The 1955 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Tacen, Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia) under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the 4th edition. The Mixed C2 event debuted at these championships.
Medal summary
editMen's
editCanoe
edit| Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C1 |  Vladimír Jirásek (TCH) |
244.0 | Luděk Beneš (TCH) |
262.0 |  Karl-Heinz Wozniak (GDR) |
284.5 |
| C1 team | Czechoslovakia Vladimír Jirásek Jiří Hradil Luděk Beneš |
362.0 | East Germany Karl-Heinz Wozniak Dieter Fritzsche Manfred Schubert |
617.5 |  SwitzerlandRoland Bardet Jean-Claude Tochon Robert Inhelder |
858.0 |
| C2 |  FranceClaude Neveu Roger Paris |
270.9 | East Germany Dieter Friedrich Horst Kleinert |
272.2 | Czechoslovakia František Hrabě Jiří Kotana |
285.3 |
| C2 team | Czechoslovakia František Hrabě & Jiří Kotana Vladimír Lánský & Josef Hendrych Rudolf Flégr & Milan Řehoř |
409.7 | East Germany Dieter Friedrich & Horst Kleinert Dieter Göthe & Helmut Weise Franz Brendel & Günter Grosswig |
515.8 |  AustriaWolfram Steinwendtner & Bruno Kerbl Harry Jarosch & Eduard Haider Alfred Falkner & Richard Schauer |
718.9 |
Kayak
edit| Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folding K1 | Sigi Holzbauer (FRG) |
223.5 |  Miloslav Duffek (SUI) |
231.2 |  Jože Ilija (YUG) |
243.0 |
| Folding K1 team | West Germany Manfred Vogt Sigi Holzbauer Alois Würfmannsdobler |
326.6 | Austria Robert Fabian Rudolf Klepp Eduard Radelspöck |
395.0 | Czechoslovakia Dimitrij Skolil Vladimír Cibák Zdeněk Matějovský |
402.2 |
Mixed
editCanoe
edit| Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C2 | Czechoslovakia Dana Martanová Jiří Pecka |
396.1 | France Simone Gavinet René Gavinet |
461.1 | Czechoslovakia Jarmila Pacherová Miroslav Čihák |
505.0 |
Women's
editKayak
edit| Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folding K1 | Rosemarie Biesinger (FRG) |
350.5 | Karin Tietze (GDR) |
353.4 | Eva Setzkorn (GDR) |
373.0 |
| Folding K1 team | East Germany Eva Setzkorn Elfriede Hugo Karin Tietze |
574.0 | West Germany Rosemarie Biesinger Anni Reifinger Hanni Schulte |
696.1 | Czechoslovakia Jaroslava Havlová Květa Havlová Renata Knýová |
Medals table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | West Germany (FRG) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |