Taekwondo at the 1987 Pan American Games

Taekwondo made its debut at the 1987 Pan American Games.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

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Medal table

  *   Host nation (United States)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States*	6	0	1	7
2	Venezuela	1	3	0	4
3	Mexico	1	1	1	3
4	Canada	0	2	1	3
5	U.S. Virgin Islands (VIR)	0	1	1	2
6	Argentina	0	1	0	1
7	Puerto Rico	0	0	4	4
8	Colombia	0	0	2	2
	Dominican Republic	0	0	2	2
	Ecuador	0	0	2	2
11	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Paraguay	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		8	8	16	32

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 kg	Dae Sung Lee  United States	Arlindo Gouveia  Venezuela	Pascual Pacheco  Ecuador
			Julio Ramos  Colombia
54 kg	Carlos Rivas  Venezuela	Ricardo Jallath  Mexico	Jerry Torres  Puerto Rico
			José Vidal  Colombia
58 kg	Doug Lewis  United States	Raymond Mourad  Canada	Federico Gómez  Mexico
			Armando Rivera  Puerto Rico
64 kg	Chris Spence  United States	Gerardo González  Venezuela	Eulogio Jara  Paraguay
			Edwin Pagan  Puerto Rico
70 kg	Steve Carpenter  United States	Juan Rengifo  Venezuela	Eddy Olivera  Canada
			Cástulo Valdés  Dominican Republic
76 kg	Ernesto Rodríguez  Mexico	Alfredo Vitaller  Argentina	Antonio González  Puerto Rico
			Jay Warwick  United States
83 kg	Herbert Perez  United States	Ferrère Clerveaux  Canada	Raguelli Cuevas  Virgin Islands
			Fernando Jaramillo  Ecuador
+ 83 kg	Jimmy Kim  United States	Robert Fellner  Virgin Islands	Gilberto Medeiros  Brazil
			Julio Vázquez  Dominican Republic

References

1. "Black Belt". February 1974. p. 5. Retrieved 11 January 2015 – via Internet Archive. taekwondo debuts at 10th pan am games. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
2. "THE 1987 PAN AMERICAN GAMES : Notes : Patrick McEnroe Left Out of Event by Mistake". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
3. "THE 1987 PAN AMERICAN GAMES : Analysis : What the Pan Am Organizers Lacked: Time and a World View". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
4. "THE SEOUL OLYMPICS – The Games, From Archery to Yachting – Demonstration Sports – Taekwondo – NYTimes.com". 11 September 1988. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
5. "THE 10THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES – Big Event With Disney Touch – NYTimes.com". 2 August 1987. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
6. "Taekwondo Not For Timid". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 12 January 2015.