The 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Copenhagen, Denmark. This event was held under the International Canoe Federation.

The men's competition consisted of four Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Two events were held for the women, both in kayak. Events that debuted at these championships were C-1 10000 m and K-4 10000 m.

This was the third championships in canoe sprint.

Medal summary

Men's

Canoe

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
C-1 1000 m	Josef Holeček (TCH)		Robert Boutigny (FRA)		Bengt Backlund (SWE)
C-1 10000 m	Robert Boutigny (FRA)		Josef Holeček (TCH)		Bengt Backlund (SWE)
C-2 1000 m	Czechoslovakia Jan Brzák-Felix Bohumil Kudma		France Georges Dransart Armand Loreau		Czechoslovakia Václáv Havel Jiří Pecka
C-2 10000 m	Czechoslovakia Jan Brzák-Felix Bohumil Kudma		France Georges Dransart Armand Loreau		Czechoslovakia Bohuslav Karlík Oldřich Lomecký

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Johann Kobberup (DEN)		Lennart Klingström (SWE)		Andreas Lind (DEN)
K-1 1000 m	Gert Fredriksson (SWE)		Thorvald Strömberg (FIN)		Lars Petterson (SWE)
K-1 10000 m	Thorvald Strömberg (FIN)		Gert Fredriksson (SWE)		Arne Jansson (SWE)
K-1 4 x 500 m relay	Sweden Lars Glassér Ingermar Hedberg Lennart Klingström Gert Fredriksson		Denmark Poul Agger Andreas Lind Ejvind Hansen Johan Kobberup		Austria Herbert Klepp Max Raub Herbert Wiedermann Günther Rührnschopf
K-2 500 m	Sweden Lars Glassér Ingermar Hedberg		Sweden Henry Pettersson Berndt Häppling		Austria Max Raub Herbert Wiedermann
K-2 1000 m	Sweden Lars Glassér Ingermar Hedberg		Norway Ivar Mathisen Knut Østby		Netherlands Piet Bakker Harrie Koorstra
K-2 10000 m	Sweden Gunnar Akerhund Hans Wetterström		Denmark Svend Frømming Ingvar Nørregaard		Sweden Karl-Erick Björk Per-Olav Olsson
K-4 1000 m	Sweden Einar Pihl Hans Eirksson Lars Pettersson Harry Johansson		Sweden Gunnar Åkerlund Ebbe Frick Sven-Olov Sjödelius Hans Wetterström		Austria Herbert Klepp Walter Frühwirth Hans Ortner Paul Felinger
K-4 10000 m	Sweden Karl Andersson Stig Andersson Gösta Gustavsson Berndt Häppling		Sweden Karl-Erick Björk Per-Olav Olsson Klas Norgren Arne Jannson		Austria Walter Piemann Alfred Schmidtberger Otto Lochner Alfred Krammer

Women's

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Sylvi Saimo (FIN)		Karen Hoff (DEN)		Fritzi Schwingl (AUT)
K-2 500 m	Finland Sylvi Saimo Greta Grönholm		Austria Trude Leibhart Fritzi Schwingl		Sweden Ingrid Wallgren Lisa Lundberg

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden (SWE)	7	5	6	18
2	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	3	1	2	6
3	Finland (FIN)	3	1	0	4
4	Denmark (DEN)	1	3	1	5
5	France (FRA)	1	3	0	4
6	Austria (AUT)	0	1	5	6
7	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
8	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		15	15	15	45