5^th National Taekwondo Championships

Dayton Convention Center

Dayton, OH
June 2-3, 1979

Black belt gyo-roogi
Fin
Men 1^st Dae Sung Lee (HI) 2^nd My Tan Nguyen (FL) 3^rd Dayton Pang (CA)	Women 1^st Elaine Chung (HI)
Fly
Men 1^st Michael Vazquez (MI) 2^nd Don Stowers (CA) 3^rd Larry Rogers (TX)	Women 1^st Brenda Waller (DC) 2^ndElsie Harrison (OH)
Bantam
Men 1^st Chung Sik Choi (HI) 2^nd Sun Woong Park 3^rd Ronald Lough (IN)	Women 1^st Sunny Graff (OH) 2^nd Anne Top (AL) 3^rd Beverly Vining (CA)
Feather
Men 1^st Oren Gautreaux (MO) 2^nd Bob Hong (FL) 3^rd Dennis Robinson (NJ)	Women 1^st Ayoka Brown (DC) 2^nd Sharon Tatum (DC) 3^rd Sheila Mullins (IN)
Light
Men 1^st Greg Fears (OH) 2^nd Yong Sung Choi (IL) 3^rd Muhammad Abdul Jabar (MD)	Women 1^st Kathy Jones (MI) 2^nd Jane Freese (IA) 3^rd Belinda Davis (CA)
Welter
Men 1^st Michael O’Malley (MA) 2^nd Ernest Robinson (IL) 3^rd Kadil Bibbs (MI)	Women 1^st Melinda Aynes (IN) 2^nd Penny A. Bero (WI) 3^rd Nancy Jo Johnson (NE)
Light Middle
Men 1^st Frank Calderon (NY) 2^nd James Ridley (TN) 3^rd Roger Gilbreath (TN)	No Light Middle female division
Middle
Men 1^st John Holloway (DC) 2^nd Joseph Salvino (PA) 3^rd Timothy Dunphy (CA)	Women 1^st Marcia Hall (CA) 2^nd Marcella Byrd (VA) 3^rd Dawniza Scott (OH)
Light Heavy
Men 1^st Scott Rohr (OR) 2^nd Neil Singleton (IN) 3^rd William Joseph Smith (IL)	No Light Heavy female division
Heavy
Men 1^st Tom Seabourne (PA) 2^nd Gerard Robbins (NJ) 3^rd Na’im Hasan (OR)	Women 1^st Lynette Love (MI) 2^nd Debbie Pederson (CA) 3^rd Christina Coleman (MD)

Male Competitor of the Year

Michael O’Malley

Female Competitor of the Year

Sunny Graff

Ken Min Award

John Holloway

Coach of the Year

Joon Pyo Choi