| 1989 European Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | January 17 – 22 |
| Season: | 1988–89 |
| Location: | Birmingham,England,United Kingdom |
| Venue: | National Exhibition Centre |
| Champions | |
Men's singles: Alexander Fadeev | |
Ladies' singles: Claudia Leistner | |
| Pairs:Larisa Selezneva /Oleg Makarov | |
| Ice dance:Marina Klimova /Sergei Ponomarenko | |
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The1989European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held inBirmingham,England,United Kingdom on January 17–22, 1989. Elite skaters from EuropeanISU member nations competed in the disciplines ofmen's singles, ladies' singles,pair skating, andice dancing.[1][2][3][4]
West Germany'sRichard Zander won the compulsory figures but withdrew after the short program.[5]
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CF | OP | FS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Fadeev | Soviet Union | 2.4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Grzegorz Filipowski |  Poland | 4.4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Petr Barna |  Czechoslovakia | 6.4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Dmitri Gromov | Soviet Union | 10.8 | 11 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Daniel Weiss | West Germany | 12.0 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | Viacheslav Zagorodniuk | Soviet Union | 13.0 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| 7 | Axel Médéric |  France | 19.4 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | Peter Johansson |  Sweden | 19.6 | 16 | 12 | 6 |
| 9 | Lars Dresler |  Denmark | 21.0 | 12 | 7 | 12 |
| 10 | Alessandro Riccitelli |  Italy | 21.4 | 9 | 13 | 10 |
| 11 | András Száraz |  Hungary | 21.6 | 13 | 9 | 11 |
| 12 | Ronny Winkler |  East Germany | 21.8 | 18 | 11 | 8 |
| 13 | Éric Millot | France | 23.4 | 15 | 14 | 9 |
| 14 | Ralf Burghart |  Austria | 26.0 | 6 | 16 | 14 |
| 15 | Christian Newberry |  United Kingdom | 28.0 | 10 | 15 | 15 |
| 16 | Oula Jääskeläinen |  Finland | 34.4 | 19 | 18 | 16 |
| 17 | Tomislav Čižmešija |  Yugoslavia | 35.0 | 14 | 19 | 18 |
| 18 | Jan Erik Digernes |  Norway | 35.6 | 21 | 17 | 17 |
| 19 | John Martin | United Kingdom | 38.4 | 17 | 21 | 19 |
| WD | Richard Zander | West Germany | 1 | 10 | ||
| Final Not Reached | ||||||
| 20 | Boyko Aleksiev |  Bulgaria | 20 | 20 | ||
Leistner, Conway, Gorbenko were the top three after the compulsory figures.[6] Leistner would go on to win the title while Lebedeva and Neske moved up to take silver and bronze, respectively.[7]
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP[7] | CF[6] | OP | FS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claudia Leistner | West Germany | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Natalia Lebedeva | Soviet Union | 5.4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Patricia Neske | West Germany | 9.2 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | Simone Lang | East Germany | 9.6 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Natalia Gorbenko | Soviet Union | 12.4 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 6 | Joanne Conway | United Kingdom | 13.2 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | Evelyn Großmann | East Germany | 13.4 | 12 | 6 | 5 |
| 8 | Surya Bonaly | France | 15.6 | 17 | 8 | 4 |
| 9 | Tamara Téglássy | Hungary | 18.6 | 10 | 11 | 8 |
| 10 | Yvonne Gómez |  Spain | 20.2 | 13 | 10 | 9 |
| 11 | Željka Čižmešija | Yugoslavia | 21.2 | 5 | 12 | 12 |
| 12 | Yvonne Pokorny | Austria | 21.6 | 7 | 13 | 11 |
| 13 | Sabine Contini | Italy | 26.0 | 14 | 9 | 15 |
| 14 | Helene Persson | Sweden | 29.4 | 11 | 15 | 16 |
| 15 | Anisette Torp-Lind | Denmark | 29.8 | 21 | 14 | 13 |
| 16 | Stefanie Schmid |  Switzerland | 30.2 | 15 | 17 | 14 |
| 17 | Claude Péri | France | 30.2 | 9 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | Jacqueline Soames | United Kingdom | 36.6 | 18 | 19 | 18 |
| 19 | Jeltje Schulten |  Netherlands | 38.6 | 19 | 20 | 19 |
| WD | Mirela Gawłowska | Poland | 16 | 20 | ||
| Final Not Reached | ||||||
| 20 | Iveta Voralova | Czechoslovakia | 20 | 21 | ||
| 21 | Sandrine Goes |  Belgium | 25 | 18 | ||
| 22 | Elina Hänninen | Finland | 22 | 22 | ||
| 23 | Anita Thorenfeldt | Norway | 24 | 24 | ||
| 24 | Asia Aleksieva | Bulgaria | 23 | 25 | ||
| 25 | Andrea Gránitz | Hungary | 26 | 26 | ||
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | OP | FP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larisa Selezneva /Oleg Makarov | Soviet Union | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Mandy Wötzel /Axel Rauschenbach | East Germany | 3.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Natalia Mishkutenok /Artur Dmitriev | Soviet Union | 4.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Elena Kvitchenko /Rashid Kadyrkaev | Soviet Union | 6.0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Cheryl Peake /Andrew Naylor | United Kingdom | 7.5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Anuschka Gläser /Stefan Pfrengle | West Germany | 9.0 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Lisa Cushley /Neil Cushley | United Kingdom | 10.5 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Sonja Adalbert /Daniele Caprano | West Germany | 12.0 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Anna Górecka /Arkadiusz Górecki | Poland | 13.5 | 9 | 9 |
Klimova / Ponomarenko, Usova / Zhulin, and Annenko / Sretenski were the top three after the original set pattern.[6]
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CD | OSP | FD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marina Klimova /Sergei Ponomarenko | Soviet Union | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Maya Usova /Alexander Zhulin | Soviet Union | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Natalia Annenko /Genrikh Sretenski | Soviet Union | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Klára Engi /Attila Tóth | Hungary | 8.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Stefania Calegari /Pasquale Camerlengo | Italy | 11.0 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 6 | Sharon Jones /Paul Askham | United Kingdom | 11.0 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Andrea Juklova /Martin Šimeček | Czechoslovakia | 14.4 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Dominique Yvon /Frédéric Palluel | France | 15.6 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | Małgorzata Grajcar /Andrzej Dostatni | Poland | 18.0 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Andrea Weppelmann /Hendryk Schamberger | West Germany | 20.4 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Sophie Moniotte /Pascal Lavanchy | France | 21.6 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Susanna Rahkamo /Petri Kokko | Finland | 24.0 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | Anna Croci /Luca Mantovani | Italy | 26.0 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Karen Quinn /Alan Abretti | United Kingdom | 29.0 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| 15 | Krisztina Kerekes /Csaba Szentpéteri | Hungary | 29.0 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | Diane Gerencser /Bernard Columberg | Switzerland | 32.0 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| 17 | Ursula Holik /Herbert Holik | Austria | 34.0 | 17 | 17 | 17 |