1973 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships
# 1973 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships

The 1973 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships was the 8th edition of the global wildwater canoeing competition, Wildwater Canoeing World Championships, organised by the International Canoe Federation.

## Podiums

### K1

Men :

| Athlete | Country |
| - | - |
| Jean-Pierre Burny | Belgium |
| Bernd Kast | West Germany |
| Ulrich Pech | West Germany |

Women :

| Athlete | Country |
| - | - |
| Gisela Steigerwald | West Germany |
| Ulrike Deppe | West Germany |
| Elsbeth Käser | Switzerland |

Men team :

| Athlete | Country |
| - | - |
| Degenhard Pfeiffer Ulrich Pech Bernd Kast | West Germany |
| Jean-Pierre Burny Jean-Claude Michiels Paul Lupcin | Belgium |
| Kurt Presslmayr Hans Schlecht Gerhard Peinhaupt | Austria |

Women team :

| Athlete | Country |
| - | - |
| Gisela Grothaus Ulrike Deppe Magda Wunderlich | West Germany |
| Candice Clark Carol Fisher Margaret Nutt | United States |
| Mélanie Alexis Ingrid Burny Rosine Roland | Belgium |

### C1

Men :

| Athlete | Country |
| - | - |
| Bernd Heinemann | West Germany |
| Jean-Luc Verger | France |
| Jiri Gut | Czechoslovakia |

Men team :

| Athlete | Country |
| - | - |
| Walter Gehlen Bernd Heinemann Josef Schumacher | West Germany |
| Karel Tresnak Jiri Gut Peter Sodomka | Czechoslovakia |
| Jean-Luc Verger Daniel Debusne Guy Huteau | France |

### C2

Men :

| Athlete | Country |
| - | - |
| Pierre-François Lefauconnier Gilles Lefauconnier | France |
| Eckehard Rose Jan Pospisil | West Germany |
| Norbert Schmidt Hermann Roock | West Germany |

Men team :

| Athlete | Country |
| - | - |
| Rose / Pospisil Schindler / Pioch Schmidt / Roock | West Germany |
| Feuilette / Bonnet Leclerc / Girault Lefauconnier / Lefauconnier | France |
| Wyss / Wyss Hinnen / Ettlin Koch / Bühler | Switzerland |

Mixed :

| Athlete | Country |
| - | - |
| Hanneliese Kremslehner Helmut Ramelov | Austria |
| Sigrid Ritter Armin Ritter | West Germany |
| Ursel Habermann Andreas Berngruber | West Germany |

Mixed team :

| Athlete | Country |
| - | - |
| Wagner / Brockman Habermann / Berngruber Ritter / Ritter | West Germany |
| Knight / Knight Lyda / Losick Mela / Liebman | United States |
| Aebi / Aebi Bally / Bally Fontaine / Fontaine | Switzerland |

## Medal table

| Rank | Country | | | | Tot. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | West Germany | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | France | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Belgium | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | United States | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | Total | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
