1989 World Games

The 1989 World Games, the third World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Karlsruhe, West Germany.

World Games III
Host cityKarlsruhe, West Germany
Nations participating36
Athletes participating1,265
Events112 (19 sports)
Opening ceremony20 July
Closing ceremony30 July
Officially opened byPresident Richard von Weizsäcker
Main venueWildparkstadion

Titles

112 titles were awarded in 19 sports (5 invitational sports not included).[1]

  As Invitational sport

SportTitlesNotes
Artistic cycling4
Bodybuilding6
Boules2
Bowling3
Cycle ball1
Field archery4
Fistball1
Finswimming14
Karate12
Korfball1
Life saving16
Netball1
Powerlifting6[2]
Artistic roller skating4
Roller speed skating10
Roller hockey1
Taekwondo12
Trampoline6
Tug of war2
Waterskiing6
Aikido
Bahn golf
Boomerang
Triathlon
Ultimate (flying disc)
Total112

Medal table

The medal tally was as follows. Italy won the most gold medals in this edition; West Germany led in overall medals.[3] Two bronze medals were awarded in the men's karate kata event and in each karate kumite (10) and taekwondo (12) event.

  *   Host nation (West Germany)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy (ITA)21151450
2 West Germany (FRG)*18132758
3 Soviet Union (URS)1513836
4 United States (USA)89926
5 France (FRA)86620
6 South Korea (KOR)81413
7 Great Britain (GBR)661123
8 Canada (CAN)6219
9 Chinese Taipei (TPE)4004
10 China (CHN)2518
11 Japan (JPN)24713
12 Austria (AUT)24410
13 Netherlands (NED)2237
14 Belgium (BEL)2136
15 Finland (FIN)2103
16 Portugal (POR)2002
17  Switzerland (SUI)15410
18 Indonesia (INA)1045
19 New Zealand (NZL)1001
 Norway (NOR)1001
21 Spain (ESP)04812
22 Australia (AUS)0358
23 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0303
24 Jordan (JOR)0213
25 Philippines (PHI)0202
26 Hungary (HUN)0156
27 Turkey (TUR)0145
28 Denmark (DEN)0112
 Egypt (EGY)0112
 India (IND)0112
 Ireland (IRL)0112
 Sweden (SWE)0112
33 Algeria (ALG)0101
 Brazil (BRA)0101
 Mexico (MEX)0101
 Poland (POL)0101
37 Luxembourg (LUX)0011
Totals (37 nations)112112135359

Opening Event

The opening event was created and organised by Traumfabrik

References

  1. "The World Games in the past". worldgames2009.tw. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  2. "1989 World Games - Karlsruhe, Germany 20th-30th July 1989. All weights are in kilogrammes". powerlifting-ipf.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  3. "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
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