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List of Olympic medalists in taekwondo

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Taekwondo is an Olympic sport that is contested at the Summer Olympic Games. It was introduced in the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games as a demonstration sport, and made its debut as a full medal sport at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.[1] Both men and women compete in four events each defined by separate weight classes: flyweight, featherweight, middleweight and heavyweight. Traditionally, taekwondo competitions consist of eight weight classes for each gender, but Olympic taekwondo only has four due to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) limiting the total number of taekwondo entrants to 128.[2]

The competitions are conducted in accordance with the rules established by the World Taekwondo (WT).[3] The competition format for taekwondo is a single-elimination tournament to determine the gold and silver medal winners, and a repechage is used to determine the bronze medal winner(s).[4] in 2000 and 2004, a single repechage final determined the sole bronze medal winner, but a rule change in 2008 created two repechage finals that allowed for the bronze medal to be shared between two competitors.[5]

Iranian Hadi Saei (2 gold, 1 bronze), American Steven López (2 gold, 1 bronze), South Korean Hwang Kyung-Seon (2 gold, 1 bronze), Thai Panipak Wongpattanakit (2 gold, 1 bronze) and Mexican María del Rosario Espinoza (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) share the most medals in Taekwondo with three.[6][7] By defending her title at 2012 London Olympics, Hwang Kyung-Seon became the first woman ever to win three Olympic taekwondo medals. Hadi Saei and Steven López, along with Huang Chih-hsiung of Chinese Taipei, are the only three athletes to have won medals in multiple weight classes. Spanish Adriana Cerezo is the youngest athlete to win a medal (17 years, 242 days) and Hadi Saei is the oldest (32 years, 2 months, 13 days).[6][8] Rohullah Nikpai of Afghanistan became his country's first ever Olympic medalist with a bronze medal in 2008.[9] South Korea has been the most successful nation in Olympic taekwondo, winning 22 medals (12 gold, 3 silver, 7 bronze).[10] China is the second most successful nation with 11 medals (7 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze). A total of 32 gold medals, 32 silver medals and 48 bronze medals have been awarded since 2000 and have been won by athletes from 33 National Olympic Committees (NOC).[11]

Men

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Flyweight (58 kg)

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
2000 Sydney
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Michail Mouroutsos
 Greece
Gabriel Esparza
 Spain
Huang Chih-hsiung
 Chinese Taipei
2004 Athens
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Chu Mu-yen
 Chinese Taipei
Óscar Salazar
 Mexico
Tamer Bayoumi
 Egypt
2008 Beijing
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Guillermo Pérez
 Mexico
Gabriel Mercedes
 Dominican Republic
Rohullah Nikpai
 Afghanistan
Chu Mu-yen
 Chinese Taipei
2012 London
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Joel González
 Spain
Lee Dae-hoon
 South Korea
Óscar Muñoz
 Colombia
Aleksey Denisenko
 Russia
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Zhao Shuai
 China
Tawin Hanprab
 Thailand
Luisito Pie
 Dominican Republic
Kim Tae-hun
 South Korea
2020 Tokyo
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Vito Dell'Aquila
 Italy
Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi
 Tunisia
Mikhail Artamonov
 ROC
Jang Jun
 South Korea
2024 Paris
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Park Tae-joon
 South Korea
Gashim Magomedov
 Azerbaijan
Cyrian Ravet
 France
Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi
 Tunisia
Medals
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  South Korea (KOR) 1 1 2 4
2  Mexico (MEX) 1 1 0 2
 Spain (ESP) 1 1 0 2
4  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 1 0 2 3
5  China (CHN) 1 0 0 1
 Greece (GRE) 1 0 0 1
 Italy (ITA) 1 0 0 1
8  Dominican Republic (DOM) 0 1 1 2
 Tunisia (TUN) 0 1 1 2
10  Thailand (THA) 0 1 0 1
 Azerbaijan (AZE) 0 1 0 1
12  Afghanistan (AFG) 0 0 1 1
 Egypt (EGY) 0 0 1 1
 Colombia (COL) 0 0 1 1
 Russia (RUS) 0 0 1 1
 ROC (ROC) 0 0 1 1
 France (FRA) 0 0 1 1
Total 17 nations 7 7 12 26

Featherweight (68 kg)

