List of Olympic medalists in taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the Summer Olympics

Taekwondo is an Olympic sport that is contested at the Summer Olympic Games. It was introduced in the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games as a demonstration sport, and made its debut as a full medal sport at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. ^[1] Both men and women compete in four events each defined by separate weight classes: flyweight, featherweight, middleweight and heavyweight. Traditionally, taekwondo competitions consist of eight weight classes for each gender, but Olympic taekwondo only has four due to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) limiting the total number of taekwondo entrants to 128. ^[2]

The competitions are conducted in accordance with the rules established by the World Taekwondo (WT). ^[3] The competition format for taekwondo is a single-elimination tournament to determine the gold and silver medal winners, and a repechage is used to determine the bronze medal winner(s). ^[4] in 2000 and 2004, a single repechage final determined the sole bronze medal winner, but a rule change in 2008 created two repechage finals that allowed for the bronze medal to be shared between two competitors. ^[5]

Iranian Hadi Saei (2 gold, 1 bronze), American Steven López (2 gold, 1 bronze), South Korean Hwang Kyung-Seon (2 gold, 1 bronze), Thai Panipak Wongpattanakit (2 gold, 1 bronze) and Mexican María del Rosario Espinoza (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) share the most medals in Taekwondo with three. ^{[6] [7]} By defending her title at 2012 London Olympics, Hwang Kyung-Seon became the first woman ever to win three Olympic taekwondo medals. Hadi Saei and Steven López, along with Huang Chih-hsiung of Chinese Taipei, are the only three athletes to have won medals in multiple weight classes. Spanish Adriana Cerezo is the youngest athlete to win a medal (17 years, 242 days) and Hadi Saei is the oldest (32 years, 2 months, 13 days). ^{[6] [8]} Rohullah Nikpai of Afghanistan became his country's first ever Olympic medalist with a bronze medal in 2008. ^[9] South Korea has been the most successful nation in Olympic taekwondo, winning 22 medals (12 gold, 3 silver, 7 bronze). ^[10] China is the second most successful nation with 11 medals (7 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze). A total of 32 gold medals, 32 silver medals and 48 bronze medals have been awarded since 2000 and have been won by athletes from 33 National Olympic Committees (NOC). ^[11]

Men

Flyweight (58 kg)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney details	Michail Mouroutsos   Greece	Gabriel Esparza   Spain	Huang Chih-hsiung   Chinese Taipei
2004 Athens details	Chu Mu-yen   Chinese Taipei	Óscar Salazar   Mexico	Tamer Bayoumi   Egypt
2008 Beijing details	Guillermo Pérez   Mexico	Gabriel Mercedes   Dominican Republic	Rohullah Nikpai   Afghanistan
			Chu Mu-yen   Chinese Taipei
2012 London details	Joel González   Spain	Lee Dae-hoon   South Korea	Óscar Muñoz   Colombia
			Aleksey Denisenko   Russia
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Zhao Shuai   China	Tawin Hanprab   Thailand	Luisito Pie   Dominican Republic
			Kim Tae-hun   South Korea
2020 Tokyo details	Vito Dell'Aquila   Italy	Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi   Tunisia	Mikhail Artamonov   ROC
			Jang Jun   South Korea
2024 Paris details	Park Tae-joon   South Korea	Gashim Magomedov   Azerbaijan	Cyrian Ravet   France
			Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi   Tunisia

Medals
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	1	1	2	4
2	Mexico	1	1	0	2
	Spain	1	1	0	2
4	Chinese Taipei	1	0	2	3
5	China	1	0	0	1
	Greece	1	0	0	1
	Italy	1	0	0	1
8	Dominican Republic	0	1	1	2
	Tunisia	0	1	1	2
10	Thailand	0	1	0	1
	Azerbaijan	0	1	0	1
12	Afghanistan	0	0	1	1
	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Russia	0	0	1	1
	ROC (ROC)	0	0	1	1
	France	0	0	1	1
Total	17 nations	7	7	12	26

