| 2019 World Taekwondo Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Venue | Manchester Arena |
| Location |  Manchester, United Kingdom |
| Dates | 15–19 May 2019 |
| Champions | |
| Men |  South Korea |
| Women | South Korea |
The 2019 World Taekwondo Championships was the 24th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships and was held at the Manchester Arena, in Manchester, Great Britain from 15 to 19 May 2019. [1] This was the first time the UK has held the event.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−54 kg) | Bae Jun-seo South Korea | Georgy Popov  Russia | Paulo Melo  Brazil |
Armin Hadipour  Iran | |||
| Flyweight (−58 kg) | Jang Jun South Korea | Brandon Plaza  Mexico | Rui Bragança  Portugal |
Lucas Guzmán  Argentina | |||
| Bantamweight (−63 kg) | Zhao Shuai  China | Soroush Ahmadi Iran | Iordanis Konstantinidis  Germany |
Jaouad Achab  Belgium | |||
| Featherweight (−68 kg) | Bradly Sinden Great Britain | Javier Pérez  Spain | Lee Dae-hoon South Korea |
| Aleksey Denisenko Russia | |||
| Lightweight (−74 kg) | Simone Alessio  Italy | Ahmad Abughaush  Jordan | Daniel Quesada Spain |
Kairat Sarymsakov  Kazakhstan | |||
| Welterweight (−80 kg) | Milad Beigi  Azerbaijan | Apostolos Telikostoglou  Greece | Moisés Hernández  Dominican Republic |
| Park Woo-hyeok South Korea | |||
| Middleweight (−87 kg) | Vladislav Larin Russia | Ícaro Miguel Soares Brazil | Song Zhaoxiang China |
Ivan Šapina  Croatia | |||
| Heavyweight (+87 kg) | Rafael Alba  Cuba | Carlos Sansores Mexico | Maicon Andrade Brazil |
| Hamza Kattan Jordan |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−46 kg) | Sim Jae-young South Korea | Mahla Momenzadeh Iran | Tan Xueqin China |
Julanan Khantikulanon  Thailand | |||
| Flyweight (−49 kg) | Panipak Wongpattanakit Thailand | Wu Jingyu China | Rukiye Yıldırım  Turkey |
| Kristina Tomić Croatia | |||
| Bantamweight (−53 kg) | Phannapa Harnsujin Thailand | Tatiana Kudashova Russia | Aaliyah Powell Great Britain |
Inese Tarvida  Latvia | |||
| Featherweight (−57 kg) | Jade Jones Great Britain | Lee Ah-reum South Korea | Skylar Park  Canada |
| Zhou Lijun China | |||
| Lightweight (−62 kg) | İrem Yaman Turkey | Caroline Santos Brazil | Magda Wiet-Hénin  France |
| Bruna Vuletić Croatia | |||
| Welterweight (−67 kg) | Zhang Mengyu China | Nur Tatar Turkey | Milena Titoneli Brazil |
| Farida Azizova Azerbaijan | |||
| Middleweight (−73 kg) | Lee Da-bin South Korea | María Espinoza Mexico | Marie-Paule Blé France |
| Nafia Kuş Turkey | |||
| Heavyweight (+73 kg) | Bianca Walkden Great Britain | Zheng Shuyin China | Briseida Acosta Mexico |
| Doris Pole Croatia |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | China | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Thailand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Russia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Turkey | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Cuba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Mexico | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Brazil | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | Iran | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Jordan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Spain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 15 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 17 | France | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (25 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
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| Women
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A total of 782 athletes from 125 nations and the refugee team (under the name of World Taekwondo) participated.
Albania (4)
Andorra (2) Argentina (7)
Australia (11)
Austria (3) Azerbaijan (10)
Bahrain (2)
Bangladesh (3)
Barbados (1)
Belarus (7) Belgium (8)
Benin (2)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (3)
Botswana (1) Brazil (16)
Bulgaria (7)
Burkina Faso (1)
Cambodia (2) Canada (16)
Cape Verde (1)
Central African Republic (1)
Chile (6) China (16)
Chinese Taipei (16)
Colombia (14)
Costa Rica (6) Croatia (16) Cuba (6)
Cyprus (14)
Czech Republic (6)
Denmark (7)
Djibouti (1) Dominican Republic (5)
East Timor (2)
Ecuador (6)
Egypt (10)
Estonia (1)
Eswatini (1)
Finland (3) France (12)
French Guiana (4)
Gabon (2)
Georgia (1) Germany (13) Great Britain (15) Greece (16)
Guadeloupe (2)
Guatemala (1)
Guyana (3)
Haiti (1)
Hong Kong (11)
Hungary (2)
Iceland (3)
India (2)
Indonesia (4) Iran (12)
Iraq (1)
Ireland (2)
Israel (6) Italy (13)
Ivory Coast (7)
Jamaica (1)
Japan (8) Jordan (11) Kazakhstan (15)
Kiribati (1)
Kosovo (4)
Kuwait (5) Latvia (2)
Lebanon (10)
Lesotho (3)
Lithuania (4)
Luxembourg (1)
Macedonia (3)
Malawi (1)
Malaysia (2)
Malta (2) Mexico (15)
Moldova (5)
Mongolia (2)
Montenegro (2)
Morocco (15)
Mozambique (4)
Nepal (5)
Netherlands (4)
New Zealand (7)
Nicaragua (1)
Niger (5)
Nigeria (1)
Norway (5)
Oman (3)
Pakistan (5)
Palestine (1)
Peru (10)
Philippines (10)
Poland (9) Portugal (10)
Puerto Rico (12)
Qatar (2)
Romania (3) Russia (16)
Rwanda (3)
San Marino (3)
Saudi Arabia (6)
Senegal (6)
Serbia (14)
Slovakia (5)
Slovenia (4)
Somalia (2) South Korea (16) Spain (16)
Sri Lanka (2)
Sweden (9)
Switzerland (2)
Tajikistan (1) Thailand (8)
Trinidad and Tobago (4)
Tunisia (7) Turkey (16)
Ukraine (15)
United Arab Emirates (1)
United States (16)
Uruguay (2)
Uzbekistan (12)
Vietnam (6)
World Taekwondo (4)
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