1970 World Karate Championships

Host city

Dates10–13 October

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]

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

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

Medal table