The 1989 World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles was the 40th edition of the men's doubles championship. ^{[1] [2]} Jörg Rosskopf and Steffen Fetzner won the title after defeating Leszek Kucharski and Zoran Kalinić in the final by two sets to one.^[3]

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	Round of 16									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Chen Longcan Wei Qingguang	21	21
		Wu Wen-Chia Huang Huei-Chien	9	12							Chen Longcan Wei Qingguang	21	21
		Tomas Janci Miroslav Cecava	21	10	21						Janci Cecava	10	10
		Erik Lindh Jörgen Persson	13	21	19															Chen Longcan Wei Qingguang	21	12	17
		Jörg Roßkopf Steffen Fetzner	21	14	21															Roßkopf Fetzner	11	21	21
		Ulf "Tickan" Carlsson Ulf Bengtsson	14	21	14						Roßkopf Fetzner	21	19	21
		Andrzej Grubba Jean-Philippe Gatien	16	21	21						Grubba Gatien	16	21	18
		Yoo Nam-kyu Kim Taek-soo	21	11	17																								Roßkopf Fetzner	18	21	21
		Jan-Ove Waldner Mikael Appelgren	16	18																									Kucharski Kalinić	21	17	19
		Teng Yi Hui Jun	21	21							Teng Yi Hui Jun	21	13	21
		Hiroshi Shibutani Kōji Matsushita	15	21	22						Shibutani Matsushita	19	21	10
		Kim Ki-taik Ahn Jae-hyung	21	17	20															Teng Yi Hui Jun	15	17
		Alan Cooke Carl Prean	17	21	21															Kucharski Kalinić	21	21
		Tibor Klampár Ding Yi	21	18	17						Cooke Prean	15	17
		Leszek Kucharski Zoran Kalinić	21	21							Kucharski Kalinić	21	21
		Xie Chaojie Lü Lin	16	14

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists