1983 World Taekwondo Championships

1983 World Taekwondo Championships
Venue	Brøndbyhallen
Location	Copenhagen, Denmark
Dates	20–23 October 1983
Champions
Men	South Korea

The 1983 World Taekwondo Championships are the 6th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Copenhagen, Denmark from October 20 to October 23, 1983. A total of 353 athletes from 42 nations took part in the championships.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−48 kg)	Wang Kwang-yeon  South Korea	César Rodríguez  Mexico	Choi Chan-ok  West Germany
			Emilio Azofra  Spain
Flyweight (−52 kg)	Ko Jeong-ho  South Korea	Turgut Uçan  Turkey	Javier Benito  Spain
			Giuseppe Flotti  Italy
Bantamweight (−56 kg)	Han Hong-sik  South Korea	Luis Torner  Spain	Nader Khodamoradi  Iran
			Geremia Di Costanzo  Italy
Featherweight (−60 kg)	Lee Jae-bong  South Korea	Thomas Fabula  West Germany	Ahmet Ercan  Turkey
			Gustavo Sanciprián  Mexico
Lightweight (−64 kg)	Han Jae-koo  South Korea	Ángel Navarrete  Spain	Michel Della Negra  France
			Po-Nhu Ly  Australia
Welterweight (−68 kg)	Yılmaz Helvacıoğlu  Turkey	Lindsay Lawrence  Great Britain	Choi Kwang-keun  South Korea
			Harald Scharmann  West Germany
Light middleweight (−73 kg)	Jeong Kook-hyun  South Korea	Hans Brugmans  Netherlands	Patrice Remarck  Ivory Coast
			Luigi D'Oriano  Italy
Middleweight (−78 kg)	Lee Dong-jun  South Korea	Jersey Long  Canada	Charles Bayou  Ivory Coast
			Jay Warwick  United States
Light heavyweight (−84 kg)	Ireno Fargas  Spain	Eugen Nefedow  West Germany	John Lee  United States
			Michael Knudsen  Denmark
Heavyweight (+84 kg)	Jang Seong-hwa  South Korea	Dirk Jung  West Germany	Henk Meijer  Netherlands
			Francisco Fonseca  Spain

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	8	0	1	9
2	Spain	1	2	3	6
3	Turkey	1	1	1	3
4	West Germany	0	3	2	5
5	Mexico	0	1	1	2
	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
7	Canada	0	1	0	1
	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
9	Italy	0	0	3	3
10	Ivory Coast	0	0	2	2
	United States	0	0	2	2
12	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	France	0	0	1	1
	Iran	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		10	10	20	40

References

• WTF Medal Winners Archived 2012-06-08 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• WT Official Website