1991 World Taekwondo Championships

1991 World Taekwondo Championships
1991 World Taekwondo Championships
Venue	Peace and Friendship Stadium
Location	Athens, Greece
Dates	28 October – 3 November 1991
Champions
Men	South Korea
Women	South Korea
	← 1989 1993 →

VenuePeace and Friendship Stadium

Location

Athens, Greece

Dates28 October – 3 November 1991

Men

South Korea

The 1991 World Taekwondo Championships were the 10th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Athens^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] from October 28 to November 3, 1991, with 434 athletes participating from 49 countries.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−50 kg)	Gergely Salim Denmark	Chang Jung-san Chinese Taipei	Sirous Rezaei Iran
Finweight (−50 kg)	Gergely Salim Denmark	Chang Jung-san Chinese Taipei	Kang Cheol-woo South Korea
Flyweight (−54 kg)	Kim Cheol-ho South Korea	József Salim Denmark	Gabriel Esparza Spain
Flyweight (−54 kg)	Kim Cheol-ho South Korea	József Salim Denmark	Django Tapilatu Netherlands
Bantamweight (−58 kg)	Ángel Alonso Spain	Sayed Najem Canada	Seon Sang-joon South Korea
Bantamweight (−58 kg)	Ángel Alonso Spain	Sayed Najem Canada	Ekrem Boyalı Turkey
Featherweight (−64 kg)	Jang Hyuk South Korea	Stephen Tapilatu Netherlands	Jorge Gonçalves Brazil
Featherweight (−64 kg)	Jang Hyuk South Korea	Stephen Tapilatu Netherlands	Tamer Abdelmoneim Hussein Egypt
Lightweight (−70 kg)	Yang Dae-seung South Korea	Ramelito Abratique Philippines	John Collison Australia
Lightweight (−70 kg)	Yang Dae-seung South Korea	Ramelito Abratique Philippines	Hiang Ming-jen Chinese Taipei
Welterweight (−76 kg)	Park Yong-woon South Korea	James Villasana United States	Hisashi Kondo Japan
Welterweight (−76 kg)	Park Yong-woon South Korea	James Villasana United States	Hugo García Mexico
Middleweight (−83 kg)	Yoon Soon-cheol South Korea	Yehia Alam Egypt	Herbert Perez United States
Middleweight (−83 kg)	Yoon Soon-cheol South Korea	Yehia Alam Egypt	Metin Şahin Turkey
Heavyweight (+83 kg)	Tonny Sørensen Denmark	Oliver Schawe Germany	Miguel Jordán Spain
Heavyweight (+83 kg)	Tonny Sørensen Denmark	Oliver Schawe Germany	Amr Khairy Egypt

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−43 kg)	Elisabet Delgado Spain	Gülnur Yerlisu Turkey	Wu Shan-chen Chinese Taipei
Finweight (−43 kg)	Elisabet Delgado Spain	Gülnur Yerlisu Turkey	Kim Jin-seong South Korea
Flyweight (−47 kg)	Arzu Tan Turkey	Anita van der Pas Netherlands	Mariela Valenzuela Argentina
Flyweight (−47 kg)	Arzu Tan Turkey	Anita van der Pas Netherlands	Tang Hui-wen Chinese Taipei
Bantamweight (−51 kg)	Park Dong-seon South Korea	Döndü Şahin Turkey	Kathy Walker Great Britain
Bantamweight (−51 kg)	Park Dong-seon South Korea	Döndü Şahin Turkey	Rosario Solís Spain
Featherweight (−55 kg)	Tung Ya-ling Chinese Taipei	Ayşegül Ergin Turkey	Josefina López Spain
Featherweight (−55 kg)	Tung Ya-ling Chinese Taipei	Ayşegül Ergin Turkey	Azza Adel Egypt
Lightweight (−60 kg)	Jeong Eun-ok South Korea	Chen Yi-an Chinese Taipei	Minouschka Thielman Netherlands
Lightweight (−60 kg)	Jeong Eun-ok South Korea	Chen Yi-an Chinese Taipei	Dolores Knoll Mexico
Welterweight (−65 kg)	Arlene Limas United States	Coral Bistuer Spain	Cho Hyang-mi South Korea
Welterweight (−65 kg)	Arlene Limas United States	Coral Bistuer Spain	Morfou Drosidou Greece
Middleweight (−70 kg)	Yang In-deok South Korea	Chavela Aaron United States	Mónica del Real Mexico
Middleweight (−70 kg)	Yang In-deok South Korea	Chavela Aaron United States	Theano Ketesidou Greece
Heavyweight (+70 kg)	Lynnette Love United States	Yvonne Franssen Canada	Anna Widehov Sweden
Heavyweight (+70 kg)	Lynnette Love United States	Yvonne Franssen Canada	Bettina Hipf Germany

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	8	0	4	12
2	United States	2	2	1	5
3	Spain	2	1	4	7
4	Denmark	2	1	0	3
5	Turkey	1	3	2	6
6	Chinese Taipei	1	2	3	6
7	Netherlands	0	2	2	4
8	Canada	0	2	0	2
9	Egypt	0	1	3	4
10	Germany	0	1	1	2
11	Philippines	0	1	0	1
12	Mexico	0	0	3	3
13	Greece	0	0	2	2
14	Argentina	0	0	1	1
	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
	Iran	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		16	16	32	64

1991 World Taekwondo Championships

Men

Women

Medal table

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks