2015 World Taekwondo Championships

The 2015 World Taekwondo Championships were the 22nd edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Chelyabinsk, Russia from May 12 to May 18, 2015. The decision to award the games to Russia was made in 2013 as they out-voted both Vietnam and Brazil.

2015 World Taekwondo Championships
Venue	Traktor Ice Arena
Location	Chelyabinsk, Russia
Dates	12–18 May 2015
Champions
Men	Iran
Women	South Korea

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−54 kg)	Kim Tae-hun South Korea	Stanislav Denisov Russia	Venilton Teixeira Brazil
			Ramnarong Sawekwiharee Thailand
Flyweight (−58 kg)	Farzan Ashourzadeh Iran	Si Mohamed Ketbi World Taekwondo Federation	Ruslan Poiseev Russia
			Zhao Shuai China
Bantamweight (−63 kg)	Jaouad Achab World Taekwondo Federation	Joel González Spain	Abolfazl Yaghoubi Iran
			Saúl Gutiérrez Mexico
Featherweight (−68 kg)	Servet Tazegül Turkey	Aleksey Denisenko Russia	José Antonio Rosillo Spain
			Shin Dong-yun South Korea
Lightweight (−74 kg)	Masoud Hajji-Zavareh Iran	Nikita Rafalovich Uzbekistan	Albert Gaun Russia
			Ismaël Coulibaly Mali
Welterweight (−80 kg)	Mehdi Khodabakhshi Iran	Damon Sansum Great Britain	Aaron Cook Moldova
			Tahir Güleç Germany
Middleweight (−87 kg)	Radik Isayev Azerbaijan	Jasur Baykuziyev Uzbekistan	Vladislav Larin Russia
			Rafael Alba Cuba
Heavyweight (+87 kg)	Dmitriy Shokin Uzbekistan	Firmin Zokou Ivory Coast	Anthony Obame Gabon
			Robelis Despaigne Cuba

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−46 kg)	Panipak Wongpattanakit Thailand	Iryna Romoldanova Ukraine	Lin Wan-ting Chinese Taipei
			Iris Sing Brazil
Flyweight (−49 kg)	Ha Min-ah South Korea	Wu Jingyu China	Svetlana Igumenova Russia
			Tijana Bogdanović Serbia
Bantamweight (−53 kg)	Lim Geum-byeol South Korea	Huang Yun-wen Chinese Taipei	Ana Zaninović Croatia
			Andriana Asprogeraka Greece
Featherweight (−57 kg)	Mayu Hamada Japan	Eva Calvo Spain	Kimia Alizadeh Iran
			Edina Kotsis Hungary
Lightweight (−62 kg)	İrem Yaman Turkey	Marta Calvo Spain	Viktoryia Belanouskaya Belarus
			Rachelle Booth Great Britain
Welterweight (−67 kg)	Chuang Chia-chia Chinese Taipei	Nur Tatar Turkey	Paige McPherson United States
			Katherine Dumar Colombia
Middleweight (−73 kg)	Oh Hye-ri South Korea	Zheng Shuyin China	Jackie Galloway United States
			Iva Radoš Croatia
Heavyweight (+73 kg)	Bianca Walkden Great Britain	Gwladys Épangue France	Nafia Kuş Turkey
			Olga Ivanova Russia

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	4	0	1	5
2	Iran	3	0	2	5
3	Turkey	2	1	1	4
4	Uzbekistan	1	2	0	3
5	Chinese Taipei	1	1	1	3
	Great Britain	1	1	1	3
7	World Taekwondo Federation	1	1	0	2
8	Thailand	1	0	1	2
9	Azerbaijan	1	0	0	1
	Japan	1	0	0	1
11	Spain	0	3	1	4
12	Russia	0	2	5	7
13	China	0	2	1	3
14	France	0	1	0	1
	Ivory Coast	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
17	Brazil	0	0	2	2
	Croatia	0	0	2	2
	Cuba	0	0	2	2
	United States	0	0	2	2
21	Belarus	0	0	1	1
	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Gabon	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Mali	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1
	Moldova	0	0	1	1
	Serbia	0	0	1	1
Totals (30 entries)		16	16	32	64