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
2000 Sydney
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Steven López
 United States
Sin Joon-sik
 South Korea
Hadi Saei
 Iran
2004 Athens
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Hadi Saei
 Iran
Huang Chih-hsiung
 Chinese Taipei
Song Myeong-seob
 South Korea
2008 Beijing
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Son Tae-jin
 South Korea
Mark López
 United States
Servet Tazegül
 Turkey
Sung Yu-chi
 Chinese Taipei
2012 London
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Servet Tazegül
 Turkey
Mohammad Bagheri Motamed
 Iran
Terrence Jennings
 United States
Rohullah Nikpai
 Afghanistan
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Ahmad Abughaush
 Jordan
Aleksey Denisenko
 Russia
Lee Dae-hoon
 South Korea
Joel González
 Spain
2020 Tokyo
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Ulugbek Rashitov
 Uzbekistan
Bradly Sinden
 Great Britain
Hakan Reçber
 Turkey
Zhao Shuai
 China
2024 Paris
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Ulugbek Rashitov
 Uzbekistan
Zaid Kareem
 Jordan
Liang Yushuai
 China
Edival Pontes
 Brazil
Medals
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Uzbekistan (UZB) 2 0 0 2
2  South Korea (KOR) 1 1 2 4
3  Iran (IRI) 1 1 1 3
 United States (USA) 1 1 1 3
5  Jordan (JOR) 1 1 0 2
6  Turkey (TUR) 1 0 2 3
7  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 0 1 1 2
8  Great Britain (GBR) 0 1 0 1
 Russia (RUS) 0 1 0 1
10  China (CHN) 0 0 2 2
11  Afghanistan (AFG) 0 0 1 1
 Spain (ESP) 0 0 1 1
 Brazil (BRA) 0 0 1 1
Total 13 nations 7 7 12 26

Middleweight (80 kg)

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
2000 Sydney
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Ángel Matos
 Cuba
Faissal Ebnoutalib
 Germany
Victor Estrada
 Mexico
2004 Athens
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Steven López
 United States
Bahri Tanrıkulu
 Turkey
Yousef Karami
 Iran
2008 Beijing
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Hadi Saei
 Iran
Mauro Sarmiento
 Italy
Zhu Guo
 China
Steven López
 United States
2012 London
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Sebastián Crismanich
 Argentina
Nicolás García
 Spain
Lutalo Muhammad
 Great Britain
Mauro Sarmiento
 Italy
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Cheick Sallah Cissé
 Ivory Coast
Lutalo Muhammad
 Great Britain
Milad Beigi
 Azerbaijan
Oussama Oueslati
 Tunisia
2020 Tokyo
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Maksim Khramtsov
 ROC
Saleh Al-Sharabaty
 Jordan
Toni Kanaet
 Croatia
Seif Eissa
 Egypt
2024 Paris
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Firas Katoussi
 Tunisia
Mehran Barkhordari
 Iran
Simone Alessio
 Italy
Edi Hrnic
 Denmark

Heavyweight (+80 kg)

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
2000 Sydney
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Kim Kyong-hun
 South Korea
Daniel Trenton
 Australia
Pascal Gentil
 France
2004 Athens
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Moon Dae-sung
 South Korea
Alexandros Nikolaidis
 Greece
Pascal Gentil
 France
2008 Beijing
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Cha Dong-min
 South Korea
Alexandros Nikolaidis
 Greece
Chika Chukwumerije
 Nigeria
Arman Chilmanov
 Kazakhstan
2012 London
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Carlo Molfetta
 Italy
Anthony Obame
 Gabon
Robelis Despaigne
 Cuba
Liu Xiaobo
 China
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Radik Isayev
 Azerbaijan
Abdoul Issoufou
 Niger
Maicon Andrade
 Brazil
Cha Dong-min
 South Korea
2020 Tokyo
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Vladislav Larin
 ROC
Dejan Georgievski
 North Macedonia
In Kyo-don
 South Korea
Rafael Alba
 Cuba
2024 Paris
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Arian Salimi
 Iran
Caden Cunningham
 Great Britain
Rafael Alba
 Cuba
Cheick Sallah Cissé
 Ivory Coast

Women

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Flyweight (49 kg)

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
2000 Sydney
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Lauren Burns
 Australia
Urbia Melendez
 Cuba
Chi Shu-ju
 Chinese Taipei
2004 Athens
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Chen Shih-hsin
 Chinese Taipei
Yanelis Labrada
 Cuba
Yaowapa Boorapolchai
 Thailand
2008 Beijing
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Wu Jingyu
 China
Buttree Puedpong
 Thailand
Daynellis Montejo
 Cuba
Dalia Contreras
 Venezuela
2012 London
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Wu Jingyu
 China
Brigitte Yagüe
 Spain
Chanatip Sonkham
 Thailand
Lucija Zaninović
 Croatia
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Kim So-hui
 South Korea
Tijana Bogdanović
 Serbia
Patimat Abakarova
 Azerbaijan
Panipak Wongpattanakit
 Thailand
2020 Tokyo
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Panipak Wongpattanakit
 Thailand
Adriana Cerezo
 Spain
Avishag Semberg
 Israel
Tijana Bogdanović
 Serbia
2024 Paris
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Panipak Wongpattanakit
 Thailand
Guo Qing
 China
Mobina Nematzadeh
 Iran
Lena Stojković
 Croatia

