The 1995 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Duisburg, Germany for the third time. The German city had hosted the event previously in 1979 and 1987 when it was part of West Germany.
The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Six events were held for the women, all in kayak.
This was the 27th championships in canoe sprint.
| Event | align=center bgcolor="gold" | Gold | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Time | align=center bgcolor="silver" | Silver | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Time | align=center bgcolor="CC9966" | Bronze | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Time |
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| K-1 200 m | ||||||||||||
| K-1 500 m | ||||||||||||
| K-2 200 m | Corinna Kennedy Marie-Josée Gilbeau | Susanne Rosenqvist Susanne Gunnarsson | Larissa Kosorukova Tatyana Tischenko | |||||||||
| K-2 500 m | Ramona Portwich Anett Schuck | Elżbieta Urbańczyk Barbara Hacjel | Susanne Rosenqvist Susanne Gunnarsson | |||||||||
| K-4 200 m | Caroline Brunet Alison Herst Corrina Kennedy Marie-Josée Gibeau | Manuela Mucke Ramona Portwich Birgit Schmidt Anett Schuck | Ingela Eriksson Maria Haglund Anna Olsson Susanne Rosenqvist | |||||||||
| K-4 500 m | Manuela Mucke Ramona Portwich Birgit Schmidt Anett Schuck | Xian Bangdi Gao Beibei Dong Ying Zhang Qin | Kinga Czigány Éva Dónusz Rita Kőbán Szilvia Mednyánszky |
