2017 World Taekwondo Grand Slam

Taekwondo international competition

2017 World Taekwondo Grand Slam

Venue| Wuxi Taihu International Expo Center
Location| Wuxi, China
Dates| 30 December–20 January 2018
Competitors| 96
Total prize money| US$760,000

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The 2017 World Taekwondo Grand Slam is the 1st edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Slam series.[1]

## Qualifications and seeding position

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Seed  | Result

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No. 1 Seed  |  2016 Olympic Champion
No. 2 Seed  |  2017 World Champion (heavier weight category)
No. 3 Seed  |  2017 World Champion (lighter weight category)
No. 4 Seed  |  2017 Grand Prix Final Champion
No. 5 Seed  |  2017 Grand Prix Series 1 Champion
No. 6 Seed  |  2017 Grand Prix Series 2 Champion
No. 7 Seed  |  2017 Grand Prix Series 3 Champion
No. 8 Seed  |  2016 Grand Prix Final Champion
No. 9 Seed  |  1st place athlete of Open Qualification Tournament
No. 10 Seed  |  2nd place athlete of Open Qualification Tournament
No. 11 Seed  |  3rd place athlete of Open Qualification Tournament
No. 12 Seed  |  Host Country Place Athlete

* In case of multi qualified athlete(s) as well as withdrawal of invitation among No.1 to No. 8 seeded athletes, the higher seeding position shall be assigned to athlete as mandatory.
* No.9 to No. 12 seeding are fixed position, and replacement for No.9 to No. 11 will be decided by the rules of Qualification Tournament for Wuxi 2017 WT Grand Slam Champions Series
* In case of multi qualified athlete(s) as well as withdrawal of invitation among No.1 to No.8 seeded athletes, following replacement rule shall apply:

1st Replacement  | By The Next Highest Ranked Athlete in Olympic Ranking of November 2017

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2nd Replacement  | By The Next Highest Ranked Athlete in Olympic Ranking of November 2017
3rd Replacement  | By Recommendation of WT Technical Committee
4th Replacement  | By Recommendation of WT Technical Committee
5th Replacement or beyond  | By The Next Highest Ranked Athlete in Olympic Ranking of November 2017

## Events schedule

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The competition was held every saturday since 30 December 2017 to 20 January 2018.[2]

Event Date  | Weight Division

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Men | Women
30 December 2017  | -80 kg | +67kg
6 January 2018  | -68 kg | -67kg
13 January 2018  | +80 kg | -49kg
20 January 2018  | -58 kg | -57kg

## Medal summary

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The team championships were also held in the same arena but for a different competition, called the World Cup Team Championships.[3][4][5]

### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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58 kg  | Kim Tae-hun
South Korea | Jang Jun
South Korea | Mikhail Artamonov
Russia
68 kg  | Lee Dae-hoon
South Korea | Zhao Shuai
China | Alexey Denisenko
Russia
80 kg  | Maksim Khramtsov
Russia | Namgoong Hwan
South Korea | Milad Beigi
Azerbaijan
+80 kg  | In Kyo-don
South Korea | Roman Kuznetsov
Russia | Sajjad Mardani
Iran

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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49 kg  | Kim So-hui
South Korea | Vanja Stanković
Serbia | Wenren Yuntao
China
57 kg  | Irem Yaman
Turkey | Zhou Lijun
China | Luo Zongshi
China
67 kg  | Ruth Gbagbi
Ivory Coast | Guo Yunfei
China | Oh Hye-ri
South Korea
+67 kg  | Bianca Walkden
Great Britain | Jackie Galloway
United States | Nafia Kus
Turkey

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  South Korea (KOR)| 4| 2| 1| 7
2|  Russia (RUS)| 1| 1| 2| 4
3|  Turkey (TUR)| 1| 0| 1| 2
4|  Great Britain (GBR)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Ivory Coast (CIV)| 1| 0| 0| 1
6|  China (CHN)| 0| 3| 2| 5
7|  Serbia (SRB)| 0| 1| 0| 1
United States (USA)| 0| 1| 0| 1
9|  Azerbaijan (AZE)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Iran (IRI)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (10 entries)| 8| 8| 8| 24

## References

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1. ^ "Information - World Taekwondo". World Taekwondo. Archived from the original on 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
2. ^ "Information - World Taekwondo". World Taekwondo. Archived from the original on 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
3. ^ "results - World Taekwondo". World Taekwondo. Archived from the original on 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
4. ^ "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
5. ^ "results - World Taekwondo". World Taekwondo. Archived from the original on 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2018-02-06.