| 1979 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships | |
| Host City: | Desbiens, Canada |
| Events: | 8 |
| Level: | Senior |
| Previous: | 1977 |
| Next: | 1981 |
The 1979 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships was the 11th edition of the global wildwater canoeing competition, Wildwater Canoeing World Championships, organised by the International Canoe Federation.[1]
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Pierre Burny | ||||
| Claude Bénézit |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominique Gardette | ||||
| Gisela Steigerwald | ||||
| Renate Prijon |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Degenhard Pfeiffer Konrad Hollerieth Jörg Winfried | ||||
| Jean-Marc Dauge Henry Estanguet Claude Bénézit | ||||
| Bob Campbell Dave Taylor Jeremy Hibble |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathy Hearn Carol Fisher Leslie Klein | ||||
| Ulrike Deppe Gisela Grothaus Renate Prijon | ||||
| Hillary Peacock Jill Adams Susan Hornsby |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Luc Verger | ||||
| Gilles Zok | ||||
| Paul René |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| François Bonnet Gilles Zok Jean-Luc Verger | ||||
| Chuck Lyda Kent Ford John Evans | ||||
| Klaus Ernst Ernst Libuda Rainer Pioch |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michel Doux Patrick Bunichon | ||||
| Daniel Jacquet Jean-Jacques Hayne | ||||
| Peter Probst Hardy Künzli |
| width=10% | Rank | width=30% | Country | Tot. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||
| 2 | align=left | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | align=left | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 4 | align=left | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5 | align=left | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| - | align=left | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Total | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |||