World Games III
III Weltspiele

Host city	Karlsruhe, West Germany
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
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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

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. It was the only time that Soviet Union participated in the World Games.

  *   Host nation (West Germany)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	21	15	14	50
2	West Germany (FRG)*	18	13	27	58
3	Soviet Union (URS)	15	13	8	36
4	United States (USA)	8	9	9	26
5	France (FRA)	8	6	6	20
6	South Korea (KOR)	8	1	4	13
7	Great Britain (GBR)	6	6	11	23
8	Canada (CAN)	6	2	1	9
9	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	4	0	0	4
10	China (CHN)	2	5	1	8
11	Japan (JPN)	2	4	7	13
12	Austria (AUT)	2	4	4	10
13	Netherlands (NED)	2	2	3	7
14	Belgium (BEL)	2	1	3	6
15	Finland (FIN)	2	1	0	3
16	Portugal (POR)	2	0	0	2
17	Switzerland (SUI)	1	5	4	10
18	Indonesia (INA)	1	0	4	5
19	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
21	Spain (ESP)	0	4	8	12
22	Australia (AUS)	0	3	5	8
23	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	3	0	3
24	Jordan (JOR)	0	2	1	3
25	Philippines (PHI)	0	2	0	2
26	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	5	6
27	Turkey (TUR)	0	1	4	5
28	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	1	2
	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	1	2
	India (IND)	0	1	1	2
	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	1	2
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	1	2
33	Algeria (ALG)	0	1	0	1
	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	0	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	0	1
	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
37	Luxembourg (LUX)	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

External links

• Official Website of the IWGA
• Medal table at Sports123 (by Internet Archive)
• Traumfabrik.de