The 1989 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held on Savage River in Garrett County, Maryland (western part of the state) near Pittsburgh in the United States under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. It was the 21st edition. It was the first time the championships were held in the United States. Italy won its first ever medal at these championships.
| Event | align=center bgcolor="gold" | Gold | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points | align=center bgcolor="silver" | Silver | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points | align=center bgcolor="CC9966" | Bronze | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C1 | 205.04 | 217.01 | 226.52 | |||||||||
| C1 team | Jon Lugbill David Hearn Jed Prentice | 242.50 | Thierry Humeau Jacky Avril Thierry Lepeltier | 263.21 | Borut Javornik Jože Vidmar Boštjan Žitnik | 288.80 | ||||||
| C2 | Frank Hemmer Thomas Loose | 237.55 | Jan Petříček Tomáš Petříček | 243.21 | Emmanuel del Rey Thierry Saidi | 248.54 | ||||||
| C2 team | Emmanuel del Rey & Thierry Saidi Michel Saidi & Jérôme Daval Gilles Lelievre & Jérôme Daille | 286.72 | Jiří Rohan & Miroslav Šimek Jan Petříček & Tomáš Petříček Miroslav Hajdučík & Milan Kučera | 297.76 | Frank Hemmer & Thomas Loose Frank Becker & Martin Fröhlke Stephan Bittner & Volker Nerlich | 333.52 |
| Event | align=center bgcolor="gold" | Gold | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points | align=center bgcolor="silver" | Silver | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points | align=center bgcolor="CC9966" | Bronze | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K1 | 198.61 | 203.28 | 203.39 | |||||||||
| K1 team | Jernej Abramič Marjan Štrukelj Albin Čižman | 228.05 | Marco Caldera Pierpaolo Ferrazzi Ettore Ivaldi | 232.77 | Michael Seibert Thomas Hilger Martin Hemmer | 238.28 |
| Event | align=center bgcolor="gold" | Gold | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points | align=center bgcolor="silver" | Silver | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points | align=center bgcolor="CC9966" | Bronze | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K1 | 234.80 | 238.98 | 244.20 | |||||||||
| K1 team | Myriam Jerusalmi Marie-Françoise Grange-Prigent Anne Boixel | 271.67 | Dana Chladek Cathy Hearn Jennifer Stone | 292.54 | Zdenka Grossmannová Štěpánka Hilgertová Marcela Hilgertová | 327.70 |