The 1973 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Muotathal, Switzerland under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the 13th edition. A record nine nations won medals at the championships.
| 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 | 269.1 | 270.1 | 284.0 | |||||||||
| C1 team | Karel Třešňák Petr Sodomka Jaroslav Radil | 291.6 | Reinhard Eiben Peter Massalski Udo Müller | 305.0 | Walter Horn Wolfgang Peters Josef Schumacher | 361.2 | ||||||
| C2 | Jiří Krejza Jaroslav Pollert | 164.0 | Jürgen Kretschmer Klaus Trummer | 168.0 | Wilhelm Baues Hans-Otto Schumacher | 178.1 | ||||||
| C2 team | Karl-Heinz Scheffer & Heinz-Jürgen Steinschulte Hans-Otto Schumacher & Wilhelm Baues Michael Reimann & Olaf Fricke | 508.5 | František Kadaňka & Antonín Brabec Jiří Krejza & Jaroslav Pollert Josef Havela & Bohumír Machát | 547.8 | Jürgen Kretschmer & Klaus Trummer Hubert Kraeft & Jürgen Köhler Peter Grabowski & Josef Raschke | 558.9 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K1 | 134.6 | 137.3 | 138.3 | |||||||||
| K1 team | Siegbert Horn Christian Döring Wolfgang Büchner | 244.7 | Wojciech Gawroński Jerzy Stanuch Stanisław Majerczak | 277.8 | Michel Magdinier Claude Peschier Éric Koechlin | 308.6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C2 | Dave Knight Carol Knight | 474.1 | Norman Holcombe Barbara Holcombe | 522.0 | Peter van Stipdonk Ria van Stipdonk | 590.1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K1 | 288.4 | 292.4 | 295.2 | |||||||||
| K1 team | Louise Holcombe Lyn Ashton Candice Clark | 337.9 | Danielle Kamber Elisabeth Käser Eva Karel | 360.9 | Sybille Spindler Martina Falke Marion Bauman | 369.4 |