2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam Explained

2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam
Location:	Wuxi, China
Dates:	12–16 December
Venue:	Wuxi Taihu International Expo Center
Competitors:	128
Previous:	2017
Next:	2019

The 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam is the 2nd edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Slam series taking place from 12-16 December in Wuxi, China.^{[1] [2]}

Qualifications and seeding position

Seed	Result
No. 1 Seed	2017 Grand Slam champion
No. 2 Seed	2018 Grand Prix Final champion
No. 3 Seed	2017 Grand Slam runner-up
No. 4 Seed	2018 Grand Prix Series 4 champion
No. 5 Seed	2018 Grand Prix Series 3 champion
No. 6 Seed	2018 Grand Prix Series 2 champion
No. 7 Seed	2018 Grand Prix Series 1 champion
No. 8 Seed	1st place athlete of Open Qualification Tournament II
No. 9 Seed	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, 2018 shall fill up the unoccupied position, but not for seeding.

Non Seeded Athletes are as follows:

• 2nd place of 2018 Qualification Tournament II
• 2nd place of 2018 Qualification Tournament I
• 3rd place of 2018 Qualification Tournament II
• 3rd place of 2018 Qualification Tournament I
• Recommended athlete by WT Technical Committee
• Recommended athlete by WT Technical Committee
• Host Country Athlete

Events schedule

The competition was held from 12 December to 16 December.

Event Date	Weight Division
	Men	Women
12-16 December	-80 kg	-67kg
	+80kg	+67kg
13-16 December	-58kg	-49kg
	-68 kg	-57kg

Medal summary

Men

58 kg
68 kg
80 kg
+80 kg

Women

49 kg
57 kg
67 kg
+67 kg

Notes and References

1. Web site: Information. World Taekwondo. en-US. 2018-12-12. 2018-08-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20180830102612/http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/competition/world-taekwondo-grand-slam/2018-world-taekwondo-grand-slam/information/. dead.
2. Web site: Second World Taekwondo Grand Slam Champions Series explodes into action. Dept. WT Communications. 2018-12-12. World Taekwondo. en-US. 2018-12-12. 2018-12-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20181214170814/http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/123638-2/. dead.