1989 World Games
Multi-sport event in Karlsruhe, West Germany
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Host city | Karlsruhe, West Germany |
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Nations | 36 |
Athletes | 1,265 |
Events | 112 (19 sports) |
Opening | 20 July 1989 |
Closing | 30 July 1989 |
Opened by | President Richard von Weizsäcker |
Main venue | Wildparkstadion |
← London 1985 The Hague 1993 → |
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
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
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)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 21 | 15 | 14 | 50 |
2 | ![]() | 18 | 13 | 27 | 58 |
3 | ![]() | 15 | 13 | 8 | 36 |
4 | ![]() | 8 | 9 | 9 | 26 |
5 | ![]() | 8 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
6 | ![]() | 8 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
7 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
8 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
9 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
10 | ![]() | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
11 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
12 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
13 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
14 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
15 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
16 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
17 | ![]() | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
18 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
19 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
21 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
22 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
23 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
24 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
25 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
26 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
27 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
28 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
33 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
37 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (37 entries) | 112 | 112 | 135 | 359 |
Opening Event
The opening event was created and organised by the Traumfabrik theater.
References
- ^ "The World Games in the past". worldgames2009.tw. Archived from the original on 4 September 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
- ^ [1]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
External links
- Official Website of the IWGA
- Medal table at Sports123 (by Internet Archive)
- Traumfabrik.de