Karate World Championship 1972
The second karate world championships were held on April 21 and 22, 1972 in the French capital Paris .
Competitions and Medals
| discipline | gold | silver | bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single ippon |
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|
Billy Higgins 
|
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|
Guy Sauvin 
|
|||
| team |
France
|
 Italy
|
United Kingdom
|
 Singapore
|
Medal table
| rank | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
France
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 |
Brazil
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |
United Kingdom
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4th |
Italy
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |
Yugoslavia
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 |
Singapore
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 4th | 8th | |