World Taekwondo Championships Information & World Taekwondo Championships Links at HealthHaven.com

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

[edit] Medal Count

The historical medal count from 1975 to 1985 is as follows:^[1]

	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	45	2	3	50
2	Germany	2	7	13	22
3	Netherlands	2	1	7	10
4	Mexico	1	12	10	23
5	Spain	1	5	12	18
6	Chinese Taipei	1	5	6	12
7	Turkey	1	3	2	6
8	Ecuador	1	2	0	3
9	United States	0	6	16	22
10	Côte d'Ivoire	0	2	10	12
11	United Kingdom	0	2	1	3
12	Italy	0	1	7	8
13	Australia	0	1	5	6
14	Iran	0	1	3	4
15	Egypt	0	1	2	3
16	Bahrain	0	1	0	1
	Canada	0	1	0	1
	Guam	0	1	0	1
19	France	0	0	2	2
19	Philippines	0	0	2	2
21	Costa Rica	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Dominican Republic	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Morocco	0	0	1	1
	Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1
	Uganda	0	0	1	1

Note 1: Medal count is sorted by total gold medals, then total silver medals, then total bronze medals, then alphabetically.

Note 2: Germany includes both East Germany and West Germany.

Note 3: The data from the first championship (1973) are missing, so are not included.

The historical medal count from 1987 to 2007 is as follows:^[2]

	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	97	19	20	136
2	Spain	17	16	39	72
3	Chinese Taipei	13	17	28	58
4	United States	11	11	27	49
5	Turkey	7	13	20	40
6	Iran	6	11	10	27
7	China	5	4	7	16
8	France	2	10	9	21
9	Mexico	2	9	20	31
10	Denmark	2	7	3	12
11	Germany	2	4	12	18
12	Netherlands	2	4	7	13
13	Egypt	2	2	8	12
14	Canada	1	9	9	19
15	Brazil	1	4	5	10
16	Greece	1	3	9	13
17	Croatia	1	3	8	12
18	Cuba	1	2	3	6
19	United Kingdom	1	2	1	4
20	Azerbaijan	1	1	4	6
21	Mali	1	0	0	1
22	Philippines	0	6	4	10
23	Thailand	0	3	6	9
24	Italy	0	2	7	9
25	Russia	0	2	5	7
26	Morocco	0	2	4	6
27	Chile	0	2	1	3
28	Indonesia	0	2	0	2
29	Venezuela	0	1	4	5
30	Argentina	0	1	2	3
30	Puerto Rico	0	1	2	3
32	Peru	0	1	1	2
33	Uzbekistan	0	1	0	1
33	Afghanistan	0	1	0	1
35	Australia	0	0	13	13
36	Kazakhstan	0	0	5	5
36	Sweden	0	0	5	5
38	Japan	0	0	4	4
38	Vietnam	0	0	4	4
40	Belarus	0	0	3	3
40	Dominican Republic	0	0	3	3
42	Austria	0	0	2	2
	Belgium	0	0	2	2
	Finland	0	0	2	2
	Jordan	0	0	2	2
	Malaysia	0	0	2	2
	Nepal	0	0	2	2
	Norway	0	0	2	2
	Saudi Arabia	0	0	2	2
	Switzerland	0	0	2	2
	Yugoslavia	0	0	2	2
52	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Côte d'Ivoire	0	0	1	1
	Cyprus	0	0	1	1
	Ecuador	0	0	1	1
	Guatemala	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Israel	0	0	1	1
	Nigeria	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
	Senegal	0	0	1	1

Note 1: Medal count is sorted by total gold medals, then total silver medals, then total bronze medals, then alphabetically.

Note 2: Germany includes both East Germany and West Germany.

The 20 highest placed nations in the total historical medal count from 1975 to 2007 are as follows:

	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	142	21	23	186
2	Spain	18	21	51	90
3	Chinese Taipei	14	22	34	70
4	United States	11	17	43	71
5	Turkey	8	16	22	46
6	Iran	6	12	13	31
7	China	5	4	7	16
8	Germany	4	11	25	40
9	Netherlands	4	5	14	23
10	Mexico	3	21	30	54
11	France	2	10	11	23
12	Denmark	2	7	4	13
13	Egypt	2	3	10	15
14	Canada	1	10	9	20
15	Brazil	1	4	5	10
16	United Kingdom	1	4	2	7
17	Greece	1	3	9	13
18	Croatia	1	3	8	12
19	Cuba	1	2	3	6
20	Ecuador	1	2	1	4

Note 1: Medal count is sorted by total gold medals, then total silver medals, then total bronze medals, then alphabetically.

Note 2: Germany counts both East Germany and West Germany.

Note 3: The data from the first championship (1973) are missing, so are not included.

This article about a sporting event is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article related to the martial arts is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.