1975 World Taekwondo Championships

1975 World Championships
Host city	Seoul, South Korea
Dates	August 28–31
Stadium	Kukkiwon and Jangchung Arena
Champions
Men	South Korea

The 1975 World Taekwondo Championships are the 2nd edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Seoul, South Korea from August 28 to August 31, 1975. A total of 165 athletes from 30 nations took part in the championships.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−48 kg)	Hwang Soo-yong  South Korea	Jaime de Pablos  Mexico	Liu Ching-wen  Republic of China
			Hideshi Yamane  Japan
Flyweight (−53 kg)	Han You-keun  South Korea	Liu Chin-chien  Republic of China	Jaime Martin  Philippines
			Moritz Von Nacher  Mexico
Bantamweight (−58 kg)	Son Tae-hwan  South Korea	Ramiro Guzmán  Mexico	Dennis Robinson  United States
			Hubert Leuchter  West Germany
Featherweight (−63 kg)	Lee Gyeo-sung  South Korea	Wolfgang Dahmen  West Germany	Martin Hall  Australia
			Hossein Rabizadeh  Iran
Lightweight (−68 kg)	Yoo Yong-hap  South Korea	Michael Adey  Australia	Wang Tieh-cheng  Republic of China
			Emmanuel Paman  Ivory Coast
Welterweight (−73 kg)	Hur Song  South Korea	Liang Ping-hui  Republic of China	A. F. Odut  Uganda
			Théophile Dossou  Ivory Coast
Middleweight (−80 kg)	Yang Young-kwon  South Korea	Steve Pound  Guam	Alejandro Chacón  Costa Rica
			Chang Hsiang-hsing  Republic of China
Heavyweight (+80 kg)	Choi Jeong-do  South Korea	Meinolf Lüttecken  West Germany	Lin Ying-peng  Republic of China
			Carl Pluckham  Australia

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	8	0	0	8
2	Republic of China	0	2	4	6
3	Mexico	0	2	1	3
	West Germany	0	2	1	3
5	Australia	0	1	2	3
6	Guam	0	1	0	1
7	Ivory Coast	0	0	2	2
8	Costa Rica	0	0	1	1
	Iran	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Philippines	0	0	1	1
	Uganda	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Total		8	8	16	32

References

• WTF Medal Winners