1987 World Taekwondo Championships

1987 World Championships
Venue	Palau dels Esports
Location	Barcelona, Spain
Dates	7–11 October
Champions
Men	South Korea
Women	South Korea
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The 1987 World Taekwondo Championships were the 8th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Barcelona, Spain from October 7 to October 11, 1987, with 434 athletes participating from 62 countries.

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−50 kg)	South Korea	Enrique Torroella  Mexico	Dae Sung Lee  United States
			Bidhan Lama  Nepal
Flyweight (−54 kg)	South Korea	Indonesia	Geremia Di Costanzo  Italy
			Ivory Coast
Bantamweight (−58 kg)	South Korea	Turkey	Switzerland
			Australia
Featherweight (−64 kg)	Chinese Taipei	Spain	Turkey
			United States
Lightweight (−70 kg)	South Korea	Spain	United States
			West Germany
Welterweight (−76 kg)	South Korea	Spain	West Germany
			Jay Warwick  United States
Middleweight (−83 kg)	South Korea	Spain	Herbert Perez  United States
			Jordan
Heavyweight (+83 kg)	West Germany	Jimmy Kim  United States	Spain
			France

Women[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−43 kg)	Jang Eu-suk  South Korea	Mónica Torres  Mexico	Spain
			Chin Yu-fang  Chinese Taipei
Flyweight (−47 kg)	Pai Yun-yao  Chinese Taipei	South Korea	United States
			Spain
Bantamweight (−51 kg)	Tennur Yerlisu  Turkey	Josefina López  Spain	Mexico
			Tung Ya-ling  Chinese Taipei
Featherweight (−55 kg)	Kim So-young  South Korea	Kim Dotson  United States	Turkey
			Denmark
Lightweight (−60 kg)	Lee Eun-young  South Korea	Hsien Feng-lien  Chinese Taipei	Brigitte Evanno  France
			Spain
Welterweight (−65 kg)	Coral Bistuer  Spain	Kim Ji-sook  South Korea	Canada
			Tang Hui-ting  Chinese Taipei
Middleweight (−70 kg)	Mandy de Jongh  Netherlands	Wang Chin-yu  Chinese Taipei	Sharon Jewell  United States
			West Germany
Heavyweight (+70 kg)	Lynnette Love  United States	Liu Yi-ling  Chinese Taipei	Jang Yoon-jung  South Korea
			Netherlands

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	9	2	1	12
2	Chinese Taipei	2	3	3	8
3	Spain	1	5	4	10
4	United States	1	2	7	10
5	Turkey	1	1	2	4
6	West Germany	1	0	3	4
7	Netherlands	1	0	1	2
8	Mexico	0	2	1	3
9	Indonesia	0	1	0	1
10	France	0	0	2	2
11	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Ivory Coast	0	0	1	1
	Jordan	0	0	1	1
	Nepal	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 nations)		16	16	32	64

References[]

• WTF Medal Winners Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine