World kickboxing championships introduced by the pioneer of German Karate Georg Brueckner[1] and the third major event hosted by the W.A.K.O.

Similar to the European championships, the worlds had seven weight divisions for amateur men only, with all bouts fought under Full-Contact kickboxing rules.

The medal winners are listed below with Peter Harbrecht of particular interest – the West German winning gold in the -74 kg category for the third time at a W.A.K.O.

Other world and European champions included Ivan Mendes and Omar Sahli, who had both picked up gold medals five months previously in Wolfsburg.

World Championships, narrowly beating the host nation West Germany into second place by collecting a tally of two gold and one silver medal.