2019 World Taekwondo Grand Slam

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2019 World Taekwondo Grand Slam
VenueWuxi Taihu International Expo Center
LocationWuxi, China
Dates18–20 December
Competitors128
Total prize moneyUS$760,000
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The 2019 World Taekwondo Grand Slam is the 3rd edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Slam series taking place from 18 to 20 December in Wuxi, China.[1][2]

Qualifications and seeding position[edit]

Seed Result
No. 1 Seed China 2018 Grand Slam winner
No. 2 Seed United Kingdom 2019 World Championship winner (Heavier)
No. 3 Seed United Kingdom 2019 World Championship winner (Lighter)
No. 4 Seed China 2018 Grand Slam runner-up
No. 5 Seed United Kingdom 2019 Grand Prix Final winner
No. 6 Seed Bulgaria 2019 Grand Prix Series 3 winner
No. 7 Seed Japan 2019 Grand Prix Series 2 winner
No. 8 Seed Italy 2019 Grand Prix Series 1 winner
No. 9 Seed China 1st place athlete of Open Qualification Tournament II
No. 10 Seed China 1st place athlete of Open Qualification Tournament I
  • In case of one athlete occupying multiple seeding positions, the highest seeding position shall be assigned to the athlete, and vacant seeding positions shall be filled by other seeding athletes only
  • The highest Olympic ranking athletes of November, 2019 shall fill up the unoccupied position, but not for seeding.

Non Seeded Athletes are as follows:

  • 2nd place of 2019 Qualification Tournament II
  • 2nd place of 2019 Qualification Tournament I
  • 3rd place of 2019 Qualification Tournament II
  • 3rd place of 2019 Qualification Tournament I
  • Recommended athlete by WT Technical Committee
  • Recommended athlete by Host Country.

Events schedule[edit]

The competition was held from 18 December to 20 December.

Event Date Weight Division
Men Women
18 December -68 kg -67 kg
-80 kg
19 December +80 kg -49 kg
-57 kg
20 December -58 kg +67 kg

Medal summary[edit]

Men[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
58 kg  Bae Jun-seo (KOR)  Lee Min-yeong (KOR)  Liang Yushuai (CHN)
68 kg  Lee Dae-hoon (KOR)  Zhao Shuai (CHN)  Lin Wenye (CHN)
80 kg  Maksim Khramtsov (RUS)  Hwan Nam-goong (KOR)  Nikita Rafalovich (UZB)
+80 kg  In Kyo-don (KOR)  Mahama Cho (GBR)  Rafail Aiukaev (RUS)

Women[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
49 kg  Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA)  Wu Jingyu (CHN)  Zuo Ju (CHN)
57 kg  Zhou Lijun (CHN)  Jade Jones (GBR)  Luo Zongshi (CHN)
67 kg  Matea Jelić (CRO)  Doris Pole (CRO)  Guo Yunfei (CHN)
+67 kg  Lee Da-bin (KOR)  Bianca Walkden (GBR)  Zheng Shuyin (CHN)

Medal table[edit]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Korea (KOR)4206
2 China (CHN)1269
3 Croatia (CRO)1102
4 Russia (RUS)1012
5 Thailand (THA)1001
6 Great Britain (GBR)0303
7 Uzbekistan (UZB)0011
Totals (7 entries)88824

References[edit]

  1. ^ "RESULTS". World Taekwondo. Archived from the original on 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
  2. ^ "2019 World Taekwondo Grand Slam". allsportdb.com. Retrieved 2019-12-18.