The World Taekwondo Championship is held every two years by World Taekwondo. In addition to the kyorugi (full contact fighting) Championships, there are also Para World Championships as well as Poomsae and Para Poomsae Championships held every two years.
Competitions YearDateCity and host countryVenueMen's championWomen's champion1973May 25–27 Seoul, South Korea Kukkiwon 1975August 28–31 Seoul, South Korea Jangchung Arena 1977September 15–17 Chicago, United States International Amphitheatre 1979October 26–28 Stuttgart, West Germany Glaspalast Sindelfingen 1982February 24–27 Guayaquil, Ecuador Coliseo Cerrado 1983October 20–23 Copenhagen, Denmark Brøndbyhallen 1985September 4–8 Seoul, South Korea Jamsil Arena 1987October 7–11 Barcelona, Spain Palau dels Esports 1989October 9–14 Seoul, South Korea Jamsil Arena 1991October 28 – November 3 Athens, Greece Peace and Friendship Stadium 1993August 19–23 New York City, United States Madison Square Garden 1995November 17–21 Manila, Philippines Folk Arts Theater 1997November 19–23 Hong Kong Hong Kong Coliseum 1999June 2–6 Edmonton, Canada Universiade Pavilion 2001November 1–7 Jeju, South Korea Halla Gymnasium 2003September 24–28 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Olympia-Eissport-Zentrum 2005April 13–17 Madrid, Spain Palacio de Deportes 2007May 18–22 Beijing, China Changping Gymnasium 2009October 14–18 Copenhagen, Denmark Ballerup Super Arena 2011May 1–6 Gyeongju, South Korea Gyeongju Indoor Stadium 2013July 15–21 Puebla, Mexico Exhibition Center of Puebla 2015May 12–18 Chelyabinsk, Russia Traktor Ice Arena 2017June 24–30 Muju, South Korea Taekwondowon 2019May 15–19 Manchester, United Kingdom Manchester Arena 2022November 13–20 Guadalajara, Mexico1 CODE Metropolitano 2023May 29 – June 6 Baku, Azerbaijan Baku Crystal Hall 2025October 24–30 Wuxi, China Wuxi Taihu International Expo Center 2027 Astana, Kazakhstan 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 Updated after the 2025 World Taekwondo Championships.
a At the 2023 and 2025 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 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.
Men Rank Taekwondo practitioner Country Weights From To Gold Silver BronzeTotal 1 Steven López 72 kg / 78 kg / 80 kg 2001 2009 5 – – 5 2 Choi Yeon-ho 54 kg 2001 2009 4 – – 4 Jeong Kook-hyun 73 kg / 76 kg 1982 1987 4 – – 4 4 Bahri Tanrıkulu 78 kg / 84 kg / 87 kg 1999 2009 3 1 1 5 5 Lee Dae-hoon 63 kg / 68 kg 2011 2019 3 – 1 4 6 Jin Seung-tae 50 kg / 54 kg 1993 1997 3 – – 3 Kim Je-kyoung +83 kg 1993 1997 3 – – 3 Kim Tae-hun 54 kg 2013 2017 3 – – 3 Kim Yong-ki 58 kg / 56 kg 1977 1982 3 – – 3 Yang Dae-seung 70 kg 1987 1991 3 – – 3
Women Rank Taekwondo practitioner Country Weights From To Gold Silver BronzeTotal 1 Brigitte Yagüe 51 kg / 47 kg / 49 kg 2001 2011 3 2 1 6 2 Cho Hyang-mi 65 kg / 63 kg 1991 1999 3 – 1 4 Bianca Cook (Walkden) +73 kg 2015 2023 3 – 1 4 4 Jung Myoung-sook +70 kg 1993 1997 3 – – 3
World Poomsae Championships YearDateCity and host country2014 October 30 – November 2 Aguascalientes, Mexico2016 September 29 – October 2 Lima, Peru2018November 15 – 18 Taipei, Taiwan2020November 15 – December 15 online*2022 April 21 – 24 Goyang, South Korea2024November 30 – December 4 Hong Kong, China2026September 16 – 20 Chuncheon, South Korea * The 2020 World Poomsae Championships were held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was originally meant to be held in May in Herning, Denmark.
See also World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships World Juniors Taekwondo Championships World Cadet Taekwondo Championships
References
External links World Taekwondo Federation