2011 World Taekwondo Championships

2011 World Taekwondo Championships
Venue	Gyeongju Indoor Stadium
Location	Gyeongju, South Korea
Dates	1–6 May 2011
Champions
Men	Iran
Women	South Korea

The 2011 World Taekwondo Championships was the 20th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at Gyeongju Indoor Stadium in Gyeongju, South Korea from May 1 to May 6, 2011.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−54 kg)	Chutchawal Khawlaor Thailand	Park Ji-woong South Korea	Seyfula Magomedov Russia
			Meisam Bagheri Iran
Flyweight (−58 kg)	Joel González Spain	Rui Bragança Portugal	Wei Chen-yang Chinese Taipei
			Gabriel Mercedes Dominican Republic
Bantamweight (−63 kg)	Lee Dae-hoon South Korea	Michael Harvey Great Britain	Nacha Punthong Thailand
			Lê Huỳnh Châu Vietnam
Featherweight (−68 kg)	Servet Tazegül Turkey	Mohammad Bagheri Motamed Iran	Rohullah Nikpai Afghanistan
			Martin Stamper Great Britain
Lightweight (−74 kg)	Alireza Nasr Azadani Iran	Patiwat Thongsalap Thailand	Ismaël Coulibaly Mali
			Rıdvan Baygut Turkey
Welterweight (−80 kg)	Farzad Abdollahi Iran	Yunus Sarı Turkey	Issam Chernoubi Morocco
			Ramin Azizov Azerbaijan
Middleweight (−87 kg)	Yousef Karami Iran	Cha Dong-min South Korea	Jon García Spain
			Carlo Molfetta Italy
Heavyweight (+87 kg)	Jo Chol-ho South Korea	Akmal Irgashev Uzbekistan	Kourosh Rajoli Iran
			Andreas Stylianou Cyprus

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−46 kg)	Kim So-hui South Korea	Li Zhaoyi China	Rukiye Yıldırım Turkey
			Sümeyye Manz Germany
Flyweight (−49 kg)	Wu Jingyu China	Yang Shu-chun Chinese Taipei	Brigitte Yagüe Spain
			Sanaa Atabrour Morocco
Bantamweight (−53 kg)	Ana Zaninović Croatia	Lamyaa Bekkali Morocco	Lee Hye-young South Korea
			Hatice Kübra Yangın Turkey
Featherweight (−57 kg)	Hou Yuzhuo China	Jade Jones Great Britain	Marlène Harnois France
			Lim Su-jeong South Korea
Lightweight (−62 kg)	Rangsiya Nisaisom Thailand	Marina Sumić Croatia	Karine Sergerie Canada
			Dürdane Altunel Turkey
Welterweight (−67 kg)	Sarah Stevenson Great Britain	Guo Yunfei China	Hwang Kyung-seon South Korea
			Helena Fromm Germany
Middleweight (−73 kg)	Gwladys Épangue France	Oh Hye-ri South Korea	Milica Mandić Serbia
			Anastasia Baryshnikova Russia
Heavyweight (+73 kg)	Anne-Caroline Graffe France	An Sae-bom South Korea	Rosana Simón Spain
			Olga Ivanova Russia

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	3	4	3	10
2	Iran	3	1	2	6
3	China	2	2	0	4
4	Thailand	2	1	1	4
5	France	2	0	1	3
6	Great Britain	1	2	1	4
7	Turkey	1	1	4	6
8	Croatia	1	1	0	2
9	Spain	1	0	3	4
10	Morocco	0	1	2	3
11	Chinese Taipei	0	1	1	2
12	Portugal	0	1	0	1
	Uzbekistan	0	1	0	1
14	Russia	0	0	3	3
15	Germany	0	0	2	2
16	Afghanistan	0	0	1	1
	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Cyprus	0	0	1	1
	Dominican Republic	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Mali	0	0	1	1
	Serbia	0	0	1	1
	Vietnam	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		16	16	32	64

Team ranking

Iran grabbed the men's overall title, It marked the first time that Korea failed to retain the men's overall title in the history of the biennial World Taekwondo Championships.

