1983 World Taekwondo Championships

1983 World Championships
Venue	Brøndbyhallen
Location	Copenhagen, Denmark
Dates	20–23 October
Champions
Men	South Korea
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The 1983 World Taekwondo Championships are the 6th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Copenhagen, Denmark from October 20 to October 23, 1983. A total of 353 athletes from 42 nations took part in the championships.

Medal summary[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−48 kg)	South Korea	César Rodríguez  Mexico	Choi Chan-ok  West Germany
			Emilio Azofra  Spain
Flyweight (−52 kg)	South Korea	Turkey	Spain
			Italy
Bantamweight (−56 kg)	South Korea	Spain	Iran
			Geremia Di Costanzo  Italy
Featherweight (−60 kg)	South Korea	West Germany	Turkey
			Mexico
Lightweight (−64 kg)	South Korea	Spain	France
			Australia
Welterweight (−68 kg)	Turkey	Lindsay Lawrence  Great Britain	South Korea
			West Germany
Light middleweight (−73 kg)	South Korea	Netherlands	Ivory Coast
			Italy
Middleweight (−78 kg)	South Korea	Canada	Ivory Coast
			Jay Warwick  United States
Light heavyweight (−84 kg)	Spain	West Germany	United States
			Denmark
Heavyweight (+84 kg)	South Korea	West Germany	Henk Meijer  Netherlands
			Spain

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	8	0	1	9
2	Spain	1	2	3	6
3	Turkey	1	1	1	3
4	West Germany	0	3	2	5
5	Mexico	0	1	1	2
	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
7	Canada	0	1	0	1
	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
9	Italy	0	0	3	3
10	Ivory Coast	0	0	2	2
	United States	0	0	2	2
12	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	France	0	0	1	1
	Iran	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 nations)		10	10	19	39

References[]

• WTF Medal Winners Archived 2012-06-08 at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

• WT Official Website