| Taekwondo at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games | |
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| Venue | Baku Sports Hall |
| Location | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Dates | 16–18 May |
Taekwondo at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games was held in Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan from 16 May to 18 May 2017. [1]
| Taekwondo at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Venue | Baku Sports Hall |
| Location | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Dates | 16–18 May |
Taekwondo at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games was held in Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan from 16 May to 18 May 2017. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight −54 kg | Mehdi Eshaghi  Iran | Gashim Magomedov  Azerbaijan | Moustapha Kama  Senegal |
Deniz Dağdelen  Turkey | |||
| Flyweight −58 kg | Niyaz Pulatov  Uzbekistan | Omar Lakehal  Morocco | Hedi Neffati  Tunisia |
Hamad Al-Mabrouk  Saudi Arabia | |||
| Bantamweight −63 kg | Mehdi Yousefi Iran | Alimzhan Serikbayev  Kazakhstan | Mahammad Mammadov Azerbaijan |
Mohammad Assfour  Jordan | |||
| Featherweight −68 kg | Aykhan Taghizade Azerbaijan | Hossein Ehsani Iran | Saud Al-Muwallad Saudi Arabia |
Dinggo Ardian Prayogo  Indonesia | |||
| Lightweight −74 kg | Nikita Rafalovich Uzbekistan | Ahmad Khosrofar Iran | Anas Al-Adarbi Jordan |
Tosh van Dijk  Suriname | |||
| Welterweight −80 kg | Milad Beigi Azerbaijan | Yunus Sarı Turkey | Saleh Al-Sharabaty Jordan |
| Maksim Rafalovich Uzbekistan | |||
| Middleweight −87 kg | Ramin Azizov Azerbaijan | Ahmad Mohammadi Iran | Serdar Yüksel Turkey |
Seydou Gbané  Ivory Coast | |||
| Heavyweight +87 kg | Radik Isayev Azerbaijan | Dmitriy Shokin Uzbekistan | Hamza Kattan Jordan |
| Hossein Ghorbanzadeh Iran |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight −46 kg | Rukiye Yıldırım Turkey | Dhean Titania Fajrin Indonesia | Fadia Farhani Tunisia |
| Fatemeh Maddahi Iran | |||
| Flyweight −49 kg | Patimat Abakarova Azerbaijan | Ainur Yesbergenova Kazakhstan | Soudabeh Poursadeghi Iran |
| İpek Çidem Turkey | |||
| Bantamweight −53 kg | Nahid Kiani Iran | Zeliha Ağrıs Turkey | Rahma Ben Ali Tunisia |
| Mariska Halinda Indonesia | |||
| Featherweight −57 kg | Yaprak Eriş Azerbaijan | Dürdane Altunel Turkey | Nada Laaraj Morocco |
| Tayyebeh Parsa Iran | |||
| Lightweight −62 kg | İrem Yaman Turkey | Umida Abdullaeva Uzbekistan | Shahd Al-Tarman Jordan |
| Soukayna El-Aouni Morocco | |||
| Welterweight −67 kg | Nur Tatar Turkey | Farida Azizova Azerbaijan | Julyana Al-Sadeq Jordan |
| Nigora Tursunkulova Uzbekistan | |||
| Middleweight −73 kg | Sude Bulut Turkey | Melika Mirhosseini Iran | Waad Al-Tarman Jordan |
| Cansel Deniz Kazakhstan | |||
| Heavyweight +73 kg | Nafia Kuş Turkey | Akram Khodabandeh Iran | Aminata Traoré Ivory Coast |
| Svetlana Osipova Uzbekistan |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | Turkey (TUR) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Iran (IRI) | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 8 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 9 | Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 12 | Senegal (SEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Suriname (SUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (13 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
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