[3] Notable winners included future professional world champions Marek Piotrowski (kickboxing) and Troy Dorsey (boxing), Hungarian Olympic wrestling champ Norbert Növényi, and the ever present Ferdinand Mack picking up gold medals.

By the end of the championships, the USA seemed to have toppled hosts West Germany as the top nation in Full-Contact, with three golds, two silvers and one bronze.

Semi-Contact differed from Full-Contact in that fights were won by points given due to technique, skill and speed, with physical force limited.

By the end of the championships, USA were the top nation in Semi-Contact with five golds, one silver and one bronze (male and female combined).

Musical Forms is a non-physical competition which sees the contestants fighting against imaginary foes using Martial Arts techniques – more information can be accessed on the W.A.K.O.