1987 World Taekwondo Championships

1987 World Championships
Host city Barcelona, Spain
Dates October 7–11
Stadium Palau dels Esports
Champions
Men  South Korea
Women  South Korea

The 1987 World Taekwondo Championships were the 8th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Barcelona, Spain from October 7 to October 11, 1987 with 434 athletes participating from 62 countries.

Contents

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Finweight
(−50 kg)
 Lim Sung-Wook
South Korea (KOR)
 Enrique Torroella
Mexico (MEX)
 Dae Sung Lee
United States (USA)
 Bidhan Lama
Nepal (NEP)
Flyweight
(−54 kg)
 Kang Chang-Mo
South Korea (KOR)
 Budi Setiawan
Indonesia (INA)
 Geremia Di Costanzo
Italy (ITA)
 Younousse Bathily
Côte d'Ivoire (CIV)
Bantamweight
(−58 kg)
 Yoo Myung-Sik
South Korea (KOR)
 Şakir Bezci
Turkey (TUR)
 Nuno Dâmaso
Switzerland (SUI)
 Alf Dell'orso
Australia (AUS)
Featherweight
(−64 kg)
 Lee Chian-hsiang
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
 Luis Torner
Spain (ESP)
 Mustafa Elmalı
Turkey (TUR)
 Chris Spence
United States (USA)
Lightweight
(−70 kg)
 Yang Dae-Seung
South Korea (KOR)
 Jesús Tortosa
Spain (ESP)
 Steve Capener
United States (USA)
 Georg Streif
West Germany (FRG)
Welterweight
(−76 kg)
 Jeong Kook-Hyun
South Korea (KOR)
 Juan Wright
Spain (ESP)
 Thorsten Gernhardt
West Germany (FRG)
 Jay Warwick
United States (USA)
Middleweight
(−83 kg)
 Lee Kye-Haeng
South Korea (KOR)
 Francisco Jiménez
Spain (ESP)
 Herb Perez
United States (USA)
 Ammar Fahed
Jordan (JOR)
Heavyweight
(+83 kg)
 Michael Arndt
West Germany (FRG)
 Jimmy Kim
United States (USA)
 Carmelo Medina
Spain (ESP)
 Mounir Boukrouh
France (FRA)

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Finweight
(−43 kg)
 Jang Eu-Suk
South Korea (KOR)
 Mónica Torres
Mexico (MEX)
 Rosa Moreno
Spain (ESP)
 Chin Yu-fang
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
Flyweight
(−47 kg)
 Pai Yun-yao
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
 Lee Young
South Korea (KOR)
 Ginean Hatter
United States (USA)
 Antonia Cayetano
Spain (ESP)
Bantamweight
(−51 kg)
 Tennur Yerlisu
Turkey (TUR)
 Josefina López
Spain (ESP)
 Margarita Ogarrio
Mexico (MEX)
 Tong Ya-lin
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
Featherweight
(−55 kg)
 Kim So-Young
South Korea (KOR)
 Kim Dotson
United States (USA)
 Züleyha Tan
Turkey (TUR)
 Anne-Mette Christensen
Denmark (DEN)
Lightweight
(−60 kg)
 Lee Eun-Young
South Korea (KOR)
 Hsien Feng-lien
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
 Brigitte Evanno
France (FRA)
 Elena Navaz
Spain (ESP)
Welterweight
(−65 kg)
 Coral Bistuer
Spain (ESP)
 Kim Ji-Sook
South Korea (KOR)
 Tessa Gordon
Canada (CAN)
 Tang Hui-ting
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
Middleweight
(−70 kg)
 Mandy de Jongh
Netherlands (NED)
 Wang Chin-yu
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
 Sharon Jewell
United States (USA)
 Angelika Biegger
West Germany (FRG)
Heavyweight
(+70 kg)
 Lynnette Love
United States (USA)
 Liu Yi-ling
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
 Jang Yoon-Jung
South Korea (KOR)
 Anne-Mieke Buijs
Netherlands (NED)

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  South Korea 9 2 1 12
2  Chinese Taipei 2 3 3 8
3  Spain 1 5 4 10
4  United States 1 2 7 10
5  Turkey 1 1 2 4
6  West Germany 1 0 3 4
7  Netherlands 1 0 1 2
8  Mexico 0 2 1 3
9  Indonesia 0 1 0 1
10  France 0 0 2 2
11  Australia 0 0 1 1
 Canada 0 0 1 1
 Côte d'Ivoire 0 0 1 1
 Denmark 0 0 1 1
 Italy 0 0 1 1
 Jordan 0 0 1 1
 Nepal 0 0 1 1
 Switzerland 0 0 1 1
Total 16 16 32 64

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