2015 World Taekwondo Championships

2015 World Championships
Host city	Chelyabinsk, Russia
Dates	May 12–18
Stadium	Traktor Ice Arena
Champions
Men	Iran
Women	South Korea

The 2015 World Taekwondo Championships were the 22nd edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Chelyabinsk, Russia from May 12 to May 18, 2015. The decision to award the games to Russia was made in 2013 as they out-voted both Vietnam and Brazil.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−54 kg)	Kim Tae-hun South Korea (KOR)	Stanislav Denisov Russia (RUS)	Venilton Teixeira Brazil (BRA)
			Ramnarong Sawekwiharee Thailand (THA)
Flyweight (−58 kg)	Farzan Ashourzadeh Iran (IRI)	Si Mohamed Ketbi Belgium (BEL)	Ruslan Poiseev Russia (RUS)
			Zhao Shuai China (CHN)
Bantamweight (−63 kg)	Jaouad Achab Belgium (BEL)	Joel González Spain (ESP)	Abolfazl Yaghoubi Iran (IRI)
			Saúl Gutiérrez Mexico (MEX)
Featherweight (−68 kg)	Servet Tazegül Turkey (TUR)	Aleksey Denisenko Russia (RUS)	José Antonio Rosillo Spain (ESP)
			Shin Dong-yun South Korea (KOR)
Lightweight (−74 kg)	Masoud Hajji-Zavareh Iran (IRI)	Nikita Rafalovich Uzbekistan (UZB)	Albert Gaun Russia (RUS)
			Ismaël Coulibaly Mali (MLI)
Welterweight (−80 kg)	Mehdi Khodabakhshi Iran (IRI)	Damon Sansum Great Britain (GBR)	Aaron Cook Moldova (MDA)
			Tahir Güleç Germany (GER)
Middleweight (−87 kg)	Radik Isayev Azerbaijan (AZE)	Jasur Baykuziyev Uzbekistan (UZB)	Vladislav Larin Russia (RUS)
			Rafael Castillo Cuba (CUB)
Heavyweight (+87 kg)	Dmitriy Shokin Uzbekistan (UZB)	Firmin Zokou Ivory Coast (CIV)	Anthony Obame Gabon (GAB)
			Robelis Despaigne Cuba (CUB)

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−46 kg)	Panipak Wongpattanakit Thailand (THA)	Iryna Romoldanova Ukraine (UKR)	Lin Wan-ting Chinese Taipei (TPE)
			Iris Sing Brazil (BRA)
Flyweight (−49 kg)	Ha Min-ah South Korea (KOR)	Wu Jingyu China (CHN)	Svetlana Igumenova Russia (RUS)
			Tijana Bogdanović Serbia (SRB)
Bantamweight (−53 kg)	Lim Geum-byeol South Korea (KOR)	Huang Yun-wen Chinese Taipei (TPE)	Ana Zaninović Croatia (CRO)
			Andriana Asprogeraka Greece (GRE)
Featherweight (−57 kg)	Mayu Hamada Japan (JPN)	Eva Calvo Spain (ESP)	Kimia Alizadeh Iran (IRI)
			Edina Kotsis Hungary (HUN)
Lightweight (−62 kg)	İrem Yaman Turkey (TUR)	Marta Calvo Spain (ESP)	Viktoryia Belanouskaya Belarus (BLR)
			Rachelle Booth Great Britain (GBR)
Welterweight (−67 kg)	Chuang Chia-chia Chinese Taipei (TPE)	Nur Tatar Turkey (TUR)	Paige McPherson United States (USA)
			Katherine Dumar Colombia (COL)
Middleweight (−73 kg)	Oh Hye-ri South Korea (KOR)	Zheng Shuyin China (CHN)	Jackie Galloway United States (USA)
			Iva Radoš Croatia (CRO)
Heavyweight (+73 kg)	Bianca Walkden Great Britain (GBR)	Gwladys Épangue France (FRA)	Nafia Kuş Turkey (TUR)
			Olga Ivanova Russia (RUS)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	4	0	1	5
2	Iran	3	0	2	5
3	Turkey	2	1	1	4
4	Uzbekistan	1	2	0	3
5	Chinese Taipei	1	1	1	3
	Great Britain	1	1	1	3
7	Belgium	1	1	0	2
8	Thailand	1	0	1	2
9	Azerbaijan	1	0	0	1
	Japan	1	0	0	1
11	Spain	0	3	1	4
12	Russia	0	2	5	7
13	China	0	2	1	3
14	France	0	1	0	1
	Ivory Coast	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
17	Brazil	0	0	2	2
	Croatia	0	0	2	2
	Cuba	0	0	2	2
	United States	0	0	2	2
21	Belarus	0	0	1	1
	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Gabon	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Mali	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1
	Moldova	0	0	1	1
	Serbia	0	0	1	1
Total		16	16	32	64

