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

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