1957 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
# 1957 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

The 1957 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Augsburg, West Germany under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the 5th edition. The Mixed C2 team event debuted at these championships.

## Note

Mixed C2 team only had two nations compete.

## Medal summary

### Men's

**Canoe**

| Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| C1 | Manfred Schubert (GDR) | 384.4 | Emil Zimmermann (GDR) | 397.7 | Jean-Claude Tochon (SUI) | 408.5 |
| C1 team | West Germany Günther Beck Heiner Stumpf Otto Stumpf | 654.8 | East Germany Emil Zimmermann Gert Kleinert Manfred Schubert | 793.2 | Czechoslovakia Luděk Beneš Jiří Hradil Vladimír Jirásek | 867.6 |
| C2 | East Germany Dieter Friedrich Horst Kleinert | 317.1 | Czechoslovakia Václav Havel Josef Hendrych | 354.0 | Czechoslovakia František Hrabě Jiří Kotana | 377.3 |
| C2 team | Czechoslovakia Rudolf Flégr & Milan Řehoř Václav Havel & Josef Hendrych František Hrabě & Jiří Kotana | 818.4 | Switzerland Charles Dussuet & Henri Kadrnka Jean Pessina & Robert Zürcher Jean-Paul Rössinger & Roger Tauss | 1052.4 | East Germany Franz Brendel & Günter Grosswig Dieter Friedrich & Horst Kleinert Dieter Göthe & Lothar Schubert | 1107.8 |

**Kayak**

| Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Folding K1 | Manfred Vogt (FRG) | 264.8 | Dimitrij Skolil (TCH) | 274.9 | Heinz Bielig (GDR) | 283.9 |
| Folding K1 team | East Germany Heinz Bielig Eberhard Gläser Reinhard Sens | 403.5 | Czechoslovakia Vladimír Cibák Jan Pára Dimitrij Skolil | 426.5 | West Germany Manfred Vogt Günter Kirchner Karl Schröder | 506.2 |

### Mixed

**Canoe**

| Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| C2 | East Germany Brigitte Schmidt Manfred Glöckner | 389.6 | East Germany Ellen Krügel Siegfried Seidemann | 526.2 | East Germany Waltraud Schale Rudolf Seifert | 547.7 |
| C2 team | East Germany Waltraud Schale & Rudolf Seifert Margot Seidler & Helmut Schmieder Brigitte Schmidt & Manfred Glöckner | | France Bonnaud & Thezier Henriette Guette & Jean Olry E. Spahr & M. Spahr | | - | |

### Women's

**Kayak**

| Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Folding K1 | Brigitte Magnus (GDR) | 452.8 | Eva Setzkorn (GDR) | 512.6 | Anneliese Seidel (GDR) | 530.3 |
| Folding K1 team | East Germany Elfriede Hugo Eva Setzkorn Brigitte Magnus | 1081.4 | West Germany Inge Walthemate Rosemarie Biesinger Hanni Schulte | 1441.0 | Austria Hella Philips Gertrude Stöllner Fritzi Schwingl | 2268.1 |

## Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