Team ranking

Men

Rank	Team	Points
1	Iran	65
2	Russia	50
3	Uzbekistan	43
4	South Korea	42
5	Spain	34
6	World Taekwondo Fed.	33
7	Turkey	33
8	Azerbaijan	30
9	Mexico	29
10	United States	26

Women

Rank	Team	Points
1	South Korea	56
2	Chinese Taipei	41
3	Turkey	40
4	China	38
5	Great Britain	31
6	Russia	31
7	Spain	28
8	France	26
9	United States	26
10	Croatia	25

Participating nations

A total of 872 athletes from 139 nations competed.

• Afghanistan (10)
• Albania (3)
• Algeria (5)
• Angola (2)
• Argentina (5)
• Armenia (5)
• Aruba (1)
• Australia (15)
• Austria (2)
• Azerbaijan (12)
• Bangladesh (2)
• Belarus (11)
• Benin (2)
• Botswana (5)
• Brazil (16)
• Bulgaria (6)
• Cambodia (1)
• Canada (16)
• Cape Verde (3)
• Central African Republic (3)
• Chad (4)
• Chile (11)
• China (16)
• Chinese Taipei (16)
• Colombia (15)
• Congo DR (4)
• Costa Rica (2)
• Croatia (12)
• Cuba (5)
• Cyprus (13)
• Czech Republic (3)
• Denmark (2)
• Dominican Republic (10)
• East Timor (3)
• Ecuador (5)
• Egypt (16)
• Ethiopia (2)
• Finland (6)
• France (16)
• French Polynesia (4)
• Gabon (7)
• Georgia (1)
• Germany (13)
• Ghana (5)
• Great Britain (14)
• Greece (15)
• Guadeloupe (1)
• Guatemala (4)
• Guyana (2)
• Haiti (1)
• Honduras (4)
• Hong Kong (2)
• Hungary (6)
• Iceland (3)
• India (3)
• Iran (13)
• Iraq (3)
• Ireland (5)
• Israel (7)
• Italy (10)
• Ivory Coast (14)
• Jamaica (4)
• Japan (6)
• Jordan (13)
• Kazakhstan (16)
• Kenya (5)
• Kosovo (2)
• Kyrgyzstan (4)
• Laos (1)
• Latvia (2)
• Lesotho (3)
• Liberia (2)
• Libya (4)
• Lithuania (3)
• Macau (7)
• Macedonia (1)
• Madagascar (5)
• Malaysia (6)
• Mali (8)
• Malta (2)
• Mexico (16)
• Moldova (5)
• Monaco (1)
• Mongolia (5)
• Montenegro (2)
• Morocco (9)
• Mozambique (2)
• Netherlands (7)
• New Zealand (2)
• Niger (2)
• Nigeria (5)
• Norway (4)
• Oman (3)
• Pakistan (3)
• Palestine (2)
• Panama (2)
• Peru (5)
• Philippines (12)
• Poland (11)
• Portugal (6)
• Puerto Rico (7)
• Qatar (4)
• Romania (2)
• Russia (16)
• Rwanda (6)
• San Marino (2)
• Saudi Arabia (3)
• Senegal (5)
• Serbia (13)
• Seychelles (1)
• Singapore (2)
• Slovakia (2)
• Slovenia (6)
• Somalia (1)
• South Africa (3)
• South Korea (16)
• Spain (16)
• Sudan (11)
• Swaziland (6)
• Sweden (8)
• Switzerland (2)
• Tajikistan (6)
• Thailand (8)
• Tonga (2)
• Trinidad and Tobago (3)
• Tunisia (6)
• Turkey (16)
• Turkmenistan (5)
• U. S. Virgin Islands (2)
• Ukraine (16)
• United Arab Emirates (2)
• United States (16)
• Uruguay (2)
• Uzbekistan (7)
• Venezuela (9)
• Vietnam (9)
• World Taekwondo Federation (6)
• Yemen (2)
• Zimbabwe (2)

• ^a Athletes from Belgium competed as World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) due to the suspension of the country's Taekwondo Federation.

References

• Results (Archived version)

External links

• Official website