| 1995 World Taekwondo Championships | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Folk Arts Theater |
| Location |  Manila, Philippines |
| Dates | 17–21 November 1995 |
| Champions | |
| Men |  South Korea |
| Women | South Korea |
The 1995 World Taekwondo Championships were the 12th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Manila, Philippines from November 17 to November 21, 1995, with 598 athletes participating from 77 countries. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−50 kg) | Jin Seung-tae South Korea | Roberto Cruz Philippines | Mohammad Al-Hamed  Jordan |
Carlos Chamorro  Sweden | |||
| Flyweight (−54 kg) | Cihat Kutluca  Turkey | Mehrdad Rokni  Iran | Gergely Salim  Hungary |
Rubén Palafox  Mexico | |||
| Bantamweight (−58 kg) | Chang Dae-soon South Korea | Gabriel Esparza  Spain | Huang Chih-hsiung  Chinese Taipei |
Trần Quang Hạ  Vietnam | |||
| Featherweight (−64 kg) | Kim Byung-uk South Korea | Clayton Barber  United States | Bijan Moghanloo Iran |
Claudio Nolano  Italy | |||
| Lightweight (−70 kg) | Aziz Acharki  Germany | Roberto Estrada Mexico | David Gonzales Sweden |
| Fariborz Askari Iran | |||
| Welterweight (−76 kg) | José Jesús Márquez Spain | Jean López United States | Nico Davis Sweden |
| Liu Tsu-ien Chinese Taipei | |||
| Middleweight (−83 kg) | Lee Dong-wan South Korea | Ulysses Marcelino Philippines | Mickaël Meloul  France |
Zoran Prerad  FR Yugoslavia | |||
| Heavyweight (+83 kg) | Kim Je-kyoung South Korea | Pascal Gentil France | Massimiliano Romano Italy |
Lúcio Aurélio de Freitas  Brazil |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−43 kg) | Huang Chiu-chin Chinese Taipei | Yang So-hee South Korea | Cristina Atzeni Italy |
| Coral Falco Spain | |||
| Flyweight (−47 kg) | Hamide Bıkçın Turkey | Monika Sprengel Germany | Betsy Ortiz  Puerto Rico |
| Trần Thị Mỹ Linh Vietnam | |||
| Bantamweight (−51 kg) | Won Sun-jin South Korea | Michelle Thompson United States | Minako Hatakeyama  Japan |
| Wu Shan-chen Chinese Taipei | |||
| Featherweight (−55 kg) | Lee Seung-min South Korea | Leonildes Santos Brazil | Nuray Deliktaş Turkey |
| Janet Glasman United States | |||
| Lightweight (−60 kg) | Park Kyung-suk South Korea | Vanina Sánchez  Argentina | Marlene Ramírez Mexico |
Miet Filipović  Croatia | |||
| Welterweight (−65 kg) | Cho Hyang-mi South Korea | Hsu Chih-ling Chinese Taipei | İnci Taşyürek Turkey |
| Dana Martin United States | |||
| Middleweight (−70 kg) | Ireane Ruíz Spain | Park Sun-mi South Korea | Heidy Juárez  Guatemala |
| Mónica del Real Mexico | |||
| Heavyweight (+70 kg) | Jung Myoung-sook South Korea | Yolanda García Spain | Nataša Vezmar Croatia |
| Huang Hsiao-ying Chinese Taipei |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Turkey | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | United States | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Philippines | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Iran | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 15 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 17 | Guatemala | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jordan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (22 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
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