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The 1989 World Judo Championships were the 16th edition of the World Judo Championships

World Judo Championships

The World Judo Championships are the highest level of international judo competition, along with the Olympic judo competition. The championships are held once every year by the International Judo Federation, and qualified judoka compete in their respective categories as representatives of their...

, and were held in Belgrade

Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

, Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

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(current Serbia

Serbia

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) from October 10–15, 1989.

Men

-60 kg	Amiran Totikashvili Amiran Totikashvili Amiran Totikashvili is a Georgian judoka who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics. There he won the bronze medal in the extra lightweight class....	Tadanori Koshino Tadanori Koshino is a retired judoka who competed in the -60 kg division.-Biography:Koshino began learning judo with a local sports team while he was in elementary school, and became the Hokkaidō Prefecture champion for his weight class in junior-high school. He placed third in the inter-highschool tournament...	Dashgombyn Battulga Yoon Hyun Yoon Hyun Yoon Hyun is a South Korean judoka.He won a silver medal in the extra lightweight division , losing to Nazim Guseynov in the final in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Yoon also won two World Championship medals in 1989 and 1991.-External links:*...
-65 kg	Dragomir Becanovic	Udo Quellmalz Udo Quellmalz Udo Quellmalz is a German judoka, who's nicknamed Quelle.He won two Olympic medals in the half-lightweight division, in 1992 and 1996....	Bruno Carabetta Bruno Carabetta Bruno Carabetta is a retired male judoka from France, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the bronze medal in the Men's Half-Lightweight division after being defeated in the semi-finals by South Korea's eventual gold medalist Lee... Sergei Kosmynin
-71 kg	Toshihiko Koga Toshihiko Koga is a retired judoka who competed in the -71 kg and -78 kg divisions.-Biography:Koga was born in Kitashigeyasu, Saga, Japan, and began judo in elementary school. He traveled to Tokyo during junior-high school to enter Kodogakusha, a judo school later attended by Olympic gold medalists...	Mike Swain Mike Swain Michael Lee Swain is one of the most successful American judokas. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984.- Biography :...	Li Chang-Su Georgi Tenadze
-78 kg	Kim Byung-Joo Kim Byung-Joo Kim Byung-Joo is a retired South Korean judoka.He won a gold medal in the -78kg class at the 1989 World Judo Championships in Belgrade. Kim represented South Korea in the 1992 Olympic Games, winning bronze in the half middleweight division.He is currently serving as a professor for Korea Air Force...	Tatsuto Mochida Tatsuto Mochida is a Japanese judoka.He was born in Shima, Fukuoka, and began judo at in earnest at the age of a junior high student.After graduating from Nihon University, Mochida entered the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and won a silver medal at the -78 kg category of the World Championships in...	Waldemar Legień Waldemar Legien Waldemar Legień is a retired Polish judoka. He is the manager of Racing Club de France in Paris.He won two Olympic gold medals in different weight classes, in 1988 and 1992.For his sport achievements, he received:... Bashir Varaev Bashir Varaev Bashir Varaev is a Chechen judoka who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics and for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics.In 1988 he won the bronze medal in the half middleweight class....
-86 kg	Fabien Canu	Ben Spijkers Ben Spijkers Bernhard Hendrikus Martinus Spijkers is a retired judoka from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics...	Stefan Freudenberg Axel Lobenstein
-95 kg	Koba Kurtanidze	Odvogin Baljinnyam	Marc Meiling Marc Meiling Marc Meiling is a German judoka.He won a silver medal in the half-heavyweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-External links:*... Robert van de Walle Robert Van De Walle Robert Van de Walle is a Belgian judoka. He was the first judoka to ever compete at five Olympics.He was born in Ostend....
+95 kg	Naoya Ogawa Naoya Ogawa Naoya Ogawa is a Japanese former world judo champion, Olympic silver medalist, professional wrestler and mixed martial artist...	Garcia Franck Moreno	Rafał Kubacki Grigori Verichev
Open	Naoya Ogawa Naoya Ogawa Naoya Ogawa is a Japanese former world judo champion, Olympic silver medalist, professional wrestler and mixed martial artist...	Akaki Kibodzalidze	kim Kun-Soo Alexander van der Groeben

Women

-48 kg	Karen Briggs	Fumiko Esaki	Jessica Gal Cécile Nowak Cécile Nowak Cécile Nowak is a French judoka, world champion and olympic champion. She won a gold medal in the extra lightweight division at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona....
-52 kg	Sharon Rendle	Alessandra Giungi	Cho Min-Sun Cho Min-Sun Cho Min-Sun is a South Korean judoka.Cho won a gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and also won two gold medals at the 1993 and 1995 World Championships... Maritza Perez Cardenas
-56 kg	Catherine Arnaud	Ann Hughes	Miriam Blasco Miriam Blasco Miriam Blasco Soto is a professional judo competitor, who resides in Alicante, Spain. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain where she won the gold medal in Women's Judo in the 57 kg division... Jung Sun-Yong Jung Sun-Yong Jung Sun-Yong is a female South Korean judoka.At the age of 14, she was the youngest judoka ever to represent South Korea in 1985....
-61 kg	Catherine Fleury	Elena Petrova Elena Petrová Elena Petrová, née Krupková was a Czech composer. She was born in Modrý Kameň, and studied piano with Karel Hoffmeister and composition with Jan Kapr and Miloslav Istvan at the Janáček Academy of Music...	Takako Kobayashi Gabriele Ritschel
-66 kg	Emanuela Pierantozzi Emanuela Pierantozzi Emanuela Pierantozzi is an Italian judoka.She won two Olympic medals in different weight classes, in 1992 and 2000.-External links:*...	Hikari Sasaki	Claire Lecat Odalis Revé Odalis Revé Odalis Revé Jiménez is a retired Cuban judoka. At the 1992 Summer Olympics she won the gold medal in the Women's Middleweight category.-References:**...
-72 kg	Ingrid Berghmans Ingrid Berghmans Ingrid Berghmans is a judoka from Belgium who has eight times been named Belgian Sportswoman of the Year. A former world title holder, she is also an Olympic competitor....	Yoko Tanabe Yoko Tanabe is a retired Japanese judoka.She won two Olympic silver medals in the half-heavyweight division, in 1992 and 1996.She won All-Japan judo championships 6 times （1987 - 1992）.-External links:**...	Aline Batailler Wu Weifeng
+72 kg	Gao Fenglian	Regina Sigmund	Nathalie Lupino Nathalie Lupino Nathalie Lupino is a retired female judoka from France. She claimed the bronze medal in the Women's Heavyweight division at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In the bronze medal match she defeated Germany's Claudia Weber.-References:*... Beata Maksymow
Open	Estela Rodriguez Villanueva	Sharon Lee	Yoko Tanabe Yoko Tanabe is a retired Japanese judoka.She won two Olympic silver medals in the half-heavyweight division, in 1992 and 1996.She won All-Japan judo championships 6 times （1987 - 1992）.-External links:**... Yin Zhang

Medals table

1	Japan	3	5	2	10
2	France	3	0	5	8
3	Soviet Union	2	2	4	8
4	United Kingdom	2	2	0	4
5	Cuba	1	1	2	4
6	Italy	1	1	0	2
7	South Korea	1	0	4	5
8	People's Republic of China	1	0	2	3
9	Belgium	1	0	1	2
10	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1
11	Germany	0	2	4	6
12	Mongolia	0	1	1	2
12	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
14	United States	0	1	0	1
15	Poland	0	0	3	3
16	Spain	0	0	1	1
	German Democratic Republic	0	0	1	1
	North Korea	0	0	1	1

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