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 city Madrid, Spain
Dates27–30 November
Main venuePalacio de Deportes

Medalists

Men
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
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		 Amarilla
 Paraguay
Otti Roethof
 Netherlands
Kumite +80 kg Jean-Luc Montama
 France		 Livi Whyte
 Great Britain		 Billy Blanks
 United States
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
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual kata Suzuko Okamura
 Japan		 Mie Nakayama
 Japan		 María Moreno
 Spain
Marina Sasso
 Italy

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan45211
2 Spain31711
3 France1124
4 United States1113
5 Italy1012
6 Netherlands0134
7 Great Britain0112
8 Mexico0022
9 Paraguay0011
Totals (9 nations)10102040
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References
  1. "España ganó el campeonato del mundo" (in Spanish). El Pais. 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.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  3. "Black Belt". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  4. "Black Belt". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  5. "Microsoft Word - CONSOLIDATED_REPORT _2_.doc" (PDF). Stillmed.olympics.org. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
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