1989 World Figure Skating Championships
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| 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:  Kurt Browning | |
| Ladies' singles: Japan Midori Ito | |
| Pairs: Soviet Union Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov | |
| Ice dance: Soviet Union Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko | |
| Previous: 1988 World Championships | |
| Next: 1990 World 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
[edit | edit source]Medalists
[edit | edit source]| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Kurt Browning
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United States Christopher Bowman | Poland Grzegorz Filipowski |
| Ladies | Japan Midori Ito | West Germany Claudia Leistner | United States Jill Trenary |
| Pair skating | Soviet Union Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov | Cindy Landry / Lyndon Johnston
|
Soviet Union Elena Bechke / Denis Petrov |
| Ice dancing | Soviet Union Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko | Soviet Union Maya Usova / Aleksandr Zhulin | France Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay |
Medals by country
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | File:Flag of France.svg France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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Results
[edit | edit source]Men
[edit | edit source]Kurt Browning became the first man to win a world championship while completing a quadruple jump.[1]
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Ladies
[edit | edit source]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]
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Pairs
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov | File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Cindy Landry / Lyndon Johnston | Canada |
3.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Elena Bechke / Denis Petrov | File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union | 5.0 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König | File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany | 6.5 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Kristi Yamaguchi / Rudy Galindo | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | 7.0 | 6 | 4 |
| 6 | Elena Kvitchenko / Rashid Kadyrkaev | File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union | 9.5 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler | Canada |
10.0 | 8 | 6 |
| 8 | Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | 11.0 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | Anuschka Gläser / Stefan Pfrengle | File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany | 13.5 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 15.0 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | 16.5 | 11 | 11 |