Taekwondo at the 1987 Pan American Games

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Taekwondo made its debut at the 1987 Pan American Games.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Medal table

Key

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	6	0	1	7
2	Venezuela	1	3	0	4
3	Mexico	1	1	1	3
4	Canada	0	2	1	3
5	U.S. Virgin Islands	0	1	1	2
6	Argentina	0	1	0	1
7	Puerto Rico	0	0	4	4
8	Colombia	0	0	2	2
	Ecuador	0	0	2	2
	Dominican Republic	0	0	2	2
11	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Paraguay	0	0	1	1
Total		8	8	16	32

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 kg	Dae Sung Lee United States (USA)	Arlindo Gouveia Venezuela (VEN)	Pascual Pacheco Ecuador (ECU)
			Julio Ramos Colombia (COL)
54 kg	Carlos Rivas Venezuela (VEN)	Ricardo Jallath Mexico (MEX)	Jerry Torres Puerto Rico (PUR)
			José Vidal Colombia (COL)
58 kg	Doug Lewis United States (USA)	Raymond Mourad Canada (CAN)	Federico Gómez Mexico (MEX)
			Armando Rivera Puerto Rico (PUR)
64 kg	Chris Spence United States (USA)	Gerardo González Venezuela (VEN)	Eulogio Jara Paraguay (PAR)
			Edwin Pagan Puerto Rico (PUR)
70 kg	Steve Carpenter United States (USA)	Juan Rengifo Venezuela (VEN)	Eddy Olivera Canada (CAN)
			Cástulo Valdés Dominican Republic (DOM)
76 kg	Ernesto Rodríguez Mexico (MEX)	Alfredo Vitaller Argentina (ARG)	Antonio González Puerto Rico (PUR)
			Jay Warwick United States (USA)
83 kg	Herbert Perez United States (USA)	Ferrère Clerveaux Canada (CAN)	Raguelli Cuevas U.S. Virgin Islands (VIR)
			Fernando Jaramillo Ecuador (ECU)
+ 83 kg	Jimmy Kim United States (USA)	Robert Fellner U.S. Virgin Islands (VIR)	Gilberto Madeiros Brazil (BRA)
			Julio Vázquez Dominican Republic (DOM)

References

1. "Black Belt". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
2. "THE 1987 PAN AMERICAN GAMES : Notes : Patrick McEnroe Left Out of Event by Mistake". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
3. "THE 1987 PAN AMERICAN GAMES : Analysis : What the Pan Am Organizers Lacked: Time and a World View". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
4. "THE SEOUL OLYMPICS – The Games, From Archery to Yachting – Demonstration Sports – Taekwondo – NYTimes.com". 11 September 1988. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
5. "THE 10THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES – Big Event With Disney Touch – NYTimes.com". 2 August 1987. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
6. "Taekwondo Not For Timid". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 12 January 2015.