| Competition: | 1989 World Judo Championships |
| Dates: | 25–28 July 1989 |
| Venue: | Pionir Hall |
| Location: | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
The 1989 World Judo Championships were the 16th edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in the Pionir Hall in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia) from October 10–15, 1989.[1] [2] [3] [4]
| -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 Georgy 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 Grigory Verichev | |
| Open | Naoya Ogawa | Akaki Kibordzalidze | Kim Kun-Soo Alexander von der Groeben |
| -48 kg |  Karen Briggs | Fumiko Ezaki | Jessica Gal Cécile Nowak | |
| -52 kg | Sharon Rendle |  Alessandra Giungi | Cho Min-Sun Maritza Pérez Cárdenas | |
| -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 Zhang Ying |