1979 World Taekwondo Championships

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

Medal summary

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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)
Jung 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

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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 entries)10102040

References

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