1972 World Karate Championships

1972 World Karate Championships

Host city	Paris, France
Dates	21–22 April
Main venue	Stade Pierre de Coubertin

The 1972 World Karate Championships are the 2nd edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris, France on April 21 and April 22, 1972.[1][2]

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ippon	Luiz Tasuke Watanabe  Brazil	Billy Higgins  Great Britain	Ištvan Šipter  Yugoslavia
			Guy Sauvin  France
Team	France	Italy	Great Britain
			Singapore

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	1	0	1	2
2	Brazil	1	0	0	1
3	Great Britain	0	1	1	2
4	Italy	0	1	0	1
5	Singapore	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		2	2	4	8

References

1. "The Forgotten World Karate Champion". February 1974. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
2. "Japanese players, officials punished for walking out of world tournament". Black Belt Times. November 1972. Retrieved 8 November 2014.

• Results
• Results

External links

• World Karate Federation