2012 Asian Taekwondo Championships | |
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Venue | Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium |
Location | ![]() |
Dates | 9–11 May 2012 |
Champions | |
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Women | ![]() |
The 2012 Asian Taekwondo Championships are the 20th edition of the Asian Taekwondo Championships, and were held at Phu Tho Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from May 9 to May 11, 2012.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Finweight −54 kg | Park Ji-woong ![]() | Japoy Lizardo ![]() | Ahmad Nabil ![]() |
Chutchawal Khawlaor ![]() | |||
Flyweight −58 kg | Lee Dae-hoon ![]() | Pen-ek Karaket ![]() | Lê Huỳnh Châu ![]() |
Yuma Yamada ![]() | |||
Bantamweight −63 kg | Huang Cheng-ching ![]() | Yaser Bamatraf ![]() | Vladislav Khan ![]() |
Zhalgas Bekkassymov ![]() | |||
Featherweight −68 kg | Alireza Nasr Azadani ![]() | Rohullah Nikpai ![]() | Said Gafar Salih ![]() |
Mohammad Abulibdeh ![]() | |||
Lightweight −74 kg | Anas Al-Adarbi ![]() | Seo Jong-bin ![]() | Masoud Karimi ![]() |
Kairat Sarymsakov ![]() | |||
Welterweight −80 kg | Lee Dong-eon ![]() | Masoud Hajji-Zavareh ![]() | Qiao Sen ![]() |
Christian dela Cruz ![]() | |||
Middleweight −87 kg | Nguyễn Trọng Cường ![]() | Jasur Baykuziyev ![]() | Jaber Jamal Al-Ali ![]() |
Hossein Tajik ![]() | |||
Heavyweight +87 kg | Cha Dong-min ![]() | Liu Xiaobo ![]() | Sajjad Mardani ![]() |
Elias El-Hidari ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Finweight −46 kg | Liao Wei-chun ![]() | Li Zhaoyi ![]() | Kim So-hui ![]() |
Dina Pouryounes ![]() | |||
Flyweight −49 kg | Yang Shu-chun ![]() | Đoàn Thị Hương Giang ![]() | Chanatip Sonkham ![]() |
Park Ji-hye ![]() | |||
Bantamweight −53 kg | Wu Jingyu ![]() | Samaneh Sheshpari ![]() | Nila Ahmadi ![]() |
Tseng Yi-hsuan ![]() | |||
Featherweight −57 kg | Tseng Li-cheng ![]() | Hou Yuzhuo ![]() | Mayu Hamada ![]() |
Dilobar Saydullaeva ![]() | |||
Lightweight −62 kg | Zhang Hua ![]() | Chuang Chia-chia ![]() | Nguyễn Thị Thanh Thảo ![]() |
Zhadyra Otemis ![]() | |||
Welterweight −67 kg | Chen Yann-yeu ![]() | Hwang Kyung-seon ![]() | Fatemeh Rouhani ![]() |
Liu Qing ![]() | |||
Middleweight −73 kg | Lee In-jong ![]() | Rima Ananbeh ![]() | Kirstie Alora ![]() |
Feruza Yergeshova ![]() | |||
Heavyweight +73 kg | Nadin Dawani ![]() | Fei Lulu ![]() | Eka Sahara ![]() |
Nafiseh Mokhlesi ![]() |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (18 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |
Men
| Women
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