2005 World Taekwondo Championships

2005 World Championships
Host city	Madrid, Spain
Dates	April 13–17
Stadium	Palacio de Deportes
Champions
Men	South Korea
Women	South Korea

The 2005 World Taekwondo Championships were the 17th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Madrid, Spain from 13 to 17 April 2005.^[1]

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−54 kg)	Kim Jin-Hee South Korea (KOR)	Feizollah Nafjam Iran (IRI)	Gerardo Rodríguez Mexico (MEX)
			Seyfula Magmedov Russia (RUS)
Flyweight (−58 kg)	Ko Seok-Hwa South Korea (KOR)	Behzad Khodadad Iran (IRI)	Dinh Thanh Long Vietnam (VIE)
			Dech Sutthikunkarn Thailand (THA)
Bantamweight (−62 kg)	Kim Jae-Sik South Korea (KOR)	Márcio Wenceslau Brazil (BRA)	Kıvanç Dinçsalman Turkey (TUR)
			Ilan Goldschmidt Israel (ISR)
Featherweight (−67 kg)	Mark López United States (USA)	Song Myeong-Seob South Korea (KOR)	Aritz Itsisoa Spain (ESP)
			Dennis Bekkers Netherlands (NED)
Lightweight (−72 kg)	Hadi Saei Iran (IRI)	Alan Akoyev Russia (RUS)	Takahiro Niimi Japan (JPN)
			Carlos Vásquez Venezuela (VEN)
Welterweight (−78 kg)	Steven López United States (USA)	Ali Tajik Iran (IRI)	Rosendo Alonso Spain (ESP)
			Daniel Jukic Australia (AUS)
Middleweight (−84 kg)	Oh Seon-Taek South Korea (KOR)	Jon García Spain (ESP)	Yousef Karami Iran (IRI)
			Bruno Ntep France (FRA)
Heavyweight (+84 kg)	Rubén Montesinos Spain (ESP)	Abdelkader Zrouri Morocco (MAR)	Heo Jun-Nyung South Korea (KOR)
			Leonardo Basile Italy (ITA)

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−47 kg)	Belén Asensio Spain (ESP)	Yoo Eun-Young South Korea (KOR)	Sümeyye Gülec Germany (GER)
			Mandy Meloon United States (USA)
Flyweight (−51 kg)	Wang Ying China (CHN)	Brigitte Yagüe Spain (ESP)	Nevena Lukić Austria (AUT)
			Daynellis Montejo Cuba (CUB)
Bantamweight (−55 kg)	Kim Bo-Hye South Korea (KOR)	Zeynep Murat Turkey (TUR)	Orphée Ladouceur Canada (CAN)
			Eman Helmy Egypt (EGY)
Featherweight (−59 kg)	Diana López United States (USA)	Kim Sae-Rom South Korea (KOR)	Karine Sergerie Canada (CAN)
			Bineta Diedhiou Senegal (SEN)
Lightweight (−63 kg)	Edna Díaz Mexico (MEX)	Su Li-wen Chinese Taipei (TPE)	Chonnapas Premwaew Thailand (THA)
			Carmen Marton Australia (AUS)
Welterweight (−67 kg)	Hwang Kyung-Seon South Korea (KOR)	Gwladys Épangue France (FRA)	Ibone Lallana Spain (ESP)
			Sandra Šarić Croatia (CRO)
Middleweight (−72 kg)	Natália Falavigna Brazil (BRA)	Sarah Stevenson Great Britain (GBR)	Aitziber Los Arcos Spain (ESP)
			Jung Sun-Young South Korea (KOR)
Heavyweight (+72 kg)	Shin Kyung-Hyeon South Korea (KOR)	Ineabelle Díaz Puerto Rico (PUR)	Laurence Rase Belgium (BEL)
			Liu Rui China (CHN)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	7	3	2	12
2	United States	3	0	1	4
3	Spain	2	2	4	8
4	Iran	1	3	1	5
5	Brazil	1	1	0	2
6	China	1	0	1	2
	Mexico	1	0	1	2
8	France	0	1	1	2
	Russia	0	1	1	2
	Turkey	0	1	1	2
11	Chinese Taipei	0	1	0	1
	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
	Morocco	0	1	0	1
	Puerto Rico	0	1	0	1
15	Australia	0	0	2	2
	Canada	0	0	2	2
	Thailand	0	0	2	2
18	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Cuba	0	0	1	1
	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Israel	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
	Senegal	0	0	1	1
	Venezuela	0	0	1	1
	Vietnam	0	0	1	1
Total		16	16	32	64

Team ranking

South Korea won both men’s and women’s team titles at the 2005 WTF World Taekwondo Championships.^[2]

Men Rank Team 1  South Korea 2  Iran 3  Spain 4  United States 5  Russia

Women Rank Team 1  South Korea 2  Spain 3  China 4  United States 5  Mexico

References

• WTF Medal Winners

External links

• Official Website