# 2017 World Taekwondo Championships – Women's lightweight

The women's lightweight is a competition featured at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Taekwondowon in Muju County, South Korea on June 30. Lightweights were limited to a maximum of 62 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 |
| Ruth Gbagbi (CIV) | 5$^W$ | | |
| Kim So-hee (KOR) | 0 | Ruth Gbagbi (CIV) | 19 |
| Tatiana Kuzmina (RUS) | 6 | Kimia Alizadeh (IRI) | 9 |
| Kimia Alizadeh (IRI) | 9 | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | İrem Yaman (TUR) | 1 | | | | |
| Lucero Gómez (COL) | 9 | Elin Johansson (SWE) | 2 | | | | |
| Elin Johansson (SWE) | 18 | | | Elin Johansson (SWE) | 5 | | |
| Indra Craen (BEL) | DQ | | | Melissa Oviedo (MEX) | 4 | | |
| Malia Paseka (TGA) | | Indra Craen (BEL) | 16 | | | | |
| Sonam Rawal (IND) | 2 | Melissa Oviedo (MEX) | 26 | | | | |
| Melissa Oviedo (MEX) | 12 | | | | | Elin Johansson (SWE) | 8 |
| | | | | | | Ruth Gbagbi (CIV) | 13 |
| | | Rachelle Booth (GBR) | 17 | | | | |
| Tracy Coleman (NZL) | 1 | Zhou Meiling (CHN) | 11 | | | | |
| Zhou Meiling (CHN) | 31$^P$ | | | Rachelle Booth (GBR) | 6 | | |
| Shahd Al-Tarman (JOR) | 8 | | | Ruth Gbagbi (CIV) | 15 | | |
| Mia Italiano (AUS) | 6 | Shahd Al-Tarman (JOR) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Ruth Gbagbi (CIV) | 23 | | | | |

#### Section 2

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Rabia Gülec (GER) | 11 | | | | |
| Yislena Vargas (CUB) | 7 | Yislena Vargas (CUB) | 3 | | | | |
| Ingibjörg Grétarsdóttir (ISL) | 5 | | | Rabia Gülec (GER) | 6 | | |
| Adanys Cordero (VEN) | 7$^R$ | | | Amanda Bluford (USA) | 3 | | |
| Vincy Lo (HKG) | 5 | Adanys Cordero (VEN) | 13 | | | | |
| | | Amanda Bluford (USA) | 15 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Rabia Gülec (GER) | 2 |
| | | | | | | Kim So-hee (KOR) | 22 |
| | | Darya Yakovleva (UKR) | 8 | | | | |
| Kasumi Hirabayashi (JPN) | 3 | Nađa Savković (SRB) | 6 | | | | |
| Nađa Savković (SRB) | 4 | | | Darya Yakovleva (UKR) | 2 | | |
| Gerda Gaižauskaitė (LTU) | 0 | | | Kim So-hee (KOR) | 24 | | |
| Umida Abdullaeva (UZB) | 6 | Umida Abdullaeva (UZB) | 4 | | | | |
| | | Kim So-hee (KOR) | 18 | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Marta Calvo (ESP) | 5 | | | | |
| Ana Ciuchitu (MDA) | 4 | Tatiana Kuzmina (RUS) | 6 | | | | |
| Tatiana Kuzmina (RUS) | 6 | | | Tatiana Kuzmina (RUS) | 13 | | |
| Gulim Bibalayeva (KAZ) | DQ | | | Gulim Bibalayeva (KAZ) | 11 | | |
| Zariyah Ashby (TTO) | | Gulim Bibalayeva (KAZ) | 14 | | | | |
| | | Júlia Vasconcelos (BRA) | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Tatiana Kuzmina (RUS) | 3 |
| | | | | | | Iveta Jiránková (CZE) | 2 |
| | | Rewan Refaei (EGY) | 2 | | | | |
| Lisa Zangarini (LUX) | 5 | Iveta Jiránková (CZE) | 2 | | | | |
| Iveta Jiránková (CZE) | 18 | | | Iveta Jiránková (CZE) | 5 | | |
| Hà Thị Nguyên (VIE) | 27 | | | Magda Wiet-Hénin (FRA) | 5 | | |
| Ndèye Coumba Diop (SEN) | 1 | Hà Thị Nguyên (VIE) | 3 | | | | |
| | | Magda Wiet-Hénin (FRA) | 10 | | | | |

#### Section 4

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Daniela Rotolo (ITA) | 5 | | | | |
| Sarah Tanios (LBN) | 3 | Soukayna El-Aouni (MAR) | 3 | | | | |
| Soukayna El-Aouni (MAR) | 25 | | | Daniela Rotolo (ITA) | 7 | | |
| Vasiliki Grammatikopoulou (GRE) | 6 | | | Marija Štetić (CRO) | 10 | | |
| Tekiath Ben Yessouf (NIG) | 17 | Tekiath Ben Yessouf (NIG) | 14 | | | | |
| | | Marija Štetić (CRO) | 24 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Marija Štetić (CRO) | 4 |
| | | | | | | Kimia Alizadeh (IRI) | 12 |
| | | Lin Yi-ching (TPE) | 21 | | | | |
| Goundo Samaké (MLI) | 22 | Goundo Samaké (MLI) | 7 | | | | |
| Feng Xiao (MAC) | 18 | | | Lin Yi-ching (TPE) | 14 | | |
| Fernanda Aguirre (CHI) | 9 | | | Kimia Alizadeh (IRI) | 16 | | |
| Kimia Alizadeh (IRI) | 14 | Kimia Alizadeh (IRI) | 36 | | | | |
| | | Ashley Kraayeveld (CAN) | 22 | | | | |