1970 World Karate Championships

The 1970 World Karate Championships are the 1st edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan between October 10 and October 13, 1970.^[1][2]

Paul Starling Karate World Championships 1970

1970 World Karate Championships

Host city	Tokyo, Japan
Dates	10–13 October
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Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ippon	Koji Wada  Japan	John Carnio  Canada	Tonny Tulleners  United States
			Dominique Valera  France
Team	Japan E	Japan C	Japan B

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	2	1	1	4
2	Canada	0	1	0	1
3	France	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	3	7

Participating nations

•  Argentina
•  Australia
•  Austria
•  Belgium
•  Brunei
•  Canada
•  Chile
•  France
•  Great Britain
•  Guatemala
•  Hong Kong
•  Indonesia
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Japan
•  Mexico
•  New Zealand
•  Philippines
•  Singapore
•  South Korea
•  Syria
•  Thailand
•  Trinidad and Tobago
•  United States
•  West Germany
•  Yugoslavia