1977 World Taekwondo Championships

1977 World Championships
Host city	Chicago, United States
Dates	September 15–17
Stadium	International Amphitheatre
Champions
Men	South Korea

The 1977 World Taekwondo Championships are the 3rd edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Chicago, United States from September 15 to September 17, 1977. A total of 720 athletes and officials from 46 nations took part in the championships.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−48 kg)	Song Ki-yul South Korea (KOR)	Jaime de Pablos Mexico (MEX)	Sheu Jiom-shi Republic of China (ROC)
			Turgay Ertuğrul West Germany (FRG)
Flyweight (−53 kg)	Ha Suk-kwang South Korea (KOR)	Jorge Ramírez Ecuador (ECU)	Moritz Von Nacher Mexico (MEX)
			Francisco García Spain (ESP)
Bantamweight (−58 kg)	Kim Yong-ki South Korea (KOR)	Hour Waei-shing Republic of China (ROC)	Helmut Stoppe West Germany (FRG)
			Reynaldo Salazar Mexico (MEX)
Featherweight (−63 kg)	Park Chung-ho South Korea (KOR)	Greg Fears United States (USA)	Peter Salm Netherlands (NED)
			Frédéric Kouassi Ivory Coast (CIV)
Lightweight (−68 kg)	Hwang Ming-der Republic of China (ROC)	Choi Jae-chun South Korea (KOR)	Ernie Reyes United States (USA)
			Eduardo Merchán Spain (ESP)
Welterweight (−73 kg)	Yoo Yong-hap South Korea (KOR)	Théophile Dossou Ivory Coast (CIV)	Manuel Jurado Mexico (MEX)
			Rainer Müller West Germany (FRG)
Middleweight (−80 kg)	Hur Song South Korea (KOR)	James Kirby United States (USA)	Manuel Salcedo Spain (ESP)
			Carlos Obregón Mexico (MEX)
Heavyweight (+80 kg)	Ahn Jang-shik South Korea (KOR)	Lin Ying-peng Republic of China (ROC)	Dirk Jung West Germany (FRG)
			John Holloway United States (USA)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	7	1	0	8
2	Republic of China	1	2	1	4
3	United States	0	2	2	4
4	Mexico	0	1	4	5
5	Ivory Coast	0	1	1	2
6	Ecuador	0	1	0	1
7	West Germany	0	0	4	4
8	Spain	0	0	3	3
9	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
Total		8	8	16	32

References

• WTF Medal Winners