| 1987 World Taekwondo Championships | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Palau dels Esports |
| Location |  Barcelona, Spain |
| Dates | 7–11 October 1987 |
| Champions | |
| Men |  South Korea |
| Women | South Korea |
The 1987 World Taekwondo Championships were the 8th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Barcelona, Spain from October 7 to October 11, 1987, with 434 athletes participating from 62 countries.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−50 kg) | Lim Sung-wook South Korea | Enrique Torroella  Mexico | Dae Sung Lee  United States |
Bidhan Lama  Nepal | |||
| Flyweight (−54 kg) | Kang Chang-mo South Korea | Budi Setiawan  Indonesia | Geremia Di Costanzo  Italy |
Younousse Bathily  Ivory Coast | |||
| Bantamweight (−58 kg) | Yoo Myung-sik South Korea | Şakir Bezci  Turkey | Nuno Dâmaso  Switzerland |
Alf Dell'orso  Australia | |||
| Featherweight (−64 kg) | Lee Chian-hsiang  Chinese Taipei | Luis Torner Spain | Mustafa Elmalı Turkey |
| Chris Spence United States | |||
| Lightweight (−70 kg) | Yang Dae-seung South Korea | Jesús Tortosa Spain | Steve Capener United States |
Georg Streif  West Germany | |||
| Welterweight (−76 kg) | Jeong Kook-hyun South Korea | Juan Wright Spain | Thorsten Gernhardt West Germany |
| Jay Warwick United States | |||
| Middleweight (−83 kg) | Lee Kye-haeng South Korea | Francisco Jiménez Spain | Herbert Perez United States |
Ammar Fahed Sbeihi  Jordan | |||
| Heavyweight (+83 kg) | Michael Arndt West Germany | Jimmy Kim United States | Carmelo Medina Spain |
Mounir Boukrouh  France |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−43 kg) | Jang Eu-suk South Korea | Mónica Torres Mexico | Rosa Moreno Spain |
| Chin Yu-fang Chinese Taipei | |||
| Flyweight (−47 kg) | Pai Yun-yao Chinese Taipei | Lee Young South Korea | Ginean Hatter United States |
| Antonia Cayetano Spain | |||
| Bantamweight (−51 kg) | Tennur Yerlisu Turkey | Josefina López Spain | Margarita Ogarrio Mexico |
| Tung Ya-ling Chinese Taipei | |||
| Featherweight (−55 kg) | Kim So-young South Korea | Kim Dotson United States | Züleyha Tan Turkey |
Anne-Mette Christensen  Denmark | |||
| Lightweight (−60 kg) | Lee Eun-young South Korea | Hsien Feng-lien Chinese Taipei | Brigitte Evanno France |
| Elena Navaz Spain | |||
| Welterweight (−65 kg) | Coral Bistuer Spain | Kim Ji-sook South Korea | Tessa Gordon  Canada |
| Tang Hui-ting Chinese Taipei | |||
| Middleweight (−70 kg) | Mandy de Jongh  Netherlands | Wang Chin-yu Chinese Taipei | Sharon Jewell United States |
| Angelika Biegger West Germany | |||
| Heavyweight (+70 kg) | Lynnette Love United States | Liu Yi-ling Chinese Taipei | Jang Yoon-jung South Korea |
| Anne-Mieke Buijs Netherlands |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Spain | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 |  United States | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 5 | Turkey | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | West Germany | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Mexico | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | France | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ivory Coast | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jordan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Nepal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (18 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |