| 2003 World Taekwondo Championships | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Olympia-Eissport-Zentrum |
| Location |  Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany |
| Dates | 24–28 September 2003 |
| Champions | |
| Men |  South Korea |
| Women | South Korea |
The 2003 World Taekwondo Championships are the 16th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany from September 24 to September 28, 2003. A total of 830 athletes, 502 males and 328 females, from 100 nations took part in the championships. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−54 kg) | Choi Yeon-ho South Korea | Paul Green  Great Britain | Zahid Mammadov  Azerbaijan |
Roberto Cruz  Philippines | |||
| Flyweight (−58 kg) | Chu Mu-yen  Chinese Taipei | Behzad Khodadad  Iran | Ko Seok-hwa South Korea |
Tim Thackrey  United States | |||
| Bantamweight (−62 kg) | Huang Chih-hsiung Chinese Taipei | Omar Badia  Spain | Peter López United States |
| Omid Gholamzadeh Iran | |||
| Featherweight (−67 kg) | Kang Nam-won South Korea | Mark López United States | Erdal Aylanc Germany |
| Niyamaddin Pashayev Azerbaijan | |||
| Lightweight (−72 kg) | Kim Kyo-sik South Korea | Hadi Saei Iran | Rashad Ahmadov Azerbaijan |
Tuncay Çalışkan  Austria | |||
| Welterweight (−78 kg) | Steven López United States | Mohamed Ebnoutalib Germany | Rosendo Alonso Spain |
| Oh Seon-taek South Korea | |||
| Middleweight (−84 kg) | Yousef Karami Iran | Mickaël Borot  France | Bahri Tanrıkulu  Turkey |
| Tavakkul Bayramov Azerbaijan | |||
| Heavyweight (+84 kg) | Morteza Rostami Iran | Zakaria Asidah  Denmark | Mici Kuzmanović  Croatia |
| Lin Wen-cheng Chinese Taipei |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−47 kg) | Brigitte Yagüe Spain | Wang Ying  China | Thucuc Pham Germany |
Dalia Contreras  Venezuela | |||
| Flyweight (−51 kg) | Lee Ji-hye South Korea | Yanelis Labrada  Cuba | Elisha Voren United States |
Yaowapa Boorapolchai  Thailand | |||
| Bantamweight (−55 kg) | Ha Jeong-yeon South Korea | Taylor Stone United States | Nootcharin Sukkhongdumnoen Thailand |
Véronique St-Jacques  Canada | |||
| Featherweight (−59 kg) | Areti Athanasopoulou  Greece | Iridia Salazar  Mexico | Sonia Reyes Spain |
| Lise Hjortshøj Denmark | |||
| Lightweight (−63 kg) | Kim Yeon-ji South Korea | Karine Sergerie Canada | Tina Morgan  Australia |
Yuliya Sukhavitskaya  Belarus | |||
| Welterweight (−67 kg) | Lee Sun-hee South Korea | Sandra Šarić Croatia | Liya Nurkina  Kazakhstan |
| Elisavet Mystakidou Greece | |||
| Middleweight (−72 kg) | Luo Wei China | Myriam Baverel France | Mounia Bourguigue  Morocco |
| Aitziber Los Arcos Spain | |||
| Heavyweight (+72 kg) | Youn Hyun-jung South Korea | Nataša Vezmar Croatia | Chen Zhong China |
| Kyriaki Kouvari Greece |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Iran | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | United States | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Spain | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | China | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Greece | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Croatia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | France | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Denmark | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | Cuba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 17 | Thailand | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Belarus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Morocco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Turkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (25 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
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