1979 World Judo Championships

The 1979 World Judo Championships were the 10th edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in Paris, France from December 6–December 9, 1979. The last tournament in 1977 had been cancelled.

1978 World Judo Championships
LocationParis, France
DatesDecember 6–December 9, 1979

Medal overview

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-60 kg Thierry Rey Gwak U-Jong Felice Mariani
Yasuhiko Moriwaki
-65 kg Nikolai Solodukhin Yves Delvingt Janusz Pawłowski
Kyosuke Sahara
-71 kg Kiyoto Katsuki Ezio Gamba Neil Adams
Tamaz Namgalauri
-78 kg Shozo Fujii Bernard Tchoullouyan Harald Heinke
Park Young-Chul
-86 kg Detlef Ultsch Michel Sanchis Walter Carmona
Masao Takahashi
-95 kg Tengiz Khubuluri Robert van de Walle Gunther Neureuther
Henk Numan
+95 kg Yasuhiro Yamashita Jean-Luc Rougé Cho Jae-Ki
Imre Varga
Open Sumio Endo Vitali Kuznetsov Radomir Kovacevic
Jean-Luc Rougé

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan (JPN)4037
2 Soviet Union (URS)2114
3 France (FRA)1416
4 East Germany (GDR)1012
5 South Korea (KOR)0123
6 Italy (ITA)0112
7 Belgium (BEL)0101
8 Brazil (BRA)0011
 Great Britain (GBR)0011
 Hungary (HUN)0011
 Netherlands (NED)0011
 Poland (POL)0011
 West Germany (FRG)0011
 Yugoslavia0011
Totals (14 nations)881632
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