| Men C-1 500m | | 1. Olaf Heukrodt | East Germany | | 2. Michał Śliwiński | Soviet Union | | 3. Martin Marinov | Bulgaria |
| Men C-1 1000m | | 1. Ivans Klementyev | Soviet Union | | 2. Jörg Schmidt | East Germany | | 3. Nikolay Bukhalov | Bulgaria |
| Men C-2 500m | | 1. Viktor Reneysky and Nicolae Juravschi | Soviet Union | | 2. Marek Dopierała and Marek Łbik | Poland | | 3. Philippe Renaud and Joël Bettin | France |
| Men C-2 1000m | | 1. Viktor Reneysky and Nicolae Juravschi | Soviet Union | | 2. Olaf Heukrodt and Ingo Spelly | East Germany | | 3. Marek Dopierała and Marek Łbik | Poland |
| Men K-1 500m | | 1. Zsolt Gyulay | Hungary | | 2. Andreas Stähle | East Germany | | 3. Paul MacDonald | New Zealand |
| Men K-1 1000m | | 1. Greg Barton | United States | | 2. Grant Davies | Australia | | 3. André Wohllebe | East Germany |
| Men K-2 500m | | 1. Ian Ferguson and Paul MacDonald | New Zealand | | 2. Igor Nagayev and Viktor Denisov | Soviet Union | | 3. Attila Ábrahám and Ferenc Csipes | Hungary |
| Men K-2 1000m | | 1. Greg Barton and Norman Bellingham | United States | | 2. Ian Ferguson and Paul MacDonald | New Zealand | | 3. Peter Foster and Kelvin Graham | Australia |
| Men K-4 1000m | | 1. Hungary |  HUN | | Zsolt Gyulay, Ferenc Csipes, Sándor Hódosi, Attila Ábrahám | | 2. Soviet Union |  URS | | Aleksandr Motuzenko, Sergey Kirsanov, Igor Nagaev, Viktor Denisov | | 3. East Germany |  GDR | | Kay Bluhm, André Wohllebe, Andreas Stähle, Hans-Jörg Bliesener |
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| Women K-1 500m | | 1. Vanja Gesheva | Bulgaria | | 2. Birgit Schmidt | East Germany | | 3. Izabela Dylewska | Poland |
| Women K-2 500m | | 1. Birgit Schmidt and Anke Nothnagel | East Germany | | 2. Vanja Gesheva and Diana Paliiska | Bulgaria | | 3. Annemiek Derckx and Annemarie Cox | Netherlands |
| Women K-4 500m | | 1. East Germany | GDR | | Birgit Schmidt, Anke Nothnagel, Ramona Portwich, Heike Singer | | 2. Hungary | HUN | | Erika Géczi, Erika Mészáros, Éva Rakusz, Rita Kőbán | | 3. Bulgaria |  BUL | | Vanja Gesheva, Diana Paliiska, Ogniana Petkova, Borislava Ivanova |
| Medals | G | S | B | All | | 1. East Germany | GDR | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | | 2. Soviet Union | URS | 3 | 3 | | 6 | | 3. Hungary | HUN | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | | 4. United States |  USA | 2 | | | 2 | | 5. Bulgaria | BUL | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | | 6. New Zealand |  NZL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | | 7. Poland |  POL | | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 8. Australia |  AUS | | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 9. France |  FRA | | | 1 | 1 | | 9. Netherlands |  NED | | | 1 | 1 | | Total | 10 nat. | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
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