Featherweight (57 kg)

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
2000 Sydney
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Jung Jae-eun
 South Korea
Tran Hieu Ngan
 Vietnam
Hamide Bıkçın Tosun
 Turkey
2004 Athens
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Jang Ji-won
 South Korea
Nia Abdallah
 United States
Iridia Salazar
 Mexico
2008 Beijing
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Lim Su-jeong
 South Korea
Azize Tanrıkulu
 Turkey
Diana López
 United States
Martina Zubčić
 Croatia
2012 London
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Jade Jones
 Great Britain
Hou Yuzhuo
 China
Marlène Harnois
 France
Tseng Li-cheng
 Chinese Taipei
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Jade Jones
 Great Britain
Eva Calvo
 Spain
Kimia Alizadeh
 Iran
Hedaya Malak
 Egypt
2020 Tokyo
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Anastasija Zolotic
 United States
Tatiana Minina
 ROC
Lo Chia-ling
 Chinese Taipei
Hatice Kübra İlgün
 Turkey
2024 Paris
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Kim Yu-jin
 South Korea
Nahid Kiani
 Iran
Skylar Park
 Canada
Kimia Alizadeh
 Bulgaria

Middleweight (67 kg)

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
2000 Sydney
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Lee Sun-hee
 South Korea
Trude Gundersen
 Norway
Yoriko Okamoto
 Japan
2004 Athens
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Luo Wei
 China
Elisavet Mystakidou
 Greece
Hwang Kyung-seon
 South Korea
2008 Beijing
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Hwang Kyung-seon
 South Korea
Karine Sergerie
 Canada
Gwladys Épangue
 France
Sandra Šarić
 Croatia
2012 London
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Hwang Kyung-seon
 South Korea
Nur Tatar
 Turkey
Paige McPherson
 United States
Helena Fromm
 Germany
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Oh Hye-ri
 South Korea
Haby Niaré
 France
Ruth Gbagbi
 Ivory Coast
Nur Tatar
 Turkey
2020 Tokyo
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Matea Jelić
 Croatia
Lauren Williams
 Great Britain
Ruth Gbagbi
 Ivory Coast
Hedaya Wahba
 Egypt
2024 Paris
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Viviana Márton
 Hungary
Aleksandra Perišić
 Serbia
Sarah Chaâri
 Belgium
Kristina Teachout
 United States


Heavyweight (+67 kg)

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
2000 Sydney
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Chen Zhong
 China
Natalia Ivanova
 Russia
Dominique Bosshart
 Canada
2004 Athens
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Chen Zhong
 China
Myriam Baverel
 France
Adriana Carmona
 Venezuela
2008 Beijing
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María del Rosario Espinoza
 Mexico
Nina Solheim
 Norway
Sarah Stevenson
 Great Britain
Natália Falavigna
 Brazil
2012 London
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Milica Mandić
 Serbia
Anne-Caroline Graffe
 France
Anastasia Baryshnikova
 Russia
María del Rosario Espinoza
 Mexico
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Zheng Shuyin
 China
María del Rosario Espinoza
 Mexico
Bianca Walkden
 Great Britain
Jackie Galloway
 United States
2020 Tokyo
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Milica Mandić
 Serbia
Lee Da-bin
 South Korea
Althéa Laurin
 France
Bianca Walkden
 Great Britain
2024 Paris
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Althéa Laurin
 France
Svetlana Osipova
 Uzbekistan
Lee Da-bin
 South Korea
Nafia Kuş
 Turkey

Statistics

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Athlete medal leaders

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Athletes who won at least two medals are listed below.[12]

