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.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 500 m	Michał Śliwiński (URS)	Olaf Heukrodt (GDR)	Martin Marinov (BUL)
C-1 1000 m	Ivan Klementiev (URS)	Larry Cain (CAN)	Gáspár Boldizsár (HUN)
C-1 10000 m	Ivan Klementiev (URS)	Zsolt Bohács (HUN)	Jan Bartůněk (TCH)
C-2 500 m	Soviet Union Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi	Poland Tomasz Goliasz Marek Łbik	France Joël Bettin Philippe Renaud
C-2 1000 m	Denmark Arne Nielsson Christian Frederiksen	France Olivier Boivin Didier Hoyer	Soviet Union Yuriy Gurin Valeriy Veshko
C-2 10000 m	Denmark Arne Nielsson Christian Frederiksen	France Olivier Boivin Didier Hoyer	Soviet Union Andrey Balabanov Viktor Dobrotvorskiy
C-4 500 m	Soviet Union Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi Yuriy Gurin Valeriy Veshko	Hungary Attila Szabó Zsolt Varga György Zala Ervin Hoffmann	France Benoît Bernard Joël Bettin Philippe Renaud Pascal Sylvoz
C-4 1000 m	Soviet Union Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi Yuriy Gurin Valeriy Veshko	Hungary Gusztáv Leikep Attila Szabó Gábor Takács Ervin Hoffmann	Bulgaria Dejan Bonev Nikolay Bukhalov Hristo Georgiev Paisiy Lubenov

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 m	Martin Hunter (AUS)	Kay Bluhm (GDR)	Mike Herbert (USA)
K-1 1000 m	Zsolt Gyulay (HUN)	Torsten Krentz (GDR)	Kalle Sundqvist (SWE)
K-1 10000 m	Attila Szabó (TCH)	Stanislav Boreyko (URS)	José Garcia (POR)
K-2 500 m	East Germany Kay Bluhm Torsten Guitsche	Soviet Union Sergey Kalesnik Anatoly Tishchenko	Poland Maciej Freimut Wojciech Kurpiewski
K-2 1000 m	East Germany Kay Bluhm Torsten Guitsche	Soviet Union Vladimir Bobrezhov Artūras Vieta	Hungary Attilia Andorvicz Zoltán Berkes
K-2 10000 m	Hungary Attila Ábrahám Sándor Hódosi	Great Britain Grayson Bourne Ivan Lawler	Soviet Union Vladimir Gordilley Gennadiy Vassilenko
K-4 500 m	Soviet Union Viktor Denisov Sergey Kirsanov Aleksandr Motuzenko Viktor Pusev	West Germany Volker Kreutzer Thomas Pfrang Reiner Scholl Mario von Appen	Bulgaria Andrian Dushev Petar Godev Nikolay Jordanov Ivan Marinov
K-4 1000 m	Hungary Ferenc Cspies Attila Ábrahám Zsolt Gyulay Sándor Hódosi	Poland Robert Chwiałkowski Maciej Freimut Grzegorz Krawców Wojciech Kurpiewski	East Germany Guido Behling Torsten Krentz Thomas Vaske André Wohllebe
K-4 10000 m	Soviet Union Vladimir Bobreshov Aleksandr Myzgin Sergey Superata Artūras Vieta	Hungary Gábor Kulcsár Ákos Angyal Ferenc Csipes László Vincze	Poland Andrzej Gajewski Tomasz Franaszek Grzegorz Kaleta Mariusz Rutkowski

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 m	Katrin Borchert (GDR)	Izabela Dylewska (POL)	Josefa Idem (FRG)
K-1 5000 m	Katrin Borchert (GDR)	Izabela Dylewska (POL)	Josefa Idem (FRG)
K-2 500 m	East Germany Anke Nothnagel Heike Singer	Hungary Éva Dónusz Erika Mészáros	Soviet Union Irina Salomykova Galina Savenko
K-2 5000 m	East Germany Monika Bunke Ramona Portwich	Romania Marina Bituleanu Lumineta Hertea	Soviet Union Aleksandra Apanovich Nadezhda Kovalevich
K-4 500 m	East Germany Katrin Borchert Monika Bunke Heike Singer Anke Nothnagel	Hungary Katalin Gyulai Henirette Huber Rita Kőbán Erika Mészáros	Soviet Union Aleksandra Apanovich Nadezhda Kovalevich Irina Salomykova Galina Savenko

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	8	3	5	16
2	East Germany (GDR)	7	3	1	11
3	Hungary (HUN)	3	6	2	11
4	Denmark (DEN)	2	0	0	2
5	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	0	1	2
6	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
7	Poland (POL)	0	4	2	6
8	France (FRA)	0	2	2	4
9	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	2	3
10	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	1	2
11	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
11	Romania (ROU)	0	1	0	1
13	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	3	3
14	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		22	22	22	66

1989 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

Medal summary

Men's

Canoe

Kayak

Women's

Kayak

Medals table

References

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