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The 1979 World Judo Championships were the 11th edition of the World Judo Championships

World Judo Championships

The World Judo Championships are the highest level of international judo competition, along with the Olympic judo competition. The championships are held once every year by the International Judo Federation, and qualified judoka compete in their respective categories as representatives of their...

, and were held in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

from December 6–December 9, 1979.

Men

-60 kg	Thierry Rey Thierry Rey Thierry Rey is a French judoka, world champion and olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the extra lightweight division at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.-References:...	Koa Woo-Jong	Felice Mariani Yasuhiko Moriwaki Yasuhiko Moriwaki is a retired Japanese judoka.Moriwaki is from Kake, Hiroshima and began judo at the junior high school days.When he was a member of judo club at , the senior of club are Takao Kawaguchi, Yoshiharu Minami and so on....
-65 kg	Nikolai Solodukhin Nikolai Solodukhin Nikolai Ivanovich Solodukhin is a Russian judoka who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics.He was born in Kursk Oblast.In 1980 he won the gold medal in the half lightweight class.-External links:*...	Yves Delvingt	Janusz Pawłowski Janusz Pawłowski Janusz Pawłowski is a retired male judoka from Poland, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the silver medal in the Men's Half-Lightweight division after being defeated in the final by South Korea's eventual gold medalist Lee Kyung-Keun... Kyosuke Sahara
-71 kg	Kiyoto Katsuki	Ezio Gamba Ezio Gamba Ezio Gamba is a retired judoka from Italy, who represented his native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics...	Neil Adams Tamaz Namgalauri
-78 kg	Shozo Fujii Shōzō Fujii is a Japanese judoka. He won a gold medal 4 times at the World Championships.He is from Higashikagawa, Kagawa. After graduation from Tenri University in 1973, he belonged to Kuraray...	Bernard Tchoullouyan	Harald Heinke Park Young-Chul
-86 kg	Detlef Ultsch Detlef Ultsch Detlef Ultsch is a former East German judoka.He was born in Sonneberg/Thuringia. He is the first German judo world champion and became a double world middleweight champion 1979 in Paris and 1983 in Moscow....	Michel Sanchis	Walter Carmona Walter Carmona Walter Carmona is a Brazilian judoka and Olympic medalist. He placed 5th at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and won a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.-References:... Masao Takahashi
-95 kg	Tengiz Khubuluri Tengiz Khubuluri Tengiz Karamanovich Khubuluri is a Georgian judoka who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics.In 1980 he won the silver medal in the half-heavyweight class....	Robert van de Walle Robert Van De Walle Robert Van de Walle is a Belgian judoka. He was the first judoka to ever compete at five Olympics.He was born in Ostend....	Gunther Neureuther Henk Numan Henk Numan Hendrik Numan is a former judoka from the Netherlands, who won the bronze medal in half-heavyweight division at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. His only loss at that tournament was against the later champion Robert Van De Walle from Belgium.-References:*...
+95 kg	Yasuhiro Yamashita Yasuhiro Yamashita is one of the most successful judo competitors of all time. He currently works as an instructor or advisor for numerous organizations, including Tokai University, the International Judo Federation, and the...	Jean-Luc Rougé	Cho Jae-gi Imre Varga
Open	Sumio Endo Sumio Endo is a Japanese judoka, Olympic medalist and world champion.He is from Kōriyama, Fukushima. After graduation from Nihon University, He belonged to Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department....	Vitali Kusnetnov	Radomir Kovacevic Radomir Kovacevic Radomir Kovačević was a Yugoslav Olympic judoka and coach. He has participated in three Olympics; and is an Olympic medalist. He was well known in judo circles and was close friends with world-famous Japanese judo champion Yasuhiro Yamashita... Jean-Luc Rougé

Medals table

1	Japan	4	0	3	7
2	Soviet Union	2	1	1	4
3	France	1	4	1	6
4	German Democratic Republic	1	0	1	2
5	South Korea	0	1	2	3
6	Italy	0	1	1	2
7	Belgium	0	1	0	1
8	Poland	0	0	1	1
	United Kingdom	0	0	1	1
	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1

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