| 2016 Asian Taekwondo Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Venue | Marriott Convention Center |
| Location |  Pasay, Philippines |
| Dates | 18–20 April 2016 |
| Champions | |
| Men |  Iran |
| Women |  South Korea |
The 2016 Asian Taekwondo Championships were the 22nd edition of the Asian Taekwondo Championships, and was scheduled from April 18 to 20, 2016 at the Marriott Convention Center Grand Ballroom in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight −54 kg | Armin Hadipour Iran | Ramnarong Sawekwiharee  Thailand | Galymzhan Serikbay  Kazakhstan |
Muatasem Abuzaid  Jordan | |||
| Flyweight −58 kg | Mirhashem Hosseini Iran | Molomyn Tümenbayar  Mongolia | Ibrahim Zarman  Indonesia |
Abdelazeez Mohamed  Qatar | |||
| Bantamweight −63 kg | Kim Seok-bae South Korea | Abolfazl Yaghoubi Iran | Nutthawee Klompong Thailand |
Zhao Shuai  China | |||
| Featherweight −68 kg | Kim Je-yeup South Korea | Alireza Aliyari Iran | Naveen  India |
| Song Guodong China | |||
| Lightweight −74 kg | Huang Jiannan China | Nikita Rafalovich  Uzbekistan | Yerzhan Abylkas Kazakhstan |
| Kim Hun South Korea | |||
| Welterweight −80 kg | Saeid Rajabi Iran | Liu Wei-ting  Chinese Taipei | Farkhod Negmatov  Tajikistan |
| Saleh Al-Sharabaty Jordan | |||
| Middleweight −87 kg | In Kyo-don South Korea | Smaiyl Duisebay Kazakhstan | Jasur Baykuziyev Uzbekistan |
| Anas Sadek Jordan | |||
| Heavyweight +87 kg | Dmitriy Shokin Uzbekistan | Kristopher Uy Philippines | Bahri Tanrıkulu  Palestine |
| Yang Yi China |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight −46 kg | Liu Kaiqi China | Lin Wan-ting Chinese Taipei | Napaporn Charanawat Thailand |
| Nahid Kiani Iran | |||
| Flyweight −49 kg | Panipak Wongpattanakit Thailand | Ha Min-ah South Korea | Razan Al-Saaideh Jordan |
Trương Thị Kim Tuyền  Vietnam | |||
| Bantamweight −53 kg | Kim Min-jeong South Korea | Chanatip Sonkham Thailand | Chhoeung Puthearim  Cambodia |
| Taleen Hamaidi Jordan | |||
| Featherweight −57 kg | Pauline Lopez Philippines | Lee Ah-reum South Korea | Mahsa Jeddi Iran |
| Shao Fenfen China | |||
| Lightweight −62 kg | Lin Yi-ching Chinese Taipei | Feng Xiao  Macau | Gulim Bibalayeva Kazakhstan |
| Jeon Chae-eun South Korea | |||
| Welterweight −67 kg | Chuang Chia-chia Chinese Taipei | Hà Thị Nguyên Vietnam | Feruza Yergeshova Kazakhstan |
| Nigora Tursunkulova Uzbekistan | |||
| Middleweight −73 kg | Lee Da-bin South Korea | Sorn Seavmey Cambodia | Zheng Shuyin China |
| Kirstie Alora Philippines | |||
| Heavyweight +73 kg | An Sae-bom South Korea | Mokhru Khalimova Tajikistan | Melika Mirhosseini Iran |
| None awarded |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Iran | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | China | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | Thailand | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Philippines | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | Cambodia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tajikistan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 | Macau | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mongolia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Jordan | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 15 | India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Palestine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Qatar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (18 entries) | 16 | 16 | 31 | 63 | |
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