2011 World Taekwondo Championships

Taekwondo competition

2011 World Taekwondo Championships

Venue| Gyeongju Indoor Stadium
Location|  Gyeongju, South Korea
Dates| 1–6 May 2011
Champions
Men|  Iran
Women|  South Korea

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The 2011 World Taekwondo Championships was the 20th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at Gyeongju Indoor Stadium in Gyeongju, South Korea from May 1 to May 6, 2011.[1]

## Medal table

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* Host nation (South Korea)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  South Korea*| 3| 4| 3| 10
2|  Iran| 3| 1| 2| 6
3|  China| 2| 2| 0| 4
4|  Thailand| 2| 1| 1| 4
5|  France| 2| 0| 1| 3
6|  Great Britain| 1| 2| 1| 4
7|  Turkey| 1| 1| 4| 6
8|  Croatia| 1| 1| 0| 2
9|  Spain| 1| 0| 3| 4
10|  Morocco| 0| 1| 2| 3
11|  Chinese Taipei| 0| 1| 1| 2
12|  Portugal| 0| 1| 0| 1
Uzbekistan| 0| 1| 0| 1
14|  Russia| 0| 0| 3| 3
15|  Germany| 0| 0| 2| 2
16|  Afghanistan| 0| 0| 1| 1
Azerbaijan| 0| 0| 1| 1
Canada| 0| 0| 1| 1
Cyprus| 0| 0| 1| 1
Dominican Republic| 0| 0| 1| 1
Italy| 0| 0| 1| 1
Mali| 0| 0| 1| 1
Serbia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Vietnam| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (24 entries)| 16| 16| 32| 64

## Medal summary

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Finweight
(−54 kg) details | Chutchawal Khawlaor
Thailand | Park Ji-woong
South Korea | Seyfula Magomedov
Russia
Meisam Bagheri
Iran
Flyweight
(−58 kg) details | Joel González
Spain | Rui Bragança
Portugal | Wei Chen-yang
Chinese Taipei
Gabriel Mercedes
Dominican Republic
Bantamweight
(−63 kg) details | Lee Dae-hoon
South Korea | Michael Harvey
Great Britain | Nacha Punthong
Thailand
Lê Huỳnh Châu
Vietnam
Featherweight
(−68 kg) details | Servet Tazegül
Turkey | Mohammad Bagheri Motamed
Iran | Rohullah Nikpai
Afghanistan
Martin Stamper
Great Britain
Lightweight
(−74 kg) details | Alireza Nasr Azadani
Iran | Patiwat Thongsalap
Thailand | Ismaël Coulibaly
Mali
Rıdvan Baygut
Turkey
Welterweight
(−80 kg) details | Farzad Abdollahi
Iran | Yunus Sarı
Turkey | Issam Chernoubi
Morocco
Ramin Azizov
Azerbaijan
Middleweight
(−87 kg) details | Yousef Karami
Iran | Cha Dong-min
South Korea | Jon García
Spain
Carlo Molfetta
Italy
Heavyweight
(+87 kg) details | Jo Chol-ho
South Korea | Akmal Irgashev
Uzbekistan | Kourosh Rajoli
Iran
Andreas Stylianou
Cyprus

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Finweight
(−46 kg) details | Kim So-hui
South Korea | Li Zhaoyi
China | Rukiye Yıldırım
Turkey
Sümeyye Manz
Germany
Flyweight
(−49 kg) details | Wu Jingyu
China | Yang Shu-chun
Chinese Taipei | Brigitte Yagüe
Spain
Sanaa Atabrour
Morocco
Bantamweight
(−53 kg) details | Ana Zaninović
Croatia | Lamyaa Bekkali
Morocco | Lee Hye-young
South Korea
Hatice Kübra Yangın
Turkey
Featherweight
(−57 kg) details | Hou Yuzhuo
China | Jade Jones
Great Britain | Marlène Harnois
France
Lim Su-jeong
South Korea
Lightweight
(−62 kg) details | Rangsiya Nisaisom
Thailand | Marina Sumić
Croatia | Karine Sergerie
Canada
Dürdane Altunel
Turkey
Welterweight
(−67 kg) details | Sarah Stevenson
Great Britain | Guo Yunfei
China | Hwang Kyung-seon
South Korea
Helena Fromm
Germany
Middleweight
(−73 kg) details | Gwladys Épangue
France | Oh Hye-ri
South Korea | Milica Mandić
Serbia
Anastasia Baryshnikova
Russia
Heavyweight
(+73 kg) details | Anne-Caroline Graffe
France | An Sae-bom
South Korea | Rosana Simón
Spain
Olga Ivanova
Russia

