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1989 World Games

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World Games III
III Weltspiele
Host cityKarlsruhe, West Germany
Nations36
Athletes1,265
Events112 (19 sports)
Opening20 July 1989
Closing30 July 1989
Opened byPresident Richard von Weizsäcker
Main venueWildparkstadion

The 1989 World Games (German: 1989 Weltspiele), commonly known as Karlsruhe 1989, were the third edition of the World Games, an international multi-sport event. This edition was held in Karlsruhe, West Germany.

Titles

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

  As Invitational sport

Sport Titles Notes
Artistic cycling 4
Bodybuilding 6
Boules 2
Bowling 3
Cycle ball 1
Field archery 4
Fistball 1
Finswimming [ru] 14
Karate [fr] 12
Korfball [nl] 1 [2]
Life saving 16
Netball 1
Powerlifting [ru] 6 [3]
Artistic roller skating 4
Roller speed skating 10
Roller hockey 1
Taekwondo 12
Trampoline 6
Tug of war 2
Waterskiing 6
Aikido
Bahn golf
Boomerang
Triathlon
Ultimate (flying disc)
Total 112

Medal table

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The medal tally was as follows. Italy won the most gold medals in this edition; West Germany led in overall medals.[4] 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 entries)112112135359

Opening Event

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The opening event was created and organised by the Traumfabrik theater.

References

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  1. ^ "The World Games in the past". worldgames2009.tw. Archived from the original on 4 September 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
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  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
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