Schedule
| Event | Date | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series 1 | August 4–6 |  Moscow, Russia | [3] |
| Series 2 | September 22–24 |  Rabat, Morocco | [4] |
| Series 3 | October 20–22 |  London, United Kingdom | [5] |
| Final | December 2–3 |  Abidjan, Ivory Coast | [6] |
The 2017 World Taekwondo Grand Prix was the 5th edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Prix series. [1] [2]
| Event | Date | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series 1 | August 4–6 | Moscow, Russia | [3] |
| Series 2 | September 22–24 | Rabat, Morocco | [4] |
| Series 3 | October 20–22 | London, United Kingdom | [5] |
| Final | December 2–3 | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | [6] |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow |  Kim Tae-hun (KOR) |  Ramnarong Sawekwiharee (THA) |  Mohammad Kazemi (IRI) |
 Jesús Tortosa (ESP) | |||
| Rabat | Kim Tae-hun (KOR) |  Carlos Navarro (MEX) | Jesús Tortosa (ESP) |
| Farzan Ashourzadeh (IRI) | |||
| London | Mikhail Artamonov (RUS) | Armin Hadipour (IRI) | Jesús Tortosa (ESP) |
| Tawin Hanprab (THA) | |||
| Abidjan | Kim Tae-hun (KOR) | Farzan Ashourzadeh (IRI) | Jesús Tortosa (ESP) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow | Lee Dae-hoon (KOR) | Aleksey Denisenko (RUS) |  Ahmad Abu-Ghaush (JOR) |
| Christian McNeish (GBR) | |||
| Rabat | Lee Dae-hoon (KOR) |  Huang Yu-jen (TPE) | Javier Pérez (ESP) |
| Saúl Gutiérrez (MEX) | |||
| London | Ahmad Abu-Ghaush (JOR) | Bradly Sinden (GBR) | Aleksey Denisenko (RUS) |
| Joel González (ESP) | |||
| Abidjan | Lee Dae-hoon (KOR) | Aleksey Denisenko (RUS) | Huang Yu-jen (TPE) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow | Anton Kotkov (RUS) |  Aaron Cook (MDA) | Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV) |
| Kim Hun (KOR) | |||
| Rabat | Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV) |  Seif Eissa (EGY) |  Milad Beigi (AZE) |
| René Lizárraga (MEX) | |||
| London | Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV) | Maksim Khramtsov (RUS) | Aaron Cook (MDA) |
| Raúl Martínez (ESP) | |||
| Abidjan | Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV) | Maksim Khramtsov (RUS) |  Nikita Rafalovich (UZB) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow | Roman Kuznetsov (RUS) | In Kyo-don (KOR) | Yury Kirichenko (RUS) |
 Vedran Golec (CRO) | |||
| Rabat | Mahama Cho (GBR) | Roman Kuznetsov (RUS) | In Kyo-don (KOR) |
 Ivan Trajkovič (SLO) | |||
| London | In Kyo-don (KOR) | Rafail Aiukaev (RUS) | Mahama Cho (GBR) |
| Sajjad Mardani (IRI) | |||
| Abidjan | Vladislav Larin (RUS) | In Kyo-don (KOR) |  Abdoul Razak Issoufou (NIG) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow | Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA) | Kim So-hui (KOR) |  Camila Rodríguez (COL) |
 Tijana Bogdanović (SRB) | |||
| Rabat | Kim So-hui (KOR) |  Trương Thị Kim Tuyến (VIE) | Sim Jae-young (KOR) |
 Rukiye Yıldırım (TUR) | |||
| London | Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA) | Tijana Bogdanović (SRB) |  Iris Sing (BRA) |
| Rukiye Yıldırım (TUR) | |||
| Abidjan | Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA) | Kim So-hui (KOR) | Trương Thị Kim Tuyến (VIE) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow | Lee Ah-reum (KOR) | Kim So-hee (KOR) |  Carolena Carstens (PAN) |
 Raheleh Asemani (BEL) | |||
| Rabat | Hatice Kübra İlgün (TUR) | Jade Jones (GBR) | Lee Ah-reum (KOR) |
| Marija Štetić (CRO) | |||
| London | Jade Jones (GBR) | Lee Ah-reum (KOR) | Tatiana Kudashova (RUS) |
 Patrycja Adamkiewicz (POL) | |||
| Abidjan | Jade Jones (GBR) | Marta Calvo (ESP) | Tatiana Kudashova (RUS) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow | Ruth Gbagbi (CIV) | Nur Tatar (TUR) | Oh Hye-ri (KOR) |
 Paige McPherson (USA) | |||
| Rabat | Nur Tatar (TUR) | Oh Hye-ri (KOR) | Ruth Gbagbi (CIV) |
| İrem Yaman (TUR) | |||
| London | Lauren Williams (GBR) | Ruth Gbagbi (CIV) | Paige McPherson (USA) |
| Matea Jelić (CRO) | |||
| Abidjan |  Guo Yunfei (CHN) | Oh Hye-ri (KOR) | Ruth Gbagbi (CIV) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow | Bianca Walkden (GBR) | Kim Bich-na (KOR) | Olga Ivanova (RUS) |
| Lee Da-bin (KOR) | |||
| Rabat | Bianca Walkden (GBR) | Milica Mandić (SRB) | An Sae-Bom (KOR) |
| Zheng Shuyin (CHN) | |||
| London | Bianca Walkden (GBR) | Aleksandra Kowalczuk (POL) | Lee Da-bin (KOR) |
| Briseida Acosta (MEX) | |||
| Abidjan | Bianca Walkden (GBR) | Lee Da-bin (KOR) | Zheng Shuyin (CHN) |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 9 | 10 | 8 | 27 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Thailand (THA) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Turkey (TUR) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Jordan (JOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 12 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 17 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Niger (NIG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Panama (PAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (27 entries) | 32 | 32 | 56 | 120 | |
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