The 1989

World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. ...

was held at the

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from March 14 to 19. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles,

pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

, and

ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...

Medal tables

Medalists

Medals by country

Results

Men

Kurt Browning became the first man to win a world championship while completing a quadruple jump.

Ladies

Midori Ito was the first Japanese skater to win gold and the first woman to do a triple axel in a major ISU competition.

Pairs

Ice dancing

References

External links

results
{{ISU Championships Figure skating World Figure Skating Championships

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