1987 World Taekwondo Championships

World Taekwondo competition

1987 World Taekwondo Championships

Venue| Palau dels Esports
Location|  Barcelona, Spain
Dates| 7–11 October 1987
Champions
Men|  South Korea
Women|  South Korea

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The 1987 World Taekwondo Championships were the 8th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Barcelona, Spain from October 7 to October 11, 1987, with 434 athletes participating from 62 countries.

## Medal summary

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Finweight
(−50 kg)  | Lim Sung-wook
South Korea | Enrique Torroella
Mexico | Dae Sung Lee
United States
Bidhan Lama
Nepal
Flyweight
(−54 kg)  | Kang Chang-mo
South Korea | Budi Setiawan
Indonesia | Geremia Di Costanzo
Italy
Younousse Bathily
Ivory Coast
Bantamweight
(−58 kg)  | Yoo Myung-sik
South Korea | Şakir Bezci
Turkey | Nuno Dâmaso
Switzerland
Alf Dell'orso
Australia
Featherweight
(−64 kg)  | Lee Chian-hsiang
Chinese Taipei | Luis Torner
Spain | Mustafa Elmalı
Turkey
Chris Spence
United States
Lightweight
(−70 kg)  | Yang Dae-seung
South Korea | Jesús Tortosa
Spain | Steve Capener
United States
Georg Streif
West Germany
Welterweight
(−76 kg)  | Jeong Kook-hyun
South Korea | Juan Wright
Spain | Thorsten Gernhardt
West Germany
Jay Warwick
United States
Middleweight
(−83 kg)  | Lee Kye-haeng
South Korea | Francisco Jiménez
Spain | Herbert Perez
United States
Ammar Fahed Sbeihi
Jordan
Heavyweight
(+83 kg)  | Michael Arndt
West Germany | Jimmy Kim
United States | Carmelo Medina
Spain
Mounir Boukrouh
France

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Finweight
(−43 kg)  | Jang Eu-suk
South Korea | Mónica Torres
Mexico | Rosa Moreno
Spain
Chin Yu-fang
Chinese Taipei
Flyweight
(−47 kg)  | Pai Yun-yao
Chinese Taipei | Lee Young
South Korea | Ginean Hatter
United States
Antonia Cayetano
Spain
Bantamweight
(−51 kg)  | Tennur Yerlisu
Turkey | Josefina López
Spain | Margarita Ogarrio
Mexico
Tung Ya-ling
Chinese Taipei
Featherweight
(−55 kg)  | Kim So-young
South Korea | Kim Dotson
United States | Züleyha Tan
Turkey
Anne-Mette Christensen
Denmark
Lightweight
(−60 kg)  | Lee Eun-young
South Korea | Hsien Feng-lien
Chinese Taipei | Brigitte Evanno
France
Elena Navaz
Spain
Welterweight
(−65 kg)  | Coral Bistuer
Spain | Kim Ji-sook
South Korea | Tessa Gordon
Canada
Tang Hui-ting
Chinese Taipei
Middleweight
(−70 kg)  | Mandy de Jongh
Netherlands | Wang Chin-yu
Chinese Taipei | Sharon Jewell
United States
Angelika Biegger
West Germany
Heavyweight
(+70 kg)  | Lynnette Love
United States | Liu Yi-ling
Chinese Taipei | Jang Yoon-jung
South Korea
Anne-Mieke Buijs
Netherlands

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  South Korea| 9| 2| 1| 12
2|  Chinese Taipei| 2| 3| 3| 8
3|  Spain| 1| 5| 4| 10
4|  United States| 1| 2| 7| 10
5|  Turkey| 1| 1| 2| 4
6|  West Germany| 1| 0| 3| 4
7|  Netherlands| 1| 0| 1| 2
8|  Mexico| 0| 2| 1| 3
9|  Indonesia| 0| 1| 0| 1
10|  France| 0| 0| 2| 2
11|  Australia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Canada| 0| 0| 1| 1
Denmark| 0| 0| 1| 1
Italy| 0| 0| 1| 1
Ivory Coast| 0| 0| 1| 1
Jordan| 0| 0| 1| 1
Nepal| 0| 0| 1| 1
Switzerland| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (18 entries)| 16| 16| 32| 64

## References

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* WTF Medal Winners Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine

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