1980 World Karate Championships

The 1980 World Karate Championships was the fifth edition of the World Karate Championships, and was held in Madrid, Spain in October 1980.[1][2][3] It was the first tournament where women could participate but only in kata.[4][5]

1980 World Karate Championships
Host citySpain Madrid, Spain
Dates27–30 November
Main venuePalacio de Deportes
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Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual kata Keji Okada
  Japan
Masashi Koyama
  Japan
Jorge Romero
  Spain
Deogracias Medina
  Spain
Kumite −60 kg Ricardo Abad
  Spain
Jean-Louis Granet
  France
Fernando Rosuero
  Spain
Junichi Sugiyama
  Japan
Kumite −65 kg Toshiaki Maeda
  Japan
Zenichi Ono
  Japan
Felipe Hita
  Spain
José Arsenal
  Spain
Kumite −70 kg José Damián González
  Spain
Antonio Martínez
  Spain
Thierry Masci
  France
Danny Schenker
  Netherlands
Kumite −75 kg Sadao Tajima
  Japan
Imamatsu
  Japan
Wenceslao Aguilar
  Mexico
Fred Royers
  Netherlands
Kumite −80 kg Tokey Hill
  United States
Naomi Takukawa
  Japan
P. Amarilla
  Paraguay
Otti Roethof
  Netherlands
Kumite +80 kg Jean-Luc Montama
  France
Livi Whyte
  Great Britain
Billy Blanks
  United States
Rolando Sías
  Mexico
Kumite open Giovanni Ricciardi
  Italy
Billy Blanks
  United States
Juan Pedro Carbilla
  Spain
Hisao Murase
  Japan
Team kumite   Spain   Netherlands   France
  Great Britain

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual kata Suzuko Okamura
  Japan
Mie Nakayama
  Japan
María Moreno
  Spain
Marina Sasso
  Italy

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Japan45211
2  Spain31711
3  France1124
4  United States1113
5  Italy1012
6  Netherlands0134
7  Great Britain0112
8  Mexico0022
9  Paraguay0011
Totals (9 entries)10102040

References

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  1. ^ "España ganó el campeonato del mundo". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  2. ^ "MEDALLERO ESPAÑOL EN CAMPEONATOS DEL MUNDO SENIOR" (in Spanish). Real Federación española de karate y disciplinas asociadas. Archived from the original on 24 March 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "Black Belt". Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Black Belt". April 1981. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Microsoft Word - CONSOLIDATED_REPORT _2_.doc" (PDF). Stillmed.olympics.org. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
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