1978 Pan American Taekwondo Championships

Host City Ciudad de México
Country MEX
Held 17 – 22 September 1978
Competitors 27
Countries 7

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
-48 kg Men — Medal 2 2
-53 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-58 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-63 kg Men — Medal 3 3
-68 kg Men — Medal 3 3
-74 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-80 kg Men — Medal 4 4
+80 kg Men — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Mexico MEX 5 2 1 8
2 United States USA 3 2 1 6
3 Costa Rica CRC 0 4 2 6
4 Colombia COL 0 0 2 2
= Ecuador ECU 0 0 2 2
= Jamaica JAM 0 0 2 2
7 Bolivia BOL 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
-48 kg, Men Jaime de Pablos MEX Gustavo Batista CRC
-53 kg, Men Pablo Arizmendi MEX Willian Kim USA Javier Romero
Víctor Batista 		ECU
CRC
-58 kg, Men Reynaldo Salazar MEX Manuel Guzmán CRC Noel King
Marcelo Trevino 		JAM
BOL
-63 kg, Men Greg Fears USA Moritz von Nacher MEX Carlos Elizondo CRC
-68 kg, Men Cuauhtémoc Garduño MEX Randall Fernández CRC Michael O'Malley USA
-74 kg, Men Manuel Jurado MEX Kun-Young Lee USA Douglas Drane
Diego Osorio 		JAM
COL
-80 kg, Men John Holloway USA Roberto Caspiur CRC Vicente Franco
Mauricio Duque 		MEX
COL
+80 kg, Men Gerald Robbins USA Alejandro Valdés MEX Alfredo Reyes ECU