World Taekwondo Championships

Current event or competition: 2022 World Taekwondo Championships
Competition details
Discipline	Taekwondo
Type	kyourugui, biennial
Organiser	World Taekwondo (WT)
History
First edition	1973 in Seoul, South Korea
Editions	24 (2019)
Most wins	239 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	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	29 May – 6 June 2023	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:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	173	34	37	244
2	Spain	23	28	65	116
3	Chinese Taipei	15	28	40	83
4	Turkey	15	22	34	71
5	United States	14	21	49	84
6	Iran	14	21	25	60
7	China	14	16	17	47
8	Mexico	7	31	36	74
9	Great Britain	7	8	9	24
10	Germany	6	13	38	57
11	France	6	11	17	34
12	Thailand	6	6	16	28
13	Netherlands	4	5	16	25
14	Cuba	4	3	8	15
15	Azerbaijan	4	1	11	16
16	Serbia	4	1	8	13
17	Russia	3	13	18	34
18	Croatia	3	5	18	26
19	Denmark	2	6	3	11
	Uzbekistan	2	6	3	11
21	Italy	2	5	16	23
22	Egypt	2	3	13	18
23	Belgium	2	1	3	6
24	Mali	2	0	2	4
25	Canada	1	11	14	26
26	Brazil	1	7	13	21
27	Greece	1	5	10	16
28	Ivory Coast	1	3	11	15
29	Ecuador	1	2	1	4
30	Australia	1	1	17	19
31	Japan	1	1	5	7
32	Hungary	1	0	3	4
33	Gabon	1	0	2	3
34	Niger	1	0	0	1
35	Philippines	0	5	6	11
36	Morocco	0	3	7	10
37	Jordan	0	2	5	7
38	Puerto Rico	0	2	3	5
39	Afghanistan	0	2	2	4
40	Chile	0	2	1	3
41	Indonesia	0	2	0	2
42	Vietnam	0	1	5	6
43	Argentina	0	1	4	5
	Venezuela	0	1	4	5
45	Israel	0	1	1	2
	Portugal	0	1	1	2
47	Bahrain	0	1	0	1
	Guam	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
50	Kazakhstan	0	0	8	8
51	Sweden	0	0	7	7
52	Dominican Republic	0	0	6	6
53	Tunisia	0	0	5	5
54	Belarus	0	0	4	4
	Colombia	0	0	4	4
	Saudi Arabia	0	0	4	4
57	Austria	0	0	3	3
	Norway	0	0	3	3
	Senegal	0	0	3	3
	Slovenia	0	0	3	3
	Switzerland	0	0	3	3
62	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
69	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 (73 entries)		344	344	689	1377

Multiple gold medalists

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

Men

Athlete	Country				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				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