2017 World Taekwondo Grand Slam - Open Qualification Tournament

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2017 World Taekwondo Grand Slam - Open Qualification Tournament is an international G-1 taekwondo tournament which allows the first three athletes to compete on the 2017 World Taekwondo Grand Slam as 9th, 10th and 11th seeds on their respective weight category brackets. [1] [2] The tournament was held from 23-24 November in Wuxi, China.

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Medal summary

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
58 kg Jang Jun
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Ebrahim Safari
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Chen Xiaoyi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
68 kg Boris Krasnov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Abolfazl Yaghoubi
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Mirhashem Hosseini
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
80 kg Namgoong Hwan
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Richard Ordemann
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Yang Tsung-yeh
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
+80 kg Lee Seung-hwan
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Sun Hongyi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Vedran Golec
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
49 kg Ha Min-ah
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Kristina Tomić
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Nahid Kiani
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
57 kg Irem Yaman
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Lim Geum-byeol
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Zhou Lijun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
67 kg Guo Yunfei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Kim Jan-di
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Zhang Mengyu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
+67 kg Aleksandra Kowalczuk
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Zahra Pouresmaeil
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Li Chen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)4206
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1146
3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)1001
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)1001
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)1001
6Flag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI)0325
7Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)0112
8Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)0101
9Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)0011
Totals (9 entries)88824


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  2. "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 2018-08-12.