Team ranking

Men

Rank	Team	Points
1	Iran	65
2	Russia	50
3	Uzbekistan	43
4	South Korea	42
5	Spain	34
6	Belgium	33
7	Turkey	33
8	Azerbaijan	30
9	Mexico	29
10	United States	26

Women

Rank	Team	Points
1	South Korea	56
2	Chinese Taipei	41
3	Turkey	40
4	China	38
5	Great Britain	31
6	Russia	31
7	Spain	28
8	France	26
9	United States	26
10	Croatia	25

Participating nations

A total of 872 athletes from 139 nations competed.

• Afghanistan (10)
• Albania (3)
• Algeria (5)
• Angola (2)
• Argentina (5)
• Armenia (5)
• Aruba (1)
• Australia (15)
• Austria (2)
• Azerbaijan (12)
• Bangladesh (2)
• Belarus (11)
• Belgium (6)*
• Benin (2)
• Botswana (5)
• Brazil (16)
• Bulgaria (6)
• Cambodia (1)
• Canada (16)
• Cape Verde (3)
• Central African Republic (3)
• Chad (4)
• Chile (11)
• China (16)
• Chinese Taipei (16)
• Colombia (15)
• Congo DR (4)
• Costa Rica (2)
• Croatia (12)
• Cuba (5)
• Cyprus (13)
• Czech Republic (3)
• Denmark (2)
• Dominican Republic (10)
• Ecuador (5)
• Egypt (16)
• Ethiopia (2)
• Finland (6)
• France (16)
• French Polynesia (4)
• Gabon (7)
• Georgia (1)
• Germany (13)
• Ghana (5)
• Great Britain (14)
• Greece (15)
• Guadeloupe (1)

• Guatemala (4)
• Guyana (2)
• Haiti (1)
• Honduras (4)
• Hong Kong (2)
• Hungary (6)
• Iceland (3)
• India (3)
• Iran (13)
• Iraq (3)
• Ireland (5)
• Israel (7)
• Italy (10)
• Ivory Coast (14)
• Jamaica (4)
• Japan (6)
• Jordan (13)
• Kazakhstan (16)
• Kenya (5)
• Kosovo (2)
• Kyrgyzstan (4)
• Laos (1)
• Latvia (2)
• Lesotho (3)
• Liberia (2)
• Libya (4)
• Lithuania (3)
• Macau (7)
• Macedonia (1)
• Madagascar (5)
• Malaysia (6)
• Mali (8)
• Malta (2)
• Mexico (16)
• Moldova (5)
• Monaco (1)
• Mongolia (5)
• Montenegro (2)
• Morocco (9)
• Mozambique (2)
• Netherlands (7)
• New Zealand (2)
• Niger (2)
• Nigeria (5)
• Norway (4)
• Oman (3)
• Pakistan (3)

• Palestine (2)
• Panama (2)
• Peru (5)
• Philippines (12)
• Poland (11)
• Portugal (6)
• Puerto Rico (7)
• Qatar (4)
• Romania (2)
• Russia (16)
• Rwanda (6)
• San Marino (2)
• Saudi Arabia (3)
• Senegal (5)
• Serbia (13)
• Seychelles (1)
• Singapore (2)
• Slovakia (2)
• Slovenia (6)
• Somalia (1)
• South Africa (3)
• South Korea (16)
• Spain (16)
• Sudan (11)
• Swaziland (6)
• Sweden (8)
• Switzerland (2)
• Tajikistan (6)
• Thailand (8)
• Timor-Leste (3)
• Tonga (2)
• Trinidad and Tobago (3)
• Tunisia (6)
• Turkey (16)
• Turkmenistan (5)
• Ukraine (16)
• United Arab Emirates (2)
• United States (16)
• Uruguay (2)
• Uzbekistan (7)
• Venezuela (9)
• Vietnam (9)
• Virgin Islands (2)
• Yemen (2)
• Zimbabwe (2)

• Athletes from Belgium competed as World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) due to the suspension of the country's Taekwondo Federation.

External links

• Official website