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 TimeC-1 500 m C-1 1000 m C-1 10000 m C-2 500 m Viktor ReneiskyNicolae Juravschi Tomasz GoliaszMarek Łbik Joël BettinPhilippe RenaudC-2 1000 m Arne NielssonChristian Frederiksen Olivier BoivinDidier Hoyer Yuriy GurinValeriy VeshkoC-2 10000 m Arne NielssonChristian Frederiksen Olivier BoivinDidier Hoyer Andrey BalabanovViktor DobrotvorskiyC-4 500 m Viktor ReneiskyNicolae JuravschiYuriy GurinValeriy Veshko Attila SzabóZsolt VargaGyörgy ZalaErvin Hoffmann Benoît BernardJoël BettinPhilippe RenaudPascal SylvozC-4 1000 m Viktor ReneiskyNicolae JuravschiYuriy GurinValeriy Veshko Gusztáv LeikepAttila SzabóGábor TakácsErvin Hoffmann Dejan BonevNikolay BukhalovHristo GeorgievPaisiy Lubenov
Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m K-1 1000 m K-1 10000 m K-2 500 m Kay BluhmTorsten Guitsche Sergey KalesnikAnatoly Tishchenko Maciej FreimutWojciech KurpiewskiK-2 1000 m Kay BluhmTorsten Guitsche Vladimir BobrezhovArtūras Vieta Attilia AndorviczZoltán BerkesK-2 10000 m Attila ÁbrahámSándor Hódosi Grayson BourneIvan Lawler Vladimir GordilleyGennadiy VassilenkoK-4 500 m Viktor DenisovSergey KirsanovAleksandr MotuzenkoViktor Pusev Volker KreutzerThomas PfrangReiner SchollMario von Appen Andrian DushevPetar GodevNikolay JordanovIvan MarinovK-4 1000 m Ferenc CspiesAttila ÁbrahámZsolt GyulaySándor Hódosi Robert ChwiałkowskiMaciej FreimutGrzegorz KrawcówWojciech Kurpiewski Guido BehlingTorsten KrentzThomas VaskeAndré WohllebeK-4 10000 m Vladimir BobreshovAleksandr MyzginSergey SuperataArtūras Vieta Gábor KulcsárÁkos AngyalFerenc CsipesLászló Vincze Andrzej GajewskiTomasz FranaszekGrzegorz KaletaMariusz Rutkowski
Women's Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m K-1 5000 m K-2 500 m Anke NothnagelHeike Singer Éva DónuszErika Mészáros Irina SalomykovaGalina SavenkoK-2 5000 m Monika BunkeRamona Portwich Marina BituleanuLumineta Hertea Aleksandra ApanovichNadezhda KovalevichK-4 500 m Katrin BorchertMonika BunkeHeike SingerAnke Nothnagel Katalin GyulaiHenirette HuberRita KőbánErika Mészáros Aleksandra ApanovichNadezhda KovalevichIrina SalomykovaGalina Savenko
Medals table
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.