1949 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

Canoe slalom event in Geneva, Switzerland The 1949 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Geneva, Switzerland under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the inaugural edition. Eight sets of medals were awarded. There were four individual events and four team events. The team events were just combined times of three selected athletes or crews from the individual events. Only two teams were classified in the men's C1 team, men's C2 team and women's folding K1 team events. Medal summary Results https://www.canoeslalom.net/lib/exe/fetch.php/archiv/1949/1949-wm-genf.pdf 8 October 2017Results https://www.canoeslalom.net/doku.php/en_international/result/wm49 8 October 2017 Men's Canoe Event Gold Points Silver Points Bronze PointsC1 Pierre d'Alençon FRA 528.0 Paul Huguet FRA 807.5 Jan Brzák-Felix TCH 1227.5C1 team Pierre d'AlençonPaul HuguetMarcel Renaud 3134.1 Jan Brzák-FelixJiří PurchartBohuslav Karlík 4189.9 - C2 Michel DuboilleJacques Rousseau 1013.0 Claude NeveuRoger Paris 1146.6 Jan Brzák-FelixBohumil Kudrna 1280.7C2 team Michel Duboille & Jacques RousseauClaude Neveu & Roger ParisRené Gavinet & Simon Gavinet 3738.8 Jan Brzák-Felix & Bohumil KudrnaVáclav Nič & Miroslav DrastíkJan Šulc & Karel Koníček 5090.6 - Kayak Event Gold Points Silver Points Bronze PointsFolding K1 Othmar Eiterer AUT 594.1 Hans Frühwirth AUT 601.7 Werner Zimmermann SUI 661.5Folding K1 team Werner ZimmermannJean EnglerEduard Kunz 2355.5 Hans FrühwirthRudolf PillweinJosef Danek 2606.9 Bohuslav FialaAlvin JeschkeJiří Valeš 3374.1 Women's Kayak Event Gold Points Silver Points Bronze PointsFolding K1 Heidi Pillwein AUT 408.8 Fritzi Schwingl AUT 435.1 Gerti Pertlwieser AUT 508.3Folding K1 team Heidi PillweinFritzi SchwinglGerti Pertlwieser 1352.2 Marie FromaigeatElsa OderholzJanine Maulet 3989.9 - Medals table 4 2 0 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 3 References https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 November 9, 2009 ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 External links International Canoe Federation Icf Canoe Slalom World Championships, 1949 Icf Canoe Slalom World Championships, 1949 Category:ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships Category:International sports competitions hosted by Switzerland Category:Sports competitions in Geneva Category:20th century in Geneva Category:Canoeing in Switzerland