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The 1981 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Bala, Wales, Great Britain from July 15-24 under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation.[1] It was the 17th edition. The mixed C2 event was reinstated after not being held at the previous championships.
Medal summary
[edit]Men's
[edit]Canoe
[edit]Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
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C1 | ![]() |
234.58 | ![]() |
234.92 | ![]() |
246.27 |
C1 team | ![]() Jon Lugbill David Hearn Ron Lugbill |
251.02 | ![]() Hervé Madore Jean Sennelier Jean Salamé |
292.69 | ![]() Gerald Moos Fredi Zimmermann Jürgen Schnitzerling |
333.38 |
C2 | ![]() Steve Garvis Mike Garvis |
264.23 | ![]() Dieter Welsink Peter Czupryna |
271.68 | ![]() Paul Grabow Jefry Huey |
272.78 |
C2 team | ![]() Jock Young & Alistair Munro Robert Joce & Robert Owen Eric Jamieson & Robin Williams |
338.17 | ![]() Wojciech Kudlik & Jerzy Jeż Marek Maslanka & Ryszard Seruga Zbigniew Czaja & Jacek Kasprzycki |
356.30 | ![]() Carl Gutschick & Paul Flack Paul Grabow & Jefry Huey Steve Garvis & Mike Garvis |
395.14 |
Kayak
[edit]Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
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K1 | ![]() |
211.94 | ![]() |
214.35 | ![]() |
219.58 |
K1 team | ![]() Richard Fox Albert Kerr Nicolas Wain |
246.55 | ![]() Jürg Götz Urs Steinmann Milo Duffek |
251.58 | ![]() Jean-Yves Prigent Thierry Junquet Bernard Renault |
252.37 |
Mixed
[edit]Canoe
[edit]Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
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C2 | ![]() Elizabeth Hayman Fritz Haller |
355.12 | ![]() Barbara McKee John Sweet |
442.58 | ![]() Karen Marte Brett Sorensen |
464.39 |
Women's
[edit]Kayak
[edit]Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
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K1 | ![]() |
257.69 | ![]() |
262.79 | ![]() |
270.10 |
K1 team | ![]() Ulrike Deppe Susanne Erbers Gabriele Köllmann |
303.10 | ![]() Elizabeth Sharman Jane Roderick Susan Small |
326.80 | ![]() Linda Harrison Cathy Hearn Yuri Kusuda |
333.69 |
Medals table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (7 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
Gallery
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Opening ceremony
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Competitors preparing
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A member of the Irish team
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A competitor
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Competitors
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Transport
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Competitors
References
[edit]- ^ "Bala 1981. Slalom & Wild Water World Championships July 15-24. Programme £1" (PDF). canoeingresults.com. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- Official results
- International Canoe Federation
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- From this site you will be able to download the Historical vintage film ‘rushes’ from the world Championships that made up ‘ Think Slalom’