World Taekwondo Championships

The World Taekwondo Championship is held every two years by the World Taekwondo Federation.[1]

Competitions

YearDateCity and host countryVenueMen's championWomen's champion
1973 May 25–27 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Kukkiwon Gymnasium  South Korea
1975 August 28–31 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Jangchung Gymnasium  South Korea
1977 September 15–17 United States Chicago, United States International Amphitheatre  South Korea
1979 October 26–28 West Germany Stuttgart, West Germany Sports Hall Sindelfingen  South Korea
1982 February 24–27 Ecuador Guayaquil, Ecuador Coliseo Cerrado  South Korea
1983 October 20–23 Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark Brøndby Hallen  South Korea
1985 September 4–8 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Jamsil Gymnasium  South Korea
1987 October 7–11 Spain Barcelona, Spain Palau dels Esports  South Korea  South Korea
1989 October 9–14 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Jamsil Gymnasium  South Korea  South Korea
1991 October 28 – November 3 Greece Athens, Greece Peace and Friendship Stadium  South Korea  South Korea
1993 August 19–23 United States New York City, United States Madison Square Garden  South Korea  South Korea
1995 November 17–21 Philippines Manila, Philippines Folk Arts Theater  South Korea  South Korea
1997 November 19–23 Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong Coliseum  South Korea  South Korea
1999 June 2–6 Canada Edmonton, Canada Butterdome  South Korea  South Korea
2001 November 1–7 South Korea Jeju City, South Korea Halla Indoor Gymnasium  South Korea  South Korea
2003 September 24–28 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Olympia-Eissport-Zentrum  South Korea  South Korea
2005 April 13–17 Spain Madrid, Spain Palacio de Deportes  South Korea  South Korea
2007 May 18–22 China Beijing, China Changping Gymnasium  South Korea  South Korea
2009 October 14–18 Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark Ballerup Super Arena  South Korea  China
2011 May 1–6 South Korea Gyeongju, South Korea Gyeongju Indoor Stadium  Iran  South Korea
2013 July 15–21 Mexico Puebla, Mexico Exhibition Center of Puebla  South Korea  South Korea
2015 May 12–18 Russia Chelyabinsk, Russia Traktor Ice Arena  Iran  South Korea
2017 June 22–30 South Korea Muju, South Korea Taekwondowon

All-time medal table

All-time medal count as 2015 World Taekwondo Championships.[2]

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  South Korea 162 30 30 222
2  Spain 22 25 61 108
3  Chinese Taipei 15 26 38 79
4  Iran 14 16 20 50
5  United States 13 19 49 81
6  Turkey 12 19 31 62
7  China 9 11 10 30
8  France 6 11 15 32
9  Germany 5 12 33 50
10  Mexico 4 27 31 62
11  Netherlands 4 5 15 24
12  Thailand 4 5 12 21
13  Great Britain 3 7 4 14
14  Cuba 3 3 8 14
15  Denmark 2 6 3 11
16  Croatia 2 5 12 19
17  Egypt 2 3 12 17
18  Azerbaijan 2 1 8 11
19  Mali 2 0 2 4
20  Canada 1 11 13 25
21  Russia 1 7 15 23
22  Brazil 1 4 9 14
23  Uzbekistan 1 4 0 5
24  Greece 1 3 10 14
25  Ecuador 1 2 1 4
26  Australia 1 1 17 19
27  Japan 1 1 5 7
28  Belgium 1 1 2 4
29  Gabon 1 0 1 2
30  Italy 0 5 15 20
31  Philippines 0 5 6 11
32  Ivory Coast 0 3 11 14
33  Morocco 0 3 7 10
34  Afghanistan 0 2 2 4
 Puerto Rico 0 2 2 4
36  Chile 0 2 1 3
37  Indonesia 0 2 0 2
38  Venezuela 0 1 4 5
39  Argentina 0 1 3 4
40  Jordan 0 1 2 3
41  Bahrain 0 1 0 1
 Guam 0 1 0 1
 Portugal 0 1 0 1
 Ukraine 0 1 0 1
45  Kazakhstan 0 0 6 6
 Serbia 0 0 6 6
 Sweden 0 0 6 6
48  Dominican Republic 0 0 5 5
 Vietnam 0 0 5 5
50  Belarus 0 0 4 4
51  Hungary 0 0 3 3
 Norway 0 0 3 3
 Saudi Arabia 0 0 3 3
 Senegal 0 0 3 3
  Switzerland 0 0 3 3
 Tunisia 0 0 3 3
57  Austria 0 0 2 2
 Colombia 0 0 2 2
 Cyprus 0 0 2 2
 Finland 0 0 2 2
 Guatemala 0 0 2 2
 Malaysia 0 0 2 2
   Nepal 0 0 2 2
 Slovenia 0 0 2 2
65  Costa Rica 0 0 1 1
 Israel 0 0 1 1
 Moldova 0 0 1 1
 Nigeria 0 0 1 1
 Poland 0 0 1 1
 Uganda 0 0 1 1
Total 296 296 592 1184

Multiple gold medalist

The table shows those who have won at least 3 gold medals.

Men
AthleteCountryTotal
Steven López  United States 5 0 0 5
Choi Yeon-ho  South Korea 4 0 0 4
Bahri Tanrıkulu  Turkey 3 1 1 5
Jin Seung-tae  South Korea 3 0 0 3
Kim Je-kyoung  South Korea 3 0 0 3
Kim Yong-ki  South Korea 3 0 0 3
Yang Dae-seung  South Korea 3 0 0 3
Women
AthleteCountryTotal
Brigitte Yagüe  Spain 3 2 1 6
Cho Hyang-mi  South Korea 3 0 1 4
Jung Myoung-sook  South Korea 3 0 0 3

See also

References

  1. ↑ "WTF Medal Winners". World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Result of Tournament". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
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