# 1989 World Figure Skating Championships

The 1989 World Figure Skating Championships was held March 14–19 at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

## Medal tables
### Medalists

| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Kurt Browning | Christopher Bowman | Grzegorz Filipowski |
| Ladies | Midori Ito | Claudia Leistner | Jill Trenary |
| Pair skating | Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov | Cindy Landry / Lyndon Johnston | Elena Bechke / Denis Petrov |
| Ice dancing | Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko | Maya Usova / Aleksandr Zhulin | Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay |

### Medals by country

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

## Results
### Men

Kurt Browning became the first man to win a world championship while completing a quadruple jump.
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CF | OP | FS |
| 1 | Kurt Browning | Canada | 3.6 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Christopher Bowman | United States | 5.8 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Grzegorz Filipowski | Poland | 6.2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | Alexander Fadeev | Soviet Union | 6.2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Petr Barna | Czechoslovakia | 10.2 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Viktor Petrenko | Soviet Union | 10.4 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Daniel Doran | United States | 16.0 | 6 | 11 | 7 |
| 8 | Oliver Höner | Switzerland | 18.0 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | Michael Slipchuk | Canada | 19.4 | 13 | 7 | 10 |
| 10 | Cameron Medhurst | Australia | 20.8 | 11 | 9 | 11 |
| 11 | Makoto Kano | Japan | 21.0 | 18 | 8 | 9 |
| 12 | Daniel Weiss | West Germany | 25.2 | 9 | 16 | 12 |
| 13 | Axel Médéric | France | 26.0 | 12 | 12 | 14 |
| 14 | Dmitri Gromov | Soviet Union | 27.6 | 14 | 15 | 13 |
| 15 | András Száraz | Hungary | 31.8 | 15 | 13 | 18 |
| 16 | Mirko Eichhorn | East Germany | 33.2 | 20 | 17 | 15 |
| 17 | Ralph Burghart | Austria | 34.6 | 8 | 19 | 20 |
| 18 | Alessandro Riccitelli | Italy | 34.8 | 17 | 20 | 16 |
| 19 | Peter Johansson | Sweden | 35.0 | 19 | 14 | 19 |
| 20 | Henrik Walentin | Denmark | 37.0 | 23 | 18 | 17 |
| Free skating not reached |||||||
| 21 | Christian Newberry | United Kingdom | | 16 | 25 | |
| 22 | Jung Sung-il | South Korea | | 22 | 21 | |
| 23 | Iwo Svec | West Germany | | 21 | 23 | |
| 24 | Oula Jääskeläinen | Finland | | 25 | 22 | |
| 25 | David Liu | Chinese Taipei | | 26 | 24 | |
| 26 | Boyko Aleksiev | Bulgaria | | 24 | 26 | |
| 27 | Alexandre Geers | Belgium | | 27 | 27 | |
| WD | Ricardo Olavarrieta | Mexico | DNF | 28 | | |

