The 20th Taekwondo World Championship was held from May 1 to May 6, 2011 in Gyeongju . As part of this championship, 16 sets of awards were won. The competition was attended by athletes from 142 countries.
According to the results of the championship, the national team of the Republic of Korea became the owner of the first place in the medal team standings. Athletes of this country have won 3 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze medals. In the men's team event, for the first time in the history of world championships, Korean athletes could not rise to the first line of the standings, losing 7 points to Iranian athletes. In the women's standings, Korean athletes were ahead of Chinese Taekwondo women by 3 points and again became first place winners.
Medals
Overall classification
( Bold indicates the largest number of medals in its category; the host country is also highlighted)
| Total number of medals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| one | The Republic of Korea | 3 | four | 3 | ten |
| 2 | Iran | 3 | one | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | China | 2 | 2 | 0 | four |
| four | Thailand | 2 | one | one | four |
| five | France | 2 | 0 | one | 3 |
| 6 | Great Britain | one | 2 | one | four |
| 7 | Turkey | one | one | four | 6 |
| eight | Croatia | one | one | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Spain | one | 0 | 3 | four |
| ten | Morocco | 0 | one | 2 | 3 |
| eleven | Chinese taipei | 0 | one | one | 2 |
| 12 | Portugal | 0 | one | 0 | one |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | one | 0 | one | |
| 14 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 3 | one |
| 15 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| sixteen | Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | one | one |
| Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | one | one | |
| Vietnam | 0 | 0 | one | one | |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | one | one | |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | one | one | |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | one | one | |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0 | one | one | |
| Mali | 0 | 0 | one | one | |
| Serbia | 0 | 0 | one | one | |
| Total | sixteen | sixteen | 32 | 64 | |
Medalists
Men
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Up to 54 kg see details | Chautawal Khawlaor Thailand | Park Chi Un The Republic of Korea | Seyfulla Magomedov Russia |
| Meisam Bagheri Iran | |||
| Up to 58 kg see details | Joel Gonzalez Spain | Rui of Braganza Portugal | Wei Zhenyang Chinese taipei |
| Gabriel Mercedes Dominican Republic | |||
| Up to 63 kg see details | Lee Dae Hong The Republic of Korea | Michael Harvey Great Britain | Nachha Punthong Thailand |
| Le Huen Tyau Vietnam | |||
| Up to 68 kg see details | Servet Tazegul Turkey | Mohammad Bagheri Iran | Rohulla Nikpay Afghanistan |
| Martin Stamper Great Britain | |||
| Up to 74 kg see details | Alireza Azadani Iran | Pativat Thongsalap Thailand | Ismael Coulibaly Mali |
| Rydvan Baygut Turkey | |||
| Up to 80 kg see details | Farzad Abdollahi Iran | Yunus Sari Turkey | Issam Chernubi Morocco |
| Ramin Azizov Azerbaijan | |||
| Up to 87 kg see details | Yousef Karami Iran | Cha Dong Min The Republic of Korea | Hon garcia Spain |
| Carlo Molfetta Italy | |||
| Over 87 kg see details | Cho Chol Ho The Republic of Korea | Akmal Ergashev Uzbekistan | Kurosh Rajoli Iran |
| Andreas Stilanu Cyprus |
Women
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Up to 46 kg see details | Kim So Hee The Republic of Korea | Li Zhaoyu China | Hands Yildirim Turkey |
| SΓΌmeye Manz Germany | |||
| Up to 49 kg see details | Wu Jingyu China | Yang Shuzhun Chinese taipei | Brigitte Yague Spain |
| Sanaa Atabru Morocco | |||
| Up to 53 kg see details | Ana Zaninovich Croatia | Lamia Beccali Morocco | Lee Hye Young The Republic of Korea |
| Hatice Kubra Yangyn Turkey | |||
| Up to 57 kg see details | Hou yuzhou China | Jade jones Great Britain | Marlene Arnoy France |
| Lim Soo Jeong The Republic of Korea | |||
| Up to 62 kg see details | Rangsia Nisays Thailand | Marina Sumich Croatia | Karin Sergeri Canada |
| Durdan Altunel Turkey | |||
| Up to 67 kg see details | Sarah Stevenson Great Britain | Guo Yunfei China | Hwang Kyung Song The Republic of Korea |
| Helena Fromm Germany | |||
| Up to 73 kg see details | Gwladis Epang France | Oh Hye Ri The Republic of Korea | Militsa Mandic Serbia |
| Anastasia Baryshnikova Russia | |||
| Over 73 kg see details | Ann Carolyn Graffe France | Ahn Se Bom The Republic of Korea | Rosana Simon Spain |
| Olga Ivanova Russia |
Team Event
Men
| Women
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