List of ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in men's kayak
This is a list of medalists from the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in men's kayak.
K-1 1000 m
Debuted: 1938. Not held: 1948. Resumed: 1950.| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1938 Vaxholm | |||
| 1950 Copenhagen | |||
| 1954 Mâcon | |||
| 1958 Prague | |||
| 1963 Jajce | |||
| 1966 East Berlin | |||
| 1970 Copenhagen | |||
| 1971 Belgrade | |||
| 1973 Tampere | |||
| 1974 Mexico City | |||
| 1975 Belgrade | None | ||
| 1977 Sofia | |||
| 1978 Belgrade | |||
| 1979 Duisburg | |||
| 1981 Nottingham | |||
| 1982 Belgrade | |||
| 1983 Tampere | |||
| 1985 Mechelen | |||
| 1986 Montreal | |||
| 1987 Duisburg | |||
| 1989 Plovdiv | |||
| 1990 Poznań | |||
| 1991 Paris | |||
| 1993 Copenhagen | |||
| 1994 Mexico City | |||
| 1995 Duisburg | |||
| 1997 Dartmouth | |||
| 1998 Szeged | |||
| 1999 Milan | |||
| 2001 Poznań | |||
| 2002 Seville | |||
| 2003 Gainesville | |||
| 2005 Zagreb | |||
| 2006 Szeged | |||
| 2007 Duisburg | |||
| 2009 Dartmouth | |||
| 2010 Poznań | |||
| 2011 Szeged | |||
| 2013 Duisburg | |||
| 2014 Moscow | |||
| 2015 Milan | |||
| 2017 Račice | |||
| 2018 Montemor-o-Velho | |||
| 2019 Szeged |
K-1 10000 m
Debuted: 1938. Not held: 1948. Resumed: 1950. Discontinued: 1993. Folding appeared only in 1938.K-2 1000 m
Debuted: 1938. Not held: 1948. Resumed: 1950.| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1938 Vaxholm | Helmut Triebe Hans Eberle Germany | Kurt Bodo Hans Berglund | Poul Larsen Vagin Jørgensen |
| 1950 Copenhagen | Lars Glasser Ingemar Hedberg | Ivar Matthisen Knut Østby | Piet Bakker Harri Kooistra |
| 1954 Mâcon | István Mészáros György Mészáros | Michel Scheurer Gustav Schmidt | Helmut Nuller Günter Krammer |
| 1958 Prague | Henri Verbrugghe Germain van der Moere | Yevgeny Yatsinenko Ivan Golovatzhev | Mikhail Kaleeste Anatoliy Demitkov |
| 1963 Jajce | Vasilie Nicoarǎ Haralambie Ivanov | Wolfgang Lange Dieter Krause | Nikolay Zhushikov Anatoli Grishin |
| 1966 East Berlin | Aleksandr Shaparenko Yuiry Zhetchenko | Aurel Vernescu Atanase Sciotnic | Ferenc Cseh Endre Hazsik |
| 1970 Copenhagen | Gerhard Seibold Günther Pfaff | Lars Andersson Rolf Peterson | Klaus-Peter Ebeling Joachim Mattern |
| 1971 Belgrade | Reiner Kurth Alexander Slatnow | Gerhard Seibold Günther Pfaff | Costel Coşniţă Vasilie Simiocenco |
| 1973 Tampere | József Deme János Rátkai | Ion Dragulsci Ernst Pavel | Herbert Laabs Joachim Mattern |
| 1974 Mexico City | Zoltán Bakó István Szabó | Vladimir Kozubin Mikhail Afanasiyev | Volkmar Thiede Rüdiger Helm |
| 1975 Belgrade | Alexandre Slatnow Gerhard Rummel | Larion Serghei Policarp Malîhin | József Deme János Rátkai |
| 1977 Sofia | Zoltán Bakó István Szabó | Bernd Olbricht Joachim Mattern | Vladimir Romanovskiy Sergey Nagomy |
| 1978 Belgrade | Sergey Zhuchray Vladimir Trainikov | Einar Rasmussen Olaf Søyland | Zoltán Bakó István Szabó |
| 1979 Duisburg | Einar Rasmussen Olaf Søyland | Zoltán Bakó István Szabó | Sergey Zhuchray Vladimir Trainikov |
| 1981 Nottingham | Vladimir Parfenovich Sergey Superata | Bernd Fleckeisen Frank Fischer | Waldemar Merk Daniel Wełna |
