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1989 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1989


Annual figure skating competition held in 1989

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title1989 World Figure Skating Championships
comptypeISU Championship
startdateMarch 14
enddate19
skatingseason1988–89
locationParis, France
venuePalais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
championmenCAN Kurt Browning
championladiesJPN Midori Ito
championpairsURS Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov
championdanceURS Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko
previouscomp[1988 World Championships](1988-world-figure-skating-championships)
nextcomp[1990 World Championships](1990-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

Ice dancingURS Marina Klimova / Sergei PonomarenkoURS Maya Usova / Aleksandr ZhulinFRA Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay

Medals by country

Results

Men

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

RankNameNationTFPCFOPFS4567891011121314151617181920Free skating not reached21222324252627WD
**1**Kurt Browning3.6511
**2**Christopher Bowman5.8423
**3**Grzegorz Filipowski6.2352
Alexander Fadeev6.2134
Petr Barna10.2745
Viktor Petrenko10.4266
Daniel Doran16.06117
Oliver Höner18.010108
Michael Slipchuk19.413710
Cameron Medhurst20.811911
Makoto Kano21.01889
Daniel Weiss25.291612
Axel Médéric26.0121214
Dmitri Gromov27.6141513
András Száraz31.8151318
Mirko Eichhorn33.2201715
Ralph Burghart34.681920
Alessandro Riccitelli34.8172016
Peter Johansson35.0191419
Henrik Walentin37.0231817
Christian Newberry1625
Jung Sung-il2221
Iwo Svec2123
Oula Jääskeläinen2522
David Liu2624
Boyko AleksievBulgaria2426
Alexandre Geers2727
Ricardo OlavarrietaDNF28

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.

RankNameNationTFPCFOPFS4567891011121314151617181920Free skating not reached212223242526272829WD
**1**Midori Ito4.0611
**2**Claudia Leistner4.2132
**3**Jill Trenary5.0223
Patricia Neske11.6566
Natalia Lebedeva11.6348
Kristi Yamaguchi11.81254
Evelyn Großmann16.614105
Natalia Gorbenko17.44811
Beatrice Gelmini18.611710
Surya Bonaly18.81697
Karen Preston22.417119
Simone Lang23.8101312
Yvonne Pokorny27.091415
Tamara Téglássy28.8131614
Junko Yaginuma29.2151216
Charlene Wong29.281517
Željka Čižmešija34.271920
Yvonne Gómez34.6242013
Helene Persson37.2211818
Petra Vonmoos38.0221719
Tracy Brook2321
Lily Lyoonjung Lee2025
Louisa Danskin1927
Anisette Torp-Lind2722
Jacqueline Soames2623
Mari Niskanen2524
Tsvetelina YankovaBulgaria3026
Diana Marcos2828
Charuda Upatham2929
Sandy SuyDNF18

Pairs

RankNameNationTFPSPFS4567891011
**1**Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov1.511
**2**Cindy Landry / Lyndon Johnston3.022
**3**Elena Bechke / Denis Petrov5.043
Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König6.535
Kristi Yamaguchi / Rudy Galindo7.064
Elena Kvitchenko / Rashid Kadyrkaev9.557
Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler10.086
Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold11.068
Anuschka Gläser / Stefan Pfrengle13.599
Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr15.01010
Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor16.51111

Ice dancing

RankNameNationTFPCDOSPFD45678910111213141516171819Free dance not reached20212223WD
**1**Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko2.0111
**2**Maya Usova / Alexander Zhulin4.0222
**3**Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay7.2353
Klára Engi / Attila Tóth7.4434
Susie Wynne / Joseph Druar9.4545
Larisa Fedorinova / Evgeni Platov12.0666
Stefania Calegari / Pasquale Camerlengo14.0777
Karyn Garossino / Rod Garossino16.0888
Sharon Jones / Paul Askham18.0999
Andrea Juklova / Martin Šimeček20.4111010
Michelle McDonald / Mark Mitchell22.8131111
Dominique Yvon / Frédéric Palluel24.0121212
Susanna Rahkamo / Petri Kokko26.8151313
Andrea Weppelmann / Hendryk Schamberger28.0141414
Anna Croci / Luca Mantovani30.8171515
Małgorzata Grajcar / Andrzej Dostatni32.0161616
Krisztina Kerekes / Csaba Szentpéteri34.4181717
Diane Gerencser / Alexander Stanislavov36.4191919
Kaoru Takino / Kenji Takino38.4201919
Monica MacDonald / Duncan Smart2221
Ursula Holik / Herbert Holik2322
Park Kyung-sook / Han Seung-jong2423
Petya Gavazova / Nikolai TonevBulgaria2524
April Sargent / Russ WitherbyDNF10

References

References

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