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
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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.^[1]

Medal summary

Men

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

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−46 kg) details	Kim So-hui  South Korea	Li Zhaoyi  China	Rukiye Yıldırım  Turkey
			Sümeyye Manz  Germany
Flyweight (−49 kg) details	Wu Jingyu  China	Yang Shu-chun  Chinese Taipei	Brigitte Yagüe  Spain
			Sanaa Atabrour  Morocco
Bantamweight (−53 kg) details	Ana Zaninović  Croatia	Lamyaa Bekkali  Morocco	Lee Hye-young  South Korea
			Hatice Kübra Yangın  Turkey
Featherweight (−57 kg) details	Hou Yuzhuo  China	Jade Jones  Great Britain	Marlène Harnois  France
			Lim Su-jeong  South Korea
Lightweight (−62 kg) details	Rangsiya Nisaisom  Thailand	Marina Sumić  Croatia	Karine Sergerie  Canada
			Dürdane Altunel  Turkey
Welterweight (−67 kg) details	Sarah Stevenson  Great Britain	Guo Yunfei  China	Hwang Kyung-seon  South Korea
			Helena Fromm  Germany
Middleweight (−73 kg) details	Gwladys Épangue  France	Oh Hye-ri  South Korea	Milica Mandić  Serbia
			Anastasia Baryshnikova  Russia
Heavyweight (+73 kg) details	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.^[2]

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,^[3] 949 athletes from 144 nations competed.

References

External links

• Official website