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.

1989 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 14 – 19
Season:1988–89
Location:Paris, France
Venue:Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
Champions
Men's singles:
Canada Kurt Browning
Ladies' singles:
Japan Midori Ito
Pairs:
Soviet Union Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov
Ice dance:
Soviet Union Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko
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Medal tables

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Medalists

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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

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union (URS)2114
2  Canada (CAN)1102
3  Japan (JPN)1001
4  United States (USA)0112
5  West Germany (FRG)0101
6  France (FRA)0011
  Poland (POL)0011
Totals (7 entries)44412

Results

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Kurt Browning became the first man to win a world championship while completing a quadruple jump.[1]

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

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Midori Ito was the first Japanese skater to win gold and the first woman to do a triple axel in a major ISU competition.[2]

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

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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

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Results Plus". The New York Times. 17 March 1989.
  2. ^ "Archives".
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