World Taekwondo Championships

The 2021 edition originally scheduled to be held from 12 to 18 October 2021 in Wuxi (CHN) but postponed and relocated due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Editions

Edition	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1973 World Taekwondo Championships	Seoul	KOR	25 – 27 May 1973	2	8	3
1975 World Taekwondo Championships	Seoul	KOR	28 – 31 August 1975	8	32	13
1977 World Taekwondo Championships	Chicago	USA	15 – 17 September 1977	8	32	9
1979 World Taekwondo Championships	Stuttgart	GER	28 October 1979	10	40	10
1982 World Taekwondo Championships	Guayaquil	ECU	24 – 27 February 1982	10	40	13
1983 World Taekwondo Championships	København	DEN	20 – 23 October 1983	10	40	15
1985 World Taekwondo Championships	Seoul	KOR	4 – 8 September 1985	8	32	12
1987 World Taekwondo Championships	Barcelona	ESP	7 – 11 October 1987	16	64	18
1989 World Taekwondo Championships	Seoul	KOR	9 – 14 October 1989	16	64	20
1991 World Taekwondo Championships	Athina	GRE	28 October – 3 November 1991	16	64	20
1993 World Taekwondo Championships	New York City	USA	19 – 23 August 1993	16	64	25
1995 World Taekwondo Championships	Manila	PHI	17 – 21 November 1995	16	64	22
1997 World Taekwondo Championships	Hong Kong	HKG	19 – 23 November 1997	16	64	23
1999 World Taekwondo Championships	Edmonton	CAN	2 – 6 June 1999	16	64	23
2001 World Taekwondo Championships	Jeju City	KOR	1 – 7 November 2001	16	64	28
2003 World Taekwondo Championships	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	GER	24 – 28 September 2003	16	64	25
2005 World Taekwondo Championships	Madrid	ESP	13 – 17 April 2005	16	64	30
2007 World Taekwondo Championships	Beijing	CHN	18 – 22 May 2007	16	64	26
2009 World Taekwondo Championships	København	DEN	14 – 18 October 2009	16	64	27
2011 World Taekwondo Championships	Gyeongju	KOR	1 – 6 May 2011	16	64	24
2013 World Taekwondo Championships	Puebla	MEX	15 – 21 July 2013	16	63	26
2015 World Taekwondo Championships	Chelyabinsk	RUS	12 – 18 May 2015	16	64	30
2017 World Taekwondo Championships	Muju	KOR	24 – 30 June 2017	16	63	30
2019 World Taekwondo Championships	Manchester	GBR	15 – 19 May 2019	16	64	25
2022 World Taekwondo Championships	Guadalajara	MEX	13 – 20 November 2022	16	64	28
2023 World Taekwondo Championships	Bakı	AZE	29 May – 4 June 2023	16	64	25
2025 World Taekwondo Championships	Wuxi	CHN	24 – 30 October 2025	16	64	28

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	KOR	178	37	39	254
2	Spain	ESP	23	29	69	121
3	Turkey	TUR	21	24	38	83
4	Chinese Taipei	TPE	16	29	40	85
5	Iran	IRI	16	22	28	66
6	United States	USA	14	22	51	87
7	China	CHN	14	18	26	58
8	France	FRA	8	11	17	36
9	Great Britain	GBR	8	10	15	33
10	Mexico	MEX	7	32	37	76
11	Thailand	THA	7	9	16	32
12	Germany	GER	6	12	35	53
13	Croatia	CRO	5	6	22	33
14	Netherlands	NED	4	5	16	25
15	Cuba	CUB	4	3	8	15
16	Serbia	SRB	4	2	6	12
17	Azerbaijan	AZE	4	1	12	17
18	Russia	RUS	3	13	18	34
19	Brazil	BRA	3	10	14	27
20	Uzbekistan	UZB	3	8	7	18
21	Italy	ITA	3	6	16	25
22	Egypt	EGY	3	3	16	22
23	Belgium	BEL	3	1	3	7
=	Hungary	HUN	3	1	3	7
25	Denmark	DEN	2	6	3	11
26	Ivory Coast	CIV	2	4	12	18
27	Tunisia	TUN	2	0	5	7
28	Mali	MLI	2	0	2	4
29	Canada	CAN	1	11	14	26
30	Greece	GRE	1	5	11	17
31	Neutral Participant	NEU	1	4	7	12
32	Ecuador	ECU	1	2	1	4
33	Australia	AUS	1	1	19	21
34	Japan	JPN	1	1	6	8
35	Gabon	GAB	1	0	2	3
36	Niger	NIG	1	0	0	1
37	Philippines	PHI	0	5	6	11
38	Jordan	JOR	0	3	8	11
39	Morocco	MAR	0	3	7	10
40	Puerto Rico	PUR	0	2	3	5
41	Afghanistan	AFG	0	2	2	4
42	Chile	CHI	0	2	1	3
43	Indonesia	INA	0	2	0	2
44	Vietnam	VIE	0	1	5	6
45	Argentina	ARG	0	1	4	5
=	Saudi Arabia	KSA	0	1	4	5
=	Venezuela	VEN	0	1	4	5
48	Israel	ISR	0	1	1	2
=	Portugal	POR	0	1	1	2
=	Ukraine	UKR	0	1	1	2
51	Bahrain	BRN	0	1	0	1
=	Guam	GUM	0	1	0	1
53	Kazakhstan	KAZ	0	0	10	10
54	Sweden	SWE	0	0	7	7
55	Dominican Republic	DOM	0	0	6	6
56	Colombia	COL	0	0	5	5
57	Belarus	BLR	0	0	4	4
=	Norway	NOR	0	0	4	4
59	Austria	AUT	0	0	3	3
=	Senegal	SEN	0	0	3	3
=	Slovenia	SLO	0	0	3	3
=	Switzerland	SUI	0	0	3	3
63	Cyprus	CYP	0	0	2	2
=	Finland	FIN	0	0	2	2
=	Guatemala	GUA	0	0	2	2
=	Latvia	LAT	0	0	2	2
=	Malaysia	MAS	0	0	2	2
=	Nepal	NEP	0	0	2	2
=	Nigeria	NGR	0	0	2	2
=	Poland	POL	0	0	2	2
=	Republic of Moldova	MDA	0	0	2	2
=	Yugoslavia	YUG	0	0	2	2
73	Bulgaria	BUL	0	0	1	1
=	Costa Rica	CRC	0	0	1	1
=	Uganda	UGA	0	0	1	1