Featherweight (68 kg)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney details	Steven López   United States	Sin Joon-sik   South Korea	Hadi Saei   Iran
2004 Athens details	Hadi Saei   Iran	Huang Chih-hsiung   Chinese Taipei	Song Myeong-seob   South Korea
2008 Beijing details	Son Tae-jin   South Korea	Mark López   United States	Servet Tazegül   Turkey
			Sung Yu-chi   Chinese Taipei
2012 London details	Servet Tazegül   Turkey	Mohammad Bagheri Motamed   Iran	Terrence Jennings   United States
			Rohullah Nikpai   Afghanistan
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Ahmad Abughaush   Jordan	Aleksey Denisenko   Russia	Lee Dae-hoon   South Korea
			Joel González   Spain
2020 Tokyo details	Ulugbek Rashitov   Uzbekistan	Bradly Sinden   Great Britain	Hakan Reçber   Turkey
			Zhao Shuai   China
2024 Paris details	Ulugbek Rashitov   Uzbekistan	Zaid Kareem   Jordan	Liang Yushuai   China
			Edival Pontes   Brazil

Medals
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Uzbekistan	2	0	0	2
2	South Korea	1	1	2	4
3	Iran	1	1	1	3
	United States	1	1	1	3
5	Jordan	1	1	0	2
6	Turkey	1	0	2	3
7	Chinese Taipei	0	1	1	2
8	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
	Russia	0	1	0	1
10	China	0	0	2	2
11	Afghanistan	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
	Brazil	0	0	1	1
Total	13 nations	7	7	12	26

Middleweight (80 kg)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney details	Ángel Matos   Cuba	Faissal Ebnoutalib   Germany	Victor Estrada   Mexico
2004 Athens details	Steven López   United States	Bahri Tanrıkulu   Turkey	Yousef Karami   Iran
2008 Beijing details	Hadi Saei   Iran	Mauro Sarmiento   Italy	Zhu Guo   China
			Steven López   United States
2012 London details	Sebastián Crismanich   Argentina	Nicolás García   Spain	Lutalo Muhammad   Great Britain
			Mauro Sarmiento   Italy
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Cheick Sallah Cissé   Ivory Coast	Lutalo Muhammad   Great Britain	Milad Beigi   Azerbaijan
			Oussama Oueslati   Tunisia
2020 Tokyo details	Maksim Khramtsov   ROC	Saleh El-Sharabaty   Jordan	Toni Kanaet   Croatia
			Seif Eissa   Egypt
2024 Paris details	Firas Katoussi   Tunisia	Mehran Barkhordari   Iran	Simone Alessio   Italy Edi Hrnic   Denmark

Heavyweight (+80 kg)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney details	Kim Kyong-hun   South Korea	Daniel Trenton   Australia	Pascal Gentil   France
2004 Athens details	Moon Dae-sung   South Korea	Alexandros Nikolaidis   Greece	Pascal Gentil   France
2008 Beijing details	Cha Dong-min   South Korea	Alexandros Nikolaidis   Greece	Chika Chukwumerije   Nigeria
			Arman Chilmanov   Kazakhstan
2012 London details	Carlo Molfetta   Italy	Anthony Obame   Gabon	Robelis Despaigne   Cuba
			Liu Xiaobo   China
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Radik Isayev   Azerbaijan	Abdoul Issoufou   Niger	Maicon Andrade   Brazil
			Cha Dong-min   South Korea
2020 Tokyo details	Vladislav Larin   ROC	Dejan Georgievski   North Macedonia	In Kyo-don   South Korea
			Rafael Alba   Cuba
2024 Paris details	Arian Salimi   Iran	Caden Cunningham   Great Britain	Rafael Alba   Cuba
			Cheick Sallah Cissé   Ivory Coast

Women

Flyweight (49 kg)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney details	Lauren Burns   Australia	Urbia Melendez   Cuba	Chi Shu-ju   Chinese Taipei
2004 Athens details	Chen Shih-hsin   Chinese Taipei	Yanelis Labrada   Cuba	Yaowapa Boorapolchai   Thailand
2008 Beijing details	Wu Jingyu   China	Buttree Puedpong   Thailand	Daynellis Montejo   Cuba
			Dalia Contreras   Venezuela
2012 London details	Wu Jingyu   China	Brigitte Yagüe   Spain	Chanatip Sonkham   Thailand
			Lucija Zaninović   Croatia
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Kim So-hui   South Korea	Tijana Bogdanović   Serbia	Patimat Abakarova   Azerbaijan
			Panipak Wongpattanakit   Thailand
2020 Tokyo details	Panipak Wongpattanakit   Thailand	Adriana Cerezo   Spain	Avishag Semberg   Israel
			Tijana Bogdanović   Serbia
2024 Paris details	Panipak Wongpattanakit   Thailand	Guo Qing   China	Mobina Nematzadeh   Iran
			Lena Stojković   Croatia

