1979 European Karate Championships

Host City Helsinki
Country FIN
Held 4 – 6 May 1979
Competitors 27
Countries 8

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
-65 kg Men Medal 4 4
-70 kg Men Medal 4 3
-75 kg Men Medal 4 3
-80 kg Men Medal 4 3
+80 kg Men Medal 4 4
Open Ippon Men Medal 4 3
Kumite Team Men Medal 0 4
Kata Individual Men Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Netherlands NED 4 1 1 6
2 Spain ESP 2 2 0 4
3 Italy ITA 2 1 2 5
4 France FRA 0 3 3 6
5 England ENG 0 1 5 6
6 Finland FIN 0 0 2 2
7 Germany GER 0 0 1 1
= Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
-65 kg, Men Roberto de Luca ITA Felipe Hita ESP Jukka Lindström
Robert Walraven
FIN
NED
-70 kg, Men Damián González ESP José Arsenal ESP Bernard Bilicki
Ronald Bengtsson
FRA
SWE
-75 kg, Men Fred Royers NED Rob Poley NED Patrice Gauze
Franco Paganini
FRA
ITA
+80 kg, Men John Reeberg NED Massimo di Luigi ITA Patrice Ruggiero
Eugene Codrington
FRA
ENG
-80 kg, Men Otti Roethof NED Claude Pettinella FRA Ewart Campbell
Tyron White
ENG
ENG
Open Ippon, Men Jean-Pierre Carbila ESP Jean-Luc Montama FRA Victor Charles
Godfrey Butler
ENG
ENG
Kumite Team, Men Netherlands NED France FRA Finland
Italy
FIN
ITA
Kata Individual, Men Cristina Rissone ITA Helen Raye ENG Ursula Steiger GER