Athlete Nation Gender Olympics[a] Gold Silver Bronze Total
Hadi Saei  Iran (IRI) Male 2000–2008 2 0 1 3
Steven López  United States (USA) Male 2000–2008 2 0 1 3
Hwang Kyung-seon  South Korea (KOR) Female 2004–2012 2 0 1 3
Panipak Wongpattanakit  Thailand (THA) Female 2016–2024 2 0 1 3
Chen Zhong  China (CHN) Female 2000–2004 2 0 0 2
Wu Jingyu  China (CHN) Female 2008–2012 2 0 0 2
Jade Jones  Great Britain (GBR) Female 2012–2016 2 0 0 2
Milica Mandić  Serbia (SRB) Female 2012–2020 2 0 0 2
Ulugbek Rashitov  Uzbekistan (UZB) Male 2020–2024 2 0 0 2
María Espinoza  Mexico (MEX) Female 2008–2016 1 1 1 3
Zhao Shuai  China (CHN) Male 2016–2020 1 0 1 2
Cheick Sallah Cissé  Ivory Coast (CIV) Male 2016–2024 1 0 1 2
Althéa Laurin  France (FRA) Female 2020–2024 1 0 1 2
Chu Mu-yen  Chinese Taipei (TPE) Male 2004–2008 1 0 1 2
Servet Tazegül  Turkey (TUR) Male 2008–2012 1 0 1 2
Cha Dong-min  South Korea (KOR) Male 2008–2016 1 0 1 2
Joel González  Spain (ESP) Male 2012–2016 1 0 1 2
Alexandros Nikolaidis  Greece (GRE) Male 2004–2008 0 2 0 2
Huang Chih-hsiung  Chinese Taipei (TPE) Male 2000–2004 0 1 1 2
Mauro Sarmiento  Italy (ITA) Male 2008–2012 0 1 1 2
Alexey Denisenko  Russia (RUS) Male 2012–2016 0 1 1 2
Lee Da-bin  South Korea (KOR) Female 2020–2024 0 1 1 2
Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi  Tunisia (TUN) Male 2020-2024 0 1 1 2
Lee Dae-hoon  South Korea (KOR) Male 2012–2016 0 1 1 2
Lutalo Muhammad  Great Britain (GBR) Male 2012–2016 0 1 1 2
Nur Tatar  Turkey (TUR) Female 2012–2016 0 1 1 2
Tijana Bogdanović  Serbia (SRB) Female 2016–2020 0 1 1 2
Pascal Gentil  France (FRA) Male 2000–2004 0 0 2 2
Rohullah Nikpai  Afghanistan (AFG) Male 2008–2012 0 0 2 2
Ruth Gbagbi  Ivory Coast (CIV) Female 2016–2020 0 0 2 2
Hedaya Wahba  Egypt (EGY) Female 2016–2020 0 0 2 2
Bianca Walkden  Great Britain (GBR) Female 2016–2020 0 0 2 2
Kimia Alizadeh  Iran (IRI)/ Bulgaria (BUL) Female 2016–2024 0 0 2 2
Rafael Alba  Cuba (CUB) Male 2020–2024 0 0 2 2

a The years indicate the Olympics at which the medals were won.


Medals per year

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× NOC did not exist # Number of medals won by the NOC NOC did not win any medals
Nation 1896–1996 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
Afghanistan Afghanistan (AFG) 1 1 2
 Argentina (ARG) 1 1
 Australia (AUS) 2 2
 Azerbaijan (AZE) 3 3
 Brazil (BRA) 1 1 2
 Canada (CAN) 1 1 2
 China (CHN) 1 2 2 3 2 1 11
 Chinese Taipei (TPE) 2 3 2 1 1 9
 Croatia (CRO) 2 1 2 5
 Colombia (COL) 1 1
 Cuba (CUB) 2 1 1 1 1 6
 Dominican Republic (DOM) 1 1 2
 Egypt (EGY) 1 1 2 4
 France (FRA) 1 2 1 2 1 1 8
 Gabon (GAB) 1 1
 Germany (GER) 1 1 2
 Great Britain (GBR) 1 2 3 3 9
 Greece (GRE) 1 2 1 4
 Israel (ISR) 1 1
 Iran (IRI) 1 2 1 1 1 6
 Italy (ITA) 1 2 1 4
 Ivory Coast (CIV) 2 1 3
 Japan (JPN) 1 1
 Jordan (JOR) 1 1 2
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) 1 1
 Mexico (MEX) 1 2 2 1 1 7
 Niger (NIG) 1 1
 Nigeria (NGR) 1 1
 North Macedonia (MKD) 1 1
 Norway (NOR) 1 1 2
 Russia (RUS) / ROC 1 2 1 4 8
 Serbia (SRB) 1 1 2 4
 South Korea (KOR) 4 4 4 2 5 3 22
 Spain (ESP) 1 3 2 1 7
 Thailand (THA) 1 1 1 2 1 6
 Tunisia (TUN) 1 1
 Turkey (TUR) 2 2 2 1 2 9
 United States (USA) 1 2 3 2 1 1 10
 Uzbekistan (UZB) 1 1
 Venezuela (VEN) 1 1 2
 Vietnam (VIE) 1 1

See also

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References

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General
  • "Results database". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Taekwondo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
Specific
  1. ^ "Taekwondo Equipment and History". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Taekwondo Basics". NBC Olympics. NBC Universal. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Competition Rules". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 August 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Taekwondo Competition Format". NBC Olympics. NBC Universal. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Competition Format". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 August 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  6. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hadi Saei". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  7. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Steven Lopez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  8. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Chi Shu-Ju". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  9. ^ Doucet, Lyse (3 November 2010). "Rohullah Nikpai fighting fit for Afghanistan". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  10. ^ "All-Time Taekwondo Medal Standings". NBC Olympics. NBC Universal. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  11. ^ "Taekwondo Medallists". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  12. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Taekwondo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2012.