| 1982 Belgrade | Vladimir Parfenovich Sergey Superata | Alwyn Morris Hugh Fisher | Luis Gregorio Ramos Herminio Rodriguez |
| 1983 Tampere | Frank Fischer André Wohllebe | Vladimir Parfenovich Sergey Superata | Werner Bachmayer Wolfgang Hartl |
| 1985 Mechelen | Pascal Boucherit Philippe Boccara | Viktor Pusev Sergey Superata | Don Brien Colin Shaw |
| 1986 Montreal | Daniel Stoian Angelin Velea | André Wohllebe Frank Fischer | Kerry Grant Steven Wood |
| 1987 Duisburg | Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald | Philippe Boccara Pascal Boucherit | Thomas Gähme Thomas Vaske |
| 1989 Plovdiv | Kay Bluhm Torsten Gutsche | Vladimir Bobrezhov Arturas Veta | Attila Androvicz Zoltán Berkes |
| 1990 Poznań | Kay Bluhm Torsten Gutsche | Vladimir Bobrezhov Arturas Veta | Gábor Szabó Béla Petrovics |
| 1991 Paris | Kay Bluhm Torsten Gutsche | Juan José Roman Juan Manuel Sánchez | Akos Angyal Béla Petrovics |
| 1993 Copenhagen | Kay Bluhm Torsten Gutsche | Antonio Rossi Daniele Scarpa | Kalle Sundqvist Hans Olsson |
| 1994 Mexico City | Jesper Staal Thor Nielsen | Antonio Rossi Daniele Scarpa | István Beé István Szijarto |
| 1995 Duisburg | Antonio Rossi Daniele Scarpa | Kay Bluhm Torsten Gutsche | Grzegorz Kołowicz Dariusz Białkowski |
| 1997 Dartmouth | Antonio Rossi Luca Negri | Jesper Staal Thomas Holm Jakobsen | Grzegorz Kołowicz Dariusz Białkowski |
| 1998 Szeged | Antonio Rossi Luca Negri | Mićo Janić Stjepan Janić | Attila Adám Krisztián Veréb |
| 1999 Milan | Michal Riszdorfer Juraj Bača | Marek Twardowski Adam Wysocki | Jan Schäfer Olaf Winter |
| 2001 Poznań | Eirik Verås Larsen Nils Fjeldheim | Krisztián Bártfai Krisztián Veréb | Marc Westphalen Marco Herszel |
| 2002 Seville | Markus Oscarsson Henrik Nilsson | Eirik Verås Larsen Nils Fjeldheim | Ákos Vereckei Krisztián Veréb |
| 2003 Gainesville | Markus Oscarsson Henrik Nilsson | Bob Maesen Wouter D'Haene | Tim Huth Marco Herszel |
| 2005 Zagreb | Roland Kökény Gábor Kucsera | Andreas Ihle Marco Herszel | Mattis Næss Jacob Norenberg |
| 2006 Szeged | Gábor Kucsera Zoltán Kammerer | Rupert Wagner Andreas Ihle | Tomasz Górski Adam Seroczyński |
| 2007 Duisburg | Philippe Colin Cyrille Carré | Adam Seroczyński Mariusz Kujawski | Gábor Kucsera Zoltán Kammerer |
| 2009 Dartmouth | Emilio Merchan Diego Cosgaya | David Smith Luke Morrison | Reiner Torres Carlos Montalvo |
| 2010 Poznań | Martin Hollstein Andreas Ihle | Zoltán Kammerer Ákos Vereckei | Ilya Medvedev Anton Ryakhov |
| 2011 Szeged | Peter Gelle Erik Vlček | Markus Oscarsson Henrik Nilsson | Vitaly Yurchenko Vasily Pogrebn |
| 2013 Duisburg | Max Rendschmidt Marcus Gross | Pavel Miadzvedzeu Aleh Yurenia | Rudolf Dombi Roland Kökény |
| 2014 Moscow | Erik Vlček Juraj Tarr | Ken Wallace Lachlan Tame | Marko Tomićević Vladimir Torubarov |
| 2015 Milan | Max Rendschmidt Marcus Gross | Ken Wallace Lachlan Tame | Marko Tomićević Milenko Zorić |
| 2017 Račice | Milenko Zorić Marko Tomićević | Peter Gelle Adam Botek | Daniel Havel Jakub Špicar |
| Max Hoff Marcus Gross | Francisco Cubelos Íñigo Peña | Marko Tomićević Milenko Zorić | |
| 2019 Szeged | Max Hoff Jacob Schopf | Francisco Cubelos Íñigo Peña | Cyrille Carré Étienne Hubert |