| 5th U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships | |||||
| United States Olympic Training Center | |||||
| Colorado Springs, CO | |||||
| March 7-10, 1996 | |||||
| Gyo-roogi | |||||
| Fin | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Young Kuk Cho | KOR | 1st | Chiu Chu Huang | TPE | |
| Kuo-Yi Huang | TPE | 2nd | Marlyn Ortiz | USA | |
| David Montalvo | USA | 3rd | Yoon Kyung Chaing | USA | |
| Man-Sik Lee | KOR | 3rd | Linda Radakovic | USA | |
| Fly | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Sung Ho Yoo | KOR | 1st | Mandy Meloon | USA | |
| Joo Cheol Jeong | KOR | 2nd | Ana Rosa Colmenares | VEN | |
| Justin Poos | USA | 3rd | Elizabeth King | USA | |
| Daniel Kim | USA | 3rd | Megumi Hatanaka | JPN | |
| Bantam | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Abror Haider | DEN | 1st | Roxanne Forget (CAN) | CAN | |
| Marcus Park | USA | 2nd | Sanaz Shahbazi | USA | |
| Hironobu Yamashita | JPN | 3rd | Shannon McCuin | USA | |
| Soto Ortega | MEX | 3rd | Michelle Thompson | USA | |
| Feather | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Chi-Hung Hsu | TPE | 1st | Ya-Yun Hung | TPE | |
| Wayne DeRosa | USA | 2nd | Natalie Caron | CAN | |
| Steven Lopez | USA | 3rd | Kerri-Lyn Drummond | CAN | |
| Milton Iwama | BRA | 3rd | Ann McLaughlin | CAN | |
| Light | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Boung Yoon Kim | KOR | 1st | Kelly Thorpe | USA | |
| Youssef Lharraki | DEN | 2nd | Jennifer Srutowski | USA | |
| Hiroshi Kanai | JPN | 3rd | Michelle Leckler | USA | |
| Suk Sup Lim | KOR | 3rd | Maria Bejarano | COL | |
| Welter | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Jong Sang Park | KOR | 1st | Chih-Ling Hsu | TPE | |
| Troy Garr | USA | 2nd | Yoriko Okamoto | JPN | |
| Su-Jin Choi | KOR | 3rd | Holli Fuezy | USA | |
| Jong Oh Jang | KOR | 3rd | Gigi DeMita | USA | |
| Middle | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Seong Su Kang | KOR | 1st | Heidy Juarez | GUA | |
| Glenn Warren | USA | 2nd | Barbara Kunkel | USA | |
| Peter Bardatsos | USA | 3rd | Erika Hodge | USA | |
| Abel Lopez | USA | 3rd | Karine Chayer | CAN | |
| Heavy | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Je Gyoung Kim | KOR | 1st | Natalia Ivanova | RUS | |
| Jae Young Lee | KOR | 2nd | Patricia Lewis | USA | |
| Greg Tubbs | USA | 3rd | Ching-Yi Kaeo | TPE | |
| Charles Alexander | USA | 3rd | Zoraida Gomez | COL | |
| Poomse | |||||
| Men | 1st Dan | Women | |||
| Vincent Nguyen | USA | 1st | Karen Bowman | USA | |
| Sammy Jin | USA | 2nd | Tawni Olson | USA | |
| Steven Lee | USA | 3rd | Maria Nguyen | USA | |
| 2nd Dan | |||||
| Peter Kim | USA | 1st | Nillie Leon | USA | |
| Mark Larsen | USA | 2nd | Ana Marcela Pedrero | MEX | |
| Jin Suh | USA | 3rd | Erin Plant | USA | |
| 3rd Dan | |||||
| David Wilbur | USA | 1st | Anna Kim | USA | |
| Thai Le | CAN | 2nd | Stacey Cutright | USA | |
| Sung Yu | USA | 3rd | Yoon Kyung Chaing | USA | |
| 4th Dan | |||||
| George Bell | USA | 1st | V.A. Trinkus | USA | |
| Doug Fuechsel | USA | 2nd | |||
| Jeffrey Reeder | USA | 3rd | |||
| Junior divisions | |||||
| Jr. Super Fin | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Mark Lopez | USA | 1st | Brittany Goellner | USA | |
