1975 World Taekwondo Championships

1975 World Taekwondo Championships
Venue	Kukkiwon and Jangchung Arena
Location	Seoul, South Korea
Dates	28–31 August 1975
Champions
Men	South Korea

The 1975 World Taekwondo Championships are the 2nd edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Seoul, South Korea from August 28 to August 31, 1975. A total of 165 athletes from 30 nations took part in the championships.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−48 kg)	Hwang Soo-yong South Korea	Jaime de Pablos Mexico	Liu Ching-wen Republic of China
			Hideshi Yamane Japan
Flyweight (−53 kg)	Han You-keun South Korea	Liu Chin-chien Republic of China	Jaime Martin Philippines
			Moritz Von Nacher Mexico
Bantamweight (−58 kg)	Son Tae-hwan South Korea	Ramiro Guzmán Mexico	Dennis Robinson United States
			Hubert Leuchter West Germany
Featherweight (−63 kg)	Lee Gyeo-sung South Korea	Wolfgang Dahmen West Germany	Martin Hall Australia
			Hossein Rabizadeh Iran
Lightweight (−68 kg)	Yoo Yong-hap South Korea	Michael Adey Australia	Wang Tieh-cheng Republic of China
			Emmanuel Paman Ivory Coast
Welterweight (−73 kg)	Hur Song South Korea	Liang Ping-hui Republic of China	A. F. Odut Uganda
			Théophile Dossou Ivory Coast
Middleweight (−80 kg)	Yang Young-kwon South Korea	Steve Pound Guam	Alejandro Chacón Costa Rica
			Chang Hsiang-hsing Republic of China
Heavyweight (+80 kg)	Choi Jeong-do South Korea	Meinolf Lüttecken West Germany	Lin Ying-peng Republic of China
			Carl Pluckham Australia

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	8	0	0	8
2	Republic of China	0	2	4	6
3	Mexico	0	2	1	3
	West Germany	0	2	1	3
5	Australia	0	1	2	3
6	Guam	0	1	0	1
7	Ivory Coast	0	0	2	2
8	Costa Rica	0	0	1	1
	Iran	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Philippines	0	0	1	1
	Uganda	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		8	8	16	32

References

• WTF Medal Winners Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• WT Official Website