World Taekwondo Championships

The World Taekwondo Championship is held every two years by World Taekwondo.[1] In addition to the kyorugi (full contact fighting) Championships, there are also Para World Championships[2] as well as Poomsae and Para Poomsae Championships held every two years.[3]

World Taekwondo Championships
Current event or competition:
2023 World Taekwondo Championships
Competition details
DisciplineTaekwondo
Typekyourugui, biennial
OrganiserWorld Taekwondo (WT)
History
First edition1973 in Seoul, South Korea
Editions26 (2023)
Most wins South Korea (176 golds)

Competitions

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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 May 29 – June 6   Baku, Azerbaijan Baku Crystal Hall   South Korea   Turkey
2025   Wuxi, China

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 and the 2025 championship was scheduled to be held in Wuxi, China, instead.

All-time medal table

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Updated after the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  South Korea1763537248
2  Spain232968120
3  Turkey18223777
4  Chinese Taipei15294084
5  Iran15212763
6  United States14224985
7  China14171849
8  France8111736
9  Great Britain8101331
10  Mexico7323776
11  Thailand691631
12  Croatia562132
13  Netherlands451625
14  Cuba43815
15  Serbia42612
16  Azerbaijan411116
17  Russia3131834
18  West Germany381930
19  Italy351624
20  Germany341623
21  Uzbekistan27615
22  Denmark26311
23  Egypt231520
24  Ivory Coast231217
25  Hungary2035
26  Mali2024
27  Canada1111426
28  Brazil181423
29  Greece151016
30  Ecuador1214
31  Australia111820
32  Japan1168
  Individual Neutral Athletesa1157
33  World Taekwondo Federationb1102
34  Belgium1034
35  Gabon1023
36  Niger1001
37  Philippines05611
38  Morocco03710
39  Jordan0369
40  Puerto Rico0235
41  Afghanistan0224
42  Chile0213
43  Indonesia0202
44  Vietnam0156
45  Argentina0145
  Venezuela0145
47  Israel0112
  Portugal0112
49  Bahrain0101
  Guam0101
  Ukraine0101
52  Kazakhstan0088
53  Sweden0077
54  Dominican Republic0066
55  Colombia0055
  Tunisia0055
57  Belarus0044
  Norway0044
  Saudi Arabia0044
60  Austria0033
  Senegal0033
  Slovenia0033
  Switzerland0033
64  Cyprus0022
  Finland0022
  Guatemala0022
  Latvia0022
  Malaysia0022
  Moldova0022
  Nepal0022
  Serbia and Montenegro0022
72  Bulgaria0011
  Costa Rica0011
  Nigeria0011
  Poland0011
  Uganda0011
Totals (76 entries)3603607201,440
a^ At the 2023 World Championships, athletes from Russia and Belarus in accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine participated as Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN), their medals were not included in the official medal table.
b^ At the 2015 World Championships, athletes from Belgium competed as World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) due to the suspension of the country's Taekwondo Federation.

Multiple gold medalists

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The tables shows those who have won at least 3 gold medals at the World Championships. Boldface denotes active taekwondo practitioners and highest medal count among all taekwondo practitioners (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Rank Taekwondo practitioner Country Weights From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Steven López   United States 72 kg / 78 kg / 80 kg 2001 2009 5 5
2 Choi Yeon-ho   South Korea 54 kg 2001 2009 4 4
Jeong Kook-hyun   South Korea 73 kg / 76 kg 1982 1987 4 4
4 Bahri Tanrıkulu   Turkey 78 kg / 84 kg / 87 kg 1999 2009 3 1 1 5
5 Lee Dae-hoon   South Korea 63 kg / 68 kg 2011 2019 3 1 4
6 Jin Seung-tae   South Korea 50 kg / 54 kg 1993 1997 3 3
Kim Je-kyoung   South Korea +83 kg 1993 1997 3 3
Kim Tae-hun   South Korea 54 kg 2013 2017 3 3
Kim Yong-ki   South Korea 58 kg / 56 kg 1977 1982 3 3
Yang Dae-seung   South Korea 70 kg 1987 1991 3 3

Women

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Rank Taekwondo practitioner Country Weights From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Brigitte Yagüe   Spain 51 kg / 47 kg / 49 kg 2001 2011 3 2 1 6
2 Cho Hyang-mi   South Korea 65 kg / 63 kg 1991 1999 3 1 4
Bianca Cook (Walkden)   Great Britain +73 kg 2015 2023 3 1 4
4 Jung Myoung-sook   South Korea +70 kg 1993 1997 3 3

World Poomsae Championships

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Year Date City and host country
2014 October 30 – November 2   Aguascalientes, Mexico
2016 September 29 – October 2   Lima, Peru
2018 November 15 – 18   Taipei, Taiwan
2020 November 15 – December 15   online*
2022 April 21 – 24   Goyang, South Korea
2024 November 30 – December 4   Hong Kong, China

* The 2020 World Poomsae Championships were held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5] The event was originally meant to be held in May in Herning, Denmark.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "WTF Medal Winners". World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  2. ^ "World Taekwondo". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  3. ^ "[World Taekwondo] Goyang 2022 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  4. ^ "World Taekwondo". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  5. ^ Valderrama, Aeron Paul (2020-12-14). "Ernesto Guzman regains Poomsae World title". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  6. ^ "[World Taekwondo] The World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships Cancelled". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
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