List of 1989 World Games medal winners

Last updated October 11, 2025

The 1989 World Games were held in Karlsruhe, West Germany, from July 20 to 30, 1989.^[1]

Artistic roller skating

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's free skating	Sandro Guerra Italy	David DeMotte United States	Thomas Löhe West Germany

Women's free skating	Raffaella Del Vinaccio Italy	April Rex United States	Kirsten Murphy Australia

Pairs	United States Larry McGrew Tina Jerue	West Germany Thomas Löhe Nicole Friedel	Australia David Morrison Kirsten Murphy
Dance	Italy Alberto Borsarini Claudia Rinaldi	United States Greg Goody Jodee Viola	West Germany Hendryk Schamberger Andrea Weppelmann

Bodybuilding

Event^[2]	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 70 kg	Bernd Haid West Germany	Park Young-chul South Korea	Alfonso Gómez Spain
Men's 80 kg	Han Dong-ki South Korea	Ray Williams Canada	Daniel Coussieu France
Men's 90 kg	Henderson Thorne Canada	Mirosław Daszkiewicz Poland	Markus Vollert West Germany
Men's +90 kg	Andreas Münzer Austria	François Gay Switzerland	Wayne Grady United States

Women's 52 kg	Helga Popp West Germany	Kay Caseley Great Britain	Sharon Lewis United States
Women's +52 kg	Christa Bauch West Germany	Jutta Tippelt West Germany	Claudia Montemaggi Italy

Bowling

Event^[3]	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Ma Ying-chieh Chinese Taipei	Darold Meisel United States	Hendro Pratono Indonesia

Women's singles	Jane Amlinger Canada	Arianne Cerdeña Philippines	Patty Ann United States

Mixed doubles	Chinese Taipei Ma Ying-chieh Huang Yuen-yue	Philippines Jorge Fernandez Arianne Cerdeña	West Germany Wolfgang Strupf Michaela Viol

Field archery

Event^[4]	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's recurve	Francis Notenboom Belgium	Jay Barrs United States	Ole Gammelgaard Denmark
Men's barebow	Wolfgang Sedmak Austria	Jarmo Hilli Finland	Cesare Rampi Italy

Women's recurve	Catherine Pellen France	Ursula Sedmak Austria	Lise-Lotte Svensson Sweden
Women's barebow	Nadine Visconti France	Giuseppina Meini Italy	Clara Admiraal Netherlands

Finswimming

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 100 m surface	Sergey Akhapov Soviet Union	Konstantin Kudriaev Soviet Union	Róbert Gyors Hungary
Men's 200 m surface	Sergey Akhapov Soviet Union	Konstantin Kudriaev Soviet Union	Christian Molenaar West Germany
Men's 400 m surface	Konstantin Kudriaev Soviet Union	Sergey Akhapov Soviet Union	Federico Ruggeri Italy
Men's 50 m apnoea	Oleg Ananiev Soviet Union	Gennady Syssoev Soviet Union	Dierk Kraft West Germany
Men's 100 m immersion	Liang Jun China	Oleg Ananiev Soviet Union	Gennady Syssoev Soviet Union
Men's 4 × 100 m surface relay	Soviet Union Sergey Akhapov Oleg Ananiev Konstantin Kudriaev Gennady Syssoev	West Germany Carsten Grützmacher Dierk Kraft Christian Molenaar Lars Nipken	China Liang Jun Shang Yong Shao Zefa Wang Hui
Men's 4 × 200 m surface relay	Soviet Union Sergey Akhapov Oleg Ananiev Konstantin Kudriaev Gennady Syssoev	West Germany Carsten Grützmacher Dierk Kraft Christian Molenaar Lars Nipken	Hungary Zoltán Berekméri Róbert Gyors Tamás Holhos Jenő Szabó

