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 | |
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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: Midori Ito | |
Pairs: Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov | |
Ice dance: Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko | |
Previous: 1988 World Championships | |
Next: 1990 World Championships |
Medal tables
editMedalists
editDiscipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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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
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Results
editMen
editKurt Browning became the first man to win a world championship while completing a quadruple jump.[1]
Ladies
editMidori Ito was the first Japanese skater to win gold and the first woman to do a triple axel in a major ISU competition.[2]
Pairs
editRank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
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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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Results Plus". The New York Times. 17 March 1989.
- ^ "Archives".