World Taekwondo Championships

The World Taekwondo Championship is held every two years by the World Taekwondo Federation.

Competitions

Year	Date	City and host country	Venue	Men's champion	Women's champion
1973	May 25–27	Seoul, South Korea	Kukkiwon Gymnasium	South Korea
1975	August 28–31	Seoul, South Korea	Jangchung Gymnasium	South Korea
1977	September 15–17	Chicago, United States	International Amphitheatre	South Korea
1979	October 26–28	Stuttgart, West Germany	Sports Hall Sindelfingen	South Korea
1982	February 24–27	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Coliseo Cerrado	South Korea
1983	October 20–23	Copenhagen, Denmark	Brøndby Hallen	South Korea
1985	September 4–8	Seoul, South Korea	Jamsil Gymnasium	South Korea
1987	October 7–11	Barcelona, Spain	Palau dels Esports	South Korea	South Korea
1989	October 9–14	Seoul, South Korea	Jamsil Gymnasium	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	Butterdome	South Korea	South Korea
2001	November 1–7	Jeju City, South Korea	Halla Indoor 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 22–30	Muju, South Korea	Taekwondowon

All-time medal table

All-time medal count as 2015 World Taekwondo Championships.

1	South Korea	162	30	30	222
2	Spain	22	25	61	108
3	Chinese Taipei	15	26	38	79
4	Iran	14	16	20	50
5	United States	13	19	49	81
6	Turkey	12	19	31	62
7	China	9	11	10	30
8	France	6	11	15	32
9	Germany	5	12	33	50
10	Mexico	4	27	31	62
11	Netherlands	4	5	15	24
12	Thailand	4	5	12	21
13	Great Britain	3	7	4	14
14	Cuba	3	3	8	14
15	Denmark	2	6	3	11
16	Croatia	2	5	12	19
17	Egypt	2	3	12	17
18	Azerbaijan	2	1	8	11
19	Mali	2	0	2	4
20	Canada	1	11	13	25
21	Russia	1	7	15	23
22	Brazil	1	4	9	14
23	Uzbekistan	1	4	0	5
24	Greece	1	3	10	14
25	Ecuador	1	2	1	4
26	Australia	1	1	17	19
27	Japan	1	1	5	7
28	Belgium	1	1	2	4
29	Gabon	1	0	1	2
30	Italy	0	5	15	20
31	Philippines	0	5	6	11
32	Ivory Coast	0	3	11	14
33	Morocco	0	3	7	10
34	Afghanistan	0	2	2	4
	Puerto Rico	0	2	2	4
36	Chile	0	2	1	3
37	Indonesia	0	2	0	2
38	Venezuela	0	1	4	5
39	Argentina	0	1	3	4
40	Jordan	0	1	2	3
41	Bahrain	0	1	0	1
	Guam	0	1	0	1
	Portugal	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
45	Kazakhstan	0	0	6	6
	Serbia	0	0	6	6
	Sweden	0	0	6	6
48	Dominican Republic	0	0	5	5
	Vietnam	0	0	5	5
50	Belarus	0	0	4	4
51	Hungary	0	0	3	3
	Norway	0	0	3	3
	Saudi Arabia	0	0	3	3
	Senegal	0	0	3	3
	Switzerland	0	0	3	3
	Tunisia	0	0	3	3
57	Austria	0	0	2	2
	Colombia	0	0	2	2
	Cyprus	0	0	2	2
	Finland	0	0	2	2
	Guatemala	0	0	2	2
	Malaysia	0	0	2	2
	Nepal	0	0	2	2
	Slovenia	0	0	2	2
65	Costa Rica	0	0	1	1
	Israel	0	0	1	1
	Moldova	0	0	1	1
	Nigeria	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
	Uganda	0	0	1	1
Total		296	296	592	1184

Multiple gold medalist

The table shows those who have won at least 3 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
Jin Seung-tae	South Korea	3	0	0	3
Kim Je-kyoung	South Korea	3	0	0	3
Kim Yong-ki	South Korea	3	0	0	3
Yang Dae-seung	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

See also

• World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships

External links

• World Taekwondo Federation