1989 World Games

World Games III
Host city Karlsruhe, West Germany
Nations participating 36
Athletes participating 1,265
Events 101 (19 sports)
Opening ceremony 20 July
Closing ceremony 30 July
Officially opened by President Richard von Weizsäcker
Main venue Wildparkstadion
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The 1989 World Games, the third World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Karlsruhe, West Germany.

Titles

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

     As Invitational sport

SportTitlesNotes
Artistic cycling5
Bodybuilding6
Boules2
Bowling3
Field archery4
Fistball1
Finswimming13
Karate12
Korfball1
Life saving8
Netball1
Powerlifting6[2]
Artistic roller skating4
Roller speed skating10
Roller hockey1
Taekwondo12
Trampoline6
Tug of war2
Waterskiing6
Aikido
Bahn golf
Boomerang
Triathlon
Ultimate
Total101

Medal Table

The medal tally was as follows. Italy won the most gold medals in this edition; West Germany led in overall medals.[3]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy (ITA)22151451
2 West Germany (FRG)18122858
3 Soviet Union (URS)1513836
4 United States (USA)8101230
5 France (FRA)76619
6 South Korea (KOR)72413
7 Great Britain (GBR)661123
8 Canada (CAN)6219
9 Chinese Taipei (TPE)5005
10 Japan (JPN)24713
11 Austria (AUT)24410
12 Netherlands (NED)2237
13 Belgium (BEL)2136
14 Finland (FIN)2103
15 Portugal (POR)2002
16  Switzerland (SUI)15410
17 China (CHN)1517
18 Indonesia (INA)1045
19 New Zealand (NZL)1001
 Norway (NOR)1001
21 Spain (ESP)04812
22 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0303
23 Australia (AUS)0224
24 Jordan (JOR)0202
 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)111112135358

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. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  3. "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
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