Taekwondo at the 1981 World Games
The World Games I taekwondo events in ten weight categories were held on July 29-31, 1981, at Toso Pavilion on the Santa Clara University campus. These were the first World Games, an international quadrennial multi-sport event, and were held in Santa Clara, California in the United States. The South Korean taekwondo athletes were favored to sweep the gold medals in all ten weight classes.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Medalists
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men | |||
Finweight | |||
Flyweight | |||
Bantamweight | |||
Featherweight | |||
Lightweight | |||
Welterweight | |||
Light Middleweight | |||
Middleweight | |||
Light Heavyweight | |||
Heavyweight |
Details
Finweight
First round – Cesar Moran, Mexico, bye; Ki-moon Kwong, Korea, d. Emilio Azofra, Spain; Reinhard Langer, W. Germany, d. Kenny Couch, Australia; Aldo Codazzo, Italy, d. Yong-ho Park, Canada; Dae Sung Lee, U.S., d. Ching-sha Wang, Chinese Taipei.
Second round – Kwong d. Moran.
Final – Ki-moon Kwong d. Reinhard Langer, W. Germany; Dae Sung Lee, U.S., d. Aldo Codazzo, Italy. Gold, Kwong. Silver, Lee. Bronze, Langer and Codazzo.
Flyweight
First round – Rund Wong Fat, Netherlands, bye; Fernando Celada, Mexico, d. Chen-Chia Su, Chinese Taipei; Franco Banito, Spain, d. Anarjit Dosanjh, Canada; Salin Abel, Argentina, bye; Dominic Maelionico, Italy, d. Turgay Ertugral, W. Germany; Young Joon Kim, U.S., d. Tae Kim, Australia; Ki-mo Yang, Korea, bye.
Second round – Maelionico d. Abel; Yang d. Kim.
Final – Ki-mo Yang, Korea, d. Maelionico, Italy; Franco Banito, Spain, d. Fernando Celada, Mexico. Gold, Yang. Silver, Benito. Bronze, Maelionico and Celada.
Bantamweight
First round – Chung Sik Choi, U.S., bye; Dicostanzo Germia, Italy, d. Tony Gibbs, Australia; Bum-soo Chung, Korea, d. Alphonse Kraidy, Ivory Coast; Jesus Benito, Spain, d. Ming Hui Chang, Chinese Taipei; Serge Langlois, Canada, bye; Rodca Miguel, Argentina, d. Jimmy de Fretes, Netherlands; Oscar Aguilar, Mexico, d. John Henry, Malaysia; Michael Pizybyla, W. Germany, bye.
Second round – Germia d. Choi; Chung d. Benito; Langlois d. Miguel; Aguilar d. Pizybyla.
Final – Bum-soo Chung, Korea d. Dicostanzo Germia, Italy; Oscar Aguilar, Mexico d. Serge Langlois, Canada; Gold, Chung; Silver, Aguilar; Bronze, Germia and Langlois.
Featherweight
Final – Jun-kul Lee, Korea d. Juan Mangoni, Argentina; Jorge Garcia, Spain d. Raffaele Marchione, Italy. Gold, Lee; Silver, Garcia; Bronze, Mangoni and Marchione.
Lightweight
Final – Yung-kuk Kim, Korea d. Kone Sowleymane, Ivory Coast; Alphonse Qahhaar, USA d. Luige Sienore, Italy. Gold, Kim; Silver, Qahhaar, USA; Bronze, Sowleymane and Sienore.
Welterweight
First round – Paul Rusca, Argentina, bye; Harald Scharmann, West Germany d. Chien-hsueh Wang, Chinese Taipei; Marcel Delph, Canada d. Wong Siow Pang, Malaysia; Ruben Rhijs, Netherlands d. Michael O'Malley, USA; Michael Eddy, Australia, bye; Jeong-kuk Kim, Korea d. Hali Bamba, Ivory Coast; Antonio Herande, Mexico d. Scipione Massari, Italy; Julio Mora, Ecuador, bye.
Second round – Rusca d. Scharmann; Rhijs d. Delph; Kim d. Eddy; Herande d. Mora.
Final – Rusca d. Rhijs; Kim d. Herande; Gold, Kim; Silver, Rusca; Bronze, Rhijs and Herande.
Light Middleweight
First round – Bruno Barberio, Italy, bye; Helmut Gartner, West Germany d. Livio Montiel, Argentina; Hans Brugmans, Netherlands d. Ming-te Huang, Chinese Taipei; Chui Hoe Kim, USA d. John Wong, Malaysia; Paul McDonald, Canada, bye; Patrice Remarck, Ivory Coast d. Manuel Jurando, Mexico; A. Garrido, Spain d. Geoffrey Rees, Australia; Il-nam Oh, Korea, bye.
Second round – Gartner d. Barberio; Kim d. Brugmans; Remarck d. McDonald; Oh d. Garrido.
Final – Kim d. Gartner; Oh d. Remarck; Gold, Oh; Silver, Kim; Bronze, Gartner and Remarck.
Middleweight
First round – Jersey Long, Canada, bye; Patrice Remarck, Ivory Coast, d. Javier Mayan, Mexico; Jugi D'Oriano, Italy, d. Juan Carlo Escolano, Spain; Earl Taylor, U.S., bye; Jose Sanchez, Argentina, bye; Doong-joon Lee, Korea, d. Chih Chao Wang, Chinese Taipei; Andreas Scheffler, W. Germany, knocked out Gerrard Von der Berg, Netherlands; Damian McConachy, Australia, bye.
Second round – Long d. Remarck; D'Oriano d. Taylor; Lee d. Sanchez; Scheffler d. McConachy.
Final – Long d. D'Oriano; Lee d. Scheduler; Gold, Lee; Silver, Long; Bronze, Scheffler and D'Oriano
Light heavyweight
First round – Cisse Abouaye, Ivory Coast, bye; Ireno Fargas, Spain, knocked out Ben Oude Luttikhuis, Netherlands; Jean Picard, Canada, d. Duvan Velez, Equador; Thomas Roth, Mexico, d. (?) Tom Federle, U.S.; Felix Solas, Argentina, bye; Hsin-nien Sun, China Taipei, d. Carriatorz Walter, Italy; Colin Handley, Australia, d. Eugen Nefedow, W. Germany; Chan Jung, Korea, bye.
Second round – Abouaye d. Fargas; Roth (?) d. Picard; Sun TKO over Solas; Jung d. Handley.
Final – Abouaye d. Federle; Chan d. Sun. Gold, Jung; Silver, Abouaye; Bronze, Federle and Sun
Heavyweight
First round – Miguel Esquivel, Mexico, bye; Michael Arndt, W. Germany, d. Puppo Ricardo, Argentina; Ching-man Park, Korea, d. Kim Royce, U.S.; Harry Prijs, Netherlands, d. Chung-Il Teng, Chinese Taipei; Darrell Hanegan, Canada, d. Keith Whittemore, Australia; Cvozzo Bruno, Italy, bye.
Second round – Esquivel d. Arndt; Hannegan knocked out Bruno, 2nd round.
Final – Darrell Hanegan, Canada, d. Park Chong Man, Korea. Gold, Hanegan. Silver, Man. Bronze, Harry Prijs, Netherlands, and Miguel Esquivel, Mexico.
References
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