1979 World Taekwondo Championships

The 1979 World Taekwondo Championships are the 4th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Sindelfingen, Stuttgart, West Germany from October 26 to October 28, 1979. A total of 453 athletes and officials from 38 nations took part in the championships.

1979 World Championships
VenueGlaspalast Sindelfingen
Location Stuttgart, West Germany
Dates26–28 October
Champions
Men South Korea

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Finweight
(−48 kg)
Lee Seung-kyung
 South Korea
Jaime de Pablos
 Mexico
Dae Sung Lee
 United States
Emilio Azofra
 Spain
Flyweight
(−52 kg)
Yang Ki-mo
 South Korea
Jesús Benito
 Spain
Ramiro Guzmán
 Mexico
Bachir Ouazzani
 Morocco
Bantamweight
(−56 kg)
Kim Yong-ki
 South Korea
Pablo Arizmendi
 Mexico
Chung Sik Choi
 United States
Dragan Veljović
 West Germany
Featherweight
(−60 kg)
Yim Dai-taik
 South Korea
Reynaldo Salazar
 Mexico
Bernd Bartsch
 West Germany
Martin Hall
 Australia
Lightweight
(−64 kg)
Park Oh-sung
 South Korea
Greg Fears
 United States
Henk Horsten
 Netherlands
Hubert Leuchter
 West Germany
Welterweight
(−68 kg)
Óscar Mendiola
 Mexico
Lindsay Lawrence
 Great Britain
Helmut Gärtner
 West Germany
Kim Moo-chun
 South Korea
Light middleweight
(−73 kg)
Rainer Müller
 West Germany
Guillermo Aragonés
 Mexico
Park Chung-ho
 South Korea
Hans Brugmans
 Netherlands
Middleweight
(−78 kg)
Kim Sang-chun
 South Korea
Richard Schulz
 West Germany
Byl Be Yao
 Ivory Coast
John Holloway
 United States
Light heavyweight
(−84 kg)
Chung Chan
 South Korea
Eugen Nefedow
 West Germany
Scott Rohr
 United States
Abdoulaye Cissé
 Ivory Coast
Heavyweight
(+84 kg)
Sjef Vos
 Netherlands
Thomas Seabourne
 United States
Keith Whittemore
 Australia
Carlos Obregón
 Mexico

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Korea7029
2 Mexico1427
3 West Germany1247
4 Netherlands1023
5 United States0246
6 Spain0112
7 Great Britain0101
8 Australia0022
 Ivory Coast0022
10 Morocco0011
Totals (10 nations)10102040

References

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