritz Lange Rolf Luber | 519.2 | Robert Fabian Manfred Hausmann Kurt Presslmayr | 565.8 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C2 | Ludmilla Sirotková Václav Janoušek | 475.4 | Jiřina Šedivcová Josef Šedivec | 494.1 | Erika Schönfeld Horst Wängler | 532.4 | ||||||
| C2 team | Edith Grabo & Werner Lempert Monika Lehmann & Rolf Müller Erika Schönfeld & Horst Wängler | 747.2 | Milada Absolonová & Antonín Absolon Ludmilla Sirotková & Václav Janoušek Jiřina Šedivcová & Josef Šedivec | 843.8 | Simone Blanc & Gérard Ghidini Michele Olry & Michel Berthenet Henriette Guette & Jean Olry | 2117.5 |
| 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 |
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| K1 | 310.7 | 345.5 | 381.3 | |||||||||
| K1 team | Ursula Gläser Bärbel Richter Lia Merkel | 420.5 | Bohumila Kapplová Renata Knýová Ludmila Polesná | 592.7 | Heide Boikat Bärbel Körner Kirsten Schmidt | 722.2 |