Taekwondo at the 1987 Pan American Games

Taekwondo at the 1987 Pan American Games
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Taekwondo made its debut at the 1987 Pan American Games. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Medal table

  *   Host nation (United States)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States*	6	0	1	7
2	Venezuela	1	3	0	4
3	Mexico	1	1	1	3
4	Canada	0	2	1	3
5	Argentina	0	1	1	2
	U.S. Virgin Islands  (VIR)	0	1	1	2
7	Puerto Rico	0	0	4	4
8	Dominican Republic	0	0	2	2
	Ecuador	0	0	2	2
10	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Paraguay	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		8	8	16	32

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 kg details	Dae Sung Lee   United States	Arlindo Gouveia   Venezuela	Pascual Pacheco   Ecuador
			Julio Ramos   Argentina
54 kg details	Carlos Rivas   Venezuela	Ricardo Jallath   Mexico	Jerry Torres   Puerto Rico
			José Vidal   Colombia
58 kg details	Doug Lewis   United States	Raymond Mourad   Canada	Federico Gómez   Mexico
			Armando Rivera   Puerto Rico
64 kg details	Chris Spence   United States	Gerardo González   Venezuela	Eulogio Jara   Paraguay
			Edwin Pagan   Puerto Rico
70 kg details	Steve Carpenter   United States	Juan Rengifo   Venezuela	Eddy Olivera   Canada
			Cástulo Valdés   Dominican Republic
76 kg details	Ernesto Rodríguez   Mexico	Alfredo Vitaller   Argentina	Antonio González   Puerto Rico
			Jay Warwick   United States
83 kg details	Herbert Perez   United States	Ferrère Clerveaux   Canada	Raguelli Cuevas   Virgin Islands
			Fernando Jaramillo   Ecuador
+ 83 kg details	Jimmy Kim   United States	Robert Fellner   Virgin Islands	Gilberto Medeiros   Brazil
			Julio Vázquez   Dominican Republic

References

1. "Black Belt". February 1974. p.  5 . Retrieved 11 January 2015– via Internet Archive. taekwondo debuts at 10th pan am games.{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
2. "THE 1987 PAN AMERICAN GAMES : Notes : Patrick McEnroe Left Out of Event by Mistake". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
3. "THE 1987 PAN AMERICAN GAMES : Analysis : What the Pan Am Organizers Lacked: Time and a World View". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
4. "THE SEOUL OLYMPICS – The Games, From Archery to Yachting – Demonstration Sports – Taekwondo – NYTimes.com". The New York Times . 11 September 1988. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
5. "THE 10THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES – Big Event With Disney Touch – NYTimes.com". The New York Times . 2 August 1987. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
6. "Taekwondo Not For Timid". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 12 January 2015.