# 2017 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's heavyweight

The men's heavyweight is a competition featured at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Taekwondowon in Muju County, South Korea on June 28 and June 29. Heavyweights were limited to a minimum of 87 kilograms in body mass.

## Results
### Legend

* DQ — Won by disqualification
* P — Won by punitive declaration
* R — Won by referee stop contest
* W — Won by withdrawal

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Anthony Obame (GAB) | 9 | | |
| Abdoul Razak Issoufou (NIG) | 16 | Abdoul Razak Issoufou (NIG) | 9 |
| Mahama Cho (GBR) | 22 | Mahama Cho (GBR) | 4 |
| Roman Kuznetsov (RUS) | 4 | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Radik Isayev (AZE) | 24 | | | | |
| Pablo Fernández (ESP) | 8 | Ayoub Bassel (MAR) | 8 | | | | |
| Ayoub Bassel (MAR) | 11 | | | Radik Isayev (AZE) | 16 | | |
| Marc-André Bergeron (CAN) | 7 | | | Tian Jian (CHN) | 11 | | |
| Tian Jian (CHN) | 14$^P$ | Tian Jian (CHN) | 15 | | | | |
| Mohamed Abdellahi Barka (MTN) | 1 | Piotr Hatowski (POL) | 8 | | | | |
| Piotr Hatowski (POL) | 32$^R$ | | | | | Radik Isayev (AZE) | 13 |
| | | | | | | Anthony Obame (GAB) | 15 |
| | | Vedran Golec (CRO) | 28$^P$ | | | | |
| Tseng Tzu-yi (TPE) | 8 | Jesús Perea (ECU) | 11 | | | | |
| Jesús Perea (ECU) | 9 | | | Vedran Golec (CRO) | 12 | | |
| Mykhailo Shelest (UKR) | 24 | | | Anthony Obame (GAB) | 14 | | |
| Md Mizanur Rahman (BAN) | 3 | Mykhailo Shelest (UKR) | 2 | | | | |
| | | Anthony Obame (GAB) | 4 | | | | |

#### Section 2

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Abdoul Razak Issoufou (NIG) | 23 | | | | |
| Toumani Diabaté (MLI) | DQ | Toumani Diabaté (MLI) | 5 | | | | |
| Pita Taufatofua (TGA) | | | | Abdoul Razak Issoufou (NIG) | 17 | | |
| Víctor Ballesteros (MEX) | 28 | | | Omar El-Yazidi (FRA) | 8 | | |
| Pium Sanjeewa (SRI) | 13 | Víctor Ballesteros (MEX) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Omar El-Yazidi (FRA) | 11 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Abdoul Razak Issoufou (NIG) | 9 |
| | | | | | | Maicon Andrade (BRA) | 6 |
| | | Maicon Andrade (BRA) | 14 | | | | |
| Emille Jacobs (SKN) | 0 | Firmin Zokou (CIV) | 13 | | | | |
| Firmin Zokou (CIV) | 23$^R$ | | | Maicon Andrade (BRA) | 11 | | |
| Kristopher Uy (PHI) | 15 | | | Jo Chol-ho (KOR) | 9 | | |
| Dejan Georgievski (MKD) | 3 | Kristopher Uy (PHI) | 13 | | | | |
| | | Jo Chol-ho (KOR) | 26 | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Sajjad Mardani (IRI) | 11 | | | | |
| Jaxon Simmonds (AUS) | 12 | Teemu Heino (FIN) | 6 | | | | |
| Teemu Heino (FIN) | 16 | | | Sajjad Mardani (IRI) | 8 | | |
| Ruslan Zhaparov (KAZ) | DQ | | | Ruslan Zhaparov (KAZ) | 6 | | |
| Clyde Sade Rika (SOL) | | Ruslan Zhaparov (KAZ) | 21 | | | | |
| | | Tuarai Hery (FPO) | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Sajjad Mardani (IRI) | 1 |
| | | | | | | Mahama Cho (GBR) | 14 |
| | | Arman-Marshall Silla (BLR) | 20$^R$ | | | | |
| Juan Pablo López (NCA) | 2 | Marko Đuričić (SRB) | 5 | | | | |
| Marko Đuričić (SRB) | 23 | | | Arman-Marshall Silla (BLR) | 12 | | |
| Jayson Grant (JAM) | 18 | | | Mahama Cho (GBR) | 23 | | |
| Itai Sango (MOZ) | 9 | Jayson Grant (JAM) | | | | | |
| | | Mahama Cho (GBR) | W | | | | |

#### Section 4

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Stephen Lambdin (USA) | 28 | | | | |
| Mohcene Boukercha (ALG) | | Hamza Kattan (JOR) | 15 | | | | |
| Hamza Kattan (JOR) | DQ | | | Stephen Lambdin (USA) | 5 | | |
| Mohamed Ayman (EGY) | 15 | | | Roman Kuznetsov (RUS) | 7 | | |
| Nakul Malhotra (IND) | 5 | Mohamed Ayman (EGY) | 7 | | | | |
| | | Roman Kuznetsov (RUS) | 12 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Roman Kuznetsov (RUS) | 9 |
| Martín Sio (ARG) | 19$^P$ | | | | | Dmitriy Shokin (UZB) | 7 |
| Luis Álvarez (VEN) | 13 | Martín Sio (ARG) | 6 | | | | |
| Mohamed El-Holi (LBA) | 1 | Robelis Despaigne (CUB) | 8 | | | | |
| Robelis Despaigne (CUB) | 18 | | | Robelis Despaigne (CUB) | 7 | | |
| Serdar Yüksel (TUR) | 8 | | | Dmitriy Shokin (UZB) | 17 | | |
| Athanasios Nikolaidis (GRE) | 7 | Serdar Yüksel (TUR) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Dmitriy Shokin (UZB) | 12 | | | | |