| 2007 World Taekwondo Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Venue | Changping Gymnasium |
| Location |  Beijing, China |
| Dates | 18–22 May 2007 |
| Champions | |
| Men |  South Korea |
| Women | South Korea |
The 2007 World Taekwondo Championships were the 18th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Beijing, China from May 18 to May 22, 2007. [1] [2]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−54 kg) | Choi Yeon-ho South Korea | Chutchawal Khawlaor  Thailand | Aslan Batykulov  Kazakhstan |
Rodolfo Osornio  Mexico | |||
| Flyweight (−58 kg) | Juan Antonio Ramos  Spain | Guillermo Pérez Mexico | Tamer Bayoumi  Egypt |
| Lee Sun-jae South Korea | |||
| Bantamweight (−62 kg) | Filip Grgić  Croatia | Nacha Punthong Thailand | Rafik Zohri  Netherlands |
Marcel Wenceslau  Brazil | |||
| Featherweight (−67 kg) | Gessler Viera  Cuba | Omid Gholamzadeh  Iran | Song Myeong-seob South Korea |
| Dennis Bekkers Netherlands | |||
| Lightweight (−72 kg) | Sung Yu-chi  Chinese Taipei | Nesar Ahmad Bahave  Afghanistan | Tommy Mollet Netherlands |
| Hadi Saei Iran | |||
| Welterweight (−78 kg) | Steven López  United States | Jang Chang-ha South Korea | Sébastien Michaud  Canada |
Balázs Tóth  Hungary | |||
| Middleweight (−84 kg) | Bahri Tanrıkulu  Turkey | Tavakkul Bayramov  Azerbaijan | Park Min-soo South Korea |
| Arman Chilmanov Kazakhstan | |||
| Heavyweight (+84 kg) | Daba Modibo Keïta  Mali | Morteza Rostami Iran | Nam Yun-bae South Korea |
Abdelkader Zrouri  Morocco |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−47 kg) | Wu Jingyu China | Yaowapa Boorapolchai Thailand | Yang Shu-chun Chinese Taipei |
| Charlotte Craig United States | |||
| Flyweight (−51 kg) | Brigitte Yagüe Spain | Ana Zaninović Croatia | Yajaira Peguero  Dominican Republic |
| Nazgul Tazhigulova Kazakhstan | |||
| Bantamweight (−55 kg) | Jung Jin-hee South Korea | Tseng Yi-hsuan Chinese Taipei | Yaimara Rosario Cuba |
| Andrea Rica Spain | |||
| Featherweight (−59 kg) | Lee Sung-hye South Korea | Hamide Bıkçın Turkey | Diana López United States |
| Watcharaporn Dongnoi Thailand | |||
| Lightweight (−63 kg) | Karine Sergerie Canada | Park Hye-mi South Korea | Mona Solheim  Norway |
| Nia Abdallah United States | |||
| Welterweight (−67 kg) | Hwang Kyung-seon South Korea | Gwladys Épangue  France | Helena Fromm  Germany |
| Sandra Šarić Croatia | |||
| Middleweight (−72 kg) | María Espinoza Mexico | Lee In-jong South Korea | Luo Wei China |
| Natália Falavigna Brazil | |||
| Heavyweight (+72 kg) | Chen Zhong China | Han Jin-sun South Korea | Tsui Fang-hsuan Chinese Taipei |
Daniela Castrignano  Italy |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | China | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Spain | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Croatia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 7 | Turkey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  United States | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Cuba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 | Mali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Thailand | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Iran | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 19 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Morocco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (26 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
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