| 1989 World Taekwondo Championships | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Jamsil Arena |
| Location |  Seoul, South Korea |
| Dates | 9–14 October 1989 |
| Champions | |
| Men | South Korea |
| Women | South Korea |
The 1989 World Taekwondo Championships were the 9th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Seoul, South Korea from October 9 to October 14, 1989, with 446 athletes participating from 59 countries.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−50 kg) | Kwon Tae-ho South Korea | Chang Jung-san  Chinese Taipei | Juan Moreno  United States |
Harun Ateş  Turkey | |||
| Flyweight (−54 kg) | Kim Cheol-ho South Korea | Turgut Uçan Turkey | Fariborz Danesh  Iran |
Salb Abdelhamid  Egypt | |||
| Bantamweight (−58 kg) | Ham Jun South Korea | Domenico D'Alise  Italy | Christian Herberth  West Germany |
Abdullah Al-Najrani  Saudi Arabia | |||
| Featherweight (−64 kg) | Jang Hyuk South Korea | Hubert Sinègre  France | Musa Çiçek West Germany |
Dhanaraj Rassiah  Malaysia | |||
| Lightweight (−70 kg) | Yang Dae-seung South Korea | Nusret Ramazanoğlu Turkey | Jae Hoon Lee  Canada |
| José Rocamora France | |||
| Welterweight (−76 kg) | Lee Hyun-suk South Korea | Humberto Norambuena  Chile | Dante Pena  Philippines |
| Khaled Fawzy Egypt | |||
| Middleweight (−83 kg) | Jeong Yong-suk South Korea | Renzo Zenteno Chile | Hassan Zahedi Iran |
Jarl Kaila  Finland | |||
| Heavyweight (+83 kg) | Amr Khairy Egypt | Choi Sang-jin South Korea | Victor Bateman  Australia |
| Farzad Zarakhsh Iran |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−43 kg) | Chin Yu-fang Chinese Taipei | Mónica Torres  Mexico | Kim Jee-hyang South Korea |
Sita Kumari Rai  Nepal | |||
| Flyweight (−47 kg) | Won Sun-jin South Korea | Pai Yun-yao Chinese Taipei | Anita Falieros Australia |
| Mayumi Pejo United States | |||
| Bantamweight (−51 kg) | Jung Nam-suk South Korea | Diane Murray United States | Chen Yi-an Chinese Taipei |
| Ayşın Haktanır Turkey | |||
| Featherweight (−55 kg) | Kim So-young South Korea | Kim Dotson United States | Patricia Mariscal Mexico |
Raquel Palacios  Spain | |||
| Lightweight (−60 kg) | Lee Eun-young South Korea | Liu Chao-ching Chinese Taipei | Elena Benítez Spain |
| Şeyda Şerefoğlu Turkey | |||
| Welterweight (−65 kg) | Anita Silsby United States | Anne-Mieke Buijs  Netherlands | Ayşe Alkaya Turkey |
| Kim Ji-sook South Korea | |||
| Middleweight (−70 kg) | Lydia Zele United States | Marcia King Canada | Antonia Vega Spain |
| Hsu Ju-ya Chinese Taipei | |||
| Heavyweight (+70 kg) | Jung Wan-sook South Korea | Yvonne Franssen Canada | Chun Yang-hsi Chinese Taipei |
| Yolanda Santana Spain |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 12 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Egypt | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Turkey | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Chile | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mexico | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| West Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 16 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Nepal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
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