| Falcon Manriquez | MEX | 2nd | Pratiba Mattson | USA | |
| Cullen Arthur | USA | 3rd | Christine Tucker | USA | |
| Sung Ho Hong | KOR | 3rd | |||
| Jr. Fin | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Adrian J. Merez | MEX | 1st | Taryn Roman | USA | |
| Alfonso Salinas | USA | 2nd | Dasia Russell | USA | |
| Paul Lomoc | USA | 3rd | Darcy Kimmich | USA | |
| Jobert San Pedro | USA | 3rd | Mishell J. Jimenez | MEX | |
| Jr. Fly | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Sung Doo Kim | KOR | 1st | Elisha Voren | USA | |
| Travis Latendresse | USA | 2nd | Alexandra Jacobs | USA | |
| Fernando Vazquez | MEX | 3rd | Jessica Leal | MEX | |
| Francisco Garcia | MEX | 3rd | Nalleli Junco | MEX | |
| Jr. Bantam | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Guillermo Perez | MEX | 1st | Gloria G. Diaz | MEX | |
| Choon Ho Kim | KOR | 2nd | Sanaz Shahbazi | USA | |
| Michael Tan | USA | 3rd | Kristina Brooks | USA | |
| Ernest M. Vega | MEX | 3rd | Wilnelia Lopez | USA | |
| Jr. Feather | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Walassi Aires | BRA | 1st | Kristen Boyer | USA | |
| Hyeon Yoo | KOR | 2nd | Alba Seda | PUR | |
| David Bartlett | USA | 3rd | Luciana Julaton | USA | |
| Rafael Giroti | BRA | 3rd | Lindsay Dotson | USA | |
| Jr. Light | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Antony Graf | USA | 1st | Trinity Tongg | USA | |
| Jeffrey Gallagher | USA | 2nd | Elizabeth Rivasplata | PER | |
| Chad Harris | USA | 3rd | Angela Cardinell | USA | |
| Daren Lee | USA | 3rd | Nida Beltran | MEX | |
| Jr. Welter | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Won Ju Kim | KOR | 1st | Vicky Perkins | USA | |
| Jacob Thompson | USA | 2nd | Claudia Flores | USA | |
| Jason Han | USA | 3rd | Corri Johnson | USA | |
| Jesus R. Alamo | MEX | 3rd | Christina Gonzales | USA | |
| Jr. Middle | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Joseph Tedesco | USA | 1st | Rometra Craig | USA | |
| Alfred Young Jr. | USA | 2nd | Michelle Elliot | USA | |
| Dusty Thorpe | USA | 3rd | Miranda Simons | USA | |
| Byung Lee | KOR | 3rd | Brandi Crenshaw | USA | |
| Jr. Heavy | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Kil Do Lee | KOR | 1st | Cassandra Chitwood | USA | |
| Brad Lockhart | USA | 2nd | |||
| Ilya Sergeyko | USA | 3rd | |||
| Young Kang | KOR | 3rd | |||
| Jr. Super Heavy | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Joshua Coleman | USA | 1st | no competitors | ||
| Lucas Marpe | USA | 2nd | |||
| Douglas Johnson | USA | 3rd | |||
| Young Hyun Yu | KOR | 3rd | |||
| Poomse | |||||
| Men | 1st Dan | Women | |||
| Moses Park | USA | 1st | Pratiba Mattson | USA | |
| Jesse Lynn | USA | 2nd | Luciana Julaton | USA | |
| Aaron Lee | USA | 3rd | Sabrina Alaquinez | USA | |
| 2nd Dan | |||||
| Daniel Han | USA | 1st | Brandi Crenshaw | USA | |
| Nicholas Cuadra | USA | 2nd | Dolly Fiedelman | USA | |
| Jason Han | USA | 3rd | Irina Kim | USA | |
| 3rd Dan | |||||
| Nicholas Sanchez | USA | 1st | Kristen Boyer | USA | |
| Johnathan Niemczura | USA | 2nd | Stacey Cutright | USA | |
| Gary Zee | USA | 3rd | Kristina Brooks | USA | |