| 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 |
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.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−50 kg) | Gergely Salim  Denmark | Chang Jung-san  Chinese Taipei | Sirous Rezaei  Iran |
| Kang Cheol-woo South Korea | |||
| Flyweight (−54 kg) | Kim Cheol-ho South Korea | József Salim Denmark | Gabriel Esparza  Spain |
Django Tapilatu  Netherlands | |||
| Bantamweight (−58 kg) | Ángel Alonso Spain | Sayed Najem  Canada | Seon Sang-joon South Korea |
Ekrem Boyalı  Turkey | |||
| Featherweight (−64 kg) | Jang Hyuk South Korea | Stephen Tapilatu Netherlands | Jorge Gonçalves  Brazil |
Tamer Abdelmoneim Hussein  Egypt | |||
| Lightweight (−70 kg) | Yang Dae-seung South Korea | Ramelito Abratique  Philippines | John Collison  Australia |
| Hiang Ming-jen Chinese Taipei | |||
| Welterweight (−76 kg) | Park Yong-woon South Korea | James Villasana  United States | Hisashi Kondo  Japan |
Hugo García  Mexico | |||
| Middleweight (−83 kg) | Yoon Soon-cheol South Korea | Yehia Alam Egypt | Herbert Perez United States |
| Metin Şahin Turkey | |||
| Heavyweight (+83 kg) | Tonny Sørensen Denmark | Oliver Schawe  Germany | Miguel Jordán Spain |
| Amr Khairy Egypt |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−43 kg) | Elisabet Delgado Spain | Gülnur Yerlisu Turkey | Wu Shan-chen Chinese Taipei |
| Kim Jin-seong South Korea | |||
| Flyweight (−47 kg) | Arzu Tan Turkey | Anita van der Pas Netherlands | Mariela Valenzuela  Argentina |
| Tang Hui-wen Chinese Taipei | |||
| Bantamweight (−51 kg) | Park Dong-seon South Korea | Döndü Şahin Turkey | Kathy Walker  Great Britain |
| Rosario Solís Spain | |||
| Featherweight (−55 kg) | Tung Ya-ling Chinese Taipei | Ayşegül Ergin Turkey | Josefina López Spain |
| Azza Adel Egypt | |||
| Lightweight (−60 kg) | Jeong Eun-ok South Korea | Chen Yi-an Chinese Taipei | Minouschka Thielman Netherlands |
| Dolores Knoll Mexico | |||
| Welterweight (−65 kg) | Arlene Limas United States | Coral Bistuer Spain | Cho Hyang-mi South Korea |
| Morfou Drosidou Greece | |||
| Middleweight (−70 kg) | Yang In-deok South Korea | Chavela Aaron United States | Mónica del Real Mexico |
| Theano Ketesidou Greece | |||
| Heavyweight (+70 kg) | Lynnette Love United States | Yvonne Franssen Canada | Anna Widehov  Sweden |
| 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 | |
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