Women's 100 m surface	Larisa Butenko Soviet Union	Xie Fang China	Tatiana Melnikova Soviet Union
Women's 200 m surface	Tatiana Melnikova Soviet Union	Elena Sadovik Soviet Union	Éva Fabó Hungary
Women's 400 m surface	Tatiana Melnikova Soviet Union	Éva Fabó Hungary	Elena Sadovik Soviet Union
Women's 50 m apnoea	Larisa Butenko Soviet Union	Zheng Shiyu China	Svetlana Frolova Soviet Union
Women's 100 m immersion	Xie Fang China	Zheng Shiyu China	Svetlana Frolova Soviet Union
Women's 4 × 100 m surface relay	Soviet Union Larisa Butenko Svetlana Frolova Tatiana Melnikova Elena Sadovik	China Pan Hui Xie Fang Zheng Shan Zheng Shiyu	Hungary Éva Fabó Rita Felek Ildikó Magyar Katalin Tóth
Women's 4 × 200 m surface relay	Soviet Union Larisa Butenko Svetlana Frolova Tatiana Melnikova Elena Sadovik	China Pan Hui Xie Fang Zheng Shan Zheng Shiyu	Hungary Éva Fabó Rita Felek Ildikó Magyar Katalin Tóth

Fistball

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	West Germany Stefan Lebert Udo Mehle Ulrich Richter Dirk Schachtsiek Uwe Schäfer Udo Schulz Frank Thume Werner Weghorn	Brazil Carlos Dillenburg Gastão Englert Gilberto Ferrarini Jaime Fleck Cláudio Fontes Marcos Schmidt Carlos Süffert Jorge Süffert	Austria Reinhold Aichbauer Ernst Almhofer Adolf Haslbauer Klaus Oberhumer Elias Penz Erich Stratjel Dietmar Winterleitner Walter Zöttl

Indoor cycling

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's artistic singles	Harry Bodmer West Germany	Roland Fleisch Austria	Hermann Martens Switzerland
Men's artistic pair	West Germany Andreas Weil Sascha Weil	Switzerland Jürg Girschweiler Andreas Jeker	Austria Markus Bachmann Dietmar Entner
Men's cycle ball	West Germany Jürgen King Werner King	Czechoslovakia Miroslav Berger Miroslav Kratochvíl	Switzerland Peter Kern Martin Zinser

Women's artistic singles	Heike Marklein West Germany	Jana Horáčková Czechoslovakia	Marianne Martens Switzerland
Women's artistic pair	Portugal Carmen Carvalho Ivonne Carvalho	Czechoslovakia Edita Jelínková Lenka Kosová	West Germany Martina Heimpel Hildegard Wahl

Inline speed skating

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 300 m time trial	Luca Antoniel Italy	Oscar Galliazzo Italy	Doug Glass United States
Men's 1500 m sprint	Dante Muse United States	Giuseppe De Persio Italy	Tony Hanley Australia
Men's 5000 m mass start	Tony Muse United States	Dante Muse United States	Tony Keefe Australia
Men's 10000 m points	Dante Muse United States	Tony Hanley Australia	Giuseppe De Persio Italy
Men's 20000 m elimination	Dante Muse United States	Olivier Babonneau France	Pascal Gravouil France

Women's 300 m time trial	Barbara Fischer West Germany	Anne Titze West Germany	Nadia Meerkens Belgium
Women's 1500 m sprint	Francesca Monteverde Italy	Antonella Mauri Italy	Luana Pilia Italy
Women's 3000 m mass start	Luana Pilia Italy	Antonella Mauri Italy	Francesca Monteverde Italy
Women's 5000 m points	Antonella Mauri Italy	Francesca Monteverde Italy	Luana Pilia Italy
Women's 10000 m elimination	Antonella Mauri Italy	Francesca Monteverde Italy	Luana Pilia Italy

