| 2013 World Taekwondo Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Venue | Exhibition Center of Puebla |
| Location |  Puebla, Mexico |
| Dates | 15–21 July 2013 |
| Champions | |
| Men |  South Korea |
| Women | South Korea |
The 2013 World Taekwondo Championships was the 21st edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and was held in Puebla, Mexico from July 15 to July 21, 2013. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−54 kg) | Kim Tae-hun South Korea | Hsu Chia-lin  Chinese Taipei | Jerranat Nakaviroj  Thailand |
Hussein Sherif  Egypt | |||
| Flyweight (−58 kg) | Cha Tae-moon South Korea | Hadi Mostaan  Iran | Damián Villa Mexico |
Guilherme Dias  Brazil | |||
| Bantamweight (−63 kg) | Lee Dae-hoon South Korea | Abel Mendoza Mexico | Wei Chen-yang Chinese Taipei |
Stevens Barclais  France | |||
| Featherweight (−68 kg) | Behnam Asbaghi Iran | Kim Hun South Korea | Balla Dièye  Senegal |
José Antonio Rosillo  Spain | |||
| Lightweight (−74 kg) | Uriel Adriano Mexico | Albert Gaun  Russia | Kim Yoo-jin South Korea |
Saifeddine Trabelsi  Tunisia | |||
| Welterweight (−80 kg) | Tahir Güleç  Germany | René Lizárraga Mexico | Anton Kotkov Russia |
| Nicolás García Spain | |||
| Middleweight (−87 kg) | Rafael Alba  Cuba | Ma Zhaoyong  China | Yassine Trabelsi Tunisia |
Radik Isayev  Azerbaijan | |||
| Heavyweight (+87 kg) | Anthony Obame  Gabon | Sajjad Mardani Iran | Ivan Trajkovič  Slovenia |
| Robelis Despaigne Cuba |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−46 kg) | Kim So-hui South Korea | Anastasia Valueva Russia | Ren Dandan China |
| Fadia Farhani Tunisia | |||
| Flyweight (−49 kg) | Chanatip Sonkham Thailand | Dana Haidar  Jordan | Lucija Zaninović  Croatia |
| Yania Aguirre Cuba | |||
| Bantamweight (−53 kg) | Kim Yu-jin South Korea | Ana Zaninović Croatia | Yamisel Núñez Cuba |
| Floriane Liborio France | |||
| Featherweight (−57 kg) | Kim So-hee South Korea | Mayu Hamada  Japan | Anna-Lena Frömming Germany |
| Eva Calvo Spain | |||
| Lightweight (−62 kg) | Carmen Marton  Australia | Kim Hwi-lang South Korea | Rabia Gülec Germany |
Nina Kläy  Switzerland | |||
| Welterweight (−67 kg) | Haby Niaré France | Chuang Chia-chia Chinese Taipei | Farida Azizova Azerbaijan |
| Franka Anić Slovenia | |||
| Middleweight (−73 kg) | Glenhis Hernández Cuba | Lee In-jong South Korea | Jasmine Vokey  Canada |
Casandra Ikonen  Sweden | |||
| Heavyweight (+73 kg) | Olga Ivanova Russia | Briseida Acosta Mexico | Anne-Caroline Graffe France |
Ana Bajić  Serbia |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Cuba | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | Mexico | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Russia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Iran | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | France | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Thailand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gabon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | China | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Croatia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jordan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 18 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 20 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Senegal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Serbia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (26 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
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| Women
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A total of 812 athletes from 130 nations competed.
Albania (2)
Algeria (4)
Andorra (1)
Angola (4)
Argentina (10)
Armenia (5)
Aruba (2) Australia (13)
Austria (3) Azerbaijan (15)
Belarus (8)
Belgium (4)
Benin (1)
Bhutan (2)
Bolivia (2) Brazil (16)
Bulgaria (3)
Burkina Faso (1)
Cameroon (2) Canada (16)
Cape Verde (2)
Central African Republic (2)
Chad (5)
Chile (9) China (16) Chinese Taipei (16)
Colombia (16)
Congo DR (7)
Costa Rica (10) Croatia (10) Cuba (8)
Cyprus (11)
Czech Republic (1)
Denmark (1)
Dominican Republic (10)
Ecuador (2) Egypt (10)
El Salvador (3)
Finland (2) France (14)
French Polynesia (6) Gabon (13)
Gambia (2)
Georgia (2) Germany (13)
Ghana (5)
Great Britain (8)
Greece (16)
Guadeloupe (2)
Guatemala (3)
Guyana (1)
Honduras (8)
Hungary (3)
Iceland (1)
Indonesia (5) Iran (12)
Iraq (1)
Ireland (1)
Isle of Man (1)
Israel (7)
Italy (13)
Ivory Coast (15)
Jamaica (5) Japan (5) Jordan (9)
Kazakhstan (14)
Kenya (4)
Kuwait (7)
Kyrgyzstan (3)
Latvia (1)
Lebanon (4)
Lithuania (1)
Macau (8)
Malaysia (4)
Mali (4)
Martinique (2) Mexico (16)
Moldova (3)
Mongolia (6)
Montenegro (2)
Morocco (2)
Nepal (3)
Netherlands (6)
New Caledonia (1)
New Zealand (7)
Niger (2)
Nigeria (6)
Norway (4)
Panama (4)
Papua New Guinea (2)
Paraguay (2)
Peru (5)
Philippines (13)
Poland (6)
Portugal (3)
Puerto Rico (9)
Qatar (5) Russia (16)
Rwanda (7)
Saudi Arabia (4) Senegal (4) Serbia (13)
Singapore (3)
Slovakia (2) Slovenia (5)
Somalia (2)
South Africa (3) South Korea (16) Spain (16)
Suriname (2)
Swaziland (4) Sweden (4)
Switzerland (3)
Tajikistan (3) Thailand (9)
Tonga (2)
Trinidad and Tobago (6) Tunisia (7)
Turkey (16)
U. S. Virgin Islands (2)
Uganda (3)
Ukraine (10)
United Arab Emirates (1)
United States (16)
Uruguay (2)
Uzbekistan (7)
Vanuatu (2)
Venezuela (15)
Vietnam (10)
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