The 2005 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia at the Penrith Whitewater Stadium under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the 29th edition. This marked the first time the events took place on the Australian continent on the venue that hosted the slalom canoeing event for the 2000 Summer Olympics in neighboring Sydney.
| 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 | 209.26 | 209.47 | 210.64 | |||||||||
| C1 team | Olivier Lalliet Pierre Labarelle Tony Estanguet | 229.47 | Nico Bettge Stefan Pfannmöller Jan Benzien | 229.90 | Tomáš Indruch Jan Mašek Stanislav Ježek | 235.10 | ||||||
| C2 | Christian Bahmann Michael Senft | 224.40 | Milan Kubáň Marián Olejník | 229.02 | Marcus Becker Stefan Henze | 230.49 | ||||||
| C2 team (non-medal event) | Christian Bahmann & Michael Senft Kay Simon & Robby Simon Marcus Becker & Stefan Henze | 248.13 | Jaroslav Pospíšil & Jaroslav Pollert Marek Jiras & Tomáš Máder Jaroslav Volf & Ondřej Štěpánek | 260.85 | Remy Alonso & Victor Lamy Philippe Quémerais & Yann Le Pennec Cédric Forgit & Martin Braud | 963.28 |
| 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 | 201.35 | 204.09 | 207.25 | |||||||||
| K1 team | Julien Billaut Fabien Lefèvre Benoît Peschier | 218.49 | Pierpaolo Ferrazzi Matteo Pontarollo Daniele Molmenti | 222.08 | Andrej Nolimal Dejan Kralj Peter Kauzer | 223.45 |
| 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 | 219.86 | 222.69 | 229.38 | |||||||||
| K1 team | Irena Pavelková Marcela Sadilová Štěpánka Hilgertová | 254.37 | Heather Corrie Kimberley Walsh Laura Blakeman | 260.57 | Julia Schmid Corinna Kuhnle Violetta Oblinger-Peters | 277.54 |