| 1988 Asian Taekwondo Championships | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Dasharath Rangasala |
| Location |  Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Dates | 23–25 March 1988 |
| Champions | |
| Men |  South Korea |
| Women | South Korea |
The 1988 Asian Taekwondo Championships were the 8th edition of the Asian Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Kathmandu, Nepal from 23 to 25 March, 1988. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−50 kg) | Kwon Tae-ho South Korea | Bidhan Lama Nepal | Paul Lyons  Australia |
Firas Al-Jayousi  Jordan | |||
| Flyweight (−54 kg) | Ha Tae-kyung South Korea | Ihsan Abu Sheikha Jordan | Hwang Yao-han  Chinese Taipei |
Mike Ventosa  Philippines | |||
| Bantamweight (−58 kg) | Cho Young-nam South Korea | Chuang hsiao-yung Chinese Taipei | Stephen Fernandez Philippines |
Ebrahim Qhaib  Qatar | |||
| Featherweight (−64 kg) | Chang Myung-sam South Korea | Tzan Shih-song Chinese Taipei | Yeung Ying Kwan  Hong Kong |
| Samir Jaber Jordan | |||
| Lightweight (−70 kg) | Park Bong-kwon South Korea | Chen Yi-hsiung Chinese Taipei | Hussein Simrin Jordan |
| Jo Jin-ho Australia | |||
| Welterweight (−76 kg) | Jeong Kook-hyun South Korea | Wu Tsung-che Chinese Taipei | Hirokazu Shiokawa  Japan |
Ali Hajipour  Iran | |||
| Middleweight (−83 kg) | Jeong Yong-suk South Korea | Hayder Yousif  Iraq | Joalberto Pamintuan Philippines |
| Liu Chien-chung Chinese Taipei | |||
| Heavyweight (+83 kg) | Kim Jong-suk South Korea | Chong Fu Chik Hong Kong | Shieh Rong-tzong Chinese Taipei |
| Ali Mohamed Salah Qatar |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−43 kg) | Lee Hwa-jin South Korea | Chin Yu-fang Chinese Taipei | Bronwyn Butterworth Australia |
| Shima Khadka Nepal | |||
| Flyweight (−47 kg) | Pai Yun-yao Chinese Taipei | Wong Liang Ming  Singapore | Cheryl Smith Australia |
| Sita Kumari Rai Nepal | |||
| Bantamweight (−51 kg) | Park Sun-young South Korea | Carmela Hartnett Australia | Chen Yi-an Chinese Taipei |
Chai Saew Yuen  Malaysia | |||
| Featherweight (−55 kg) | Kim So-young South Korea | Tung Ya-ling Chinese Taipei | Cheung Ma Ling Hong Kong |
| Penny Glowacki Australia | |||
| Lightweight (−60 kg) | Lee Eun-young South Korea | Chen Jiun-feng Chinese Taipei | Angela Coulson Australia |
| Rita Shrestha Nepal | |||
| Welterweight (−65 kg) | Kim Ji-sook South Korea | Joyce Ong Malaysia | Mira Thapa Nepal |
| Tang Hui-ting Chinese Taipei | |||
| Middleweight (−70 kg) | Kim Hyun-hee South Korea | Wang Chin-yu Chinese Taipei | Laxmi Gurung Nepal |
| Lau Choo Boon Malaysia | |||
| Heavyweight (+70 kg) | Jang Yoon-jung South Korea | Lee Show-lan Chinese Taipei | Manju Tuladhar Nepal |
| None awarded |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 9 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Nepal | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| 5 | Jordan | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 8 | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Singapore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Philippines | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Qatar | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (13 entries) | 16 | 16 | 31 | 63 | |
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