The 1979 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Jonquière, Quebec

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, Canada

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 under the auspices of International Canoe Federation

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. This marked the first time the championships

ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

The ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships are an international event in canoeing organized by the International Canoe Federation. The World Championships have taken place every year in non-Summer Olympic years since 2002. From 1949 to 1999, they had taken place in odd-numbered years...

 were held outside of Europe

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. The mixed C-2 event was not held at these championships. East Germany did not take part and Czechoslovakia

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 ,as the other traditional powerhouse, won only one medal.West Germany

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 won three medals while the United States

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 led the medal count with seven, the first-time an English-speaking country had done so.

Canoe

Event	Gold	Points	Silver	Points	Bronze	Points
C-1		238.49		242.85		255.62
C-1 team	Jon Lugbill David Hearn David Hearn (canoer) David Hearn is a slalom canoer who competed from the late 1970s to the early 2000s. He won seven medals in the C-1 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds and five silvers .Hearn also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of ninth in the C-1 event at... Bob Robison	279.55	Jürgen Schnitzerling Walter Horn Udo Werner	353.17	Milan Gába Karel Třešňák Karel Třešňák Karel Třešňák is a Czechoslovak slalom canoer who competed in the 1970s. He won two medals in the C-1 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a silver in 1973 and a bronze in 1977.... Karel Ťoupalík	414.88
C-2	Dieter Welsink Peter Czupryna Peter Czupryna Peter Czupryna is a West German slalom canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won two medals in the C-2 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold in 1979 and a silver in 1981.-References:*...	260.67	Pierre Calori Pierre Calori Pierre Calori is a French slalom canoer who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. He won four medals in the C-2 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold and three silvers .-References:*... Jacques Calori Jacques Calori Jacques Calori is a French slalom canoer who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. He won four medals in the C-2 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold and three silvers .-References:*...	275.43	Wojciech Kudlik Wojciech Kudlik Wojciech Kudlik is a Polish slalom canoer who competed in the 1970s and 1980s. He won two medals in the C-2 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a silver in 1975 and a bronze in 1979.... Jerzy Jeż Jerzy Jeż Jerzy Jeż is a Polish slalom canoer who competed in the 1970s and 1980s. He finished 13th in the C-2 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....	277.11
C-2 team	Wojciech Kudlik Wojciech Kudlik Wojciech Kudlik is a Polish slalom canoer who competed in the 1970s and 1980s. He won two medals in the C-2 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a silver in 1975 and a bronze in 1979....  & Jerzy Jeż Jerzy Jeż Jerzy Jeż is a Polish slalom canoer who competed in the 1970s and 1980s. He finished 13th in the C-2 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.... Jan Frączek Jan Frączek Jan Frączek is a Polish slalom canoer who competed in the 1970s. He finished fifth in the C-2 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:*...  & Ryszard Seruga Ryszard Seruga Ryszard Seruga is a Polish slalom canoer who competed in the 1970s and 1980s. He finished fifth in the C-2 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:*... Zbigniew Czaja & Jacek Kasprzycki	334.65	Pierre Calori Pierre Calori Pierre Calori is a French slalom canoer who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. He won four medals in the C-2 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold and three silvers .-References:*...  & Jacques Calori Jacques Calori Jacques Calori is a French slalom canoer who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. He won four medals in the C-2 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold and three silvers .-References:*... Richard Hernanz & Mare Labedens Jean Lamy & Robert Platt	373.35	Christoph Studer & Ernst Rudin Martin Wyss & Roland Wyss Hardy Künzli & Peter Probst	477.81

Kayak

Event	Gold	Points	Silver	Points	Bronze	Points
K-1		209.08		211.09		211.47
K-1 team	Richard Fox Albert Kerr Albert Kerr (canoer) Albert Kerr is a British slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s and 1980s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 event at the 1977 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spittal.-References:*... Allan Edge	235.36	Norbert Sattler Norbert Sattler Norbert Sattler is an Austrian slalom canoer who competed in the 1970s. He won the silver medal in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.... Peter Fauster Peter Fauster Peter Fauster is an Austrian slalom canoer who competed in the late 1970s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 event at the 1979 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Jonquière, Quebec, Canada.-References:*... Eduard Wolffhardt Eduard Wolffhardt Eduard Wolffhardt is an Austrian slalom canoer who competed in the late 1970s. He won a silver medal in the K-1 event at the 1979 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Jonquière, Quebec, Canada.-References:*...	243.28	Milo Duffek René Zimmermann Martin Brandenburger	245.48

Kayak

Event	Gold	Points	Silver	Points	Bronze	Points
K-1		253.30		253.86		257.74
K-1 team	Cathy Hearn Cathy Hearn Catherine "Cathy" Hearn is an American slalom kayaker who competed from the late 1970s to the early 2000s. She won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds , three silvers , and five bronzes .Hearn also competed in two... Linda Harrison Linda Harrison (canoer) Linda Harrison is an American slalom canoer who competed in the 1970s and 1980s. She won two bronze medals in the K-1 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, earning them in 1977 and 1979.-References:*... Becky Judd	384.07	Ulrike Deppe Ulrike Deppe Ulrike Deppe is a West German slalom canoer who competed from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. She won three medals in the K-1 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold and two silvers .... Elke Dietze Gabriele Köllmann	385.81	Kathrin Weiss Sabine Weiss Alena Kucera	409.91

Medals table

1		4	1	2	7
2		1	2	0	3
2		1	2	0	3
4		1	1	1	3
5		1	0	1	2
6		0	2	0	2
7		0	0	3	3
8		0	0	1	1
Total		8	8	8	24