The 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Prix was the 6th edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Prix series. [1] [2] This was the first season where it was five Grand Prix events.
| Event | Date | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series 1 | June 1–3 |  Rome, Italy | [3] [4] |
| Series 2 | August 10–12 |  Moscow, Russia | [5] |
| Series 3 | September 19–21 |  Taoyuan, Taiwan | [6] |
| Series 4 | October 19–21 |  Manchester, Great Britain | [7] |
| Final | November 22–23 |  Fujairah, United Arab Emirates | [8] |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rome | Mikhail Artamonov (RUS) |  Carlos Navarro (MEX) |  Jack Woolley (IRL) |
 Kim Tae-hun (KOR) | |||
| Moscow | Jang Jun (KOR) |  Armin Hadipour (IRI) | Vito Dell'Aquila (ITA) |
| Andrei Kanaev (RUS) | |||
| Taoyuan | Kim Tae-hun (KOR) |  Jesús Tortosa (ESP) | Jang Jun (KOR) |
| Mikhail Artamonov (RUS) | |||
| Manchester | Armin Hadipour (IRI) | Kim Tae-hun (KOR) | Adrián Vicente (ESP) |
| Jesús Tortosa (ESP) | |||
| Fujairah | Jang Jun (KOR) | Jesús Tortosa (ESP) | Vito Dell'Aquila (ITA) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rome | Lee Dae-hoon (KOR) | Aleksey Denisenko (RUS) |  Huang Yu-jen (TPE) |
| Bradly Sinden (GBR) | |||
| Moscow | Aleksey Denisenko (RUS) | Bradly Sinden (GBR) |  Edival Pontes (BRA) |
| Abolfazl Yaghoubi (IRI) | |||
| Taoyuan | Lee Dae-hoon (KOR) | Mirhashem Hosseini (IRI) | Edival Pontes (BRA) |
| Huang Yu-jen (TPE) | |||
| Manchester | Lee Dae-hoon (KOR) | Mirhashem Hosseini (IRI) |  Si Mohamed Ketbi (BEL) |
| Bradly Sinden (GBR) | |||
| Fujairah | Lee Dae-hoon (KOR) | Kim Seok-bae (KOR) |  Lovre Brečić (CRO) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rome | Maksim Khramtsov (RUS) | Raúl Martínez (ESP) | Toni Kanaet (CRO) |
 Júlio Ferreira (POR) | |||
| Moscow | Maksim Khramtsov (RUS) |  Saleh Al-Sharabaty (JOR) | Toni Kanaet (CRO) |
 Nikita Rafalovich (UZB) | |||
| Taoyuan | Maksim Khramtsov (RUS) |  Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV) | Damon Sansum (GBR) |
 Seif Eissa (EGY) | |||
| Manchester | Raúl Martínez (ESP) | Damon Sansum (GBR) | Seif Eissa (EGY) |
| Nikita Rafalovich (UZB) | |||
| Fujairah |  Richard Ordemann (NOR) | Maksim Khramtsov (RUS) | Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rome | Vladislav Larin (RUS) | In Kyo-don (KOR) | Maicon Andrade (BRA) |
| Dmitriy Shokin (UZB) | |||
| Moscow | In Kyo-don (KOR) |  Ivan Trajkovič (SLO) |  Anthony Obame (GAB) |
| Oleg Kuznetsov (RUS) | |||
| Taoyuan | Vladislav Larin (RUS) | Anthony Obame (GAB) | Mahama Cho (GBR) |
 Sun Hongyi (CHN) | |||
| Manchester | Vladislav Larin (RUS) | In Kyo-don (KOR) | Sajjad Mardani (IRI) |
| Sun Hongyi (CHN) | |||
| Fujairah | Vladislav Larin (RUS) | In Kyo-don (KOR) | Sajjad Mardani (IRI) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rome | Kim So-hui (KOR) | Talisca Reis (BRA) | Sim Jae-young (KOR) |
 Zeliha Ağrıs (TUR) | |||
| Moscow | Kim So-hui (KOR) | Kristina Tomić (CRO) | Zeliha Ağrıs (TUR) |
| Sim Jae-young (KOR) | |||
| Taoyuan |  Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA) | Kim So-hui (KOR) | Kristina Tomić (CRO) |
| Rukiye Yıldırım (TUR) | |||
| Manchester | Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA) | Sim Jae-young (KOR) | Hung Yu-Ting (TPE) |
 Miyu Hamada (JPN) | |||
| Fujairah | Kim So-hui (KOR) | Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA) | Sim Jae-young (KOR) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rome | Jade Jones (GBR) | Marta Calvo (ESP) |  Skylar Park (CAN) |
| Tatiana Kudashova (RUS) | |||
| Moscow | İrem Yaman (TUR) | Bruna Vuletić (CRO) | Tatiana Kudashova (RUS) |
| Hatice Kübra İlgün (TUR) | |||
| Taoyuan | İrem Yaman (TUR) | Raheleh Asemani (BEL) |  Inese Tarvida (LAT) |
| Luo Zongshi (CHN) | |||
| Manchester | Jade Jones (GBR) | Zhou Lijun (CHN) | Skylar Park (CAN) |
| Raheleh Asemani (BEL) | |||
| Fujairah | Lee Ah-reum (KOR) | Nikita Glasnović (CRO) | Marta Calvo (ESP) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rome | Zhang Mengyu (CHN) |  Magda Wiet-Hénin (FRA) | Oh Hye-ri (KOR) |
| Lauren Williams (GBR) | |||
| Moscow | Matea Jelić (CRO) | Lauren Williams (GBR) | Oh Hye-ri (KOR) |
| Julyana Al-Sadeq (JOR) | |||
| Taoyuan |  Paige McPherson (USA) | Polina Khan (RUS) | Oh Hye-ri (KOR) |
| Kim Jan-di (KOR) | |||
| Manchester | Lauren Williams (GBR) | Matea Jelić (CRO) | Victoria Heredia (MEX) |
| Nur Tatar (TUR) | |||
| Fujairah | Nur Tatar (TUR) | Kim Jan-di (KOR) | Matea Jelić (CRO) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rome |  Aleksandra Kowalczuk (POL) |  Milica Mandić (SRB) | Bianca Walkden (GBR) |
| Lee Da-bin (KOR) | |||
| Moscow | Aleksandra Kowalczuk (POL) | Nafia Kuş (TUR) | Zheng Shuyin (CHN) |
| Milica Mandić (SRB) | |||
| Taoyuan | Lee Da-bin (KOR) | Bianca Walkden (GBR) | Nafia Kuş (TUR) |
| Zheng Shuyin (CHN) | |||
| Manchester | Zheng Shuyin (CHN) | Bianca Walkden (GBR) | María del Rosario Espinoza (MEX) |
| Gao Pan (CHN) | |||
| Fujairah | Zheng Shuyin (CHN) | Bianca Walkden (GBR) | Nafia Kuş (TUR) |
As of GP Final in Fujairah.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 13 | 8 | 10 | 31 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 9 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 5 | China (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | Thailand (THA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Iran (IRI) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 16 | Gabon (GAB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 20 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 24 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 27 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (30 entries) | 40 | 40 | 72 | 152 | |
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