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1993 World Taekwondo Championships

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1993 World Taekwondo Championships
VenueMadison Square Garden
LocationUnited States New York City, United States
Dates19–23 August 1993
Champions
Men South Korea
Women South Korea
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The 1993 World Taekwondo Championships were the 11th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in New York City, United States from August 19 to August 21, 1993, with 669 athletes participating from 83 countries.[1][2]

The success of the 1993 World Championships was a determining factor in the IOC's decision to grant full medal status to Taekwondo for the 2000 Summer Olympics.[3]

Medal summary

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Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Finweight
(−50 kg)
Jin Seung-tae
 South Korea
Gergely Salim
 Denmark
Carlos Ayala
 Mexico
Eamon Nolan
 Canada
Flyweight
(−54 kg)
Javier Argudo
 Spain
Alisson Yamagudi
 Brazil
Rubén Palafox
 Mexico
Hyon Lee
 United States
Bantamweight
(−58 kg)
Kim In-young
 South Korea
Sayed Najem
 Canada
Walter Dean Vargas
 Philippines
Wong Ching Beng
 Malaysia
Featherweight
(−64 kg)
Kim Byong-cheol
 South Korea
Milton Iwama
 Brazil
David Kang
 United States
Francisco Zas
 Spain
Lightweight
(−70 kg)
Park Se-jin
 South Korea
Victor Luke
 Canada
Mustafa Dağdelen
 Turkey
Aziz Acharki
 Germany
Welterweight
(−76 kg)
Lim Yong-ho
 South Korea
Liu Tsu-ien
 Chinese Taipei
Ahmed Zahran
 Egypt
Andreas Pilavakis
 Cyprus
Middleweight
(−83 kg)
Mickaël Meloul
 France
Víctor Estrada
 Mexico
Juan Wright
 Spain
Luis Noguera
 Venezuela
Heavyweight
(+83 kg)
Kim Je-kyoung
 South Korea
Ali Şahin
 Turkey
Emmanuel Oghenejobo
 Nigeria
Thierry Troudart
 France

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Finweight
(−43 kg)
Isabel Cruzado
 Spain
Rahmi Kurnia
 Indonesia
Vicki Slane
 United States
Gonca Güler
 Turkey
Flyweight
(−47 kg)
You Su-mi
 South Korea
Águeda Pérez
 Mexico
Inas Anis
 Egypt
Gülnur Yerlisu
 Turkey
Bantamweight
(−51 kg)
Tang Hui-wen
 Chinese Taipei
Elisabet Delgado
 Spain
Diane Murray
 United States
Won Sun-jin
 South Korea
Featherweight
(−55 kg)
Lee Seung-min
 South Korea
Nuray Deliktaş
 Turkey
Cathrin Vetter
 Germany
Sarah Maitimu
 Netherlands
Lightweight
(−60 kg)
María Jesús Santolaria
 Spain
Park Kyung-suk
 South Korea
Ineabelle Díaz
 Puerto Rico
Marina Agüero
 Argentina
Welterweight
(−65 kg)
Kim Mi-young
 South Korea
Morfou Drosidou
 Greece
Tsai Pei-shan
 Chinese Taipei
Carolina Benjarano
 Colombia
Middleweight
(−70 kg)
Park Eun-sun
 South Korea
Ekaterina Bassi
 Greece
Veera Liukkonen
 Finland
Hsu Ju-ya
 Chinese Taipei
Heavyweight
(+70 kg)
Jung Myoung-sook
 South Korea
Adriana Carmona
 Venezuela
Elisavet Mystakidou
 Greece
Anna Widehov
 Sweden

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Korea111113
2 Spain3126
3 Chinese Taipei1124
4 France1012
5 Turkey0235
6 Mexico0224
7 Canada0213
 Greece0213
9 Brazil0202
10 Venezuela0112
11 Denmark0101
 Indonesia0101
13 United States0044
14 Egypt0022
 Germany0022
16 Argentina0011
 Colombia0011
 Cyprus0011
 Finland0011
 Malaysia0011
 Netherlands0011
 Nigeria0011
 Philippines0011
 Puerto Rico0011
 Sweden0011
Totals (25 entries)16163264

References

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  1. ^ "SPORTS PEOPLE: MARTIAL ARTS; Garden to Host Event - New York Times". Nytimes.com. March 17, 1992. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  2. ^ "TAEKWONDO; The Garden Is Filled With Taikwondo - New York Times". Nytimes.com. August 20, 1993. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  3. ^ Zirogiannis, Marc (September 2016). "The Games That Changed The World". Tae Kwon Do Life Magazine (September 2016): 29. Retrieved September 4, 2016.[permanent dead link]