2015 World Taekwondo Championships

2015 World Taekwondo Championships
Venue	Traktor Ice Arena
Location	Chelyabinsk, Russia
Dates	12–18 May 2015
Competitors	872 from 139 nations
Champions
Men	Iran
Women	South Korea
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The 2015 World Taekwondo Championships were the 22nd edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Chelyabinsk, Russia from May 12 to May 18, 2015. ^[1] The decision to award the games to Russia was made in 2013 as they out-voted both Vietnam and Brazil. ^{[2] [3]}

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	4	0	1	5
2	Iran	3	0	2	5
3	Turkey	2	1	1	4
4	Uzbekistan	1	2	0	3
5	Chinese Taipei	1	1	1	3
	Great Britain	1	1	1	3
7	World Taekwondo Federation	1	1	0	2
8	Thailand	1	0	1	2
9	Azerbaijan	1	0	0	1
	Japan	1	0	0	1
11	Spain	0	3	1	4
12	Russia	0	2	5	7
13	China	0	2	1	3
14	France	0	1	0	1
	Ivory Coast	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
17	Brazil	0	0	2	2
	Croatia	0	0	2	2
	Cuba	0	0	2	2
	United States	0	0	2	2
21	Belarus	0	0	1	1
	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Gabon	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Mali	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1
	Moldova	0	0	1	1
	Serbia	0	0	1	1
Totals (30 entries)		16	16	32	64

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−54 kg) details	Kim Tae-hun   South Korea	Stanislav Denisov   Russia	Venilton Teixeira   Brazil
			Ramnarong Sawekwiharee   Thailand
Flyweight (−58 kg) details	Farzan Ashourzadeh   Iran	Si Mohamed Ketbi World Taekwondo Federation	Ruslan Poiseev   Russia
			Zhao Shuai   China
Bantamweight (−63 kg) details	Jaouad Achab World Taekwondo Federation	Joel González   Spain	Abolfazl Yaghoubi   Iran
			Saúl Gutiérrez   Mexico
Featherweight (−68 kg) details	Servet Tazegül   Turkey	Aleksey Denisenko   Russia	José Antonio Rosillo   Spain
			Shin Dong-yun   South Korea
Lightweight (−74 kg) details	Masoud Hajji-Zavareh   Iran	Nikita Rafalovich   Uzbekistan	Albert Gaun   Russia
			Ismaël Coulibaly   Mali
Welterweight (−80 kg) details	Mehdi Khodabakhshi   Iran	Damon Sansum   Great Britain	Aaron Cook   Moldova
			Tahir Güleç   Germany
Middleweight (−87 kg) details	Radik Isayev   Azerbaijan	Jasur Baykuziyev   Uzbekistan	Vladislav Larin   Russia
			Rafael Alba   Cuba
Heavyweight (+87 kg) details	Dmitriy Shokin   Uzbekistan	Firmin Zokou   Ivory Coast	Anthony Obame   Gabon
			Robelis Despaigne   Cuba

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−46 kg) details	Panipak Wongpattanakit   Thailand	Iryna Romoldanova   Ukraine	Lin Wan-ting   Chinese Taipei
			Iris Sing   Brazil
Flyweight (−49 kg) details	Ha Min-ah   South Korea	Wu Jingyu   China	Svetlana Igumenova   Russia
			Tijana Bogdanović   Serbia
Bantamweight (−53 kg) details	Lim Geum-byeol   South Korea	Huang Yun-wen   Chinese Taipei	Ana Zaninović   Croatia
			Andriana Asprogeraka   Greece
Featherweight (−57 kg) details	Mayu Hamada   Japan	Eva Calvo   Spain	Kimia Alizadeh   Iran
			Edina Kotsis   Hungary
Lightweight (−62 kg) details	İrem Yaman   Turkey	Marta Calvo   Spain	Viktoryia Belanouskaya   Belarus
			Rachelle Booth   Great Britain
Welterweight (−67 kg) details	Chuang Chia-chia   Chinese Taipei	Nur Tatar   Turkey	Paige McPherson   United States
			Katherine Dumar   Colombia
Middleweight (−73 kg) details	Oh Hye-ri   South Korea	Zheng Shuyin   China	Jackie Galloway   United States
			Iva Radoš   Croatia
Heavyweight (+73 kg) details	Bianca Walkden   Great Britain	Gwladys Épangue   France	Nafia Kuş   Turkey
			Olga Ivanova   Russia

Team ranking

Men Rank Team Points 1   Iran 65 2   Russia 50 3   Uzbekistan 43 4   South Korea 42 5   Spain 34 6 World Taekwondo Fed. 33 7   Turkey 33 8   Azerbaijan 30 9   Mexico 29 10   United States 26

