Current event or competition: 2023 World Taekwondo Championships | |
Competition details | |
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Discipline | Taekwondo |
Type | kyourugui, biennial |
Organiser | World Taekwondo (WT) |
History | |
First edition | 1973 in Seoul, South Korea |
Editions | 26 (2023) |
Most wins | ![]() (176 gold medals) |
The World Taekwondo Championship is held every two years by World Taekwondo.[1]
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.
Updated after the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 176 | 35 | 37 | 248 |
2 | ![]() | 23 | 29 | 68 | 120 |
3 | ![]() | 18 | 22 | 37 | 77 |
4 | ![]() | 15 | 29 | 40 | 84 |
5 | ![]() | 15 | 21 | 27 | 63 |
6 | ![]() | 14 | 22 | 49 | 85 |
7 | ![]() | 14 | 17 | 18 | 49 |
8 | ![]() | 8 | 11 | 17 | 36 |
9 | ![]() | 8 | 10 | 13 | 31 |
10 | ![]() | 7 | 32 | 37 | 76 |
11 | ![]() | 6 | 9 | 16 | 31 |
12 | ![]() | 5 | 6 | 21 | 32 |
13 | ![]() | 4 | 5 | 16 | 25 |
14 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
15 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 |
16 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 11 | 16 |
17 | ![]() | 3 | 13 | 18 | 34 |
18 | ![]() | 3 | 8 | 19 | 30 |
19 | ![]() | 3 | 5 | 16 | 24 |
20 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 16 | 23 |
21 | ![]() | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 |
22 | ![]() | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
23 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 15 | 20 |
24 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 |
25 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
26 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
27 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
28 | ![]() | 1 | 11 | 14 | 26 |
29 | ![]() | 1 | 8 | 14 | 23 |
30 | ![]() | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 |
31 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
32 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 18 | 20 |
33 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
– | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
34 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
35 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
36 | ![]() | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
37 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
38 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
39 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
40 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
41 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
42 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
43 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
44 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
46 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
48 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
51 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
52 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
53 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
54 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
56 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
59 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
63 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
70 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (74 entries) | 360 | 360 | 720 | 1440 |
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.
Rank | Taekwondo practitioner | Country | Weights | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Steven López | ![]() |
72 kg / 78 kg / 80 kg | 2001 | 2009 | 5 | – | – | 5 |
2 | Choi Yeon-ho | ![]() |
54 kg | 2001 | 2009 | 4 | – | – | 4 |
Jeong Kook-hyun | ![]() |
73 kg / 76 kg | 1982 | 1987 | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
4 | Bahri Tanrıkulu | ![]() |
78 kg / 84 kg / 87 kg | 1999 | 2009 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
5 | Lee Dae-hoon | ![]() |
63 kg / 68 kg | 2011 | 2019 | 3 | – | 1 | 4 |
6 | Jin Seung-tae | ![]() |
50 kg / 54 kg | 1993 | 1997 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
Kim Je-kyoung | ![]() |
+83 kg | 1993 | 1997 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
Kim Tae-hun | ![]() |
54 kg | 2013 | 2017 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
Kim Yong-ki | ![]() |
58 kg / 56 kg | 1977 | 1982 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
Yang Dae-seung | ![]() |
70 kg | 1987 | 1991 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
Rank | Taekwondo practitioner | Country | Weights | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Brigitte Yagüe | ![]() |
51 kg / 47 kg / 49 kg | 2001 | 2011 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
2 | Cho Hyang-mi | ![]() |
65 kg / 63 kg | 1991 | 1999 | 3 | – | 1 | 4 |
Bianca Cook (Walkden) | ![]() |
+73 kg | 2015 | 2023 | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | |
4 | Jung Myoung-sook | ![]() |
+70 kg | 1993 | 1997 | 3 | – | – | 3 |