1987 World Taekwondo Championships

1987 World Taekwondo Championships
Venue	Palau dels Esports
Location	Barcelona, Spain
Dates	7–11 October 1987
Champions
Men	South Korea
Women	South Korea

The 1987 World Taekwondo Championships were the 8th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Barcelona, Spain from October 7 to October 11, 1987, with 434 athletes participating from 62 countries.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−50 kg)	Lim Sung-wook  South Korea	Enrique Torroella  Mexico	Dae Sung Lee  United States
			Bidhan Lama  Nepal
Flyweight (−54 kg)	Kang Chang-mo  South Korea	Budi Setiawan  Indonesia	Geremia Di Costanzo  Italy
			Younousse Bathily  Ivory Coast
Bantamweight (−58 kg)	Yoo Myung-sik  South Korea	Şakir Bezci  Turkey	Nuno Dâmaso  Switzerland
			Alf Dell'orso  Australia
Featherweight (−64 kg)	Lee Chian-hsiang  Chinese Taipei	Luis Torner  Spain	Mustafa Elmalı  Turkey
			Chris Spence  United States
Lightweight (−70 kg)	Yang Dae-seung  South Korea	Jesús Tortosa  Spain	Steve Capener  United States
			Georg Streif  West Germany
Welterweight (−76 kg)	Jeong Kook-hyun  South Korea	Juan Wright  Spain	Thorsten Gernhardt  West Germany
			Jay Warwick  United States
Middleweight (−83 kg)	Lee Kye-haeng  South Korea	Francisco Jiménez  Spain	Herbert Perez  United States
			Ammar Fahed Sbeihi  Jordan
Heavyweight (+83 kg)	Michael Arndt  West Germany	Jimmy Kim  United States	Carmelo Medina  Spain
			Mounir Boukrouh  France

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−43 kg)	Jang Eu-suk  South Korea	Mónica Torres  Mexico	Rosa Moreno  Spain
			Chin Yu-fang  Chinese Taipei
Flyweight (−47 kg)	Pai Yun-yao  Chinese Taipei	Lee Young  South Korea	Ginean Hatter  United States
			Antonia Cayetano  Spain
Bantamweight (−51 kg)	Tennur Yerlisu  Turkey	Josefina López  Spain	Margarita Ogarrio  Mexico
			Tung Ya-ling  Chinese Taipei
Featherweight (−55 kg)	Kim So-young  South Korea	Kim Dotson  United States	Züleyha Tan  Turkey
			Anne-Mette Christensen  Denmark
Lightweight (−60 kg)	Lee Eun-young  South Korea	Hsien Feng-lien  Chinese Taipei	Brigitte Evanno  France
			Elena Navaz  Spain
Welterweight (−65 kg)	Coral Bistuer  Spain	Kim Ji-sook  South Korea	Tessa Gordon  Canada
			Tang Hui-ting  Chinese Taipei
Middleweight (−70 kg)	Mandy de Jongh  Netherlands	Wang Chin-yu  Chinese Taipei	Sharon Jewell  United States
			Angelika Biegger  West Germany
Heavyweight (+70 kg)	Lynnette Love  United States	Liu Yi-ling  Chinese Taipei	Jang Yoon-jung  South Korea
			Anne-Mieke Buijs  Netherlands

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	9	2	1	12
2	Chinese Taipei	2	3	3	8
3	Spain	1	5	4	10
4	United States	1	2	7	10
5	Turkey	1	1	2	4
6	West Germany	1	0	3	4
7	Netherlands	1	0	1	2
8	Mexico	0	2	1	3
9	Indonesia	0	1	0	1
10	France	0	0	2	2
11	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Ivory Coast	0	0	1	1
	Jordan	0	0	1	1
	Nepal	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		16	16	32	64

References

• WTF Medal Winners Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine