| 2005 World Taekwondo Championships | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Palacio de Deportes |
| Location |  Madrid, Spain |
| Dates | 13–17 April 2005 |
| Champions | |
| Men |  South Korea |
| Women | South Korea |
The 2005 World Taekwondo Championships were the 17th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Madrid, Spain from 13 to 17 April 2005. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−54 kg) | Kim Jin-hee South Korea | Feizollah Nafjam  Iran | Gerardo Rodríguez  Mexico |
Seyfula Magomedov  Russia | |||
| Flyweight (−58 kg) | Ko Seok-hwa South Korea | Behzad Khodadad Iran | Đinh Thanh Long  Vietnam |
Dech Sutthikunkarn  Thailand | |||
| Bantamweight (−62 kg) | Kim Jae-sik South Korea | Márcio Wenceslau  Brazil | Kıvanç Dinçsalman  Turkey |
Ilan Goldschmidt  Israel | |||
| Featherweight (−67 kg) | Mark López  United States | Song Myeong-seob South Korea | Aritz Itsisoa Spain |
Dennis Bekkers  Netherlands | |||
| Lightweight (−72 kg) | Hadi Saei Iran | Alan Akoev Russia | Takahiro Niimi  Japan |
Carlos Vásquez  Venezuela | |||
| Welterweight (−78 kg) | Steven López United States | Ali Tajik Iran | Rosendo Alonso Spain |
Daniel Jukic  Australia | |||
| Middleweight (−84 kg) | Oh Seon-taek South Korea | Jon García Spain | Yousef Karami Iran |
Bruno Ntep  France | |||
| Heavyweight (+84 kg) | Rubén Montesinos Spain | Abdelkader Zrouri  Morocco | Heo Jun-nyung South Korea |
Leonardo Basile  Italy |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−47 kg) | Belén Asensio Spain | Yoo Eun-young South Korea | Sümeyye Güleç  Germany |
| Mandy Meloon United States | |||
| Flyweight (−51 kg) | Wang Ying  China | Brigitte Yagüe Spain | Nevena Lukic  Austria |
Daynellis Montejo  Cuba | |||
| Bantamweight (−55 kg) | Kim Bo-hye South Korea | Zeynep Murat Turkey | Orphée Ladouceur  Canada |
Eman Helmy  Egypt | |||
| Featherweight (−59 kg) | Diana López United States | Kim Sae-rom South Korea | Karine Sergerie Canada |
Bineta Diédhiou  Senegal | |||
| Lightweight (−63 kg) | Edna Díaz Mexico | Su Li-wen  Chinese Taipei | Chonnapas Premwaew Thailand |
| Carmen Marton Australia | |||
| Welterweight (−67 kg) | Hwang Kyung-seon South Korea | Gwladys Épangue France | Ibone Lallana Spain |
Sandra Šarić  Croatia | |||
| Middleweight (−72 kg) | Natália Falavigna Brazil | Sarah Stevenson  Great Britain | Aitziber Los Arcos Spain |
| Jung Sun-young South Korea | |||
| Heavyweight (+72 kg) | Sin Kyung-hyen South Korea | Ineabelle Díaz  Puerto Rico | Laurence Rase  Belgium |
| Liu Rui China |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Iran | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | China | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mexico | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 | France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Russia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Morocco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 18 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Senegal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (30 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
South Korea won both men’s and women’s team titles at the 2005 WTF World Taekwondo Championships. [2]
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