1991 World Taekwondo Championships

Taekwondo competition

1991 World Taekwondo Championships

Venue| Peace and Friendship Stadium
Location|  Athens, Greece
Dates| 28 October – 3 November 1991
Champions
Men|  South Korea
Women|  South Korea

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The 1991 World Taekwondo Championships were the 10th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Athens[1][2][3][4] from October 28 to November 3, 1991, with 434 athletes participating from 49 countries.

## Medal summary

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Finweight
(−50 kg)  | Gergely Salim
Denmark | Chang Jung-san
Chinese Taipei | Sirous Rezaei
Iran
Kang Cheol-woo
South Korea
Flyweight
(−54 kg)  | Kim Cheol-ho
South Korea | József Salim
Denmark | Gabriel Esparza
Spain
Django Tapilatu
Netherlands
Bantamweight
(−58 kg)  | Ángel Alonso
Spain | Sayed Najem
Canada | Seon Sang-joon
South Korea
Ekrem Boyalı
Turkey
Featherweight
(−64 kg)  | Jang Hyuk
South Korea | Stephen Tapilatu
Netherlands | Jorge Gonçalves
Brazil
Tamer Abdelmoneim Hussein
Egypt
Lightweight
(−70 kg)  | Yang Dae-seung
South Korea | Ramelito Abratique
Philippines | John Collison
Australia
Hiang Ming-jen
Chinese Taipei
Welterweight
(−76 kg)  | Park Yong-woon
South Korea | James Villasana
United States | Hisashi Kondo
Japan
Hugo García
Mexico
Middleweight
(−83 kg)  | Yoon Soon-cheol
South Korea | Yehia Alam
Egypt | Herbert Perez
United States
Metin Şahin
Turkey
Heavyweight
(+83 kg)  | Tonny Sørensen
Denmark | Oliver Schawe
Germany | Miguel Jordán
Spain
Amr Khairy
Egypt

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Finweight
(−43 kg)  | Elisabet Delgado
Spain | Gülnur Yerlisu
Turkey | Wu Shan-chen
Chinese Taipei
Kim Jin-seong
South Korea
Flyweight
(−47 kg)  | Arzu Tan
Turkey | Anita van der Pas
Netherlands | Mariela Valenzuela
Argentina
Tang Hui-wen
Chinese Taipei
Bantamweight
(−51 kg)  | Park Dong-seon
South Korea | Döndü Şahin
Turkey | Kathy Walker
Great Britain
Rosario Solís
Spain
Featherweight
(−55 kg)  | Tung Ya-ling
Chinese Taipei | Ayşegül Ergin
Turkey | Josefina López
Spain
Azza Adel
Egypt
Lightweight
(−60 kg)  | Jeong Eun-ok
South Korea | Chen Yi-an
Chinese Taipei | Minouschka Thielman
Netherlands
Dolores Knoll
Mexico
Welterweight
(−65 kg)  | Arlene Limas
United States | Coral Bistuer
Spain | Cho Hyang-mi
South Korea
Morfou Drosidou
Greece
Middleweight
(−70 kg)  | Yang In-deok
South Korea | Chavela Aaron
United States | Mónica del Real
Mexico
Theano Ketesidou
Greece
Heavyweight
(+70 kg)  | Lynnette Love
United States | Yvonne Franssen
Canada | Anna Widehov
Sweden
Bettina Hipf
Germany

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  South Korea| 8| 0| 4| 12
2|  United States| 2| 2| 1| 5
3|  Spain| 2| 1| 4| 7
4|  Denmark| 2| 1| 0| 3
5|  Turkey| 1| 3| 2| 6
6|  Chinese Taipei| 1| 2| 3| 6
7|  Netherlands| 0| 2| 2| 4
8|  Canada| 0| 2| 0| 2
9|  Egypt| 0| 1| 3| 4
10|  Germany| 0| 1| 1| 2
11|  Philippines| 0| 1| 0| 1
12|  Mexico| 0| 0| 3| 3
13|  Greece| 0| 0| 2| 2
14|  Argentina| 0| 0| 1| 1
Australia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Brazil| 0| 0| 1| 1
Great Britain| 0| 0| 1| 1
Iran| 0| 0| 1| 1
Japan| 0| 0| 1| 1
Sweden| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (20 entries)| 16| 16| 32| 64

## References

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1. ^ "World Taekwondo Championships Results - TAEKWONDO HALL OF FAME".
2. ^ "BEST sports DB - World Taekwondo Championship - Athens 1991 - Medal Table".
3. ^ "1991 US World Taekwondo Championships team".
4. ^ "Master In Kyung Kim's World Taekwondo Academy (Sport TKD) - www.worldtaekwondo.ca -".

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* 1973 Seoul
* 1975 Seoul
* 1977 Chicago
* 1979 Stuttgart
* 1982 Guayaquil
* 1983 Copenhagen
* 1985 Seoul
* 1987 Barcelona
* 1989 Seoul
* 1991 Athens
* 1993 New York City
* 1995 Manila
* 1997 Hong Kong
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* 2009 Copenhagen
* 2011 Gyeongju
* 2013 Puebla
* 2015 Chelyabinsk
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