| 2002 Asian Taekwondo Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location |  Amman, Jordan |
| Dates | 26–28 April 2002 |
| Champions | |
| Men |  South Korea |
| Women | South Korea |
The 2002 Asian Taekwondo Championships are the 15th edition of the Asian Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Amman, Jordan from April 26 to April 28, 2002.
South Korea dominated the competition, winning twelve gold medals.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight −54 kg | Lee Sang-pil South Korea | Nguyễn Duy Khương  Vietnam | Mohammad Al-Hamed Jordan |
Mohammad Bagheri Motamed  Iran | |||
| Flyweight −58 kg | Ko Seok-hwa South Korea | Mohammad Yaqoub Jordan | Behzad Khodadad Iran |
Satriyo Rahadhani  Indonesia | |||
| Bantamweight −62 kg | Lee Soon-tae South Korea | Mohammad Reza Mehdizadeh Iran | Vũ Anh Tuấn Vietnam |
Kiyoteru Higuchi  Japan | |||
| Featherweight −67 kg | Jamil Al-Khuffash Jordan | Sung Yu-chi  Chinese Taipei | Kim Dong-eun South Korea |
Carlo Massimino  Australia | |||
| Lightweight −72 kg | Sin Joon-sik South Korea | Hadi Saei Iran | Nagd Al-Mutawakel  Yemen |
| Iyad Al-Saify Jordan | |||
| Welterweight −78 kg | Yousef Karami Iran | Mitsushige Arita Japan | Donald Geisler  Philippines |
| Bertie Collinson Australia | |||
| Middleweight −84 kg | Park Cheon-deok South Korea | Dindo Simpao Philippines | Ali Tajik Iran |
Arman Chilmanov  Kazakhstan | |||
| Heavyweight +84 kg | Lee Seok-hun South Korea | Daniel Trenton Australia | Abdulqader Al-Adhami  Qatar |
Khaled Al-Dosari  Saudi Arabia |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight −47 kg | Kim Hyo-min South Korea | Nguyễn Thị Huyền Diệu Vietnam | Li Huang  China |
| Maria Tseriotis Australia | |||
| Flyweight −51 kg | Jang Eun-suk South Korea | Juana Wangsa Putri Indonesia | Daleen Cordero Philippines |
| Nguyễn Thị Xuân Mai Vietnam | |||
| Bantamweight −55 kg | Jung Jae-eun South Korea | Cosette Basbous  Lebanon | Minako Hatakeyama Japan |
Chonnapas Premwaew  Thailand | |||
| Featherweight −59 kg | Tseng Pei-hua Chinese Taipei | Tina Marton Australia | Wang Shuo China |
| Lê Thị Nhung Vietnam | |||
| Lightweight −63 kg | Oh Jung-ah South Korea | Su Li-wen Chinese Taipei | Nadin Dawani Jordan |
| Zhang Huijing China | |||
| Welterweight −67 kg | Kim Hye-mi South Korea | Veronica Domingo Philippines | Zhang Liyue China |
| Lara Shdaifat Jordan | |||
| Middleweight −72 kg | Chen Zhong China | Fan Chiao-wen Chinese Taipei | Park Eun-hee South Korea |
| Margarita Bonifacio Philippines | |||
| Heavyweight +72 kg | Kwon Ji-hee South Korea | Wang I-hsien Chinese Taipei | Erica Parcio Australia |
| Ren Ruihong China |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 12 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Iran | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Jordan | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | China | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Australia | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Philippines | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Vietnam | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 9 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Lebanon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Qatar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yemen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
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