| Host city | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 27–30 November |
| Main venue | Palacio de Deportes |
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]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual kata | Keji Okada | Masashi Koyama | Jorge Romero |
| Deogracias Medina | |||
| Kumite −60 kg | Ricardo Abad | Jean-Louis Granet | Fernando Rosuero |
| Junichi Sugiyama | |||
| Kumite −65 kg | Toshiaki Maeda | Zenichi Ono | Felipe Hita |
| José Arsenal | |||
| Kumite −70 kg | José Damián González | Antonio Martínez | Thierry Masci |
| Danny Schenker | |||
| Kumite −75 kg | Sadao Tajima | Imamatsu | Wenceslao Aguilar |
| Fred Royers | |||
| Kumite −80 kg | Tokey Hill | Naomi Takukawa | P. Amarilla |
| Otti Roethof | |||
| Kumite +80 kg | Jean-Luc Montama | Livi Whyte | Billy Blanks |
| Rolando Sías | |||
| Kumite open | Giovanni Ricciardi | Billy Blanks | Juan Pedro Carbilla |
| Hisao Murase | |||
| Team kumite | |||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual kata | Suzuko Okamura | Mie Nakayama | María Moreno |
| Marina Sasso |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 | |
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