1980 World Karate Championships

Host City	Madrid
Country	ESP
Held	27 – 30 November 1980
Competitors	35
Countries	9

Events

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Japan	JPN	4	5	2	11
2	Spain	ESP	3	1	7	11
3	France	FRA	1	1	2	4
4	United States	USA	1	1	1	3
5	Italy	ITA	1	0	1	2
6	Netherlands	NED	0	1	3	4
7	Great Britain	GBR	0	1	1	2
8	Mexico	MEX	0	0	2	2
9	Paraguay	PAR	0	0	1	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
-60 kg, Men	Ricardo Abad	ESP	Jean-Louis Granet	FRA	Fernando Rosuero Junichi Sugiyama	ESP JPN
-65 kg, Men	Toshiaki Maeda	JPN	Zenichi Ono	JPN	Felipe Hita José Arsenal	ESP ESP
-70 kg, Men	José Damián González	ESP	Antonio Martínez	ESP	Thierry Masci Danny Schenker	FRA NED
-75 kg, Men	Sadao Tajima	JPN	Imamatsu	JPN	Wenceslao Aguilar Fred Royers	MEX NED
-80 kg, Men	Tokey Hill	USA	Naomi Takukawa	JPN	P Amarilla Otti Roethof	PAR NED
+80 kg, Men	Jean-Luc Montama	FRA	Livi Whyte	GBR	Billy Blanks Rolando Sías	USA MEX
Open Ippon, Men	Giovanni Ricciardi	ITA	Billy Blanks	USA	Juan Pedro Carbilla Hisao Murase	ESP JPN
Kumite Team, Men	Spain	ESP	Netherlands	NED	France Great Britain	FRA GBR
Kata Individual, Men	Keji Okada	JPN	Masashi Koyama	JPN	Jorge Romero-1 Deogracias Medina	ESP ESP
Kata Individual, Women	Suzuko Okamura	JPN	Mie Nakayama	JPN	María Moreno Marina Sasso	ESP ITA