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	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
C-1 500 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
C-1 1000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
C-1 10000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
C-2 500 m	Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi		Template:Flagu Tomasz Goliasz Marek Łbik		Template:Flagu Joël Bettin Philippe Renaud
C-2 1000 m	Arne Nielsson Christian Frederiksen		Template:Flagu Olivier Boivin Didier Hoyer		Yuriy Gurin Valeriy Veshko
C-2 10000 m	Arne Nielsson Christian Frederiksen		Template:Flagu Olivier Boivin Didier Hoyer		Andrey Balabanov Viktor Dobrotvorskiy
C-4 500 m	Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi Yuriy Gurin Valeriy Veshko		Template:Flagcountry Attila Szabó Zsolt Varga György Zala Ervin Hoffmann		Template:Flagu Benoît Bernard Joël Bettin Philippe Renaud Pascal Sylvoz
C-4 1000 m	Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi Yuriy Gurin Valeriy Veshko		Template:Flagcountry Gusztáv Leikep Attila Szabó Gábor Takács Ervin Hoffmann		Template:Flagcountry Dejan Bonev Nikolay Bukhalov Hristo Georgiev Paisiy Lubenov

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-1 1000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-1 10000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-2 500 m	Template:GDR Kay Bluhm Torsten Guitsche		Sergey Kalesnik Anatoly Tishchenko		Template:Flagu Maciej Freimut Wojciech Kurpiewski
K-2 1000 m	Template:GDR Kay Bluhm Torsten Guitsche		Vladimir Bobrezhov Artūras Vieta		Template:Flagcountry Attilia Andorvicz Zoltán Berkes
K-2 10000 m	Template:Flagcountry Attila Ábrahám Sándor Hódosi		Template:GBR2 Grayson Bourne Ivan Lawler		Vladimir Gordilley Gennadiy Vassilenko
K-4 500 m	Viktor Denisov Sergey Kirsanov Aleksandr Motuzenko Viktor Pusev		Volker Kreutzer Thomas Pfrang Reiner Scholl Mario von Appen		Template:Flagcountry Andrian Dushev Petar Godev Nikolay Jordanov Ivan Marinov
K-4 1000 m	Template:Flagcountry Ferenc Cspies Attila Ábrahám Zsolt Gyulay Sándor Hódosi		Template:Flagu Robert Chwiałkowski Maciej Freimut Grzegorz Krawców Wojciech Kurpiewski		Template:GDR Guido Behling Torsten Krentz Thomas Vaske André Wohllebe
K-4 10000 m	Vladimir Bobreshov Aleksandr Myzgin Sergey Superata Artūras Vieta		Template:Flagcountry Gábor Kulcsár Ákos Angyal Ferenc Csipes László Vincze		Template:Flagu Andrzej Gajewski Tomasz Franaszek Grzegorz Kaleta Mariusz Rutkowski

Women's

Kayak

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
K-1 500 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-1 5000 m	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
K-2 500 m	Template:GDR Anke Nothnagel Heike Singer		Template:Flagcountry Éva Dónusz Erika Mészáros		Irina Salomykova Galina Savenko
K-2 5000 m	Template:GDR Monika Bunke Ramona Portwich		Template:Flagcountry Marina Bituleanu Lumineta Hertea		Aleksandra Apanovich Nadezhda Kovalevich
K-4 500 m	Template:GDR Katrin Borchert Monika Bunke Heike Singer Anke Nothnagel		Template:Flagcountry Katalin Gyulai Henirette Huber Rita Kőbán Erika Mészáros		Aleksandra Apanovich Nadezhda Kovalevich Irina Salomykova Galina Savenko

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.