1979 World Taekwondo Championships

1979 World Championships
Host city	Stuttgart, West Germany
Dates	October 26–28
Stadium	Sports Hall Sindelfingen
Champions
Men	South Korea

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)	Lee Seung-kyung South Korea (KOR)	Jaime de Pablos Mexico (MEX)	Dae Sung Lee United States (USA)
			Emilio Azofra Spain (ESP)
Flyweight (−52 kg)	Yang Ki-mo South Korea (KOR)	Jesús Benito Spain (ESP)	Ramiro Guzmán Mexico (MEX)
			Bachir Ouazzani Morocco (MAR)
Bantamweight (−56 kg)	Kim Yong-ki South Korea (KOR)	Pablo Arizmendi Mexico (MEX)	Chung Sik Choi United States (USA)
			Dragan Veljović West Germany (FRG)
Featherweight (−60 kg)	Yim Dai-taik South Korea (KOR)	Reynaldo Salazar Mexico (MEX)	Bernd Bartsch West Germany (FRG)
			Martin Hall Australia (AUS)
Lightweight (−64 kg)	Park Oh-sung South Korea (KOR)	Greg Fears United States (USA)	Henk Horsten Netherlands (NED)
			Hubert Leuchter West Germany (FRG)
Welterweight (−68 kg)	Óscar Mendiola Mexico (MEX)	Lindsay Lawrence Great Britain (GBR)	Helmut Gärtner West Germany (FRG)
			Kim Moo-chun South Korea (KOR)
Light middleweight (−73 kg)	Rainer Müller West Germany (FRG)	Guillermo Aragonés Mexico (MEX)	Park Chung-ho South Korea (KOR)
			Hans Brugmans Netherlands (NED)
Middleweight (−78 kg)	Kim Sang-chun South Korea (KOR)	Richard Schulz West Germany (FRG)	Byl Be Yao Ivory Coast (CIV)
			John Holloway United States (USA)
Light heavyweight (−84 kg)	Chung Chan South Korea (KOR)	Eugen Nefedow West Germany (FRG)	Scott Rohr United States (USA)
			Abdoulaye Cissé Ivory Coast (CIV)
Heavyweight (+84 kg)	Sjef Vos Netherlands (NED)	Thomas Seabourne United States (USA)	Keith Whittemore Australia (AUS)
			Carlos Obregón Mexico (MEX)

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
Total		10	10	20	40

References

• WTF Medal Winners