1980 World Karate Championships

1980 World Karate Championships

Host city	Madrid, Spain
Dates	November 27–30
Main venue	Palacio de Deportes
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The 1980 World Karate Championships was the 5th edition of the World Karate Championships, and was held in Madrid, Spain in October 1980. It was the first tournament where women could participate but only in kata.

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Keji Okada Japan (JPN)	Masashi Koyama Japan (JPN)	Jorge Romero Spain (ESP)
			Deogracias Medina Spain (ESP)
Kumite −60 kg	Ricardo Abad Spain (ESP)	Jean-Louis Granet France (FRA)	Fernando Rosuero Spain (ESP)
			Junichi Sugiyama Japan (JPN)
Kumite −65 kg	Toshiaki Maeda Japan (JPN)	Zenichi Ono Japan (JPN)	Felipe Hita Spain (ESP)
			José Arsenal Spain (ESP)
Kumite −70 kg	José Damián González Spain (ESP)	Antonio Martínez Spain (ESP)	Thierry Masci France (FRA)
			Schenker Netherlands (NED)
Kumite −75 kg	Sadao Tajima Japan (JPN)	Imamatsu Japan (JPN)	Wenceslao Aguilar Mexico (MEX)
			Fred Royers Netherlands (NED)
Kumite −80 kg	Tokey Hill United States (USA)	Naomi Takukawa Japan (JPN)	Amarilla Paraguay (PAR)
			Otti Roethof Netherlands (NED)
Kumite +80 kg	Jean-Luc Montama France (FRA)	Livi Whyte Great Britain (GBR)	Billy Blanks United States (USA)
			Sías Mexico (MEX)
Kumite open	Giovanni Ricciardi Italy (ITA)	Billy Blanks United States (USA)	Juan Pedro Carbilla Spain (ESP)
			Hisao Murase Japan (JPN)
Team kumite	Spain	Netherlands	France
			Great Britain

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Suzuko Okamura Japan (JPN)	Mie Nakayama Japan (JPN)	María Victoria Moreno Spain (ESP)
			Marina Sasso Italy (ITA)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	4	5	2	11
2	Spain	3	1	7	11
3	France	1	1	2	4
4	United States	1	1	1	3
5	Italy	1	0	1	2
6	Netherlands	0	1	3	4
7	Great Britain	0	1	1	2
8	Mexico	0	0	2	2
9	Paraguay	0	0	1	1
Total		10	10	20	40

External links

• World Karate Federation
• Results