1989 World Judo Championships

The 1989 World Judo Championships were the 16th edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in the Pionir Hall in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (current Serbia) from October 10–15, 1989.^[1][2][3][4]

Medal overview

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
-60 kg	Amiran Totikashvili	Tadanori Koshino	Dashgombyn Battulga Yoon Hyun
-65 kg	Dragomir Bečanović	Udo Quellmalz	Bruno Carabetta Sergei Kosmynin
-71 kg	Toshihiko Koga	Mike Swain	Li Chang-Su Georgi Tenadze
-78 kg	Kim Byung-Joo	Tatsuto Mochida	Waldemar Legień Bashir Varaev
-86 kg	Fabien Canu	Ben Spijkers	Stefan Freudenberg Axel Lobenstein
-95 kg	Koba Kurtanidze	Odvogiin Baljinnyam	Marc Meiling Robert van de Walle
+95 kg	Naoya Ogawa	Frank Moreno	Rafał Kubacki Grigori Verichev
Open	Naoya Ogawa	Akaki Kibodzalidze	Kim Kun-Soo Alexander von der Groeben

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
-48 kg	Karen Briggs	Fumiko Ezaki	Jessica Gal Cécile Nowak
-52 kg	Sharon Rendle	Alessandra Giungi	Cho Min-Sun Maritza Perez Cardenas
-56 kg	Catherine Arnaud	Ann Hughes	Miriam Blasco Jung Sun-Yong
-61 kg	Catherine Fleury	Yelena Petrova	Takako Kobayashi Gabriele Ritschel
-66 kg	Emanuela Pierantozzi	Hikari Sasaki	Claire Lecat Odalis Revé
-72 kg	Ingrid Berghmans	Yoko Tanabe	Aline Batailler Wu Weifeng
+72 kg	Gao Fenglian	Regina Sigmund	Nathalie Lupino Beata Maksymow
Open	Estela Rodriguez Villanueva	Sharon Lee	Yoko Tanabe Yin Zhang

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	3	5	2	10
2	France	3	0	5	8
3	Soviet Union	2	2	4	8
4	Great Britain	2	2	0	4
5	Cuba	1	1	2	4
6	Italy	1	1	0	2
7	South Korea	1	0	4	5
8	China	1	0	2	3
9	Belgium	1	0	1	2
10	Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1
11	Germany	0	1	4	5
12	East Germany	0	1	1	2
	Mongolia	0	1	1	2
	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
15	United States	0	1	0	1
16	Poland	0	0	3	3
17	Spain	0	0	1	1
	North Korea	0	0	1	1

References

1. Plavecz, Thomas. "Judo encyclopedia by T. Plavecz". judoencyclopedia.jimdo.com. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
2. "Watch 1989 World Judo Championships Video". ovguide.com. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
3. "1989 World Judo Championships". yahoo.com. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
4. "World Championships Belgrade, 1989, Yugoslavia". judoinside.com. Retrieved 4 October 2013.