Women Rank Team Points 1   South Korea 56 2   Chinese Taipei 41 3   Turkey 40 4   China 38 5   Great Britain 31 6   Russia 31 7   Spain 28 8   France 26 9   United States 26 10   Croatia 25

Participating nations

A total of 872 athletes from 139 nations competed. ^[4]

•   Afghanistan (10)
•   Albania (3)
•   Algeria (5)
•   Angola (2)
•   Argentina (5)
•   Armenia (5)
•   Aruba (1)
•   Australia (15)
•   Austria (2)
•   Azerbaijan (12)
•   Bangladesh (2)
•   Belarus (11)
•   Benin (2)
•   Botswana (5)
•   Brazil (16)
•   Bulgaria (6)
•   Cambodia (1)
•   Canada (16)
•   Cape Verde (3)
•   Central African Republic (3)
•   Chad (4)
•   Chile (11)
•   China (16)
•   Chinese Taipei (16)
•   Colombia (15)
• Congo DR (4)
•   Costa Rica (2)
•   Croatia (12)
•   Cuba (5)
•   Cyprus (13)
•   Czech Republic (3)
•   Denmark (2)
•   Dominican Republic (10)
• East Timor (3)
•   Ecuador (5)
•   Egypt (16)
•   Ethiopia (2)
•   Finland (6)
•   France (16)
•   French Polynesia (4)
•   Gabon (7)
•   Georgia (1)
•   Germany (13)
•   Ghana (5)
•   Great Britain (14)
•   Greece (15)
•   Guadeloupe (1)
•   Guatemala (4)
•   Guyana (2)
•   Haiti (1)
•   Honduras (4)
•   Hong Kong (2)
•   Hungary (6)
•   Iceland (3)
•   India (3)
•   Iran (13)
•   Iraq (3)
•   Ireland (5)
•   Israel (7)
•   Italy (10)
•   Ivory Coast (14)
•   Jamaica (4)
•   Japan (6)
•   Jordan (13)
•   Kazakhstan (16)
•   Kenya (5)
•   Kosovo (2)
•   Kyrgyzstan (4)
•   Laos (1)
•   Latvia (2)
•   Lesotho (3)
•   Liberia (2)
•   Libya (4)
•   Lithuania (3)
•   Macau (7)
• Macedonia (1)
•   Madagascar (5)
•   Malaysia (6)
•   Mali (8)
•   Malta (2)
•   Mexico (16)
•   Moldova (5)
•   Monaco (1)
•   Mongolia (5)
•   Montenegro (2)
•   Morocco (9)
•   Mozambique (2)
•   Netherlands (7)
•   New Zealand (2)
•   Niger (2)
•   Nigeria (5)
•   Norway (4)
•   Oman (3)
•   Pakistan (3)
•   Palestine (2)
•   Panama (2)
•   Peru (5)
•   Philippines (12)
•   Poland (11)
•   Portugal (6)
•   Puerto Rico (7)
•   Qatar (4)
•   Romania (2)
•   Russia (16)
•   Rwanda (6)
•   San Marino (2)
•   Saudi Arabia (3)
•   Senegal (5)
•   Serbia (13)
•   Seychelles (1)
•   Singapore (2)
•   Slovakia (2)
•   Slovenia (6)
•   Somalia (1)
•   South Africa (3)
•   South Korea (16)
•   Spain (16)
•   Sudan (11)
• Swaziland (6)
•   Sweden (8)
•   Switzerland (2)
•   Tajikistan (6)
•   Thailand (8)
•   Tonga (2)
•   Trinidad and Tobago (3)
•   Tunisia (6)
•   Turkey (16)
•   Turkmenistan (5)
• U. S. Virgin Islands (2)
•   Ukraine (16)
•   United Arab Emirates (2)
•   United States (16)
•   Uruguay (2)
•   Uzbekistan (7)
•   Venezuela (9)
•   Vietnam (9)
• World Taekwondo Federation (6) ^[a]
•   Yemen (2)
•   Zimbabwe (2)

• ^a Athletes from Belgium competed as World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) due to the suspension of the country's Taekwondo Federation. ^[5]

References

1. "2015 WTF WORLD TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIPS (Chelyabinsk, Russia / May 12-18, 2015)". www.worldtaekwondofederation.net. Archived from the original on 2015-03-15. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
2. "Russia to Host 2015 World Taekwondo Championships in Chelyabinsk City". www.worldtaekwondoferderation.net. Archived from the original on 2015-03-08. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
3. "List of All Athletes Ranking" (PDF). worldtaekwondo2015.com. Retrieved 18 May 2015.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. "Number of Entries by NOC" (PDF). worldtaekwondo2015.com. Retrieved 18 May 2015.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
5. "Belgian suspension from World Taekwondo Federation "nearly solved" reveals Choue". Inside the Games. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

• Results (Archived version)

External links

• Official website