1989 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships explained

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	align=center bgcolor="gold"	Gold	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time	align=center bgcolor="silver"	Silver	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"	Bronze	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time
C-1 500 m
C-1 1000 m
C-1 10000 m
C-2 500 m	Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi		Tomasz Goliasz Marek Łbik		Joël Bettin Philippe Renaud
C-2 1000 m	Arne Nielsson Christian Frederiksen		Olivier Boivin Didier Hoyer		Yuriy Gurin Valeriy Veshko
C-2 10000 m	Arne Nielsson Christian Frederiksen		Olivier Boivin Didier Hoyer		Andrew Train Stephen Train
C-4 500 m	Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi Yuriy Gurin Valeriy Veshko		Attila Szabó Zsolt Varga György Zala Ervin Hoffmann		Benoît Bernard Joël Bettin Philippe Renaud Pascal Sylvoz
C-4 1000 m	Viktor Reneisky Nicolae Juravschi Yuriy Gurin Valeriy Veshko		Gusztáv Leikep Attila Szabó Gábor Takács Ervin Hoffmann		Dejan Bonev Nikolay Bukhalov Hristo Georgiev Paisiy Lubenov

Kayak

Event	align=center bgcolor="gold"	Gold	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time	align=center bgcolor="silver"	Silver	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"	Bronze	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time
K-1 500 m
K-1 1000 m
K-1 10000 m
K-2 500 m	Kay Bluhm Torsten Guitsche		Sergey Kalesnik Anatoly Tishchenko		Maciej Freimut Wojciech Kurpiewski
K-2 1000 m	Kay Bluhm Torsten Guitsche		Vladimir Bobrezhov Artūras Vieta		Attilia Andorvicz Zoltán Berkes
K-2 10000 m	Attila Ábrahám Sándor Hódosi		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		Andrian Dushev Petar Godev Nikolay Jordanov Ivan Marinov
K-4 1000 m	Ferenc Cspies Attila Ábrahám Zsolt Gyulay Sándor Hódosi		Robert Chwiałkowski Maciej Freimut Grzegorz Krawców Wojciech Kurpiewski		Guido Behling Torsten Krentz Thomas Vaske André Wohllebe
K-4 10000 m	Vladimir Bobreshov Aleksandr Myzgin Sergey Superata Artūras Vieta		Gábor Kulcsár Ákos Angyal Ferenc Csipes László Vincze		Andrzej Gajewski Tomasz Franaszek Grzegorz Kaleta Mariusz Rutkowski

Women's

Kayak

Event	align=center bgcolor="gold"	Gold	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time	align=center bgcolor="silver"	Silver	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"	Bronze	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Time
K-1 500 m
K-1 5000 m
K-2 500 m	Anke Nothnagel Heike Singer		Éva Dónusz Erika Mészáros		Irina Salomykova Galina Savenko
K-2 5000 m	Monika Bunke Ramona Portwich		Marina Bituleanu Lumineta Hertea		Aleksandra Apanovich Nadezhda Kovalevich
K-4 500 m	Katrin Borchert Monika Bunke Heike Singer Anke Nothnagel		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.