1979 World Taekwondo Championships

1979 World Championships
Venue	Glaspalast Sindelfingen
Location	Stuttgart, West Germany
Dates	26–28 October
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[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−48 kg)	South Korea	Mexico	Dae Sung Lee  United States
			Emilio Azofra  Spain
Flyweight (−52 kg)	South Korea	Spain	Mexico
			Morocco
Bantamweight (−56 kg)	South Korea	Mexico	United States
			West Germany
Featherweight (−60 kg)	South Korea	Reynaldo Salazar  Mexico	West Germany
			Australia
Lightweight (−64 kg)	South Korea	United States	Netherlands
			West Germany
Welterweight (−68 kg)	Mexico	Lindsay Lawrence  Great Britain	West Germany
			South Korea
Light middleweight (−73 kg)	West Germany	Mexico	South Korea
			Netherlands
Middleweight (−78 kg)	South Korea	West Germany	Ivory Coast
			United States
Light heavyweight (−84 kg)	South Korea	West Germany	United States
			Ivory Coast
Heavyweight (+84 kg)	Netherlands	United States	Australia
			Mexico

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	7	0	2	9
2	Mexico	1	4	2	7
3	West Germany	1	2	4	7
4	Netherlands	1	0	2	3
5	United States	0	2	4	6
6	Spain	0	1	1	2
7	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
8	Australia	0	0	2	2
	Ivory Coast	0	0	2	2
10	Morocco	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		10	10	20	40

References[]

• WTF Medal Winners Archived 2012-06-05 at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

• WT Official Website