| Taekwondo at the 1986 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Sungkyunkwan University |
| Dates | 30 September – 3 October 1986 |
| Competitors | 84 from 17 nations |
Taekwondo took place from September 30 to October 3 at the 1986 Asian Games in Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea. Men's competitions were held in eight weight categories. The host nation, South Korea, dominated the competition, winning seven out of eight possible gold medals.
| P | Preliminary rounds | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | 30th Tue | 1st Wed | 2nd Thu | 3rd Fri | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 50 kg | P | F | ||||||
| Men's 54 kg | P | F | ||||||
| Men's 58 kg | P | F | ||||||
| Men's 64 kg | P | F | ||||||
| Men's 70 kg | P | F | ||||||
| Men's 76 kg | P | F | ||||||
| Men's 83 kg | P | F | ||||||
| Men's +83 kg | P | F | ||||||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−50 kg) | Lee Jong-sun  South Korea | Yefi Triaji  Indonesia | Bidhan Lama  Nepal |
Abdullah Al-Ajmi  Kuwait | |||
| Flyweight (−54 kg) | Kim Young-sik South Korea | Selvamuthu Ramasamy  Malaysia | Anan Meksawan  Thailand |
| Budi Setiawan Indonesia | |||
| Bantamweight (−58 kg) | Ebrahim Ghaderi  Iran | Abdul Rozak Indonesia | Tareq Lababidi  Jordan |
| Ram Bahadur Ghachhe Nepal | |||
| Featherweight (−64 kg) | Han Jae-koo South Korea | Samer Kamal Jordan | Tana Sinprasat Thailand |
Rashid Al-Owjan  Qatar | |||
| Lightweight (−70 kg) | Park Bong-kwon South Korea | Ali Hajipour Iran | Monsour del Rosario  Philippines |
| Faraj Al-Fadhel Kuwait | |||
| Welterweight (−76 kg) | Moon Jong-kook South Korea | Lam Ting Indonesia | Katsuhiro Oki  Japan |
| Raj Kumar Rai Nepal | |||
| Middleweight (−83 kg) | Lee Kye-haeng South Korea | Ahmad Ali Jordan | Hirokazu Shiokawa Japan |
| Raj Kumar Buchhe Nepal | |||
| Heavyweight (+83 kg) | Kang Seung-woo South Korea | Tawfiq Nwaiser Jordan | Ali Mohamed Salah Qatar |
Rashid Hassan Bado  Bahrain |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea (KOR) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 |  Iran (IRN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
 Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 5 |  Malaysia (MAL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Nepal (NEP) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 11 |  Bahrain (BRN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 8 | 8 | 16 | 32 | |
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