1982 World Taekwondo Championships

1982 World Championships
Venue
Location	Guayaquil, Ecuador
Dates	24–27 February
Champions
Men	South Korea
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The 1982 World Taekwondo Championships are the 5th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Guayaquil, Ecuador from February 24 to February 27, 1982. A total of 229 athletes from 35 nations took part in the championships.

Medal summary[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−48 kg)	Ecuador	César Rodríguez  Mexico	Dae Sung Lee  United States
			Emilio Azofra  Spain
Flyweight (−52 kg)	South Korea	Chinese Taipei	West Germany
			Mexico
Bantamweight (−56 kg)	South Korea	Spain	Netherlands
			United States
Featherweight (−60 kg)	Chang Myung-sam  South Korea	Mexico	Italy
			Chinese Taipei
Lightweight (−64 kg)	South Korea	Spain	United States
			France
Welterweight (−68 kg)	South Korea	Mexico	Spain
			Lindsay Lawrence  Great Britain
Light middleweight (−73 kg)	South Korea	Ecuador	Spain
			West Germany
Middleweight (−78 kg)	South Korea	Bahrain	Mexico
			United States
Light heavyweight (−84 kg)	South Korea	Egypt	Netherlands
			Spain
Heavyweight (+84 kg)	West Germany	United States	Spain
			Italy

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	8	0	0	8
2	Ecuador	1	1	0	2
3	West Germany	1	0	2	3
4	Mexico	0	3	2	5
5	Spain	0	2	5	7
6	United States	0	1	4	5
7	Chinese Taipei	0	1	1	2
8	Bahrain	0	1	0	1
	Egypt	0	1	0	1
10	Italy	0	0	2	2
	Netherlands	0	0	2	2
12	France	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 nations)		10	10	20	40

References[]

• WTF Medal Winners Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

• WT Official Website