1979 World Judo Championships

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

Judo
Judo
1979 Men's World Judo Championships
VenueStade Pierre de Coubertin
LocationFrance Paris, France
Dates6–9 December 1979
Competitors273 from 54 nations
Competition at external databases
LinksIJF • JudoInside

Medal overview

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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

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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 entries)881632

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