| 1st Pan-American Taekwondo Championships | |||||
| Mexico City, Mexico | |||||
| September 17-22, 1978 | |||||
| Fin | |||||
| Men | No Women's competition | ||||
| Jaime de Pablos | MEX | 1st | until 1982 | ||
| Gustavo A. Batista | CRC | 2nd | |||
| Fly | |||||
| Men | |||||
| Pablo Arizmendi | MEX | 1st | |||
| William Kim | USA | 2nd | |||
| Victor H. Batista | CRC | 3rd | |||
| Javier Romero | ECU | 3rd | |||
| Bantam | |||||
| Men | |||||
| Reynaldo Salazar | MEX | 1st | |||
| Manuel Guzman | CRC | 2nd | |||
| Noel King | JAM | 3rd | |||
| Marcelo Trevino | BOL | 3rd | |||
| Feather | |||||
| Men | |||||
| Greg Fears | USA | 1st | |||
| Moritz von Nacher | MEX | 2nd | |||
| Carlos Elizondo | CRC | 3rd | |||
| Light | |||||
| Men | |||||
| Cuauhtemoc Garduno | MEX | 1st | |||
| Randall Fernandez | CRC | 2nd | |||
| Michael OÕMalley | USA | 3rd | |||
| Welter | |||||
| Men | |||||
| Manuel Jurado | MEX | 1st | |||
| Kun Young Lee | USA | 2nd | |||
| Douglas Drane | JAM | 3rd | |||
| Diego Osorio | COL | 3rd | |||
| Middle | |||||
| Men | |||||
| John Holloway | USA | 1st | |||
| Roberto Caspuir | CRC | 2nd | |||
| Vicente Franco | MEX | 3rd | |||
| Mauricio Duque | COL | 3rd | |||
| Heavy | |||||
| Men | |||||
| Gerard Robbins | USA | 1st | |||
| Alejandro Valdez | MEX | 2nd | |||
| Alfredo Reyes | ECU | 3rd | |||