World Taekwondo Championships

World Taekwondo Championships

Current event or competition: 2019 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		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		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		South Korea	South Korea
2009	October 14–18	Copenhagen, Denmark	Ballerup Super Arena	South Korea	China
2011	May 1–6	Gyeongju, South Korea		Iran	South Korea
2013	July 15–21	Puebla, Mexico		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
	November 2022	Cancun, Mexico1

¹ Wuxi, China, was originally selected to host the . Due to the impact of the Global COVID-19 pandemic, Wuxi gave up hosting the World Taekwondo Championship and A new host instead will be announced as soon as possible.

All-time medal table[]

All-time medal count as 2019 World Taekwondo Championships:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	171	32	36	239
2	Spain	22	26	63	111
3	Chinese Taipei	15	27	38	80
4	Turkey	15	21	33	69
5	Iran	14	21	22	57
6	United States	13	21	49	83
7	China	12	13	16	41
8	Great Britain	7	8	8	23
9	Germany	6	12	34	52
10	France	6	11	17	34
11	Thailand	6	6	15	27
12	Mexico	4	30	34	68
13	Netherlands	4	5	16	25
14	Cuba	4	3	8	15
15	Azerbaijan	4	1	10	15
16	Russia	3	13	18	34
17	Denmark	2	6	3	11
18	Croatia	2	5	17	24
19	Egypt	2	3	12	17
20	Serbia	2	0	6	8
21	Mali	2	0	2	4
22	Canada	1	11	14	26
23	Brazil	1	6	12	19
24	Italy	1	5	16	22
25	Uzbekistan	1	5	1	7
26	Greece	1	4	10	15
27	Ivory Coast	1	3	11	15
28	Ecuador	1	2	1	4
29	Australia	1	1	17	19
30	Japan	1	1	5	7
31	Belgium	1	1	3	5
32	Gabon	1	0	2	3
33	Niger	1	0	0	1
34	Philippines	0	5	6	11
35	Morocco	0	3	7	10
36	Jordan	0	2	4	6
37	Afghanistan	0	2	2	4
	Puerto Rico	0	2	2	4
39	Chile	0	2	1	3
40	Indonesia	0	2	0	2
41	Vietnam	0	1	5	6
42	Argentina	0	1	4	5
	Venezuela	0	1	4	5
44	Portugal	0	1	1	2
45	Bahrain	0	1	0	1
	Guam	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
48	Kazakhstan	0	0	8	8
49	Sweden	0	0	7	7
50	Dominican Republic	0	0	6	6
51	Belarus	0	0	4	4
52	Colombia	0	0	3	3
	Hungary	0	0	3	3
	Norway	0	0	3	3
	Saudi Arabia	0	0	3	3
	Senegal	0	0	3	3
	Slovenia	0	0	3	3
	Switzerland	0	0	3	3
	Tunisia	0	0	3	3
60	Austria	0	0	2	2
	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
68	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
	Costa Rica	0	0	1	1
	Israel	0	0	1	1
	Nigeria	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
	Uganda	0	0	1	1
Totals (73 nations)		328	328	656	1312

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
	South Korea	3	0	0	3
Kim Je-kyoung	South Korea	3	0	0	3
	South Korea	3	0	0	3
	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

See also[]

• World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships
• World Taekwondo Junior Championships

References[]

External links[]

• World Taekwondo Federation