# 2023 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's middleweight

The men's middleweight is a competition featured at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan on 31 May 2023. Middleweights were limited to a maximum of 87 kilograms in body mass.

## Results
### Legend

* DQ — Won by disqualification
* P — Won by punitive declaration
* W — Won by withdrawal

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Kang Sang-hyun (KOR) | 9 | 16 | 7 | | | |
| Arian Salimi (IRI) | 6 | 16 | 6 | Kang Sang-hyun (KOR) | 6 | 9 |
| Artsiom Plonis (AIN) | 9 | 2 | 1 | Ivan Šapina (CRO) | 5 | 7 |
| Ivan Šapina (CRO) | 3 | 4 | 15$^P$ | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | Ícaro Miguel Soares (BRA) | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Gulshan Sharma (IND) | 8 | 8 | Gulshan Sharma (IND) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Niraj Deuba (NEP) | 3 | 5 | | | | | Ícaro Miguel Soares (BRA) | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Kang Sang-hyun (KOR) | 11 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | Kang Sang-hyun (KOR) | 6 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Soufiane El-Asbi (MAR) | 4 | 11 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Kang Sang-hyun (KOR) | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Ahmad Rawy (EGY) | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| | | | Patrik Divkovič (SLO) | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Ozdjan Pashaev (GEO) | 3 | 6 | Ethienne Brunet (CAN) | 11 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Ethienne Brunet (CAN) | 6 | 13 | | | | | Ethienne Brunet (CAN) | 7 | 2 | 8 | | | | |
| Luis Soto (COL) | 1 | 3 | | | | | Ahmad Rawy (EGY) | 3 | 6 | 14 | | | | |
| Huang Yu-jen (TPE) | 2 | 9 | Huang Yu-jen (TPE) | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Ahmad Rawy (EGY) | 0 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | Bryan Salazar (MEX) | 1 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Ahmed Al-Muwallad (KSA) | 0 | 4 | | Seydou Gbané (CIV) | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Seydou Gbané (CIV) | 3 | 4 | | | | | | Bryan Salazar (MEX) | 1 | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Arian Salimi (IRI) | 8 | 10 | | | |
| | | | | Arian Salimi (IRI) | 0 | 9 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | Raúl Martínez (ESP) | 5 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Arian Salimi (IRI) | 12 | 12 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Michael Rodriguez (USA) | 8 | 8 |
| | | | | Michael Rodriguez (USA) | 13 | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Arash Mozhdeh (AUS) | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Michael Rodriguez (USA) | 4 | 4 | | | |
| Manuel Pollet (BEL) | 7 | 8 | 10 | | | | | Taleh Suleymanov (AZE) | 0 | 4 | | | |
| Laurenţiu Snacov (ROU) | 10 | 1 | 3 | Manuel Pollet (BEL) | 0 | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Taleh Suleymanov (AZE) | 3 | 9 | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | Mehdi Khodabakhshi (SRB) | 0 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Fred Gwali (SOL) | 2 | 0 | Hassan Amer Ali (DEN) | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Hassan Amer Ali (DEN) | 4 | 12 | | | | | Mehdi Khodabakhshi (SRB) | W | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Roberto Botta (ITA) | | | | | |
| | | | Rafael Kamalov (AIN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | Roberto Botta (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 1$^{DQ}$ | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Mehdi Khodabakhshi (SRB) | 2 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Artsiom Plonis (AIN) | 6 | 4 |
| | | | Smaiyl Duisebay (KAZ) | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Manuel Martinho (POR) | 0 | 6 | Vasileios Tholiotis (GRE) | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Vasileios Tholiotis (GRE) | 10 | 7 | | | | | Smaiyl Duisebay (KAZ) | 1 | 3 | | | |
| Paivou Gomis (GBS) | 0 | 1 | | | | | Artsiom Plonis (AIN) | 1 | 5 | | | |
| Artsiom Plonis (AIN) | 12 | 9 | Artsiom Plonis (AIN) | 11 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Meng Mingkuan (CHN) | 8 | 4 | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | Nikita Rafalovich (UZB) | 10 | 13 | | | | | | | | | |
| Karol Robak (POL) | 21 | 12 | | Karol Robak (POL) | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Jahn Estrada (PUR) | 9 | 0 | | | | | | Nikita Rafalovich (UZB) | 6 | 11 | | | | | |
| Motaz Ifaoui (TUN) | 6 | 14 | | | | | | Fahed Ammar Sbeihi (JOR) | 4 | 0 | | | | | |
| Otgonjargalyn Azkhüü (MGL) | 2 | 2 | | Motaz Ifaoui (TUN) | 6 | 9 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Fahed Ammar Sbeihi (JOR) | 15 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Nikita Rafalovich (UZB) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Ivan Šapina (CRO) | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| | | | | Enbiya Taha Biçer (TUR) | 7 | 10 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Dinko Šegedin (BIH) | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Enbiya Taha Biçer (TUR) | 7 | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| Andreas Theocharous (CYP) | 14 | 17$^P$ | 12 | | | | | Ivan Šapina (CRO) | 7 | 12$^P$ | 4 | | | | |
| Ashraf Shukran (AFG) | 19 | 9 | 6 | Andreas Theocharous (CYP) | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Ivan Šapina (CRO) | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |