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1989 World Games

Multi-sport event in Karlsruhe, West Germany

Field	Value
name	World Games III
III Weltspiele
logo	World Games 1989_logo.png
size	160
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
stadium	Wildparkstadion
previous	[London 1985](1985-world-games)
next	[The Hague 1993](1993-world-games)

III Weltspiele

The 1989 World Games (), 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).

As Invitational sport

Sport	Titles	Notes	Total	112
Artistic cycling	4
Bodybuilding	6
Boules	2
Bowling	3
Cycle ball	1
Field archery	4
Fistball	1
	14
	12
	1
Life saving	16
Netball	1
	6
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)

Medal table

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

Opening Event

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

References

"The World Games in the past". worldgames2009.tw.
"Korfball - World Games 1989 - Calendar & Results".
"1989 World Games - Karlsruhe, Germany 20th-30th July 1989. All weights are in kilogrammes.". powerlifting-ipf.com.
"Results of the World Games". International World Games Association.

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