The 1953 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Meran, Italy under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the 3rd edition.
Medal summary edit
Men's edit
Canoe edit
| Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C1 |  Charles Dussuet (SUI) |
384.4 |  Václav Nič (TCH) |
422.0 | Vladimír Jirásek (TCH) |
449.2 |
| C1 team | Czechoslovakia Vladimír Jirásek Jan Šulc Stanislav Jánský |
1321.8 |  SwitzerlandJean-Paul Rössinger Roland Bardet Charles Dussuet |
1670.0 |  FranceJacques Marsigny Jacques Velard Pierre Biehler |
1713.2 |
| C2 | Switzerland Charles Dussuet Jean Engler |
354.6 | Czechoslovakia Václav Nič Jan Šulc |
363.6 | France Pierre d'Alençon Jean-Luc Houssaye |
384.7 |
| C2 team | France René Gavinet & Simon Gavinet Claude Neveu & Roger Paris Pierre d'Alençon & Jean-Luc Houssaye |
1440.0 | Switzerland Jean-Paul Rössinger & R. Junod Pierre Rössinger & Pierre Dufour Charles Dussuet & Jean Engler |
1466.4 | Czechoslovakia Josef Hendrych & Jiří Hradil Václav Havel & Jiří Pecka Miroslav Čihák & Jan Pecka |
1537.6 |
Kayak edit
| Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folding K1 |  Walter Kirschbaum (FRG) |
330.1 |  Rudolf Sausgruber (AUT) |
333.3 |  Milan Zadel (YUG) |
333.5 |
| Folding K1 team | Austria Franz Grafetsberger Hans Herbist Rudolf Sausgruber |
1020.6 | East Germany Dieter Frank Helmuth Setzkorn Hilmar Pawliczek |
1059.4 | West Germany Karl Bruns Karl Rath Günter Deuble |
1112.6 |
Women's edit
Kayak edit
| Event | Gold | Points | Silver | Points | Bronze | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folding K1 | Fritzi Schwingl (AUT) |
326.8 | Eva Setzkorn (GDR) |
339.9 | Dana Martanová (TCH) |
383.5 |
| Folding K1 team | Czechoslovakia Jaroslava Havlová Dana Martanová Květa Havlová |
1222.2 | East Germany Anneliese Borwitz Eveline Pawliczek Eva Setzkorn |
1255.1 | Austria Ulrike Werner Gertrude Will Fritzi Schwingl |
1395.0 |
Medals table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |