The 1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 40th edition of the men's team championship.^[1][2]

Sweden won the gold medal defeating China 5–0 in the final. The final was interrupted during the fourth game when Jiang Jialiang refused to play on against Jan-Ove Waldner after being called for a service foul. After a delay the match continued but Jiang was booed for the remainder of the match. North Korea won the bronze medal defeating the Soviet Union 5–3 in the bronze medal play off.^[3][4][5]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
	Sweden Mikael Appelgren Peter Karlsson Erik Lindh Jörgen Persson Jan-Ove Waldner	China Chen Longcan Jiang Jialiang Ma Wenge Teng Yi Yu Shentong	North Korea Chu Jong-Chol Kim Song-hui Li Gun-Sang Yun Mun-Song

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	China	3	3	0	3
2	West Germany	3	1	2	1
3	Belgium	3	1	2	1
4	Hungary	3	1	2	1

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	Sweden	3	3	0	3
2	South Korea	3	2	1	2
3	Nigeria	3	1	2	1
4	Taiwan	3	0	3	0

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	North Korea	3	3	0	3
2	Poland	3	2	1	2
3	England	3	1	2	1
4	Netherlands	3	0	3	0

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	Soviet Union	3	2	1	2
2	Japan	3	2	1	2
3	Czechoslovakia	3	2	1	2
4	Yugoslavia	3	0	3	0

Sweden 5		China 0	Score
Appelgren	bt	Jiang Jialiang	21–10 18–21 21–15
Waldner	bt	Teng Yi	22–24 21–19 21–17
Persson	bt	Chen Longcan	22–24 21–16 21–13
Waldner	bt	Jiang Jialiang	21–16 17–21 21–16
Appelgren	bt	Chen Longcan	21–17 21–16

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists