Taekwondo at the 2002 Asian Games

Taekwondo at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Gudeok Gymnasium
Location	Busan, South Korea
Dates	10–13 October 2002
Competitors	219 from 35 nations

Taekwondo took place from October 10 to October 13 at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea. Men's and women's competitions held in eight weight categories for each. All competition took place at the Gudeok Gymnasium. Each country except the host nation was limited to having 6 men and 6 women.

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−54 kg)	Park Hee-chul South Korea (KOR)	Chu Mu-yen Chinese Taipei (TPE)	Muhammad Dalam Imam Indonesia (INA)
			Akram Al-Noor Yemen (YEM)
Flyweight (−58 kg)	Kim Dae-ryung South Korea (KOR)	Behzad Khodadad Iran (IRI)	Surendra Bhandari India (IND)
			Tshomlee Go Philippines (PHI)
Bantamweight (−62 kg)	Huang Chih-hsiung Chinese Taipei (TPE)	Kim Hyang-soo South Korea (KOR)	Ali Al-Asmar Jordan (JOR)
			Ghali Al-Matrafi Saudi Arabia (KSA)
Featherweight (−67 kg)	Nam Yeon-sik South Korea (KOR)	Sung Yu-chi Chinese Taipei (TPE)	Pavel Yugay Uzbekistan (UZB)
			Deepak Bista Nepal (NEP)
Lightweight (−72 kg)	Hadi Saei Iran (IRI)	Lee Jae-shin South Korea (KOR)	Yesbol Yerden Kazakhstan (KAZ)
			Iyad Al-Saify Jordan (JOR)
Welterweight (−78 kg)	Oh Seon-taek South Korea (KOR)	Đinh Vương Duy Vietnam (VIE)	Majid Aflaki Iran (IRI)
			Liu Yang China (CHN)
Middleweight (−84 kg)	Kim Kyong-hun South Korea (KOR)	Phan Tấn Đạt Vietnam (VIE)	Dindo Simpao Philippines (PHI)
			Arman Chilmanov Kazakhstan (KAZ)
Heavyweight (+84 kg)	Moon Dae-sung South Korea (KOR)	Nguyễn Văn Hùng Vietnam (VIE)	Abdulqader Al-Adhami Qatar (QAT)
			Ahmad Al-Attar Kuwait (KUW)

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−47 kg)	Chen Shih-hsin Chinese Taipei (TPE)	Nguyễn Thị Huyền Diệu Vietnam (VIE)	Wang Ying China (CHN)
			Kang Ji-hyun South Korea (KOR)
Flyweight (−51 kg)	Lim Su-jeong South Korea (KOR)	Yaowapa Boorapolchai Thailand (THA)	Juana Wangsa Putri Indonesia (INA)
			Daleen Cordero Philippines (PHI)
Bantamweight (−55 kg)	Yun Kyung-rim South Korea (KOR)	Chonnapas Premwaew Thailand (THA)	Parvaneh Tehrani Iran (IRI)
			Renuka Magar Nepal (NEP)
Featherweight (−59 kg)	Yun Sung-hee South Korea (KOR)	Tseng Pei-hua Chinese Taipei (TPE)	Lê Thị Nhung Vietnam (VIE)
			Wang Shuo China (CHN)
Lightweight (−63 kg)	Kim Yeon-ji South Korea (KOR)	Liu Lin China (CHN)	Lee Pei Fen Malaysia (MAS)
			Ritu Jimee Rai Nepal (NEP)
Welterweight (−67 kg)	Kim Su-ok South Korea (KOR)	Chang Wan-chen Chinese Taipei (TPE)	Luo Wei China (CHN)
			Veronica Domingo Philippines (PHI)
Middleweight (−72 kg)	Choi Jin-mi South Korea (KOR)	Chen Zhong China (CHN)	Roia Zamani Afghanistan (AFG)
			Sally Solis Philippines (PHI)
Heavyweight (+72 kg)	Wang I-hsien Chinese Taipei (TPE)	Youn Hyun-jung South Korea (KOR)	Lee Wan Yuen Malaysia (MAS)
			Ren Ruihong China (CHN)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea (KOR)	12	3	1	16
2	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	3	4	0	7
3	Iran (IRI)	1	1	2	4
4	Vietnam (VIE)	0	4	1	5
5	China (CHN)	0	2	5	7
6	Thailand (THA)	0	2	0	2
7	Philippines (PHI)	0	0	5	5
8	Nepal (NEP)	0	0	3	3
9	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	2	2
	Jordan (JOR)	0	0	2	2
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	0	2	2
	Malaysia (MAS)	0	0	2	2
13	Afghanistan (AFG)	0	0	1	1
	India (IND)	0	0	1	1
	Kuwait (KUW)	0	0	1	1
	Qatar (QAT)	0	0	1	1
	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	0	1	1
	Yemen (YEM)	0	0	1	1
Total		16	16	32	64

Participating nations

A total of 219 athletes from 35 nations competed in taekwondo at the 2002 Asian Games:

References

• 2002 Asian Games Official Report, Pages 718–733

External links

• Official website

Taekwondo at the Asian Games 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 List of medalists