1977 World Taekwondo Championships

The 1977 World Taekwondo Championships are the 3rd edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Chicago, United States from September 15 to September 17, 1977. A total of 720 athletes and officials from 46 nations took part in the championships.

1977 World Taekwondo Championships
Venue	International Amphitheatre
Location	Chicago, United States
Dates	15–17 September 1977
Champions
Men	South Korea

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−48 kg)	Song Ki-yul South Korea	Jaime de Pablos Mexico	Sheu Jiom-shi Republic of China
			Turgay Ertuğrul West Germany
Flyweight (−53 kg)	Ha Suk-kwang South Korea	Jorge Ramírez Ecuador	Moritz Von Nacher Mexico
			Francisco García Spain
Bantamweight (−58 kg)	Kim Yong-ki South Korea	Hour Waei-shing Republic of China	Helmut Stoppe West Germany
			Reynaldo Salazar Mexico
Featherweight (−63 kg)	Park Chung-ho South Korea	Greg Fears United States	Peter Salm Netherlands
			Frédéric Kouassi Ivory Coast
Lightweight (−68 kg)	Hwang Ming-der Republic of China	Choi Jae-chun South Korea	Ernie Reyes United States
			Eduardo Merchán Spain
Welterweight (−73 kg)	Yoo Yong-hap South Korea	Théophile Dossou Ivory Coast	Manuel Jurado Mexico
			Rainer Müller West Germany
Middleweight (−80 kg)	Hur Song South Korea	James Kirby United States	Manuel Salcedo Spain
			Carlos Obregón Mexico
Heavyweight (+80 kg)	Ahn Jang-shik South Korea	Lin Ying-peng Republic of China	Dirk Jung West Germany
			John Holloway United States

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	7	1	0	8
2	Republic of China	1	2	1	4
3	United States	0	2	2	4
4	Mexico	0	1	4	5
5	Ivory Coast	0	1	1	2
6	Ecuador	0	1	0	1
7	West Germany	0	0	4	4
8	Spain	0	0	3	3
9	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		8	8	16	32

References

• WTF Medal Winners Archived 2012-06-05 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• WT Official Website