Taekwondo World Championships 2003

The 16th Taekwondo World Championship 2003 took place from September 24th to 28th, 2003 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen . This was the second time that a world championship took place in Germany after 1979 in Stuttgart . A total of 16 competitions were held in different weight classes, eight each for men and women. With 107 participating nations and more than 1050 accredited athletes, the tournament set a new record.

From a German point of view, the World Cup was a sporting success. For the first time in 16 years, German athletes won three medals again. Organizationally, however, there was some harsh criticism. As a result of the bankruptcy of the marketing company founded especially for the tournament, many hoteliers were left with the costs of accommodating athletes and officials. The choice of a hall with a capacity of only 4000 spectators as the venue and the lack of advertising in the run-up to the World Cup were also points of criticism.

Results

Men

Weight class	gold	silver	bronze
- 54 kg	Choi Yeon-ho	Paul Green	Zahid Mammadov
			Roberto Cruz
- 58 kg	Chu Mu-yen	Behzad Khodadad	Ko Seok-hwa
			Tim Thackrey
- 62 kg	Huang Chih-hsiung	Omar Badia	Peter López
			Omid Gholamzadeh
- 67 kg	Kang Nam-won	Mark Lopez	Erdal Aylanc
			Niyamaddin Pashayev
- 72 kg	Kim Kyo-sik	Hadi Saei	Tuncay Çalışkan
			Rashad Ahmadov
- 78 kg	Steven Lopez	Mohamed Ebnoutalib	Rosendo Alonso
			Oh Seon-taek
- 84 kg	Youssef Karami	Mickael Borot	Bahri Tanrıkulu
			Tavakkul Bayramov
+ 84 kg	Morteza Rostami	Zakaria Asidah	Mici Kuzmanović
			Lin Wen-cheng

Women

Weight class	gold	silver	bronze
- 47 kg	Brigitte Yagüe	Wang Ying	Thucuc Pham
			Dalia Contreras
- 51 kg	Lee Ji-hye	Yanelis Labrada	Elisha Voren
			Yaowapa Boorapolchai
- 55 kg	Areti Athanasopoulou	Iridia Salazar	Sonia Reyes
			Lise Hjortshoj
- 59 kg	Ha Jeong-yeon	Taylor Stone	Veronique Saint-Jacques
			Sukkhon nootcharin
- 63 kg	Kim Yeon-ji	Karine Sergerie	Tina Morgan
			Yuliya Sukhavitskaya
- 67 kg	Lee Sun-hee	Sandra Šarić	Elisavet Mystakidou
			Liya Nurkina
- 72 kg	Luo Wei	Myriam Baverel	Mounia Bourguigue
			Aitziber Los Arcos
+ 72 kg	Youn Hyun-jung	Nataša Vezmar	Kiriaki Kouvari
			Chen Zhong

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	South Korea	8th	-	2	10
2	Iran	2	2	1	5
3	Chinese Taipei	2	-	1	3
4th	United States	1	2	3	6th
5	Spain	1	1	3	5
6th	People's Republic of China	1	1	1	3
7th	Greece	1	-	2	3
8th	Croatia	-	2	1	3
9	France	-	2	-	2
10	Germany	-	1	2	3
11	Canada	-	1	1	2
	Denmark	-	1	1	2
13	Cuba	-	1	-	1
	United Kingdom	-	1	-	1
	Mexico	-	1	-	1
16	Azerbaijan	-	-	4th	4th
17th	Thailand	-	-	2	2
18th	Australia	-	-	1	1
	Austria	-	-	1	1
	Belarus	-	-	1	1
	Kazakhstan	-	-	1	1
	Morocco	-	-	1	1
	Philippines	-	-	1	1
	Turkey	-	-	1	1
	Venezuela	-	-	1	1

source

• WTF results page (accessed November 16, 2010)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Open invoices for a World Cup"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Website of the Euro Taekwondo Union. Retrieved November 15, 2010.