Karate

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's kata	Tsuguo Sakamoto Japan	Dario Marchini Italy	Pasquale Acri Italy
Men's kata	Tsuguo Sakamoto Japan	Dario Marchini Italy	Tomoyuki Aihara Japan
Men's kumite 60 kg	Stein Rønning Norway	Nicola Simmi Italy	Shinichi Hasegawa Japan
Men's kumite 60 kg	Stein Rønning Norway	Nicola Simmi Italy	Abdu Shaher Great Britain
Men's kumite 65 kg	Janne Timonen Finland	Reginaldo Doran Netherlands	Francesco Muffato Italy
Men's kumite 65 kg	Janne Timonen Finland	Reginaldo Doran Netherlands	Jesús Juan Rubio Spain
Men's kumite 70 kg	Jörg Reuß West Germany	William Thomas Great Britain	Yoshimiro Anzai Japan
Men's kumite 70 kg	Jörg Reuß West Germany	William Thomas Great Britain	Appie Echteld Netherlands
Men's kumite 75 kg	Toni Dietl West Germany	Djim Doula Switzerland	Ko Hayashi Japan
Men's kumite 75 kg	Toni Dietl West Germany	Djim Doula Switzerland	Kosta Sariyannis West Germany
Men's kumite 80 kg	Gianluca Guazzaroni Italy	Kemal Aktepe Netherlands	Sven Mohnssen West Germany
Men's kumite 80 kg	Gianluca Guazzaroni Italy	Kemal Aktepe Netherlands	Ralf Wintergerst West Germany
Men's kumite +80 kg	Claudio Guazzaroni Italy	Ralf Brachmann West Germany	Ian Cole Great Britain
Men's kumite +80 kg	Claudio Guazzaroni Italy	Ralf Brachmann West Germany	Juan Hernández Spain
Men's kumite openweight	Claudio Guazzaroni Italy	Yasumasa Shimizu Japan	Marc Pyrée France
Men's kumite openweight	Claudio Guazzaroni Italy	Yasumasa Shimizu Japan	Jürgen Möldner West Germany

Women's kata	Yuki Mimura Japan	Hisami Yokoyama Japan	Simone Schreiner West Germany
Women's kumite 53 kg	Catherine Girardet France	Gerlinde Bude West Germany	Shirley Graham Great Britain
Women's kumite 53 kg	Catherine Girardet France	Gerlinde Bude West Germany	Yuko Hasama Japan
Women's kumite 60 kg	Brigitte Thäle West Germany	Annette Bailey Great Britain	Akemi Kimura Japan
Women's kumite 60 kg	Brigitte Thäle West Germany	Annette Bailey Great Britain	Junko Kurata Japan
Women's kumite +60 kg	Catherine Belrhiti France	Marie-Ange Legros France	Diane Reilly Great Britain
Women's kumite +60 kg	Catherine Belrhiti France	Marie-Ange Legros France	Simone Schreiner West Germany

Korfball

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mixed	Netherlands Jan de Jager Tjeerd de Jong Mireille Fortuin Aegle Frieswijk Hans Heemskerk Koos Rodenburg Marja Schaap Ron Steenbergen Jacqueline van Beek Jeanette van Beek Margrita van der Kolk Bram van der Zee Hanneke van Eck Alice van Geffen	Belgium Jerry Aerts Nancy Baele Ivo Goossens Frank Hardies Guy Junes Nicole Lenaerts Marc Mattheyses Sonja Roels Anne Schuddinck Adriaan Van Bavel Martine Van den Eynde Anne Van Gils Viviane Verbeeck Wim Verhoeven	West Germany Jörg Baly Marianne Büsing Thorsten Cramer Heike Dittrich Klaus-Dieter Dittrich Hans-Georg Felder Martina Friebe Gabriele Gunkel Thomas Kupka Christiane Reinhard Michael Reinold Gudrun Schade Udo Schade Eva Spille

