2009 World Taekwondo Championships

2009 World Championships
Host city Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark
Dates October 14–18
Stadium Ballerup Super Arena
Champions
Men  South Korea
Women  China

The 2009 World Taekwondo Championships are the 19th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held at Ballerup Super Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark from October 14 to October 18, 2009.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Finweight
(−54 kg)
Choi Yeon-ho
 South Korea
Mahmood Haidari
 Afghanistan
Chutchawal Khawlaor
 Thailand
Meisam Bagheri
 Iran
Flyweight
(−58 kg)
Joel González
 Spain
Damián Villa
 Mexico
Sayed Hasan Rezai
 Afghanistan
Mauro Crismanich
 Argentina
Bantamweight
(−63 kg)
Yeom Hyo-seob
 South Korea
Reza Naderian
 Iran
Javier Marrón
 Spain
Cem Uluğnuyan
 Turkey
Featherweight
(−68 kg)
Mohammad Bagheri Motamed
 Iran
Idulio Islas
 Mexico
Servet Tazegül
 Turkey
Balla Dièye
 Senegal
Lightweight
(−74 kg)
Kim Joon-tae
 South Korea
Maxime Potvin
 Canada
Mark López
 United States
Mokdad Ounis
 Germany
Welterweight
(−80 kg)
Steven López
 United States
Nicolás García
 Spain
Sébastien Michaud
 Canada
Rashad Ahmadov
 Azerbaijan
Middleweight
(−87 kg)
Bahri Tanrıkulu
 Turkey
Carlo Molfetta
 Italy
Vanja Babić
 Serbia
Yousef Karami
 Iran
Heavyweight
(+87 kg)
Daba Modibo Keïta
 Mali
Nam Yun-bae
 South Korea
Hossein Tajik
 Iran
Arman Chilmanov
 Kazakhstan

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Finweight
(−46 kg)
Park Hyo-ji
 South Korea
Zoraida Santiago
 Puerto Rico
Buttree Puedpong
 Thailand
Yvette Yong
 Canada
Flyweight
(−49 kg)
Brigitte Yagüe
 Spain
Anna Soboleva
 Russia
Wu Jingyu
 China
Yasmina Aziez
 France
Bantamweight
(−53 kg)
Danielle Pelham
 United States
Sarita Phongsri
 Thailand
Kwon Eun-kyung
 South Korea
Euda Carias
 Guatemala
Featherweight
(−57 kg)
Hou Yuzhuo
 China
Veronica Calabrese
 Italy
Andrea Rica
 Spain
Tseng Pei-hua
 Chinese Taipei
Lightweight
(−62 kg)
Lim Su-jeong
 South Korea
Zhang Hua
 China
Estefanía Hernández
 Spain
Chonnapas Premwaew
 Thailand
Welterweight
(−67 kg)
Gwladys Épangue
 France
Taimí Castellanos
 Cuba
Sandra Šarić
 Croatia
Nikolina Kursar
 Norway
Middleweight
(−73 kg)
Han Yingying
 China
Lee In-jong
 South Korea
Furkan Asena Aydın
 Turkey
Anastasia Baryshnikova
 Russia
Heavyweight
(+73 kg)
Rosana Simón
 Spain
Liu Rui
 China
Jo Seol
 South Korea
Natália Falavigna
 Brazil

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 South Korea 5229
2 Spain 3137
3 China 2215
4 United States 2013
5 Iran 1135
6 Turkey 1034
7 France 1012
8 Mali 1001
9 Italy 0202
 Mexico 0202
11 Thailand 0134
12 Canada 0123
13 Afghanistan 0112
 Russia 0112
15 Cuba 0101
 Puerto Rico 0101
17 Argentina 0011
 Azerbaijan 0011
 Brazil 0011
 Chinese Taipei 0011
 Croatia 0011
 Germany 0011
 Guatemala 0011
 Kazakhstan 0011
 Norway 0011
 Senegal 0011
 Serbia 0011
Total 16 16 32 64

Team ranking

China grabbed the women's overall title, It marked the first time that Korea failed to retain the women's overall title in the history of the biennial World Taekwondo Championships.

Men

Rank Team Points
1  South Korea 63
2  Iran 55
3  Spain 42
4  Turkey 41
5  United States 41
6  Mexico 40
7  Canada 29
8  Afghanistan 28
9  Azerbaijan 25
10  Germany 24

Women

Rank Team Points
1  China 64
2  South Korea 54
3  Spain 50
4  France 38
5  United States 32
6  Chinese Taipei 30
7  Russia 28
8  Thailand 25
9  Canada 25
10  Turkey 24

Participating nations

928 athletes from 142 nations competed.

References

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