## Team ranking

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Iran grabbed the men's overall title, It marked the first time that Korea failed to retain the men's overall title in the history of the biennial World Taekwondo Championships.[2]

### Men

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| Rank  | Team  | Points

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1  |  Iran | 74
2  |  South Korea | 61
3  |  Turkey | 48
4  |  Thailand | 37
5  |  Spain | 36
6  |  China | 31
7  |  Great Britain | 28
8  |  Uzbekistan | 28
9  |  Russia | 28
10  |  Italy | 27

### Women

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| Rank  | Team  | Points

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1  |  South Korea | 58
2  |  China | 55
3  |  France | 45
4  |  Croatia | 35
5  |  Turkey | 31
6  |  Russia | 31
7  |  Morocco | 30
8  |  Great Britain | 29
9  |  Thailand | 29
10  |  Spain | 29

## Participating nations

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According to the competition draws,[3] 949 athletes from 144 nations competed.

* Afghanistan (5)
* Albania (3)
* Algeria (6)
* Argentina (6)
* Armenia (4)
* Aruba (3)
* Australia (15)
* Austria (6)
* Azerbaijan (16)
* Bahrain (2)
* Bangladesh (2)
* Belarus (9)
* Benin (2)
* Bhutan (2)
* Bolivia (2)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (7)
* Brazil (15)
* Bulgaria (5)
* Cambodia (2)
* Cameroon (9)
* Canada (16)
* Central African Republic (2)
* Chile (9)
* China (16)
* Chinese Taipei (16)
* Colombia (15)
* Congo (7)
* Congo DR (12)
* Costa Rica (3)
* Croatia (10)
* Cuba (2)
* Cyprus (10)
* Czech Republic (4)
* Denmark (4)
* Dominican Republic (13)
* East Timor (2)
* Ecuador (5)
* Egypt (14)
* El Salvador (3)
* Ethiopia (3)
* Finland (3)
* France (16)
* Gabon (3)
* Georgia (7)
* Germany (14)
* Ghana (4)
* Great Britain (10)
* Greece (16)
* Grenada (2)
* Guatemala (7)
* Guinea (1)
* Guyana (2)
* Haiti (5)
* Honduras (6)
* Hong Kong (13)
* Hungary (5)
* Iceland (3)
* India (11)
* Indonesia (14)
* Iran (12)
* Iraq (5)
* Ireland (2)
* Israel (6)
* Italy (12)
* Ivory Coast (2)
* Jamaica (2)
* Japan (8)
* Jordan (10)
* Kazakhstan (15)
* Kenya (14)
* Kiribati (2)
* Kyrgyzstan (3)
* Laos (2)
* Latvia (2)
* Lebanon (6)
* Lesotho (2)
* Libya (5)
* Lithuania (2)
* Macau (4)
* Macedonia (3)
* Madagascar (2)
* Malaysia (2)
* Mali (7)
* Mauritius (1)
* Mexico (16)
* Moldova (2)
* Mongolia (11)
* Montenegro (2)
* Morocco (13)
* Mozambique (11)
* Myanmar (4)
* Nepal (2)
* Netherlands (12)
* Netherlands Antilles (3)
* New Caledonia (1)
* New Zealand (8)
* Niger (1)
* Nigeria (6)
* Norway (6)
* Pakistan (3)
* Palestine (3)
* Panama (2)
* Papua New Guinea (1)
* Paraguay (2)
* Peru (1)
* Philippines (11)
* Poland (6)
* Portugal (4)
* Puerto Rico (13)
* Qatar (6)
* Romania (3)
* Russia (16)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (2)
* Samoa (2)
* São Tomé and Príncipe (2)
* Senegal (7)
* Serbia (8)
* Singapore (5)
* Slovakia (2)
* Slovenia (5)
* South Africa (3)
* South Korea (16)
* Spain (16)
* Sudan (8)
* Suriname (3)
* Sweden (10)
* Switzerland (3)
* Syria (1)
* Tajikistan (7)
* Thailand (12)
* Tonga (4)
* Trinidad and Tobago (5)
* Tunisia (4)
* Turkey (16)
* U. S. Virgin Islands (2)
* Ukraine (11)
* United Arab Emirates (5)
* United States (16)
* Uzbekistan (13)
* Vanuatu (2)
* Venezuela (15)
* Vietnam (11)
* Yemen (2)
* Zimbabwe (2)

## References

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1. ^ Taiwanese taekwondo star wins silver at tournament. Taipei Times (2011-04-26). Retrieved on 2011-05-03.
2. ^ Iran Clinches Men’s Overall Title at World Taekwondo Championships in Gyeongju, Korea
3. ^ 2011 WTF World Taekwondo Championships Gyeongju[permanent dead link]. 2011taekwondo.org. Retrieved on 2011-05-03.

## External links

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