2005 World Taekwondo Championships

2005 World Taekwondo Championships
Venue	Palacio de Deportes
Location	Madrid, Spain
Dates	13–17 April 2005
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	Feizollah Nafjam  Iran	Gerardo Rodríguez  Mexico
			Seyfula Magomedov  Russia
Flyweight (−58 kg)	Ko Seok-hwa  South Korea	Behzad Khodadad  Iran	Đinh Thanh Long  Vietnam
			Dech Sutthikunkarn  Thailand
Bantamweight (−62 kg)	Kim Jae-sik  South Korea	Márcio Wenceslau  Brazil	Kıvanç Dinçsalman  Turkey
			Ilan Goldschmidt  Israel
Featherweight (−67 kg)	Mark López  United States	Song Myeong-seob  South Korea	Aritz Itsisoa  Spain
			Dennis Bekkers  Netherlands
Lightweight (−72 kg)	Hadi Saei  Iran	Alan Akoev  Russia	Takahiro Niimi  Japan
			Carlos Vásquez  Venezuela
Welterweight (−78 kg)	Steven López  United States	Ali Tajik  Iran	Rosendo Alonso  Spain
			Daniel Jukic  Australia
Middleweight (−84 kg)	Oh Seon-taek  South Korea	Jon García  Spain	Yousef Karami  Iran
			Bruno Ntep  France
Heavyweight (+84 kg)	Rubén Montesinos  Spain	Abdelkader Zrouri  Morocco	Heo Jun-nyung  South Korea
			Leonardo Basile  Italy

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−47 kg)	Belén Asensio  Spain	Yoo Eun-young  South Korea	Sümeyye Güleç  Germany
			Mandy Meloon  United States
Flyweight (−51 kg)	Wang Ying  China	Brigitte Yagüe  Spain	Nevena Lukic  Austria
			Daynellis Montejo  Cuba
Bantamweight (−55 kg)	Kim Bo-hye  South Korea	Zeynep Murat  Turkey	Orphée Ladouceur  Canada
			Eman Helmy  Egypt
Featherweight (−59 kg)	Diana López  United States	Kim Sae-rom  South Korea	Karine Sergerie  Canada
			Bineta Diédhiou  Senegal
Lightweight (−63 kg)	Edna Díaz  Mexico	Su Li-wen  Chinese Taipei	Chonnapas Premwaew  Thailand
			Carmen Marton  Australia
Welterweight (−67 kg)	Hwang Kyung-seon  South Korea	Gwladys Épangue  France	Ibone Lallana  Spain
			Sandra Šarić  Croatia
Middleweight (−72 kg)	Natália Falavigna  Brazil	Sarah Stevenson  Great Britain	Aitziber Los Arcos  Spain
			Jung Sun-young  South Korea
Heavyweight (+72 kg)	Sin Kyung-hyen  South Korea	Ineabelle Díaz  Puerto Rico	Laurence Rase  Belgium
			Liu Rui  China

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
Totals (30 entries)		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

1. Innovative Programs Advance WTF Vision. koreatimes.co.kr (2009-03-20). Retrieved on 2011-05-12.
2. Korea Clinches Overall Men’s, Women’s Team Titlesea

• WTF Medal Winners

External links

• Official Website