Featherweight (57 kg)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney details	Jung Jae-eun   South Korea	Tran Hieu Ngan   Vietnam	Hamide Bıkçın Tosun   Turkey
2004 Athens details	Jang Ji-won   South Korea	Nia Abdallah   United States	Iridia Salazar   Mexico
2008 Beijing details	Lim Su-jeong   South Korea	Azize Tanrıkulu   Turkey	Diana López   United States
			Martina Zubčić   Croatia
2012 London details	Jade Jones   Great Britain	Hou Yuzhuo   China	Marlène Harnois   France
			Tseng Li-cheng   Chinese Taipei
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Jade Jones   Great Britain	Eva Calvo   Spain	Kimia Alizadeh   Iran
			Hedaya Malak   Egypt
2020 Tokyo details	Anastasija Zolotic   United States	Tatiana Minina   ROC	Lo Chia-ling   Chinese Taipei
			Hatice Kübra İlgün   Turkey
2024 Paris details	Kim Yu-jin   South Korea	Nahid Kiani   Iran	Skylar Park   Canada
			Kimia Alizadeh   Bulgaria

Middleweight (67 kg)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney details	Lee Sun-hee   South Korea	Trude Gundersen   Norway	Yoriko Okamoto   Japan
2004 Athens details	Luo Wei   China	Elisavet Mystakidou   Greece	Hwang Kyung-seon   South Korea
2008 Beijing details	Hwang Kyung-seon   South Korea	Karine Sergerie   Canada	Gwladys Épangue   France
			Sandra Šarić   Croatia
2012 London details	Hwang Kyung-seon   South Korea	Nur Tatar   Turkey	Paige McPherson   United States
			Helena Fromm   Germany
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Oh Hye-ri   South Korea	Haby Niaré   France	Ruth Gbagbi   Ivory Coast
			Nur Tatar   Turkey
2020 Tokyo details	Matea Jelić   Croatia	Lauren Williams   Great Britain	Ruth Gbagbi   Ivory Coast
			Hedaya Wahba   Egypt
2024 Paris details	Viviana Márton   Hungary	Aleksandra Perišić   Serbia	Sarah Chaâri   Belgium
			Kristina Teachout   United States

Heavyweight (+67 kg)

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney details	Chen Zhong   China	Natalia Ivanova   Russia	Dominique Bosshart   Canada
2004 Athens details	Chen Zhong   China	Myriam Baverel   France	Adriana Carmona   Venezuela
2008 Beijing details	María del Rosario Espinoza   Mexico	Nina Solheim   Norway	Sarah Stevenson   Great Britain
			Natália Falavigna   Brazil
2012 London details	Milica Mandić   Serbia	Anne-Caroline Graffe   France	Anastasia Baryshnikova   Russia
			María del Rosario Espinoza   Mexico
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Zheng Shuyin   China	María del Rosario Espinoza   Mexico	Bianca Walkden   Great Britain
			Jackie Galloway   United States
2020 Tokyo details	Milica Mandić   Serbia	Lee Da-bin   South Korea	Althéa Laurin   France
			Bianca Walkden   Great Britain
2024 Paris details	Althéa Laurin   France	Svetlana Osipova   Uzbekistan	Lee Da-bin   South Korea
			Nafia Kuş   Turkey

Statistics

Athlete medal leaders

Athletes who won at least two medals are listed below. ^[12]

