| 2015 World Taekwondo Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Venue | Traktor Ice Arena |
| Location |  Chelyabinsk, Russia |
| Dates | 12–18 May 2015 |
| Champions | |
| Men |  Iran |
| Women |  South Korea |
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]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−54 kg) | Kim Tae-hun South Korea | Stanislav Denisov Russia | Venilton Teixeira  Brazil |
Ramnarong Sawekwiharee  Thailand | |||
| Flyweight (−58 kg) | Farzan Ashourzadeh Iran | Si Mohamed Ketbi  World Taekwondo Federation | Ruslan Poiseev Russia |
Zhao Shuai  China | |||
| Bantamweight (−63 kg) | Jaouad Achab World Taekwondo Federation | Joel González  Spain | Abolfazl Yaghoubi Iran |
Saúl Gutiérrez  Mexico | |||
| Featherweight (−68 kg) | Servet Tazegül  Turkey | Aleksey Denisenko Russia | José Antonio Rosillo Spain |
| Shin Dong-yun South Korea | |||
| Lightweight (−74 kg) | Masoud Hajji-Zavareh Iran | Nikita Rafalovich  Uzbekistan | Albert Gaun Russia |
Ismaël Coulibaly  Mali | |||
| Welterweight (−80 kg) | Mehdi Khodabakhshi Iran | Damon Sansum  Great Britain | Aaron Cook  Moldova |
Tahir Güleç  Germany | |||
| Middleweight (−87 kg) | Radik Isayev  Azerbaijan | Jasur Baykuziyev Uzbekistan | Vladislav Larin Russia |
Rafael Alba  Cuba | |||
| Heavyweight (+87 kg) | Dmitriy Shokin Uzbekistan | Firmin Zokou  Ivory Coast | Anthony Obame  Gabon |
| Robelis Despaigne Cuba |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−46 kg) | Panipak Wongpattanakit Thailand | Iryna Romoldanova  Ukraine | Lin Wan-ting  Chinese Taipei |
| Iris Sing Brazil | |||
| Flyweight (−49 kg) | Ha Min-ah South Korea | Wu Jingyu China | Svetlana Igumenova Russia |
Tijana Bogdanović  Serbia | |||
| Bantamweight (−53 kg) | Lim Geum-byeol South Korea | Huang Yun-wen Chinese Taipei | Ana Zaninović  Croatia |
Andriana Asprogeraka  Greece | |||
| Featherweight (−57 kg) | Mayu Hamada  Japan | Eva Calvo Spain | Kimia Alizadeh Iran |
Edina Kotsis  Hungary | |||
| Lightweight (−62 kg) | İrem Yaman Turkey | Marta Calvo Spain | Viktoryia Belanouskaya  Belarus |
| Rachelle Booth Great Britain | |||
| Welterweight (−67 kg) | Chuang Chia-chia Chinese Taipei | Nur Tatar Turkey | Paige McPherson  United States |
Katherine Dumar  Colombia | |||
| Middleweight (−73 kg) | Oh Hye-ri South Korea | Zheng Shuyin China | Jackie Galloway United States |
| Iva Radoš Croatia | |||
| Heavyweight (+73 kg) | Bianca Walkden Great Britain | Gwladys Épangue  France | Nafia Kuş Turkey |
| Olga Ivanova Russia |
| 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 | |
Men
| Women
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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)
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