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

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-60 kg France Thierry Rey South Korea Gwak U-jong Italy Felice Mariani
Japan Yasuhiko Moriwaki
-65 kg Soviet Union Nikolai Solodukhin France Yves Delvingt Poland Janusz Pawłowski
Japan Kyosuke Sahara
-71 kg Japan Kiyoto Katsuki Italy Ezio Gamba United Kingdom Neil Adams
Soviet Union Tamaz Namgalauri
-78 kg Japan Shozo Fujii France Bernard Tchoullouyan East Germany Harald Heinke
South Korea Park Young-Chul
-86 kg East Germany Detlef Ultsch France Michel Sanchis Brazil Walter Carmona
Japan Masao Takahashi
-95 kg Soviet Union Tengiz Khubuluri Belgium Robert van de Walle Germany Gunther Neureuther
Netherlands Henk Numan
+95 kg Japan Yasuhiro Yamashita France Jean-Luc Rougé South Korea Cho Jae-Ki
Hungary Imre Varga
Open Japan Sumio Endo Soviet Union Vitali Kuznetsov Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radomir Kovacevic
France 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 entries)881632
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