| 2008 Asian Taekwondo Championships | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | The Sports Centre Gymnasium |
| Location |  Luoyang, China |
| Dates | 26–28 April 2008 |
| Champions | |
| Men |  Iran |
| Women | China |
The 2008 Asian Taekwondo Championships are the 18th edition of the Asian Taekwondo Championships, and were held at The Sports Centre Gymnasium of Luoyang in Luoyang, China from April 26 to April 28, 2008.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight −54 kg | Jerranat Narkaviroj  Thailand | Choi Yeon-ho  South Korea | Tameem Al-Kubati  Yemen |
Japoy Lizardo  Philippines | |||
| Flyweight −58 kg | Chu Mu-yen  Chinese Taipei | Husam Suleiman  Jordan | Lim Chul-ho South Korea |
Rohullah Nikpai  Afghanistan | |||
| Bantamweight −62 kg | Kim Yong-min South Korea | Reza Naderian Iran | Nacha Punthong Thailand |
| Zhu Shengpeng China | |||
| Featherweight −67 kg | Mohammad Bagheri Motamed Iran | Mohammad Abulibdeh Jordan | Kairat Sarymsakov  Kazakhstan |
Kiyoteru Higuchi  Japan | |||
| Lightweight −72 kg | Alireza Nasr Azadani Iran | Tseng Ching-hsiang Chinese Taipei | Sawatvilay Phimmasone  Laos |
| Nabil Talal Jordan | |||
| Welterweight −78 kg | Farzad Abdollahi Iran | Zhu Guo China | Dam Srichan Thailand |
| Jang Chang-ha South Korea | |||
| Middleweight −84 kg | Kourosh Rajoli Iran | Yuan Ming-che Chinese Taipei | Alexander Briones Philippines |
| Pan Dongdong China | |||
| Heavyweight +84 kg | Liu Xiaobo China | Nguyễn Văn Hùng  Vietnam | Arman Chilmanov Kazakhstan |
Akmal Irgashev  Uzbekistan |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight −47 kg | Fatemeh Nemati Iran | Fransisca Valentina  Indonesia | Liao Wei-chun Chinese Taipei |
| Jyra Lizardo Philippines | |||
| Flyweight −51 kg | Yang Shu-chun Chinese Taipei | Wu Jingyu China | Kwon Eun-kyung South Korea |
| Loraine Catalan Philippines | |||
| Bantamweight −55 kg | Lei Jie China | Nam Jin-ah South Korea | Tseng Yi-hsuan Chinese Taipei |
| Tamonrat Pokadhanawat Thailand | |||
| Featherweight −59 kg | Su Li-wen Chinese Taipei | Zarina Shamshatkyzy Kazakhstan | Watcharaporn Dongnoi Thailand |
| Liu Jing China | |||
| Lightweight −63 kg | Park Hye-mi South Korea | Tseng Pei-hua Chinese Taipei | Si Hui China |
Meera Chettri  India | |||
| Welterweight −67 kg | Guo Yunfei China | Toni Rivero Philippines | Liya Nurkina Kazakhstan |
| Trần Thị Ngọc Trâm Vietnam | |||
| Middleweight −72 kg | An Sae-bom South Korea | Che Chew Chan  Malaysia | Sun Ai-chi Chinese Taipei |
| Luo Wei China | |||
| Heavyweight +72 kg | Chen Zhong China | Nadin Dawani Jordan | Soheila Sayyahi Iran |
| Jang Jung-yoon South Korea |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iran | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | China | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Thailand | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Jordan | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Philippines | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Laos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yemen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (17 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
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