Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Taekwondo was contested as an official sport at the Olympic Games for the first time at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. It had previously been a demonstration sport in 1988 and 1992. Medals were awarded in four weight classes each for men and women. Tran Hieu Ngan became the first Vietnamese Olympic medalist in this competition.[1]

Taekwondo
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Competitors103 from 51 nations
← 1992
2004 →
Taekwondo was held at the State Sports Centre in Sydney Olympic Park.

Qualification

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Medal summary

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Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight (58 kg)
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Michail Mouroutsos
  Greece
Gabriel Esparza
  Spain
Huang Chih-hsiung
  Chinese Taipei
Lightweight (68 kg)
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Steven López
  United States
Sin Joon-sik
  South Korea
Hadi Saei
  Iran
Middleweight (80 kg)
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Ángel Matos
  Cuba
Faissal Ebnoutalib
  Germany
Víctor Estrada
  Mexico
Heavyweight (+80 kg)
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Kim Kyong-hun
  South Korea
Daniel Trenton
  Australia
Pascal Gentil
  France

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight (49 kg)
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Lauren Burns
  Australia
Urbia Melendez
  Cuba
Chi Shu-ju
  Chinese Taipei
Lightweight (57 kg)
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Jung Jae-eun
  South Korea
Tran Hieu Ngan
  Vietnam
Hamide Bıkçın Tosun
  Turkey
Middleweight (67 kg)
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Lee Sun-hee
  South Korea
Trude Gundersen
  Norway
Yoriko Okamoto
  Japan
Heavyweight (+67 kg)
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Chen Zhong
  China
Natalia Ivanova
  Russia
Dominique Bosshart
  Canada

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Australia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  South Korea (KOR)3104
2  Australia (AUS)*1102
  Cuba (CUB)1102
4  China (CHN)1001
  Greece (GRE)1001
  United States (USA)1001
7  Germany (GER)0101
  Norway (NOR)0101
  Russia (RUS)0101
  Spain (ESP)0101
  Vietnam (VIE)0101
12  Chinese Taipei (TPE)0022
13  Canada (CAN)0011
  France (FRA)0011
  Iran (IRI)0011
  Japan (JPN)0011
  Mexico (MEX)0011
  Turkey (TUR)0011
Totals (18 entries)88824

Participating nations

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A total of 103 taekwondo athletes from 51 nations competed at the Sydney Games:

Controversies

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References

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  1. ^ "Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. ^ "London 2012 Olympic Games – ABC Grandstand Sport (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC Grandstand Sport.
  3. ^ "BBC SPORT | MARTIAL ARTS | Medal first for Vietnam".
  4. ^ 《Family Power: The True Story of How "The First Family of Taekwondo" Made Olympic History》,Mark López, Steven López, Diana López,ISBN 978-0451228512
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