title: 1969 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
text: # 1969 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
  
  The 1969 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Bourg St.-Maurice, France under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the 11th edition. The mixed C2 team event returned for the third and final time after not being held at the previous championships. East Germany, having one medals at every occasion since 1951, didn't take part because of political reasons.
  
  ## Note
  
  Only two teams completed the course in the women's K1 team event.
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Men's
  
  **Canoe**
  
  | Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | C1 | Wolfgang Peters (FRG) | 364.32 | Reinhold Kauder (FRG) | 386.90 | Zbyněk Puleč (TCH) | 390.61 |
  | C1 team | West Germany Wolfgang Peters Harald Cuypers Reinhold Kauder | 609.71 | Czechoslovakia František Kadaňka Zbyněk Puleč Petr Sodomka | 722.32 | France Claude Baux François Bonnet Michel Trenchant | 793.31 |
  | C2 | France Jean-Claude Olry Jean-Louis Olry | 363.53 | Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Měšťan Ladislav Měšťan | 380.73 | Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Valenta Miroslav Stach | 383.72 |
  | C2 team | West Germany Hermann Roock & Norbert Schmidt Manfred Heß & Wolfgang Wenzel Karl-Heinz Scheffer & Heinz-Jürgen Steinschulte | 604.38 | Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Valenta & Miroslav Stach Jiří Dejl & Zdeněk Sklenář Zdeněk Měšťan & Ladislav Měšťan | 711.53 | France Jean-Claude Olry & Jean-Louis Olry Alain Duvivier & Dominique Duvivier Louis Devilleneuve & Pierre Devilleneuve | 755.69 |
  
  **Kayak**
  
  | Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | K1 | Claude Peschier (FRA) | 272.92 | Werner Zimmermann, Jr. (SUI) | 284.17 | Werner Rosener (FRG) | 285.14 |
  | K1 team | France Patrick Maccari Claude Peschier Alain Colombe | 341.02 | United Kingdom Kenneth Langford Raymond Calverley John MacLeod | 420.82 | West Germany Ulrich Peters Jürgen Gerlach Werner Rosener | 466.26 |
  
  ### Mixed
  
  **Canoe**
  
  | Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | C2 | Czechoslovakia Milan Svoboda Jitka Traplová | 342.56 | France Jarka Lutz Claude Lutz | 360.57 | Czechoslovakia Jiří Koudela Hana Křížková | 360.70 |
  | C2 team | Czechoslovakia Jiří Koudela & Hana Křížková Milan Svoboda & Jitka Traplová Alena Prouzová & Petr Horyna | 563.21 | France Jarka Lutz & Claude Lutz Françoise Labarelle & Ernest Labarelle Marie-France Curtil & Daniel Curtil | 1133.12 | United States Nancy Southworth & Tom Southworth Gay Fawcett & Mark Fawcett Louise Wright & Paul Liebman | 1345.20 |
  
  ### Women's
  
  **Kayak**
  
  | Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | K1 | Ludmila Polesná (TCH) | 314.18 | Ulrike Deppe (FRG) | 365.20 | Jana Zvěřinová (TCH) | 369.45 |
  | K1 team | West Germany Bärbel Körner Ulrike Deppe Brigitte Schwack | 691.44 | Czechoslovakia Bohumila Kapplová Jana Zvěřinová Ludmila Polesná | 875.86 | - | |
  
  ## Medals table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | West Germany (FRG) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
  | 2 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
  | 3 | France (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
  | 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 4 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 6 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
  