| 2006 Asian Taekwondo Championships | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Indoor Stadium Huamark |
| Location |  Bangkok, Thailand |
| Dates | 21–23 April 2006 |
| Champions | |
| Men |  South Korea |
| Women | South Korea |
The 2006 Asian Taekwondo Championships are the 17th edition of the Asian Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Bangkok, Thailand from April 21 to April 23, 2006.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight −54 kg | Chutchawal Khawlaor Thailand | Japoy Lizardo  Philippines | Wisam Oraibi  Iraq |
Renat Kuralbayev  Kazakhstan | |||
| Flyweight −58 kg | You Young-dae South Korea | Dech Sutthikunkarn Thailand | Batyrbek Yestavletov Kazakhstan |
Chu Mu-yen  Chinese Taipei | |||
| Bantamweight −62 kg | Park Tae-youl South Korea | Nacha Punthong Thailand | Mohammad Reza Mehdizadeh  Iran |
Thamer Qaitouqah  Jordan | |||
| Featherweight −67 kg | Lee Mun-kyu South Korea | Jamil Al-Khuffash Jordan | Tseng Ching-hsiang Chinese Taipei |
| Manuel Rivero Philippines | |||
| Lightweight −72 kg | Hadi Saei Iran | Deyaa Al-Dah  Syria | Wu Yi-chun Chinese Taipei |
| Lee Young-yeoul South Korea | |||
| Welterweight −78 kg | Kourosh Rajoli Iran | Choi Seong-ho South Korea | Liao Chia-hsing Chinese Taipei |
| Alexander Briones Philippines | |||
| Middleweight −84 kg | Arman Chilmanov Kazakhstan | Adam Corrigan  Australia | Nguyễn Trọng Cường  Vietnam |
Abdelhameed Atalla  Qatar | |||
| Heavyweight +84 kg | Nam Yun-bae South Korea | Abdulqader Al-Adhami Qatar | Nguyễn Văn Hùng Vietnam |
| Sagynysh Kalimbetov Kazakhstan |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight −47 kg | Yaowapa Boorapolchai Thailand | Wu Jingyu  China | Kristina Korobko  Tajikistan |
| Awatef Al-Assaf Jordan | |||
| Flyweight −51 kg | Kwon Eun-kyung South Korea | Đỗ Thị Bích Hạnh Vietnam | Wala Al-Hashimi  Bahrain |
| Eunice Alora Philippines | |||
| Bantamweight −55 kg | Lee Hye-young South Korea | Ekaterina Trubitsina Tajikistan | Cosette Basbous  Lebanon |
| Chi Shu-ju Chinese Taipei | |||
| Featherweight −59 kg | Tseng Pei-hua Chinese Taipei | Chonnapas Premwaew Thailand | Lee Sung-hye South Korea |
| Zarina Shamshatkyzy Kazakhstan | |||
| Lightweight −63 kg | Jin Chae-lin South Korea | Su Li-wen Chinese Taipei | Yekaterina Dmitriyeva Kazakhstan |
| Shaden Thweib Jordan | |||
| Welterweight −67 kg | Chen Ri Xian  Macau | Hwang Kyung-seon South Korea | Tina Morgan Australia |
Yoriko Okamoto  Japan | |||
| Middleweight −72 kg | Jung Sun-young South Korea | Liu Rui China | Mahrouz Saei Iran |
| Tsui Fang-hsuan Chinese Taipei | |||
| Heavyweight +72 kg | Rapatkorn Prasopsuk Thailand | Luo Wei China | Amalia Kurniasih Palupi  Indonesia |
| Nadin Dawani Jordan |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Thailand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Iran | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Macau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | China | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Jordan | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | Philippines | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Qatar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tajikistan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 | Syria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Iraq | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
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