| 2001 World Taekwondo Championships | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Halla Gymnasium |
| Location |  Jeju, South Korea |
| Dates | 1–7 November 2007 |
| Champions | |
| Men | South Korea |
| Women | South Korea |
The 2001 World Taekwondo Championships were the 15th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Jeju, South Korea from November 1 to November 7, 2001.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−54 kg) | Choi Yeon-ho South Korea | Chu Mu-yen  Chinese Taipei | Juan Antonio Ramos  Spain |
Roberto Cruz  Philippines | |||
| Flyweight (−58 kg) | Behzad Khodadad  Iran | Eduard Khegai  Uzbekistan | Seyfula Magomedov  Russia |
| Kim Dae-ryung South Korea | |||
| Bantamweight (−62 kg) | Kang Nam-won South Korea | Peter López  United States | Kiyoteru Higuchi  Japan |
| Miguel Toledo Spain | |||
| Featherweight (−67 kg) | Niyamaddin Pashayev  Azerbaijan | Carlo Molfetta  Italy | Abdullah Sertçelik  Turkey |
Luis Benítez  Dominican Republic | |||
| Lightweight (−72 kg) | Steven López United States | Jesper Roesen  Denmark | José Luis Ramírez  Mexico |
Athanasios Balilis  Greece | |||
| Welterweight (−78 kg) | Mamedy Doucara  France | Mahmoud Napelion  Egypt | Bekir Aydın Turkey |
Marcin Chorzelewski  Poland | |||
| Middleweight (−84 kg) | Bahri Tanrıkulu Turkey | Mickaël Borot France | Jon García Spain |
| Kim Kyong-hun South Korea | |||
| Heavyweight (+84 kg) | Ferry Greevink  Netherlands | Hadi Afshar Iran | Mici Kuzmanović  Croatia |
| Rubén Montesinos Spain |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−47 kg) | Kadriye Selimoğlu Turkey | Kim Soo-yang South Korea | Dalia Contreras  Venezuela |
Kong Fantao  China | |||
| Flyweight (−51 kg) | Lee Hye-young South Korea | Brigitte Yagüe Spain | Magda Seirekidou Greece |
| Huang Chia-chin Chinese Taipei | |||
| Bantamweight (−55 kg) | Jung Jae-eun South Korea | Gemma Magría Spain | Paola Félix Mexico |
| Pamela Agostinelli Italy | |||
| Featherweight (−59 kg) | Jang Ji-won South Korea | Iridia Salazar Mexico | Zeynep Murat Turkey |
| Sonia Reyes Spain | |||
| Lightweight (−63 kg) | Kim Yeon-ji South Korea | Belén Fernández Spain | Natália Falavigna  Brazil |
Mouna Benabderrassoul  Morocco | |||
| Welterweight (−67 kg) | Kim Hye-mi South Korea | Chang Wan-chen Chinese Taipei | Nina Solheim  Norway |
| Luisa Arnanz Spain | |||
| Middleweight (−72 kg) | Sarah Stevenson  Great Britain | Chen Zhong China | Alesiya Charnyovskaya  Belarus |
| Elisavet Mystakidou Greece | |||
| Heavyweight (+72 kg) | Sin Kyung-hyen South Korea | Wang I-hsien Chinese Taipei | Maria Konyakhina Russia |
| Mariya Zhuravskaya Belarus |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | Turkey | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | France | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Iran | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Spain | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 10 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | China | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Russia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 20 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Morocco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (28 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
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