Timeline
| Event | Date | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series 1 | August 14–16 |  Moscow, Russia | [1] |
| Series 2 | September 18–20 |  Samsun, Turkey | [2] |
| Series 3 | October 15–17 |  Manchester, United Kingdom | |
| Final | December 5–6 |  Mexico City, Mexico |
The 2015 World Taekwondo Grand Prix was the 3rd edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Prix series.
| Event | Date | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series 1 | August 14–16 | Moscow, Russia | [1] |
| Series 2 | September 18–20 | Samsun, Turkey | [2] |
| Series 3 | October 15–17 | Manchester, United Kingdom | |
| Final | December 5–6 | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow |  Farzan Ashourzadeh (IRI) | Carlos Navarro (MEX) |  Levent Tuncat (GER) |
 Kim Tae-hun (KOR) | |||
| Samsun |  Rui Bragança (POR) | Levent Tuncat (GER) |  Zhao Shuai (CHN) |
 Lucas Guzmán (ARG) | |||
| Manchester |  Nursultan Mamayev (KAZ) |  Jesús Tortosa (ESP) | Farzan Ashourzadeh (IRI) |
| Kim Tae-hun (KOR) | |||
| Mexico City | Kim Tae-hun (KOR) | Farzan Ashourzadeh (IRI) | César Rodríguez (MEX) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow | Kim Hun (KOR) | Lee Dae-hoon (KOR) | Abolfazl Yaghoubi (IRI) |
| Maksim Khramtsov (RUS) | |||
| Samsun | Aleksey Denisenko (RUS) | Saúl Gutiérrez (MEX) | Abolfazl Yaghoubi (IRI) |
| Lee Dae-hoon (KOR) | |||
| Manchester | Lee Dae-hoon (KOR) | Abolfazl Yaghoubi (IRI) | Servet Tazegül (TUR) |
| Kim Hun (KOR) | |||
| Mexico City | Lee Dae-hoon (KOR) | Saúl Gutiérrez (MEX) |  Jaouad Achab (BEL) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow |  Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV) |  Aaron Cook (MDA) |  Ismaël Coulibaly (MLI) |
 Steven López (USA) | |||
| Samsun | Mehdi Khodabakhshi (IRI) | Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV) | Masoud Hajji-Zavareh (IRI) |
 Roberto Botta (ITA) | |||
| Manchester |  Oussama Oueslati (TUN) | Lutalo Muhammad (GBR) | Mehdi Khodabakhshi (IRI) |
| Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV) | |||
| Mexico City | Lutalo Muhammad (GBR) | Aaron Cook (MDA) | Masoud Hajji-Zavareh (IRI) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow |  Dmitriy Shokin (UZB) | Vladislav Larin (RUS) | Jo Chol-ho (KOR) |
| Mahama Cho (GBR) | |||
| Samsun | Jo Chol-ho (KOR) | Sajjad Mardani (IRI) | Volker Wodzich (GER) |
| Dmitriy Shokin (UZB) | |||
| Manchester | Dmitriy Shokin (UZB) |  Rafael Alba (CUB) |  Arman-Marshall Silla (BLR) |
| Omid Amidi (IRI) | |||
| Mexico City | Sajjad Mardani (IRI) |  M'Bar N'Diaye (FRA) | Jasur Baykuziyev (UZB) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow | Kim So-hui (KOR) | Li Zhaoyi (CHN) | Rukiye Yıldırım (TUR) |
 Tijana Bogdanović (SRB) | |||
| Samsun | Wu Jingyu (CHN) |  Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA) | Svetlana Igumenova (RUS) |
| Yasmina Aziez (FRA) | |||
| Manchester | Wu Jingyu (CHN) | Chanatip Sonkham (THA) |  Patimat Abakarova (AZE) |
| Tijana Bogdanović (SRB) | |||
| Mexico City | Wu Jingyu (CHN) | Yasmina Aziez (FRA) | Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow | Kimia Alizadeh (IRI) | Jade Jones (GBR) |  Martina Zubčić (CRO) |
 Hedaya Malak (EGY) | |||
| Samsun | Jade Jones (GBR) |  Huang Yun-wen (TPE) | Rachelle Booth (GBR) |
 Nikita Glasnović (SWE) | |||
| Manchester | Jade Jones (GBR) | Eva Calvo (ESP) | Nikita Glasnović (SWE) |
 Mayu Hamada (JPN) | |||
| Mexico City | Hedaya Malak (EGY) | Eva Calvo (ESP) | Jade Jones (GBR) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow | Oh Hye-ri (KOR) |  Melissa Pagnotta (CAN) | Farida Azizova (AZE) |
| Seham El-Sawalhy (EGY) | |||
| Samsun | Anastasia Baryshnikova (RUS) | Zhang Hua (CHN) | İrem Yaman (TUR) |
| Nur Tatar (TUR) | |||
| Manchester | Haby Niaré (FRA) | Nur Tatar (TUR) | Oh Hye-ri (KOR) |
| Chuang Chia-chia (TPE) | |||
| Mexico City | Haby Niaré (FRA) | Nur Tatar (TUR) | Zhang Hua (CHN) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow | Nafia Kuş (TUR) | Li Donghua (CHN) | Bianca Walkden (GBR) |
| Gwladys Épangue (FRA) | |||
| Samsun | Jackie Galloway (USA) | Bianca Walkden (GBR) |  Petra Matijašević (MKD) |
| Iva Radoš (CRO) | |||
| Manchester | Zheng Shuyin (CHN) | Bianca Walkden (GBR) | Milica Mandić (SRB) |
| Nafia Kuş (TUR) | |||
| Mexico City | Zheng Shuyin (CHN) | María Espinoza (MEX) |  Reshmie Oogink (NED) |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Iran (IRI) | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 |  United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Portugal (POR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 23 | Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 24 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 27 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mali (MLI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| North Macedonia (MKD) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (34 entries) | 32 | 32 | 56 | 120 | |
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