Athlete	Nation	Gender	Olympics [a]	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Hadi Saei	Iran	Male	2000–2008	2	0	1	3
Steven López	United States	Male	2000–2008	2	0	1	3
Hwang Kyung-seon	South Korea	Female	2004–2012	2	0	1	3
Panipak Wongpattanakit	Thailand	Female	2016–2024	2	0	1	3
Chen Zhong	China	Female	2000–2004	2	0	0	2
Wu Jingyu	China	Female	2008–2012	2	0	0	2
Jade Jones	Great Britain	Female	2012–2016	2	0	0	2
Milica Mandić	Serbia	Female	2012–2020	2	0	0	2
Ulugbek Rashitov	Uzbekistan	Male	2020–2024	2	0	0	2
María Espinoza	Mexico	Female	2008–2016	1	1	1	3
Zhao Shuai	China	Male	2016–2020	1	0	1	2
Cheick Sallah Cissé	Ivory Coast	Male	2016–2024	1	0	1	2
Althéa Laurin	France	Female	2020–2024	1	0	1	2
Chu Mu-yen	Chinese Taipei	Male	2004–2008	1	0	1	2
Servet Tazegül	Turkey	Male	2008–2012	1	0	1	2
Cha Dong-min	South Korea	Male	2008–2016	1	0	1	2
Joel González	Spain	Male	2012–2016	1	0	1	2
Alexandros Nikolaidis	Greece	Male	2004–2008	0	2	0	2
Huang Chih-hsiung	Chinese Taipei	Male	2000–2004	0	1	1	2
Mauro Sarmiento	Italy	Male	2008–2012	0	1	1	2
Alexey Denisenko	Russia	Male	2012–2016	0	1	1	2
Lee Da-bin	South Korea	Female	2020–2024	0	1	1	2
Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi	Tunisia	Male	2020-2024	0	1	1	2
Lee Dae-hoon	South Korea	Male	2012–2016	0	1	1	2
Lutalo Muhammad	Great Britain	Male	2012–2016	0	1	1	2
Nur Tatar	Turkey	Female	2012–2016	0	1	1	2
Tijana Bogdanović	Serbia	Female	2016–2020	0	1	1	2
Pascal Gentil	France	Male	2000–2004	0	0	2	2
Rohullah Nikpai	Afghanistan	Male	2008–2012	0	0	2	2
Ruth Gbagbi	Ivory Coast	Female	2016–2020	0	0	2	2
Hedaya Wahba	Egypt	Female	2016–2020	0	0	2	2
Bianca Walkden	Great Britain	Female	2016–2020	0	0	2	2
Kimia Alizadeh	Iran/  Bulgaria	Female	2016–2024	0	0	2	2
Rafael Alba	Cuba	Male	2020–2024	0	0	2	2

^a The years indicate the Olympics at which the medals were won.

Medals per year

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Number of medals won by the NOC

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NOC did not win any medals

Nation	1896–1996	00	04	08	12	16	20	24	Total
Afghanistan (AFG)		–	–	1	1	–	–	–	2
Argentina		–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1
Australia		2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
Azerbaijan		–	–	–	–	3	–	1	4
Brazil		–	–	1	–	1	–	1	3
Canada		1	–	1	–	–	–	1	3
China		1	2	2	3	2	1	2	13
Chinese Taipei		2	3	2	1	–	1	–	9
Croatia		–	–	2	1	–	2	1	6
Colombia		–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1
Cuba		2	1	1	1	–	1	1	7
Dominican Republic		–	–	1	–	1	–	–	2
Egypt		–	1	–	–	1	2	–	4
France		1	2	1	2	1	1	2	10
Gabon		–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1
Germany		1	–	–	1	–	–	–	2
Great Britain		–	–	1	2	3	3	1	10
Greece		1	2	1	–	–	–	–	4
Israel		–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1
Iran		1	2	1	1	1	–	4	10
Italy		–	–	1	2	–	1	1	5
Ivory Coast		–	–	–	–	2	1	1	4
Japan		1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Jordan		–	–	–	–	1	1	1	3
Kazakhstan		–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1
Mexico		1	2	2	1	1	–	–	7
Niger		–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1
Nigeria		–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1
North Macedonia		–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1
Norway		1	–	1	–	–	–	–	2
Russia / ROC		1	–	–	2	1	4	–	8
Serbia		–	–	–	1	1	2	1	5
South Korea		4	4	4	2	5	3	3	25
Spain		1	–	–	3	2	1	–	7
Thailand		–	1	1	1	2	1	1	7
Tunisia		–	–	–	–	–	1	2	3
Turkey		1	1	2	2	1	2	1	10
United States		1	2	3	2	1	1	1	11
Uzbekistan		–	–	–	–	–	1	1	2
Venezuela		–	1	1	–	–	–	–	2
Vietnam		1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1

See also

• World Taekwondo Championships
• World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships
• Lists of Olympic medalists

References

General

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