# 1989 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1989 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
The men's competition consisted of eight Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Five events were held for the women, all in kayak. Men's C-4 500 m and C-4 1000 m were added along with women's K-1 5000 m and K-2 5000 m.
This was the 22nd championships in canoe sprint.

## Medal summary
### Men's
#### Canoe

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 500 m | Michał Śliwiński (URS) | Olaf Heukrodt (GDR) | Martin Marinov (BUL) |
| C-1 1000 m | Ivan Klementiev (URS) | Larry Cain (CAN) | Gáspár Boldizsár (HUN) |
| C-1 10000 m | Ivan Klementiev (URS) | Zsolt Bohács (HUN) | Jan Bartůněk (TCH) |
| C-2 500 m | Soviet Union Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi | Poland Tomasz Goliasz Marek Łbik | France Joël Bettin Philippe Renaud |
| C-2 1000 m | Denmark Arne Nielsson Christian Frederiksen | France Olivier Boivin Didier Hoyer | Soviet Union Yuriy Gurin Valeriy Veshko |
| C-2 10000 m | Denmark Arne Nielsson Christian Frederiksen | France Olivier Boivin Didier Hoyer | Great Britain Andrew Train Stephen Train |
| C-4 500 m | Soviet Union Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi Yuriy Gurin Valeriy Veshko | Hungary Attila Szabó Zsolt Varga György Zala Ervin Hoffmann | France Benoît Bernard Joël Bettin Philippe Renaud Pascal Sylvoz |
| C-4 1000 m | Soviet Union Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi Yuriy Gurin Valeriy Veshko | Hungary Gusztáv Leikep Attila Szabó Gábor Takács Ervin Hoffmann | Bulgaria Dejan Bonev Nikolay Bukhalov Hristo Georgiev Paisiy Lubenov |

#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 m | Martin Hunter (AUS) | Kay Bluhm (GDR) | Mike Herbert (USA) |
| K-1 1000 m | Zsolt Gyulay (HUN) | Torsten Krentz (GDR) | Kalle Sundqvist (SWE) |
| K-1 10000 m | Attila Szabó (TCH) | Stanislav Boreyko (URS) | José Garcia (POR) |
| K-2 500 m | East Germany Kay Bluhm Torsten Guitsche | Soviet Union Sergey Kalesnik Anatoly Tishchenko | Poland Maciej Freimut Wojciech Kurpiewski |
| K-2 1000 m | East Germany Kay Bluhm Torsten Guitsche | Soviet Union Vladimir Bobrezhov Artūras Vieta | Hungary Attilia Andorvicz Zoltán Berkes |
| K-2 10000 m | Hungary Attila Ábrahám Sándor Hódosi | Great Britain Grayson Bourne Ivan Lawler | Soviet Union Vladimir Gordilley Gennadiy Vassilenko |
| K-4 500 m | Soviet Union Viktor Denisov Sergey Kirsanov Aleksandr Motuzenko Viktor Pusev | West Germany Volker Kreutzer Thomas Pfrang Reiner Scholl Mario von Appen | Bulgaria Andrian Dushev Petar Godev Nikolay Jordanov Ivan Marinov |
| K-4 1000 m | Hungary Ferenc Cspies Attila Ábrahám Zsolt Gyulay Sándor Hódosi | Poland Robert Chwiałkowski Maciej Freimut Grzegorz Krawców Wojciech Kurpiewski | East Germany Guido Behling Torsten Krentz Thomas Vaske André Wohllebe |
| K-4 10000 m | Soviet Union Vladimir Bobreshov Aleksandr Myzgin Sergey Superata Artūras Vieta | Hungary Gábor Kulcsár Ákos Angyal Ferenc Csipes László Vincze | Poland Andrzej Gajewski Tomasz Franaszek Grzegorz Kaleta Mariusz Rutkowski |

### Women's
#### Kayak

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 m | Katrin Borchert (GDR) | Izabela Dylewska (POL) | Josefa Idem (FRG) |
| K-1 5000 m | Katrin Borchert (GDR) | Izabela Dylewska (POL) | Josefa Idem (FRG) |
| K-2 500 m | East Germany Anke Nothnagel Heike Singer | Hungary Éva Dónusz Erika Mészáros | Soviet Union Irina Salomykova Galina Savenko |
| K-2 5000 m | East Germany Monika Bunke Ramona Portwich | Romania Marina Bituleanu Lumineta Hertea | Soviet Union Aleksandra Apanovich Nadezhda Kovalevich |
| K-4 500 m | East Germany Katrin Borchert Monika Bunke Heike Singer Anke Nothnagel | Hungary Katalin Gyulai Henirette Huber Rita Kőbán Erika Mészáros | Soviet Union Aleksandra Apanovich Nadezhda Kovalevich Irina Salomykova Galina Savenko |

## Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 8 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | Denmark (DEN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |