World Taekwondo Championships

Taekwondo competition

World Taekwondo ChampionshipsCurrent event or competition:
2023 World Taekwondo Championships

Competition details
Discipline| Taekwondo
Type| kyourugui, biennial
Organiser| World Taekwondo (WT)
History
First edition| 1973 in Seoul, South Korea
Editions| 26 (2023)

The World Taekwondo Championship is held every two years by World Taekwondo.[1] In addition to the kyorugi (full contact fighting) Championships, there are also Para World Championships[2] as well as Poomsae and Para Poomsae Championships held every two years.[3]

## Competitions

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Year | Date | City and host country | Venue | Men's champion | Women's champion

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1973 | May 25–27  |  Seoul, South Korea | Kukkiwon |  South Korea |
1975 | August 28–31  |  Seoul, South Korea | Jangchung Arena |  South Korea |
1977 | September 15–17  |  Chicago, United States | International Amphitheatre |  South Korea |
1979 | October 26–28  |  Stuttgart, West Germany | Glaspalast Sindelfingen |  South Korea |
1982 | February 24–27  |  Guayaquil, Ecuador | Coliseo Cerrado |  South Korea |
1983 | October 20–23  |  Copenhagen, Denmark | Brøndbyhallen |  South Korea |
1985 | September 4–8  |  Seoul, South Korea | Jamsil Arena |  South Korea |
1987 | October 7–11  |  Barcelona, Spain | Palau dels Esports |  South Korea |  South Korea
1989 | October 9–14  |  Seoul, South Korea | Jamsil Arena |  South Korea |  South Korea
1991 | October 28 – November 3  |  Athens, Greece | Peace and Friendship Stadium |  South Korea |  South Korea
1993 | August 19–23  |  New York City, United States | Madison Square Garden |  South Korea |  South Korea
1995 | November 17–21  |  Manila, Philippines | Folk Arts Theater |  South Korea |  South Korea
1997 | November 19–23  |  Hong Kong | Hong Kong Coliseum |  South Korea |  South Korea
1999 | June 2–6  |  Edmonton, Canada | Universiade Pavilion |  South Korea |  South Korea
2001 | November 1–7  |  Jeju, South Korea | Halla Gymnasium |  South Korea |  South Korea
2003 | September 24–28  |  Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | Olympia-Eissport-Zentrum |  South Korea |  South Korea
2005 | April 13–17  |  Madrid, Spain | Palacio de Deportes |  South Korea |  South Korea
2007 | May 18–22  |  Beijing, China | Changping Gymnasium |  South Korea |  South Korea
2009 | October 14–18  |  Copenhagen, Denmark | Ballerup Super Arena |  South Korea |  China
2011 | May 1–6  |  Gyeongju, South Korea | Gyeongju Indoor Stadium |  Iran |  South Korea
2013 | July 15–21  |  Puebla, Mexico | Exhibition Center of Puebla |  South Korea |  South Korea
2015 | May 12–18  |  Chelyabinsk, Russia | Traktor Ice Arena |  Iran |  South Korea
2017 | June 24–30  |  Muju, South Korea | Taekwondowon |  South Korea |  South Korea
2019 | May 15–19  |  Manchester, United Kingdom | Manchester Arena |  South Korea |  South Korea
2022 | November 13–20  |  Guadalajara, Mexico1 | CODE Metropolitano |  South Korea |  Mexico
2023 | May 29 – June 6  |  Baku, Azerbaijan | Baku Crystal Hall |  South Korea |  Turkey
2025 |  |  Wuxi, China |  |  |

1 Wuxi, China, was originally selected to host the 2021 World Taekwondo Championships. Due to the impact of the Global COVID-19 pandemic, Wuxi gave up hosting the World Taekwondo Championship. In Early 2022, Guadalajara, Mexico was selected as a replacement host and the 2025 championship was scheduled to be held in Wuxi, China, instead.

## All-time medal table

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Updated after the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships.

