| Men C-1 1000m | | 1. János Parti |  HUN | | 2. Aleksandr Silayev |  URS | | 3. Leon Rotman |  ROU |
| Men C-2 1000m | | 1. Leonid Geishtor and Sergei Makarenko | URS | | 2. Aldo Dezi and Francesco La Macchia |  ITA | | 3. Imre Farkas and András Törő | HUN |
| Men K-1 1000m | | 1. Erik Hansen |  DEN | | 2. Imre Szöllősi | HUN | | 3. Gert Fredriksson |  SWE |
| Men K-1 4×500m Relay | | 1. UT Germany |  EUA | | Dieter Krause, Günther Perleberg, Paul Lange, Friedhelm Wentzke | | 2. Hungary | HUN | | Imre Szöllősi, Imre Kemeczei, András Szente, György Mészáros | | 3. Denmark | DEN | | Erik Hansen, Helmuth Nyborg, Arne Høyer, Erling Jessen |
| Men K-2 1000m | | 1. Gert Fredriksson and Sven-Olov Sjödelius | SWE | | 2. György Mészáros and András Szente | HUN | | 3. Stefan Kapłaniak and Władysław Zieliński |  POL |
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| Women K-1 500 metres | | 1. Antonina Seredina | URS | | 2. Therese Zenz | EUA | | 3. Daniela Walkowiak | POL | | Women K-2 500 metres | | 1. Mariya Shubina and Antonina Seredina | URS | | 2. Therese Zenz and Ingrid Hartmann | EUA | | 3. Klára Fried-Bánfalvi and Vilma Egresi | HUN |
| Medals | G | S | B | All | | 1. Soviet Union | URS | 3 | 1 | | 4 | | 2. Hungary | HUN | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | | 3. UT Germany | EUA | 1 | 2 | | 3 | | 4. Denmark | DEN | 1 | | 1 | 2 | | 4. Sweden | SWE | 1 | | 1 | 2 | | 6. Italy | ITA | | 1 | | 1 | | 7. Poland | POL | | | 2 | 2 | | 8. Romania | ROU | | | 1 | 1 | | Total | 8 nat | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
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