Men

Rank	Team	Points
1	Iran	74
2	South Korea	61
3	Turkey	48
4	Thailand	37
5	Spain	36
6	China	31
7	Great Britain	28
8	Uzbekistan	28
9	Russia	28
10	Italy	27

Women

Rank	Team	Points
1	South Korea	58
2	China	55
3	France	45
4	Croatia	35
5	Turkey	31
6	Russia	31
7	Morocco	30
8	Great Britain	29
9	Thailand	29
10	Spain	29

Participating nations

According to the competition draws, 949 athletes from 144 nations competed.

• Afghanistan (5)
• Albania (3)
• Algeria (6)
• Argentina (6)
• Armenia (4)
• Aruba (3)
• Australia (15)
• Austria (6)
• Azerbaijan (16)
• Bahrain (2)
• Bangladesh (2)
• Belarus (9)
• Benin (2)
• Bhutan (2)
• Bolivia (2)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (7)
• Brazil (15)
• Bulgaria (5)
• Cambodia (2)
• Cameroon (9)
• Canada (16)
• Central African Republic (2)
• Chile (9)
• China (16)
• Chinese Taipei (16)
• Colombia (15)
• Congo (7)
• Congo DR (12)
• Costa Rica (3)
• Croatia (10)
• Cuba (2)
• Cyprus (10)
• Czech Republic (4)
• Denmark (4)
• Dominican Republic (13)
• East Timor (2)
• Ecuador (5)
• Egypt (14)
• El Salvador (3)
• Ethiopia (3)
• Finland (3)
• France (16)
• Gabon (3)
• Georgia (7)
• Germany (14)
• Ghana (4)
• Great Britain (10)
• Greece (16)
• Grenada (2)
• Guatemala (7)
• Guinea (1)
• Guyana (2)
• Haiti (5)
• Honduras (6)
• Hong Kong (13)
• Hungary (5)
• Iceland (3)
• India (11)
• Indonesia (14)
• Iran (12)
• Iraq (5)
• Ireland (2)
• Israel (6)
• Italy (12)
• Ivory Coast (2)
• Jamaica (2)
• Japan (8)
• Jordan (10)
• Kazakhstan (15)
• Kenya (14)
• Kiribati (2)
• Kyrgyzstan (3)
• Laos (2)
• Latvia (2)
• Lebanon (6)
• Lesotho (2)
• Libya (5)
• Lithuania (2)
• Macau (4)
• Macedonia (3)
• Madagascar (2)
• Malaysia (2)
• Mali (7)
• Mauritius (1)
• Mexico (16)
• Moldova (2)
• Mongolia (11)
• Montenegro (2)
• Morocco (13)
• Mozambique (11)
• Myanmar (4)
• Nepal (2)
• Netherlands (12)
• Netherlands Antilles (3)
• New Caledonia (1)
• New Zealand (8)
• Niger (1)
• Nigeria (6)
• Norway (6)
• Pakistan (3)
• Palestine (3)
• Panama (2)
• Papua New Guinea (1)
• Paraguay (2)
• Peru (1)
• Philippines (11)
• Poland (6)
• Portugal (4)
• Puerto Rico (13)
• Qatar (6)
• Romania (3)
• Russia (16)
• Saint Kitts and Nevis (2)
• Samoa (2)
• São Tomé and Príncipe (2)
• Senegal (7)
• Serbia (8)
• Singapore (5)
• Slovakia (2)
• Slovenia (5)
• South Africa (3)
• South Korea (16)
• Spain (16)
• Sudan (8)
• Suriname (3)
• Sweden (10)
• Switzerland (3)
• Syria (1)
• Tajikistan (7)
• Thailand (12)
• Tonga (4)
• Trinidad and Tobago (5)
• Tunisia (4)
• Turkey (16)
• U. S. Virgin Islands (2)
• Ukraine (11)
• United Arab Emirates (5)
• United States (16)
• Uzbekistan (13)
• Vanuatu (2)
• Venezuela (15)
• Vietnam (11)
• Yemen (2)
• Zimbabwe (2)

External links

• Official website