1985 World Taekwondo Championships

The 1985 World Taekwondo Championships were the 7th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Seoul, South Korea, from September 4 to September 8, 1985. There were a total of 63 participating nations and 280 contestants, all male. Women were not invited to compete in the world championships until 1987.

1985 World Taekwondo Championships
Venue	Jamsil Arena
Location	Seoul, South Korea
Dates	4–8 September 1985
Champions
Men	South Korea
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Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−50 kg)	Lee Sun-jang  South Korea	Dae Sung Lee  United States	Koidio Konan  Ivory Coast
			Abdullah Al-Najrani  Saudi Arabia
Flyweight (−54 kg)	Kim Young-sik  South Korea	Younousse Bathily  Ivory Coast	Geremia Di Costanzo  Italy
			Sang Hon Cha  United States
Bantamweight (−58 kg)	Yoo Myung-sik  South Korea	Gustavo Sanciprián  Mexico	Feisal Danesh  Iran
			Cengiz Yağız  Turkey
Featherweight (−64 kg)	Han Jae-koo  South Korea	Ahmet Ercan  Turkey	Lucio Cuozzo  Italy
			Iván Tejeda  Dominican Republic
Lightweight (−70 kg)	Park Bong-kwon  South Korea	Pietro Carrieri  Italy	Monsour del Rosario  Philippines
			Reuben Thijs  Netherlands
Welterweight (−76 kg)	Jeong Kook-hyun  South Korea	Metin Şahin  Turkey	Patrice Remarck  Ivory Coast
			Jay Warwick  United States
Middleweight (−83 kg)	Lee Dong-jun  South Korea	Hassan Zahedi  Iran	Amr Khairy  Egypt
			Douglas Crowper  United States
Heavyweight (+83 kg)	Henk Meijer  Netherlands	Kang Seung-woo  South Korea	Abdoulaye Cissé  Ivory Coast
			Moustafa El-Abrak  Egypt

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	7	1	0	8
2	Netherlands	1	0	1	2
3	Turkey	0	2	1	3
4	Ivory Coast	0	1	3	4
	United States	0	1	3	4
6	Italy	0	1	2	3
7	Iran	0	1	1	2
8	Mexico	0	1	0	1
9	Egypt	0	0	2	2
10	Dominican Republic	0	0	1	1
	Philippines	0	0	1	1
	Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		8	8	16	32

References

• WTF Medal Winners

External links

• WT Official Website