Lifesaving

Event^[5]	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 200 m obstacle	Manfred Köder West Germany	Pierre-Charles Cocu France	Pietro Voltan Italy
Men's 50 m manikin carry	Pietro Voltan Italy	Marcello Saporiti Italy	Yury Dudnikov Soviet Union
Men's 100 m manikin carry fins	Mauro Bertolini Italy	Pietro Voltan Italy	Walter Verberght Belgium
Men's 100 m rescue medley	Pietro Voltan Italy	Marcello Saporiti Italy	Pierre-Charles Cocu France
Men's individual overall	Pietro Voltan Italy	Pierre-Charles Cocu France	Marcello Saporiti Italy
Men's 4 × 25 m manikin carry relay	Italy Mauro Bertolini Marcello Saporiti Massimiliano Tramontana Pietro Voltan	Soviet Union Yury Dudnikov Yury Gusovsky German Mikhailov Ilia Putchkovski	West Germany Jens Keil Manfred Köder Wolfgang Resch Jörg Rossen
Men's 4 × 50 m medley relay	Italy Mauro Bertolini Marcello Saporiti Massimiliano Tramontana Pietro Voltan	Soviet Union Yury Dudnikov Yury Gusovsky German Mikhailov Ilia Putchkovski	West Germany Jens Keil Manfred Köder Wolfgang Resch Jörg Rossen
Men's 4 × 50 m rescue tube relay	West Germany Jens Keil Manfred Köder Wolfgang Resch Jörg Rossen	Soviet Union Yury Dudnikov Yury Gusovsky German Mikhailov Ilia Putchkovski	Italy Mauro Bertolini Marcello Saporiti Massimiliano Tramontana Pietro Voltan

Women's 200 m obstacle	Cristina Bernardini Italy	Elena Novozhilova Soviet Union	Sigrid Huygen Belgium
Women's 50 m manikin carry	Natalia Gusovskaya Soviet Union	Antje Hole West Germany	Svetlana Romanova Soviet Union
Women's 100 m manikin carry fins	Elena Novozhilova Soviet Union	Concepción Escatllar Spain	Bettina Lange West Germany
Women's 100 m rescue medley	Antje Hole West Germany	Cristina Bernardini Italy	Natalia Gusovskaya Soviet Union
Women's individual overall	Cristina Bernardini Italy	Elena Novozhilova Soviet Union	Bettina Lange West Germany
Women's 4 × 25 m manikin carry relay	Italy Cristina Bernardini Michela Giomini Cristina Gnassi Paola Tabacci	Soviet Union Natalia Gusovskaya Elena Novozhilova Svetlana Romanova Marina Roslankina	West Germany Antje Hole Birgit Hole Tanja Köder Bettina Lange
Women's 4 × 50 m medley relay	Soviet Union Natalia Gusovskaya Elena Novozhilova Svetlana Romanova Marina Roslankina	Italy Cristina Bernardini Michela Giomini Cristina Gnassi Paola Tabacci	West Germany Antje Hole Birgit Hole Tanja Köder Bettina Lange
Women's 4 × 50 m rescue tube relay	Italy Cristina Bernardini Michela Giomini Cristina Gnassi Paola Tabacci	Soviet Union Natalia Gusovskaya Elena Novozhilova Svetlana Romanova Marina Roslankina	West Germany Antje Hole Birgit Hole Tanja Köder Bettina Lange

Netball

Event^[6]^[7]	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women	New Zealand Sharon Burridge Julie Carter Robin Dillimore Sandra Edge Tracy Eyrl Rita Fatialofa Annette Heffernan April Ieremia Ana Noovao Waimarama Taumaunu Julie Townsend Louisa Wall	Australia Nicole Cusack Carissa Dalwood Michelle den Dekker Keeley Devery Sally Ironmonger Jenny Kennett Sue Kenny Jennie Longhurst Lisa Wilson Vicki Wilson	England Joan Bryan Sheila Edwards Sandra Fairweather Karen Fenlon Alison Keyte Kendra Lowe Fiona Murtagh Trudy Papafio Jesslyn Parkes Alison Paton Lucia Sdao Sally Young

Pétanque

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's triples	France Didier Choupay Christian Fazzino Daniel Voisin	Algeria Abdelkader Hassas Belaziz Merrizzi Yazid Triaki	Luxembourg Angelo Calisti Bruno Galafate Charles Weibel

Women's doubles	Belgium Isabelle Dujacquier Françoise Dupont	Great Britain Claire Scott Barbara Sharratt	Spain Jerónima Ballesta Carmen Giménez