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  South Korea| 176| 35| 37| 248
2|  Spain| 23| 29| 68| 120
3|  Turkey| 18| 22| 37| 77
4|  Chinese Taipei| 15| 29| 40| 84
5|  Iran| 15| 21| 27| 63
6|  United States| 14| 22| 49| 85
7|  China| 14| 17| 18| 49
8|  France| 8| 11| 17| 36
9|  Great Britain| 8| 10| 13| 31
10|  Mexico| 7| 32| 37| 76
11|  Thailand| 6| 9| 16| 31
12|  Croatia| 5| 6| 21| 32
13|  Netherlands| 4| 5| 16| 25
14|  Cuba| 4| 3| 8| 15
15|  Serbia| 4| 2| 6| 12
16|  Azerbaijan| 4| 1| 11| 16
17|  Russia| 3| 13| 18| 34
18|  West Germany| 3| 8| 19| 30
19|  Italy| 3| 5| 16| 24
20|  Germany| 3| 4| 16| 23
21|  Uzbekistan| 2| 7| 6| 15
22|  Denmark| 2| 6| 3| 11
23|  Egypt| 2| 3| 15| 20
24|  Ivory Coast| 2| 3| 12| 17
25|  Hungary| 2| 0| 3| 5
26|  Mali| 2| 0| 2| 4
27|  Canada| 1| 11| 14| 26
28|  Brazil| 1| 8| 14| 23
29|  Greece| 1| 5| 10| 16
30|  Ecuador| 1| 2| 1| 4
31|  Australia| 1| 1| 18| 20
32|  Japan| 1| 1| 6| 8
–|  Individual Neutral Athletesa| 1| 1| 5| 7
33|  World Taekwondo Federationb| 1| 1| 0| 2
34|  Belgium| 1| 0| 3| 4
35|  Gabon| 1| 0| 2| 3
36|  Niger| 1| 0| 0| 1
37|  Philippines| 0| 5| 6| 11
38|  Morocco| 0| 3| 7| 10
39|  Jordan| 0| 3| 6| 9
40|  Puerto Rico| 0| 2| 3| 5
41|  Afghanistan| 0| 2| 2| 4
42|  Chile| 0| 2| 1| 3
43|  Indonesia| 0| 2| 0| 2
44|  Vietnam| 0| 1| 5| 6
45|  Argentina| 0| 1| 4| 5
Venezuela| 0| 1| 4| 5
47|  Israel| 0| 1| 1| 2
Portugal| 0| 1| 1| 2
49|  Bahrain| 0| 1| 0| 1
Guam| 0| 1| 0| 1
Ukraine| 0| 1| 0| 1
52|  Kazakhstan| 0| 0| 8| 8
53|  Sweden| 0| 0| 7| 7
54|  Dominican Republic| 0| 0| 6| 6
55|  Colombia| 0| 0| 5| 5
Tunisia| 0| 0| 5| 5
57|  Belarus| 0| 0| 4| 4
Norway| 0| 0| 4| 4
Saudi Arabia| 0| 0| 4| 4
60|  Austria| 0| 0| 3| 3
Senegal| 0| 0| 3| 3
Slovenia| 0| 0| 3| 3
Switzerland| 0| 0| 3| 3
64|  Cyprus| 0| 0| 2| 2
Finland| 0| 0| 2| 2
Guatemala| 0| 0| 2| 2
Latvia| 0| 0| 2| 2
Malaysia| 0| 0| 2| 2
Moldova| 0| 0| 2| 2
Nepal| 0| 0| 2| 2
Serbia and Montenegro| 0| 0| 2| 2
72|  Bulgaria| 0| 0| 1| 1
Costa Rica| 0| 0| 1| 1
Nigeria| 0| 0| 1| 1
Poland| 0| 0| 1| 1
Uganda| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (76 entries)| 360| 360| 720| 1,440

a^ At the 2023 World Championships, athletes from Russia and Belarus in accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine participated as Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN), their medals were not included in the official medal table.
b^ At the 2015 World Championships, athletes from Belgium competed as World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) due to the suspension of the country's Taekwondo Federation.

## Multiple gold medalists

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The tables shows those who have won at least 3 gold medals at the World Championships. Boldface denotes active taekwondo practitioners and highest medal count among all taekwondo practitioners (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

### Men

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Rank  | Taekwondo practitioner  | Country  | Weights  | From  | To  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total

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1 | Steven López |  United States | 72 kg / 78 kg / 80 kg | 2001 | 2009 | 5 | – | – | 5
2 | Choi Yeon-ho |  South Korea | 54 kg | 2001 | 2009 | 4 | – | – | 4
Jeong Kook-hyun |  South Korea | 73 kg / 76 kg | 1982 | 1987 | 4 | – | – | 4
4 | Bahri Tanrıkulu |  Turkey | 78 kg / 84 kg / 87 kg | 1999 | 2009 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5
5 | Lee Dae-hoon |  South Korea | 63 kg / 68 kg | 2011 | 2019 | 3 | – | 1 | 4
6 | Jin Seung-tae |  South Korea | 50 kg / 54 kg | 1993 | 1997 | 3 | – | – | 3
Kim Je-kyoung |  South Korea | +83 kg | 1993 | 1997 | 3 | – | – | 3
Kim Tae-hun |  South Korea | 54 kg | 2013 | 2017 | 3 | – | – | 3
Kim Yong-ki |  South Korea | 58 kg / 56 kg | 1977 | 1982 | 3 | – | – | 3
Yang Dae-seung |  South Korea | 70 kg | 1987 | 1991 | 3 | – | – | 3

### Women

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Rank  | Taekwondo practitioner  | Country  | Weights  | From  | To  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total

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1 | Brigitte Yagüe |  Spain | 51 kg / 47 kg / 49 kg | 2001 | 2011 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6
2 | Cho Hyang-mi |  South Korea | 65 kg / 63 kg | 1991 | 1999 | 3 | – | 1 | 4
Bianca Cook (Walkden) |  Great Britain | +73 kg | 2015 | 2023 | 3 | – | 1 | 4
4 | Jung Myoung-sook |  South Korea | +70 kg | 1993 | 1997 | 3 | – | – | 3

## World Poomsae Championships

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Year | Date | City and host country

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2014  | October 30 – November 2  |  Aguascalientes, Mexico
2016  | September 29 – October 2  |  Lima, Peru
2018  | November 15 – 18  |  Taipei, Taiwan
2020  | November 15 – December 15  |  online*
2022 | April 21 – 24  |  Goyang, South Korea
2024 | November 30 – December 4  |  Hong Kong, China

* The 2020 World Poomsae Championships were held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5] The event was originally meant to be held in May in Herning, Denmark.[6]

## See also

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* World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships
* World Juniors Taekwondo Championships

## References

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1. ^ "WTF Medal Winners". World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
2. ^ "World Taekwondo". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
3. ^ "[World Taekwondo] Goyang 2022 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
4. ^ "World Taekwondo". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
5. ^ Valderrama, Aeron Paul (2020-12-14). "Ernesto Guzman regains Poomsae World title". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
6. ^ "[World Taekwondo] The World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships Cancelled". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 2024-07-04.

## External links

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* World Taekwondo Federation

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World Taekwondo Championships

* 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
* 1999 Edmonton
* 2001 Jeju City
* 2003 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
* 2005 Madrid
* 2007 Beijing
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* 2011 Gyeongju
* 2013 Puebla
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* 2017 Muju
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International taekwondo competitions

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