1983 World Taekwondo Championships

1983 World Championships
Host city Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark
Dates October 20–23
Stadium Brøndby Hallen
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 (KOR)
César Rodríguez
 Mexico (MEX)
Choi Chan-Ok
 West Germany (FRG)
Emilio Azofra
 Spain (ESP)
Flyweight
(−52 kg)
Ko Jeong-ho
 South Korea (KOR)
Turgut Uçan
 Turkey (TUR)
Javier Benito
 Spain (ESP)
Giuseppe Flotti
 Italy (ITA)
Bantamweight
(−56 kg)
Han Hong-sik
 South Korea (KOR)
Luis Torner
 Spain (ESP)
Nader Khodamoradi
 Iran (IRI)
Geremia Di Costanzo
 Italy (ITA)
Featherweight
(−60 kg)
Lee Jae-bong
 South Korea (KOR)
Thomas Fabula
 West Germany (FRG)
Ahmet Ercan
 Turkey (TUR)
Gustavo Sanciprián
 Mexico (MEX)
Lightweight
(−64 kg)
Han Jae-koo
 South Korea (KOR)
Ángel Navarrete
 Spain (ESP)
Michel Della Negra
 France (FRA)
Po-Nhu Ly
 Australia (AUS)
Welterweight
(−68 kg)
Yılmaz Helvacıoğlu
 Turkey (TUR)
Lindsay Lawrence
 Great Britain (GBR)
Choi Kwang-keun
 South Korea (KOR)
Harald Scharmann
 West Germany (FRG)
Light middleweight
(−73 kg)
Jeong Kook-hyun
 South Korea (KOR)
Hans Brugmans
 Netherlands (NED)
Patrice Remarck
 Ivory Coast (CIV)
Luigi D'Oriano
 Italy (ITA)
Middleweight
(−78 kg)
Lee Dong-jun
 South Korea (KOR)
Jersey Long
 Canada (CAN)
Charles Bayou
 Ivory Coast (CIV)
Jay Warwick
 United States (USA)
Light heavyweight
(−84 kg)
Ireno Fargas
 Spain (ESP)
Eugen Nefedow
 West Germany (FRG)
John Lee
 United States (USA)
Michael Knudsen
 Denmark (DEN)
Heavyweight
(+84 kg)
Jang Seong-hwa
 South Korea (KOR)
Dirk Jung
 West Germany (FRG)
Henk Meijer
 Netherlands (NED)
Francisco Fonseca
 Spain (ESP)

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  Denmark 0 0 1 1
 France 0 0 1 1
 Iran 0 0 1 1
Total 10 10 20 40

References

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