1999 World Taekwondo Championships

1999 World Championships
Host city	Edmonton, Canada
Dates	June 2–6
Stadium	Butterdome
Champions
Men	South Korea
Women	South Korea

The 1999 World Taekwondo Championships were the 14th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Butterdome, University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada from June 2 to June 6, 1999 with 550 athletes participating from 66 countries.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−54 kg)	Min Byeong-seok South Korea (KOR)	Roberto Cruz Philippines (PHI)	Gabriel Mercedes Dominican Republic (DOM)
			Chen Wei-chun Chinese Taipei (TPE)
Flyweight (−58 kg)	Yoon Jong-il South Korea (KOR)	Abror Haider Denmark (DEN)	Younes Sekkat Morocco (MAR)
			Hồ Nhất Thống Vietnam (VIE)
Bantamweight (−62 kg)	Ko Dae-kyu South Korea (KOR)	Ahmet Evcimen Turkey (TUR)	Mark López United States (USA)
			Ivan Ron Spain (ESP)
Featherweight (−67 kg)	No Hyun-goo South Korea (KOR)	Jesper Roesen Denmark (DEN)	Francisco Zas Spain (ESP)
			Hsu Chi-hung Chinese Taipei (TPE)
Lightweight (−72 kg)	Hadi Saei Iran (IRI)	Kim Byung-uk South Korea (KOR)	Sergio Cárdenas Chile (CHI)
			Rosendo Alonso Spain (ESP)
Welterweight (−78 kg)	Jang Jong-oh South Korea (KOR)	Bahri Tanrıkulu Turkey (TUR)	Rodrigo Martínez Mexico (MEX)
			Josh Coleman United States (USA)
Middleweight (−84 kg)	Majid Aflaki Iran (IRI)	Yasin Yağız Turkey (TUR)	Adilkhan Sagindykov Kazakhstan (KAZ)
			Faissal Ebnoutalib Germany (GER)
Heavyweight (+84 kg)	Moon Dae-sung South Korea (KOR)	Moctar Doumbia France (FRA)	Daniel Trenton Australia (AUS)
			Rubén Montesinos Spain (ESP)

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−47 kg)	Belén Asensio Spain (ESP)	Yoon Song-hee South Korea (KOR)	France Pouzoulet France (FRA)
			Kadriye Selimoğlu Turkey (TUR)
Flyweight (−51 kg)	Chi Shu-ju Chinese Taipei (TPE)	Shim Hye-young South Korea (KOR)	Jennifer Delgado Spain (ESP)
			Yuan Guiru China (CHN)
Bantamweight (−55 kg)	Wang Su China (CHN)	Jung Jae-eun South Korea (KOR)	Meng Mei-chun Chinese Taipei (TPE)
			Christiana Bach Switzerland (SUI)
Featherweight (−59 kg)	Kang Hae-eun South Korea (KOR)	Iridia Salazar Mexico (MEX)	Gaël Texier Canada (CAN)
			Sonia Reyes Spain (ESP)
Lightweight (−63 kg)	Cho Hyang-mi South Korea (KOR)	Zhang Huijing China (CHN)	Lisa O'Keefe Australia (AUS)
			Ekaterina Noskova Russia (RUS)
Welterweight (−67 kg)	Elena Benítez Spain (ESP)	Mirjam Müskens Netherlands (NED)	Chang Wan-chen Chinese Taipei (TPE)
			Barbara Pak Canada (CAN)
Middleweight (−72 kg)	Kim Yoon-kyung South Korea (KOR)	Ibone Lallana Spain (ESP)	Chen Zhong China (CHN)
			Filiz Nur Aydın Turkey (TUR)
Heavyweight (+72 kg)	Kao Ching-yi Chinese Taipei (TPE)	Dominique Bosshart Canada (CAN)	Maria Konyakhina Russia (RUS)
			Laurence Rase Belgium (BEL)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	9	4	0	13
2	Spain	2	1	6	9
3	Chinese Taipei	2	0	4	6
4	Iran	2	0	0	2
5	China	1	1	2	4
6	Turkey	0	3	2	5
7	Denmark	0	2	0	2
8	Canada	0	1	2	3
9	France	0	1	1	2
	Germany	0	1	1	2
11	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
	Philippines	0	1	0	1
13	Australia	0	0	2	2
	Russia	0	0	2	2
	United States	0	0	2	2
16	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Chile	0	0	1	1
	Dominican Republic	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
	Morocco	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
	Vietnam	0	0	1	1
Total		16	16	32	64

Team ranking

Men

Rank	Team	Points
1	South Korea	95
2	Iran	43
3	Turkey	38
4	Denmark	35
5	Spain	35

Women

Rank	Team	Points
1	South Korea	70
2	Spain	51
3	Chinese Taipei	47
4	China	44
5	Canada	29

References

• WTF Medal Winners
• Official Results