World Figure Skating Championships 1989

World Figure Skating Championships 1989
79th edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	14.-19. March 1989
Venue:	Paris , France
Gold medalist
Men's:	Kurt Browning
Women:	Midori Itō
Couples:	Ekaterina Gordejewa & Sergei Grinkow (3)
Ice dance:	Marina Klimowa & Sergei Ponomarenko
World figure skating championships
1988 ◄ 1989 ► 1990

The 79th World Figure Skating Championships took place from March 14th to 19th, 1989 in the French capital Paris .

Result

Men's

space	athlete	country
1	Kurt Browning	Canada
2	Christopher Bowman	United States
3	Grzegorz Filipowski	Poland
4th	Alexander Fadeev	Soviet Union
5	Petr Barna	Czechoslovakia
6th	Viktor Petrenko	Soviet Union
7th	Daniel Doran	United States
8th	Oliver Höner	Switzerland
9	Michael Slipchuk	Canada
10	Cameron Medhurst	Australia
11	Makoto Kano	Japan
12	Daniel Weiss	BR Germany
13	Axel Médéric	France
14th	Dmitry Gromov	Soviet Union
15th	András Száraz	Hungary
16	Mirko Eichhorn	GDR
17th	Ralf Burghart	Austria
18th	Alessandro Riccitelli	Italy
19th	Peter Johansson	Sweden
20th	Henrik Valentin	Denmark
Freestyle not achieved
21st	Christian Newberry	United Kingdom
22nd	Jung Sung-il	South Korea
23	Iwo Svec	BR Germany
24	Oula Jaaskelainen	Finland
25th	David Liu	Chinese Taipei
26th	Boiko Alexiev	Bulgaria
27	Alexandre Geers	Belgium
Z	Ricardo Olavarrieta	Mexico

• Z = withdrawn

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country
1	Midori Itō	Japan
2	Claudia Leistner	BR Germany
3	Jill Trenary	United States
4th	Patricia Neske	BR Germany
5	Natalia Lebedeva	Soviet Union
6th	Kristi Yamaguchi	United States
7th	Evelyn Grossmann	GDR
8th	Natalja Gorbenko	Soviet Union
9	Beatrice Gelmini	Italy
10	Surya Bonaly	France
11	Karen Preston	Canada
12	Simone Lang	GDR
13	Yvonne Pokorny	Austria
14th	Tamara Téglássy	Hungary
15th	Junko Yaginuma	Japan
16	Charlene Wong	Canada
17th	Željka Čižmešija	Yugoslavia
18th	Yvonne Gomez	Spain
19th	Helene Persson	Sweden
20th	Petra Vonmoos	Switzerland
Short program not reached
21st	Tracy Brook	Australia
22nd	Lily-Lyoonjung Lee	South Korea
23	Louisa Danskin	United Kingdom
24	Anisette Torp-Lind	Denmark
25th	Jacqueline Soames	United Kingdom
26th	Mari Niskanen	Finland
27	Svetelina Jankowa	Bulgaria
28	Diana Marcos	Mexico
Z	Charuda Upatham	Thailand
Z	Sandy Suy	Belgium

• Z = withdrawn

Couples

space	athlete	country
1	Ekaterina Gordejewa / Sergei Grinkow	Soviet Union
2	Cindy Landry / Lyndon Johnston	Canada
3	Jelena Betschke / Denis Petrow	Soviet Union
4th	Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König	GDR
5	Kristi Yamaguchi / Rudy Galindo	United States
6th	Jelena Kwitschenko / Raschid Kadyrkajew	Soviet Union
7th	Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler	Canada
8th	Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold	United States
9	Anuschka glasses / Stefan Pfrengle	BR Germany
10	Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr	Australia
11	Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor	United Kingdom

Ice dance

space	athlete	country
1	Marina Klimowa / Sergei Ponomarenko	Soviet Union
2	Maja Ussowa / Alexander Schulin	Soviet Union
3	Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay	France
4th	Klára Engi / Attila Tóth	Hungary
5	Susan Wynne / Joseph Druar	United States
6th	Larissa Feodorinova / Evgeni Platow	Soviet Union
7th	Stefania Calegari / Pasquale Camerlengo	Italy
8th	Karyn Garossino / Rodney Garossino	Canada
9	Sharon Jones / Paul Askham	United Kingdom
10	Andrea Juklová / Martin Šimeček	Czechoslovakia
11	Michelle McDonald / Mark Mitchell	Canada
12	Dominique Yvon / Frédéric Palluel	France
13	Susanna Rahkamo / Petri Kokko	Finland
14th	Andrea Weppelmann / Hendryk Schamberger	BR Germany
15th	Anna Croci / Luca Mantovani	Italy
16	Małgorzata Grajcar / Andrzej Dostatni	Poland
17th	Krisztina Kerekes / Csaba Szentpétery	Hungary
18th	Diane Gerenscer / Bernard Columberg	Switzerland
19th	Kaoru Takino / Kenji Takino	Japan
Freestyle not achieved
20th	Monica MacDonald / Duncan Smart	Australia
21st	Ursula Holik / Herbert Holik	Austria
22nd	Park Kyung-sook / Han Seung-jong	South Korea
23	Petia Gawasowa / Nikolai Tonew	Bulgaria
Z	April Sargent / Russ Witherby	United States

• Z = withdrawn

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Soviet Union	2	1	1	4th
2	Canada	1	1	-	2
3	Japan	1	-	-	1
4th	United States	-	1	1	2
5	BR Germany	-	1	-	1
6th	France	-	-	1	1
	Poland	-	-	1	1

Web links

• World figure skating championships 1980–1989 (men). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 27, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1980–1989 (ladies). Skatabase, archived from the original on December 4, 2008 ; accessed on May 27, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1980–1989 (pairs). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 27, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1980–1989 (dance). Skatabase, archived from the original on September 24, 2008 ; accessed on May 27, 2018 (English).