The 1977 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Spittal, Austria under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the record setting third time. It was the 15th edition. Spittal hosted the championships previously in 1963 and 1965. A record ten countries won medals at these championships, including the first for Australia.
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| C1 team | Reinhard Eiben Peter Massalski Lutz Körner | Dietmar Moos Ernst Libuda Walter Horn | Jaroslav Radil Karel Třešňák Petr Sodomka | |||||||||
| C2 | Walter Hofmann Jürgen Kalbitz | Miroslav Nedvěd Pavel Schwarc | Michael Berek Frank Kretschmer | |||||||||
| C2 team | Jiří Benhák & Ladislav Benhák Radomír Halfar & Svetomír Kmošťák Miroslav Nedvěd & Pavel Schwarc | Martin Wyss & Roland Wyss Matthias Hirsch & Manfred Walter Jiří Krejza & Jan Karel | Jan Frączek & Ryszard Seruga Wojciech Kudlik & Jerzy Jeż Zbigniew Leśniak & Maciej Rychta |
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| K1 team | Jean-Yves Prigent Bernard Renault Christian Frossard | Eduard Wolffhardt Norbert Sattler Peter Fauster | Wojciech Gawroński Jerzy Stanuch Kazimierz Gawlikowski |
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| C2 | Marietta Gillman Chuck Lyda | Linda Aponte John Kennedy | Kym Purdy Stuart Dry |
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| K1 | ||||||||||||
| K1 team | Elisabeth Käser Kathrin Weiss Claire Costa | Angelika Bahmann Birgit Feydt Petra Krol | Cathy Hearn Jean Campbell Linda Harrison |