| 2004 Asian Taekwondo Championships | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Seongnam Gymnasium |
| Location |  Seongnam, South Korea |
| Dates | 20–23 May 2004 |
| Champions | |
| Men | South Korea |
| Women | South Korea |
The 2004 Asian Taekwondo Championships are the 16th edition of the Asian Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Seongnam, South Korea from May 20 to May 23, 2004.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight −54 kg | Choi Yeon-ho South Korea | Chen Wei-hsin  Chinese Taipei | Fahad Bin Dowisan  Saudi Arabia |
Evgeniy Lee  Uzbekistan | |||
| Flyweight −58 kg | Ko Seok-hwa South Korea | Mohammad Bagheri Motamed  Iran | Ahmed Qassem  Iraq |
Tshomlee Go  Philippines | |||
| Bantamweight −62 kg | Kim Hyang-soo South Korea | Su Tai-yuan Chinese Taipei | Vũ Anh Tuấn  Vietnam |
Noel Moukhaiber  Lebanon | |||
| Featherweight −67 kg | Omid Gholamzadeh Iran | Jamil Al-Khuffash  Jordan | Cao Trọng Chinh Vietnam |
| Sung Yu-chi Chinese Taipei | |||
| Lightweight −72 kg | Son Jun-kil South Korea | Vahid Abdollahi Iran | Yesbol Yerden  Kazakhstan |
Moataz Akkam  Syria | |||
| Welterweight −78 kg | Park Jeong-ho South Korea | Hu Po-kang Chinese Taipei | Alexander Briones Philippines |
Wong Kai Meng  Malaysia | |||
| Middleweight −84 kg | Jung Yong-han South Korea | Bai Yu  China | Jalal Mahmoud Jordan |
| Phan Tấn Đạt Vietnam | |||
| Heavyweight +84 kg | Nguyễn Văn Hùng Vietnam | Abdulqader Al-Adhami  Qatar | Ibrahim Aqil Jordan |
| Khaled Al-Dosari Saudi Arabia |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight −47 kg | Park Hyo-joo South Korea | Nguyễn Thị Huyền Diệu Vietnam | Awatef Al-Assaf Jordan |
| Eunice Alora Philippines | |||
| Flyweight −51 kg | Wu Yen-ni Chinese Taipei | Lee Ji-hye South Korea | Elaine Teo Malaysia |
| Zain Al-Khasawneh Jordan | |||
| Bantamweight −55 kg | Cosette Basbous Lebanon | Renuka Magar  Nepal | Kylie Treadwell  Australia |
| Saule Sardarova Kazakhstan | |||
| Featherweight −59 kg | Yoon Sung-hee South Korea | Caroline Marton Australia | Julie Dib Lebanon |
| Su Li-wen Chinese Taipei | |||
| Lightweight −63 kg | Zong Shaojuan China | H. Thoibinao Chanu  India | Carmen Marton Australia |
| Kao Hui-chun Chinese Taipei | |||
| Welterweight −67 kg | Lee Sun-hee South Korea | Yang Wen-chen Chinese Taipei | Toni Rivero Philippines |
| Rasha Al-Sadaga Jordan | |||
| Middleweight −72 kg | Zhang Huixin China | Kim Ye-son South Korea | Nurgul Berkaliyeva Kazakhstan |
| Criselda Roxas Philippines | |||
| Heavyweight +72 kg | Kim Seung-hee South Korea | Tsui Fang-hsuan Chinese Taipei | Shaden Thweib Jordan |
| Trần Thị Ngọc Bích Vietnam |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | China | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Iran | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Vietnam | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Lebanon | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Jordan | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Nepal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Qatar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Philippines | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 13 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 |  Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 16 | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Syria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (18 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
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