1989 World Canoe Sprint Championships

Host City Plovdiv
Country BUL
Held 23 – 27 August 1989
Competitors 103
Countries 16

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
C-1 500 m Men — Medal 3 3
C-1 1000 m Men — Medal 3 3
C-1 10000 m Men — Medal 3 3
C-2 500 m Men — Medal 6 3
C-2 1000 m Men — Medal 6 3
C-2 10000 m Men — Medal 6 3
C-4 500 m Men — Medal 12 3
C-4 1000 m Men — Medal 12 3
K-1 500 m Men — Medal 3 3
K-1 1000 m Men — Medal 3 3
K-1 10000 m Men — Medal 3 3
K-2 500 m Men — Medal 6 3
K-2 1000 m Men — Medal 6 3
K-2 10000 m Men — Medal 6 3
K-4 500 m Men — Medal 12 3
K-4 1000 m Men — Medal 12 3
K-4 10000 m Men — Medal 12 3
K-1 500 m Women — Medal 3 3
K-1 5000 m Women — Medal 3 3
K-2 500 m Women — Medal 6 3
K-2 5000 m Women — Medal 6 3
K-4 500 m Women — Medal 12 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 8 3 6 17
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 Germany GER 0 1 2 3
10 Canada CAN 0 1 0 1
= Great Britain GBR 0 1 0 1
= 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

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
C-1 500 m, Men Michał Śliwiński URS Olaf Heukrodt GDR Martin Marinov BUL
C-1 1000 m, Men Ivans Klementjevs URS Larry Cain CAN Gáspár Boldizsár HUN
C-1 10000 m, Men Ivans Klementjevs URS Zsolt Bohács HUN Jan Bartůnĕk TCH
C-2 500 m, Men Victor Reneischi / Victor Reneischi URS Tomasz Goliasz / Tomasz Goliasz POL Joël Bettin / Joël Bettin FRA
C-2 1000 m, Men Christian Frederiksen / Christian Frederiksen DEN Olivier Boivin / Olivier Boivin FRA Yury Gurin / Yury Gurin URS
C-2 10000 m, Men Christian Frederiksen / Christian Frederiksen DEN Olivier Boivin / Olivier Boivin FRA Andrey Balabanov / Andrey Balabanov URS
C-4 500 m, Men Soviet Union URS Hungary HUN France FRA
C-4 1000 m, Men Soviet Union URS Hungary HUN Bulgaria BUL
K-1 500 m, Men Martin Hunter AUS Kay Bluhm GDR Mike Herbert USA
K-1 1000 m, Men Zsolt Gyulay HUN Torsten Krentz GDR Karl Sundqvist SWE
K-1 10000 m, Men Attila Szabó TCH Stanislav Boreyko URS José Garcia POR
K-2 500 m, Men Kay Bluhm / Kay Bluhm GDR Siarhei Kalesnik / Siarhei Kalesnik URS Maciej Freimut / Maciej Freimut POL
K-2 1000 m, Men Kay Bluhm / Kay Bluhm GDR Vladimir Bobreshov / Vladimir Bobreshov URS Attila Adrovicz / Attila Adrovicz HUN
K-2 10000 m, Men Attila Ábrahám / Attila Ábrahám HUN Grayson Bourne / Grayson Bourne GBR Vladimir Gordiley / Vladimir Gordiley URS
K-4 500 m, Men Soviet Union URS Germany GER Bulgaria BUL
K-4 1000 m, Men Hungary HUN Poland POL East Germany GDR
K-4 10000 m, Men Soviet Union URS Hungary HUN Poland POL
K-1 500 m, Women Katrin Borchert GDR Izabela Dylewska POL Josefa Idem GER
K-1 5000 m, Women Katrin Borchert GDR Izabela Dylewska POL Josefa Idem GER
K-2 500 m, Women Anke Nothnagel / Anke Nothnagel GDR Éva Dónusz / Éva Dónusz HUN Irina Salomykova / Irina Salomykova URS
K-2 5000 m, Women Monika Bunke / Monika Bunke GDR Marina Bituleanu / Marina Bituleanu ROU Aleksandra Apanovich / Aleksandra Apanovich URS
K-4 500 m, Women East Germany GDR Hungary HUN Soviet Union URS