Powerlifting

Event^[8]	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's lightweight	Ventje Male Indonesia	Hiroyuki Isagawa Japan	Nanda Talambanua Indonesia
Men's middleweight	Ausby Alexander United States	Floriano Domenici Italy	Mike Barber United States
Men's heavyweight	Tony Stevens Great Britain	Johnny Melander Sweden	Jean-Pierre Brulois France

Women's lightweight	Anna-Liisa Prinkkala Finland	Hisako Yoshida Japan	Rekha Mal India
Women's middleweight	Joy Burt Canada	Silvana Bollmann West Germany	Jenny Hunter Great Britain
Women's heavyweight	Liz Odendaal Netherlands	Sumita Laha India	Judy Oakes Great Britain

Roller hockey

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Portugal	Spain	Italy

Taekwondo

Event^[9]	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 50 kg	Shin Jae-hyun South Korea	Mohammad Sari Al-Zoabi Jordan	Yefi Triaji Indonesia
Men's 50 kg	Shin Jae-hyun South Korea	Mohammad Sari Al-Zoabi Jordan	Javier Argudo Spain
Men's 54 kg	Jung Dong-hyun South Korea	Firas Al-Jayousi Jordan	Ramazan Doğan Turkey
Men's 54 kg	Jung Dong-hyun South Korea	Firas Al-Jayousi Jordan	Reinhard Langer West Germany
Men's 58 kg	Cho Young-nam South Korea	José Ángel Casado Spain	Farouk Khaled Egypt
Men's 58 kg	Cho Young-nam South Korea	José Ángel Casado Spain	Aydoğan Kondu Turkey
Men's 64 kg	Kim Byong-cheol South Korea	Ahmet Ercan Turkey	Clayton Barber United States
Men's 64 kg	Kim Byong-cheol South Korea	Ahmet Ercan Turkey	Bernhard Güntner West Germany
Men's 70 kg	Park Se-jin South Korea	Georg Streif West Germany	Hüseyin Kahraman Turkey
Men's 70 kg	Park Se-jin South Korea	Georg Streif West Germany	Garth Cooley United States
Men's 76 kg	Jin Jung-woo South Korea	Dirk Nadolny West Germany	Lam Ting Indonesia
Men's 76 kg	Jin Jung-woo South Korea	Dirk Nadolny West Germany	Alejandro Caballé Spain
Men's 83 kg	Kong Doo-hwan South Korea	Markus Woznicki West Germany	Ammar Fahed Sbeihi Jordan
Men's 83 kg	Kong Doo-hwan South Korea	Markus Woznicki West Germany	Michael Pejo United States
Men's +83 kg	Michael Arndt West Germany	Yahia Rashwan Egypt	Juan Devis Spain
Men's +83 kg	Michael Arndt West Germany	Yahia Rashwan Egypt	Ali Şahin Turkey

Women's 47 kg	Wu Shan-chen Chinese Taipei	Ginean Hatter United States	Anita van der Pas Netherlands
Women's 47 kg	Wu Shan-chen Chinese Taipei	Ginean Hatter United States	Park Eun-mi South Korea
Women's 55 kg	Chen Jiun-feng Chinese Taipei	Raquel Palacios Spain	Jamie Kitchell Canada
Women's 55 kg	Chen Jiun-feng Chinese Taipei	Raquel Palacios Spain	Park Kyung-suk South Korea
Women's 65 kg	Sonny Seidel West Germany	Jessica González Mexico	Park Kyung-hee South Korea
Women's 65 kg	Sonny Seidel West Germany	Jessica González Mexico	Elena Navaz Spain
Women's +65 kg	Marcia King Canada	Sharon Jewell United States	Jang Che-oh South Korea
Women's +65 kg	Marcia King Canada	Sharon Jewell United States	Angelika Biegger West Germany

