World Taekwondo Championships
Current event or competition:
2022 World Taekwondo Championships
Competition details
DisciplineTaekwondo
Typekyourugui, biennial
OrganiserWorld Taekwondo (WT)
History
First edition1973 in Seoul, South Korea
Editions24 (2019)
Most wins239 medals  South Korea

The World Taekwondo Championship is held every two years by World Taekwondo.[1]

Competitions

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


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.

All-time medal table

All-time medal count as 2022 World Taekwondo Championships:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Korea1733437244
2 Spain232865116
3 Chinese Taipei15284083
4 Turkey15223471
5 United States14214984
6 Iran14212560
7 China14161747
8 Mexico7313674
9 Great Britain78924
10 Germany6133857
11 France6111734
12 Thailand661628
13 Netherlands451625
14 Cuba43815
15 Azerbaijan411116
16 Serbia41813
17 Russia3131834
18 Croatia351826
19 Denmark26311
 Uzbekistan26311
21 Italy251623
22 Egypt231318
23 Belgium2136
24 Mali2024
25 Canada1111426
26 Brazil171321
27 Greece151016
28 Ivory Coast131115
29 Ecuador1214
30 Australia111719
31 Japan1157
32 Hungary1034
33 Gabon1023
34 Niger1001
35 Philippines05611
36 Morocco03710
37 Jordan0257
38 Puerto Rico0235
39 Afghanistan0224
40 Chile0213
41 Indonesia0202
42 Vietnam0156
43 Argentina0145
 Venezuela0145
45 Israel0112
 Portugal0112
47 Bahrain0101
 Guam0101
 Ukraine0101
50 Kazakhstan0088
51 Sweden0077
52 Dominican Republic0066
53 Tunisia0055
54 Belarus0044
 Colombia0044
 Saudi Arabia0044
57 Austria0033
 Norway0033
 Senegal0033
 Slovenia0033
 Switzerland0033
62 Cyprus0022
 Finland0022
 Guatemala0022
 Latvia0022
 Malaysia0022
 Moldova0022
   Nepal0022
69 Bulgaria0011
 Costa Rica0011
 Nigeria0011
 Poland0011
 Uganda0011
Totals (73 entries)3443446891377

Multiple gold medalists

The table shows those who have won at least three gold medals.

Men
Athlete Country
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Silver medal world centered-2.svg
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg
Total
Steven López  United States 5 0 0 5
Choi Yeon-ho  South Korea 4 0 0 4
Bahri Tanrıkulu  Turkey 3 1 1 5
Lee Dae-hoon  South Korea 3 0 1 4
Jin Seung-tae  South Korea 3 0 0 3
Kim Je-kyoung  South Korea 3 0 0 3
Kim Yong-ki  South Korea 3 0 0 3
Yang Dae-seung  South Korea 3 0 0 3
Kim Tae-hun  South Korea 3 0 0 3
Women
Athlete Country
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Silver medal world centered-2.svg
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg
Total
Brigitte Yagüe  Spain 3 2 1 6
Cho Hyang-mi  South Korea 3 0 1 4
Jung Myoung-sook  South Korea 3 0 0 3
Bianca Walkden  Great Britain 3 0 0 3

See also

References

  1. ^ "WTF Medal Winners". World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 29 May 2011.