### Ladies

Midori Ito was the first Japanese skater to win gold and the first woman to do a triple axel in a major ISU competition.
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CF | OP | FS |
| 1 | Midori Ito | Japan | 4.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Claudia Leistner | West Germany | 4.2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Jill Trenary | United States | 5.0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Patricia Neske | West Germany | 11.6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Natalia Lebedeva | Soviet Union | 11.6 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Kristi Yamaguchi | United States | 11.8 | 12 | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | Evelyn Großmann | East Germany | 16.6 | 14 | 10 | 5 |
| 8 | Natalia Gorbenko | Soviet Union | 17.4 | 4 | 8 | 11 |
| 9 | Beatrice Gelmini | Italy | 18.6 | 11 | 7 | 10 |
| 10 | Surya Bonaly | France | 18.8 | 16 | 9 | 7 |
| 11 | Karen Preston | Canada | 22.4 | 17 | 11 | 9 |
| 12 | Simone Lang | East Germany | 23.8 | 10 | 13 | 12 |
| 13 | Yvonne Pokorny | Austria | 27.0 | 9 | 14 | 15 |
| 14 | Tamara Téglássy | Hungary | 28.8 | 13 | 16 | 14 |
| 15 | Junko Yaginuma | Japan | 29.2 | 15 | 12 | 16 |
| 16 | Charlene Wong | Canada | 29.2 | 8 | 15 | 17 |
| 17 | Željka Čižmešija | Yugoslavia | 34.2 | 7 | 19 | 20 |
| 18 | Yvonne Gómez | Spain | 34.6 | 24 | 20 | 13 |
| 19 | Helene Persson | Sweden | 37.2 | 21 | 18 | 18 |
| 20 | Petra Vonmoos | Switzerland | 38.0 | 22 | 17 | 19 |
| Free skating not reached |||||||
| 21 | Tracy Brook | Australia | | 23 | 21 | |
| 22 | Lily Lyoonjung Lee | South Korea | | 20 | 25 | |
| 23 | Louisa Danskin | United Kingdom | | 19 | 27 | |
| 24 | Anisette Torp-Lind | Denmark | | 27 | 22 | |
| 25 | Jacqueline Soames | United Kingdom | | 26 | 23 | |
| 26 | Mari Niskanen | Finland | | 25 | 24 | |
| 27 | Tsvetelina Yankova | Bulgaria | | 30 | 26 | |
| 28 | Diana Marcos | Mexico | | 28 | 28 | |
| 29 | Charuda Upatham | Thailand | | 29 | 29 | |
| WD | Sandy Suy | Belgium | DNF | 18 | | |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov | Soviet Union | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Cindy Landry / Lyndon Johnston | Canada | 3.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Elena Bechke / Denis Petrov | Soviet Union | 5.0 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König | East Germany | 6.5 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Kristi Yamaguchi / Rudy Galindo | United States | 7.0 | 6 | 4 |
| 6 | Elena Kvitchenko / Rashid Kadyrkaev | Soviet Union | 9.5 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler | Canada | 10.0 | 8 | 6 |
| 8 | Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold | United States | 11.0 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | Anuschka Gläser / Stefan Pfrengle | West Germany | 13.5 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr | Australia | 15.0 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor | United Kingdom | 16.5 | 11 | 11 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CD | OSP | FD |
| 1 | Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko | Soviet Union | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Maya Usova / Alexander Zhulin | Soviet Union | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay | France | 7.2 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | Klára Engi / Attila Tóth | Hungary | 7.4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Susie Wynne / Joseph Druar | United States | 9.4 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Larisa Fedorinova / Evgeni Platov | Soviet Union | 12.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Stefania Calegari / Pasquale Camerlengo | Italy | 14.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Karyn Garossino / Rod Garossino | Canada | 16.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Sharon Jones / Paul Askham | United Kingdom | 18.0 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Andrea Juklova / Martin Šimeček | Czechoslovakia | 20.4 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Michelle McDonald / Mark Mitchell | Canada | 22.8 | 13 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Dominique Yvon / Frédéric Palluel | France | 24.0 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | Susanna Rahkamo / Petri Kokko | Finland | 26.8 | 15 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Andrea Weppelmann / Hendryk Schamberger | West Germany | 28.0 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | Anna Croci / Luca Mantovani | Italy | 30.8 | 17 | 15 | 15 |
| 16 | Małgorzata Grajcar / Andrzej Dostatni | Poland | 32.0 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| 17 | Krisztina Kerekes / Csaba Szentpéteri | Hungary | 34.4 | 18 | 17 | 17 |
| 18 | Diane Gerencser / Alexander Stanislavov | Switzerland | 36.4 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| 19 | Kaoru Takino / Kenji Takino | Japan | 38.4 | 20 | 19 | 19 |
| Free dance not reached |||||||
| 20 | Monica MacDonald / Duncan Smart | Australia | | 22 | 21 | |
| 21 | Ursula Holik / Herbert Holik | Austria | | 23 | 22 | |
| 22 | Park Kyung-sook / Han Seung-jong | South Korea | | 24 | 23 | |
| 23 | Petya Gavazova / Nikolai Tonev | Bulgaria | | 25 | 24 | |
| WD | April Sargent / Russ Witherby | United States | DNF | 10 | | |