| 1989 World Figure Skating Championships | |
| Comptype: | ISU Championship |
| Startdate: | March 14 |
| Enddate: | 19 |
| Skatingseason: | 1988–89 |
| Location: | Paris, France |
| Venue: | Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy |
| Championmen: |  Kurt Browning |
| Championladies: |  Midori Ito |
| Championpairs: | Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov |
| Championdance: | Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko |
| Previouscomp: | 1988 World Championships |
| Nextcomp: | 1990 World Championships |
The 1989 World Figure Skating Championships was held March 14–19 at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
| align=center | Men | Kurt Browning |  Christopher Bowman |  Grzegorz Filipowski | |
| align=center | Ladies | Midori Ito | Claudia Leistner | Jill Trenary | |
| align=center | Pair skating | Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov | Cindy Landry / Lyndon Johnston | Elena Bechke / Denis Petrov | |
| align=center | Ice dancing | Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko | Maya Usova / Aleksandr Zhulin |  Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay |
Kurt Browning became the first man to win a world championship while completing a quadruple jump.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CF | OP | FS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | 3.6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| align=center | 2 | 5.8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| align=center | 3 | 6.2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 6.2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 10.2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 10.4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 16.0 | 6 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 18.0 | 10 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 19.4 | 13 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 10 | 20.8 | 11 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 11 | 21.0 | 18 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 12 | 25.2 | 9 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 13 | 26.0 | 12 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 14 | 27.6 | 14 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 15 | 31.8 | 15 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 16 | 33.2 | 20 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 17 | 34.6 | 8 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 18 | 34.8 | 17 | 20 | 16 | |||
| 19 | 35.0 | 19 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 20 | 37.0 | 23 | 18 | 17 | |||
| Free skating not reached | |||||||
| 21 | 16 | 25 | |||||
| 22 | 22 | 21 | |||||
| 23 | 21 | 23 | |||||
| 24 | 25 | 22 | |||||
| 25 | 26 | 24 | |||||
| 26 | 24 | 26 | |||||
| 27 | 27 | 27 | |||||
| WD | DNF | 28 | |||||
Midori Ito was the first Japanese skater to win gold and the first woman to do a triple axel in a major ISU competition.[2]
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CF | OP | FS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | 4.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||
| align=center | 2 | 4.2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| align=center | 3 | 5.0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 11.6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 5 | 11.6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 6 | 11.8 | 12 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 7 | 16.6 | 14 | 10 | 5 | |||
| 8 | 17.4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 9 | 18.6 | 11 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 10 | 18.8 | 16 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 11 | 22.4 | 17 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 12 | 23.8 | 10 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 13 | 27.0 | 9 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 14 | 28.8 | 13 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 15 | 29.2 | 15 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 16 | 29.2 | 8 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 17 | 34.2 | 7 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 18 | 34.6 | 24 | 20 | 13 | |||
| 19 | 37.2 | 21 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 20 | 38.0 | 22 | 17 | 19 | |||
| Free skating not reached | |||||||
| 21 | 23 | 21 | |||||
| 22 | 20 | 25 | |||||
| 23 | 19 | 27 | |||||
| 24 | 27 | 22 | |||||
| 25 | 26 | 23 | |||||
| 26 | 25 | 24 | |||||
| 27 | 30 | 26 | |||||
| 28 | 28 | 28 | |||||
| 29 | 29 | 29 | |||||
| WD | DNF | 18 | |||||
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| align=center | 2 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| align=center | 3 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 6.5 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 5 | 7.0 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 6 | 9.5 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 7 | 10.0 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 8 | 11.0 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 13.5 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 10 | 15.0 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 11 | 16.5 | 11 | 11 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CD | OSP | FD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| align=center | 2 | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| align=center | 3 | 7.2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 7.4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 9.4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 12.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 14.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 16.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 18.0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 10 | 20.4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 11 | 22.8 | 13 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 12 | 24.0 | 12 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 13 | 26.8 | 15 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 14 | 28.0 | 14 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 15 | 30.8 | 17 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 16 | 32.0 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 17 | 34.4 | 18 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 18 | 36.4 | 19 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 19 | 38.4 | 20 | 19 | 19 | |||
| Free dance not reached | |||||||
| 20 | 22 | 21 | |||||
| 21 | 23 | 22 | |||||
| 22 | 24 | 23 | |||||
| 23 | 25 | 24 | |||||
| WD | DNF | 10 | |||||