Trampoline gymnastics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual	Richard Cobbing Great Britain	Fabrice Schwertz France	Amadeus Regenbrecht West Germany
Men's synchro	West Germany Michael Kuhn Ralf Pelle	Denmark Anders Christiansen John Hansen	Australia Michael Johnston Adrian Wareham
Men's tumbling	Jon Beck United States	Pascal Éouzan France	Christophe Lambert France

Women's individual	Andrea Holmes Great Britain	Hiltrud Roewe West Germany	Sandra Siwinna West Germany
Women's synchro	Great Britain Sachelle Halford Andrea Holmes	Australia Liz Jensen Lisa Newman-Morris	West Germany Gabi Bahr Hiltrud Roewe
Women's tumbling	Chrystel Robert France	Michelle Mara United States	Melanie Bugg United States

Tug of war

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's outdoor 640 kg	Switzerland Ueli Kaiser Andreas Murer Hans Odermatt Peter Odermatt Werner Odermatt Alois Schuler Bruno Villiger Markus Zimmermann	Ireland Seamus Greenan Bill Kehoe Dermot Kehoe James Kehoe Martin Kehoe Patrick Kehoe William Kehoe Ben McCrudden	Great Britain
Men's outdoor 720 kg	Great Britain Pat Mulhern Aidein Reilly Kevin Reilly Mike Reilly Paddy Reilly Sean Reilly Brian Rose Tom Rowlands	Switzerland Joe Buckart Andreas Murer Peter Odermatt Werner Odermatt Bruno Villiger Hans Villiger Bruno Vogler Markus Zimmermann	Ireland Bill Kehoe James Kehoe Laurence Kehoe Martin Kehoe Patrick Kehoe William Kehoe Tom Kilbride Billy Wall

Water skiing

Event^[10]	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's jump	J. D. Wiswall United States	Karl Ahamer Austria	Andrew Rooke Great Britain
Men's slalom	Patrice Martin France	Marco Bettosini Switzerland	Shawn Bronson Great Britain
Men's tricks	Patrice Martin France	Paul Studd Great Britain	Andrew Rooke Great Britain

Women's jump	Kim DeMacedo Canada	Britta Grebe Austria	Claudia Gusenbauer Austria
Women's slalom	Philippa Roberts Great Britain	Kim DeMacedo Canada	Valérie Bedoni Switzerland
Women's tricks	Kim DeMacedo Canada	Philippa Roberts Great Britain	Claudia Gusenbauer Austria

References

↑ "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association.
↑ "1989 World Games". musclememory.com. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
↑ "World Games past winners". Asian Bowling Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
↑ "Resultat World Games" (PDF). bagskytte.se. p. 12. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
↑ "3rd World Games 1989". ILSF . Retrieved 21 October 2019.
↑ "1989 2nd World Games in Karlsruhe, Germany (Part 1)". www.ournetballhistory.org.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
↑ "Women Netball World Games 1989 Karlsruhe". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
↑ "1989 World Games, Karlsruhe, Germany". powerlifting.sport. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
↑ "Taekwondo Result of Tournament". taekwondodata.com. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
↑ "International Water Ski Federation IWSF Titles and Medal List". IWWF . Retrieved 21 October 2019.

External links

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[results-1] "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association.

[2] "1989 World Games". musclememory.com. Retrieved 20 October 2019.

[3] "World Games past winners". Asian Bowling Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2019.

[4] "Resultat World Games" (PDF). bagskytte.se. p. 12. Retrieved 20 October 2019.

[5] "3rd World Games 1989". ILSF . Retrieved 21 October 2019.

[netballhistory19891-6] "1989 2nd World Games in Karlsruhe, Germany (Part 1)". www.ournetballhistory.org.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

[1989todor66-7] "Women Netball World Games 1989 Karlsruhe". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

[8] "1989 World Games, Karlsruhe, Germany". powerlifting.sport. Retrieved 20 October 2019.

[9] "Taekwondo Result of Tournament". taekwondodata.com. Retrieved 21 October 2019.

[10] "International Water Ski Federation IWSF Titles and Medal List". IWWF . Retrieved 21 October 2019.

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