1993 World Taekwondo Championships

1993 World Championships
Host city United States New York City, United States
Dates August 19–23
Stadium Madison Square Garden
Champions
Men  South Korea
Women  South Korea

The 1993 World Taekwondo Championships were the 11th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in New York City, United States from August 19 to August 21, 1993 with 669 athletes participating from 83 countries.[1][2]

The success of the 1993 World Championships was a determining factor in the IOC's decision to grant full medal status to Taekwondo for the 2000 Summer Olympics.[3]

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Finweight
(−50 kg)
Jin Seung-tae
 South Korea (KOR)
Gergely Salim
 Denmark (DEN)
Carlos Ayala
 Mexico (MEX)
Eamon Nolan
 Canada (CAN)
Flyweight
(−54 kg)
Javier Argudo
 Spain (ESP)
Alisson Yamagudi
 Brazil (BRA)
Rubén Palafox
 Mexico (MEX)
Hyon Lee
 United States (USA)
Bantamweight
(−58 kg)
Kim In-young
 South Korea (KOR)
Sayed Najem
 Canada (CAN)
Walter Dean Vargas
 Philippines (PHI)
Wong Ching Beng
 Malaysia (MAS)
Featherweight
(−64 kg)
Kim Byong-cheol
 South Korea (KOR)
Milton Iwama
 Brazil (BRA)
David Kang
 United States (USA)
Francisco Zas
 Spain (ESP)
Lightweight
(−70 kg)
Park Se-jin
 South Korea (KOR)
Victor Luke
 Canada (CAN)
Mustafa Dağdelen
 Turkey (TUR)
Aziz Acharki
 Germany (GER)
Welterweight
(−76 kg)
Lim Yong-ho
 South Korea (KOR)
Liu Tsu-len
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)
Ahmed Zahran
 Egypt (EGY)
Andreas Pilavakis
 Cyprus (CYP)
Middleweight
(−83 kg)
Mickaël Meloul
 France (FRA)
Víctor Estrada
 Mexico (MEX)
Juan Wright
 Spain (ESP)
Luis Noquera
 Venezuela (VEN)
Heavyweight
(+83 kg)
Kim Je-kyoung
 South Korea (KOR)
Ali Şahin
 Turkey (TUR)
Emmanuel Oghenejobo
 Nigeria (NGR)
Thierry Troudart
 France (FRA)

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Finweight
(−43 kg)
Isabel Cruzado
 Spain (ESP)
Rahmi Kurnia
 Indonesia (INA)
Vicki Slane
 United States (USA)
Gonca Güler
 Turkey (TUR)
Flyweight
(−47 kg)
You Su-mi
 South Korea (KOR)
Agueda Pérez
 Mexico (MEX)
Inas Anis
 Egypt (EGY)
Gülnur Yerlisu
 Turkey (TUR)
Bantamweight
(−51 kg)
Tang Hui-wen
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)
Elisabet Delgado
 Spain (ESP)
Diane Murray
 United States (USA)
Won Sun-jin
 South Korea (KOR)
Featherweight
(−55 kg)
Lee Seung-min
 South Korea (KOR)
Nuray Deliktaş
 Turkey (TUR)
Cathrin Vetter
 Germany (GER)
Sarah Maitimu
 Netherlands (NED)
Lightweight
(−60 kg)
María Jesús Santolaria
 Spain (ESP)
Park Kyung-suk
 South Korea (KOR)
Ineabelle Díaz
 Puerto Rico (PUR)
Marina Agüero
 Argentina (ARG)
Welterweight
(−65 kg)
Kim Mi-young
 South Korea (KOR)
Morfou Drosidou
 Greece (GRE)
Tsai Pei-shan
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)
Carolina Benjarano
 Colombia (COL)
Middleweight
(−70 kg)
Park Eun-sun
 South Korea (KOR)
Ekaterina Bassi
 Greece (GRE)
Veera Liukkonen
 Finland (FIN)
Hsu Ju-ya
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)
Heavyweight
(+70 kg)
Jung Myoung-sook
 South Korea (KOR)
Adriana Carmona
 Venezuela (VEN)
Elisavet Mystakidou
 Greece (GRE)
Anna Widehov
 Sweden (SWE)

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  South Korea 11 1 1 13
2  Spain 3 1 2 6
3  Chinese Taipei 1 1 2 4
4  France 1 0 1 2
5  Turkey 0 2 3 5
6  Mexico 0 2 2 4
7  Canada 0 2 1 3
 Greece 0 2 1 3
9  Brazil 0 2 0 2
10  Venezuela 0 1 1 2
11  Denmark 0 1 0 1
 Indonesia 0 1 0 1
13  United States 0 0 4 4
14  Egypt 0 0 2 2
 Germany 0 0 2 2
16  Argentina 0 0 1 1
 Colombia 0 0 1 1
 Cyprus 0 0 1 1
 Finland 0 0 1 1
 Malaysia 0 0 1 1
 Netherlands 0 0 1 1
 Nigeria 0 0 1 1
 Philippines 0 0 1 1
 Puerto Rico 0 0 1 1
 Sweden 0 0 1 1
Total 16 16 32 64

References

  1. "SPORTS PEOPLE: MARTIAL ARTS; Garden to Host Event - New York Times". Nytimes.com. 1992-03-17. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  2. "TAEKWONDO; The Garden Is Filled With Taikwondo - New York Times". Nytimes.com. 1993-08-20. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  3. Zirogiannis, Marc (September 2016). "The Games That Changed The World". Tae Kwon Do Life Magazine (September 2016): 29. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
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