1989 World Skeleton Championship
The 1989 Skeleton World Championship took place on February 4th and 5th in St. Moritz , Switzerland .
Men
| space | athlete | country | L1 | L2 | L3 | L4 | End time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Wicki |  Switzerland | 67.17 | 67.12 | 67.29 | 67.04 | 4: 28.62 | 
| 2 | Christian Auer |  Austria | 67.41 | 67.63 | 67.52 | 67.60 | 4: 30.16 | 
| 3 | Franz Plangger |  Austria | 68.06 | 68.16 | 68.18 | 67.60 | 4: 32.00 | 
| 4th | Michael Grünberger |  Austria | 68.13 | 67.79 | 68.02 | 68.08 | 4: 32.02 | 
| 5 | Fred Markl |  BR Germany | 68.24 | 68.93 | 68.45 | 67.92 | 4: 33.54 | 
| 6th | Martin Thaler |  Austria | 68.70 | 69.02 | 67.94 | 68.39 | 4: 34.05 | 
| 7th | Richard Baumann |  BR Germany | 68.61 | 68.68 | 68.34 | 68.45 | 4: 34.08 | 
| 8th | Urs Vescoli |  Switzerland | 68.54 | 68.43 | 68.63 | 68.70 | 4: 34.30 | 
| 9 | Rico Vetterli |  Switzerland | 68.38 | 69.21 | 68.63 | 68.50 | 4: 34.72 | 
| 10 | Howard Vandall |  Canada | 68.26 | 69.15 | 68.95 | 68.64 | 4: 35.00 | 
| 11 | Terry Holland |  United States | 69.27 | 69.21 | 68.99 | 68.79 | 4: 36.26 | 
| 12 | Erich Graf |  Switzerland | 69.71 | 69.07 | 68.91 | 69.14 | 4: 36.83 | 
| 13 | Chris Elmquist |  Canada | 69.10 | 69.35 | 69.48 | 69.07 | 4: 37.00 | 
| 14th | Orvie Garrett |  United States | 68.77 | 69.58 | 69.25 | 69.74 | 4: 37.34 | 
| 15th | Alex Müller |  Austria | 70.20 | 69.79 | 69.04 | 69.22 | 4: 38.25 | 
| 16 | Muki Hadziabdic |  Yugoslavia | 69.58 | 69.88 | 70.24 | 69.23 | 4: 38.93 | 
| 17th | Roland Wirth |  Switzerland | 69.57 | 70.62 | 69.30 | 69.55 | 4: 39.04 | 
| 18th | Peter Brisbois |  United States | 69.68 | 70.12 | 69.48 | 69.83 | 4: 39.11 | 
| 19th | Before that, Puksec |  Yugoslavia | 69.75 | 69.87 | 69.83 | 69.86 | 4: 39.31 | 
| 20th | Frank Fijakowski |  BR Germany | 71.59 | 69.72 | 69.48 | 69.82 | 4: 40.61 | 
| 21st | Walter Donhauser |  BR Germany | 70.14 | 70.91 | 70.09 | 69.83 | 4: 40.97 | 
| 22nd | Peter Schreyer |  BR Germany | 70.34 | 70.51 | 70.09 | 70.55 | 4: 41.49 | 
| 23 | Gary Marlatt |  Canada | 69.94 | 71.42 | 70.58 | 70.14 | 4: 42.08 | 
| 24 | Denny Simon |  Canada | 71.00 | 70.77 | 70.07 | 70.48 | 4: 42.32 | 
| 25th | Ogi Sokolovic |  Yugoslavia | 70.19 | 70.94 | 70.55 | 71.02 | 4: 42.70 | 
| 26th | Danny Bryant |  United States | 70.32 | 71.41 | 70.21 | 71.13 | 4: 43.07 | 
| 27 | Dave Graham |  Canada | 72.05 | 71.37 | 70.58 | 70.02 | 4: 44.02 | 
| 28 | Karel Merks |  Netherlands | 71.02 | 70.72 | 71.13 | 71.56 | 4: 44.43 | 
| 29 | Neil Parker |  United Kingdom | 71.54 | 71.32 | 70.95 | 70.83 | 4: 44.64 | 
| 30th | Don Ward |  New Zealand | 72.06 | 71.33 | 71.47 | April 70 | 4: 44.90 | 
| 31 | Scott MacKinnon |  United States | 71.57 | 71.42 | 71.06 | 71.06 | 4: 45.11 | 
| 32 | George Kenter |  Netherlands | 70.36 | 71.59 | 71.48 | 72.27 | 4: 45.70 | 
| 33 | Ellis Whitcomb |  United Kingdom | 70.80 | 71.05 | 72.06 | 72.43 | 4: 46.34 | 
| 34 | Dalibor Puksec |  Yugoslavia | 72.47 | 71.69 | 71.27 | 71.04 | 4: 46.47 | 
| 35 | Peter Vaiciulis |  United States | 71.87 | 71.69 | 72.37 | 71.45 | 4: 47.38 | 
| 36 | David Moyse |  United Kingdom | 73.41 | 73.08 | 70.12 | 71.19 | 4: 47.80 | 
| 37 | James Bainbridge |  United Kingdom | 72.78 | 72.94 | 71.56 | 71.21 | 4: 48.49 | 
| 38 | David Bamber |  United Kingdom | 72.12 | 72.27 | 72.88 | 71.53 | 4: 48.80 | 
| 39 | Erik Castelein |  Netherlands | 71.47 | 74.31 | 72.62 | 71.74 | 4: 50.14 | 
| 40 | Johannes Gerke |  BR Germany | 72.77 | 72.83 | 73.27 | 71.54 | 4: 50.41 | 
| 41 | Charles Langhorne |  United Kingdom | 73.04 | 72.09 | 72.44 | 73.03 | 4: 50.60 | 
| 42 | Arne Bernhard Hanssen |  Norway | 71.66 | 74.17 | 72.81 | 73.12 | 4: 51.76 | 
| 43 | Rene Geskes |  Netherlands | 73.16 | 72.39 | 72.91 | 73.92 | 4: 52.38 | 
| 44 | Emmanuel Zampori |  Monaco | 75.23 | 74.85 | 73.05 | 72.49 | 4: 55.62 | 
| 45 | Goals Kristian Gunnershaug |  Norway | 74.43 | 73.70 | 74.54 | 74.91 | 4: 57.58 | 
| 46 | Frederick Powell |  Jamaica | 73.95 | 75.26 | 74.97 | 73.86 | 4: 58.04 | 
| 47 | Edward James |  American Virgin Islands | 74.30 | 74.20 | 74.50 | 75.08 | 4: 58.08 | 
| 48 | Ove Stiansen |  Norway | 76.96 | 75.35 | 75.06 | 78.12 | 5: 05.49 | 
| 49 | Bill O'Chee |  Australia | 78.96 | 79.00 | 78.36 | 78.03 | 5: 14.35 | 
| Andy Schmid |  Austria | 67.36 | 68.50 | ||||
| DSQ | Markus Kottmann |  Switzerland | 68.29 | 69.05 | 
Date: 4th / 5th February 1989
A total of 51 participants took part.
Medal table
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2 |  Austria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 
