2009 World Taekwondo Championships

2009 World Taekwondo Championships
Venue	Ballerup Super Arena
Location	Copenhagen, Denmark
Dates	14–18 October 2009
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.

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 Carías 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	5	2	2	9
2	Spain	3	1	3	7
3	China	2	2	1	5
4	United States	2	0	1	3
5	Iran	1	1	3	5
6	Turkey	1	0	3	4
7	France	1	0	1	2
8	Mali	1	0	0	1
9	Italy	0	2	0	2
	Mexico	0	2	0	2
11	Thailand	0	1	3	4
12	Canada	0	1	2	3
13	Afghanistan	0	1	1	2
	Russia	0	1	1	2
15	Cuba	0	1	0	1
	Puerto Rico	0	1	0	1
17	Argentina	0	0	1	1
	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Guatemala	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1
	Senegal	0	0	1	1
	Serbia	0	0	1	1
Totals (27 entries)		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

927 athletes from 142 nations competed.

• Afghanistan (7)
• Algeria (11)
• Andorra (2)
• Angola (2)
• Argentina (6)
• Armenia (4)
• Aruba (3)
• Australia (15)
• Austria (5)
• Azerbaijan (12)
• Bangladesh (2)
• Barbados (2)
• Belarus (7)
• Belgium (6)
• Belize (1)
• Benin (2)
• Bhutan (2)
• Bolivia (2)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (6)
• Brazil (16)
• Bulgaria (4)
• Burkina Faso (2)
• Cambodia (2)
• Cameroon (5)
• Canada (16)
• Cape Verde (2)
• Central African Republic (3)
• Chile (9)
• China (16)
• Chinese Taipei (16)
• Colombia (15)
• Congo DR (6)
• Costa Rica (4)
• Croatia (12)
• Cuba (10)
• Cyprus (14)
• Czech Republic (7)
• Denmark (13)
• Dominican Republic (13)
• Ecuador (5)
• Egypt (10)
• El Salvador (2)
• Ethiopia (3)
• Finland (3)
• France (16)
• Gabon (3)
• Gambia (1)
• Germany (12)
• Ghana (4)
• Great Britain (10)
• Greece (15)
• Grenada (2)
• Guatemala (5)
• Guinea (2)
• Guyana (3)
• Haiti (4)
• Honduras (8)
• Hungary (8)
• Iceland (3)
• India (8)
• Indonesia (2)
• Iran (13)
• Iraq (5)
• Ireland (5)
• Israel (8)
• Italy (13)
• Ivory Coast (12)
• Japan (5)
• Jordan (10)
• Kazakhstan (15)
• Kenya (11)
• Kuwait (6)
• Kyrgyzstan (2)
• Laos (3)
• Latvia (2)
• Lebanon (10)
• Lesotho (3)
• Liberia (1)
• Libya (7)
• Lithuania (4)
• Macau (2)
• Madagascar (2)
• Malaysia (4)
• Mali (7)
• Mauritius (1)
• Mexico (16)
• Monaco (2)
• Mongolia (2)
• Montenegro (1)
• Morocco (12)
• Myanmar (2)
• Nepal (3)
• Netherlands (6)
• Netherlands Antilles (3)
• New Zealand (9)
• Nicaragua (2)
• Nigeria (6)
• Norway (8)
• Pakistan (1)
• Palestine (5)
• Panama (2)
• Paraguay (2)
• Peru (3)
• Philippines (12)
• Poland (6)
• Portugal (3)
• Puerto Rico (14)
• Qatar (4)
• Romania (4)
• Russia (16)
• Samoa (3)
• Senegal (8)
• Serbia (12)
• Singapore (4)
• Slovakia (1)
• Slovenia (7)
• South Africa (3)
• South Korea (16)
• Spain (16)
• Sri Lanka (2)
• Sudan (1)
• Suriname (5)
• Sweden (13)
• Switzerland (3)
• Syria (2)
• Tajikistan (8)
• Thailand (8)
• Tonga (2)
• Trinidad and Tobago (5)
• Tunisia (3)
• Turkey (16)
• Uganda (2)
• Ukraine (16)
• United States (11)
• Uruguay (2)
• Uzbekistan (11)
• Vanuatu (2)
• Venezuela (16)
• Vietnam (15)
• Yemen (2)
• Zambia (2)
• Zimbabwe (3)

References

General

• Official Report

Specific

External links

• Official website
• TKD club participated