Taekwondo at the 1998 Asian Games | |
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Venue | Thammasat Gymnasium 7 |
Dates | 7–10 December 1998 |
Taekwondo took place from December 7 to December 10 at the 1998 Asian Games in Thammasat University, Gymnasium 7, Bangkok, Thailand. Each country (except the host nation) was limited to having 6 men and 6 women for the entire competition.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Finweight (−50 kg) | Park Hee-kang South Korea | Nguyễn Duy Khương Vietnam | Wirat Pimthon Thailand |
Kishor Shrestha Nepal | |||
Flyweight (−54 kg) | Hồ Nhất Thống Vietnam | Satriyo Rahadhani Indonesia | Anuarbek Amankulov Kazakhstan |
Rodolfo Abratique Philippines | |||
Bantamweight (−58 kg) | Mehdi Bibak Iran | Jatupol Yodanyamaneewong Thailand | Liu Chuang China |
Thamer Al-Mershad Kuwait | |||
Featherweight (−64 kg) | Kang Nam-won South Korea | Donald Geisler Philippines | Bijan Moghanloo Iran |
Hsu Chi-hung Chinese Taipei | |||
Lightweight (−70 kg) | Kim Byung-uk South Korea | Sung Chen-hsien Chinese Taipei | Kriangkrai Noikoed Thailand |
Hiroshi Kanai Japan | |||
Welterweight (−76 kg) | Ryu Keun-moo South Korea | Majid Aflaki Iran | Adilkhan Sagindykov Kazakhstan |
Mohammad Al-Fararjeh Jordan | |||
Middleweight (−83 kg) | Kang Dong-kuk South Korea | Hussein Al-Tahleh Jordan | Prawes Sattakom Thailand |
Majid Amintorabi Iran | |||
Heavyweight (+83 kg) | Kim Je-kyoung South Korea | Ibrahim Aqil Jordan | Hassan Aslani Iran |
Nguyễn Văn Hùng Vietnam |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Finweight (−43 kg) | Jang Jung-eun South Korea | Nguyễn Thị Xuân Mai Vietnam | Li Huang China |
Chi Shu-ju Chinese Taipei | |||
Flyweight (−47 kg) | Tang Hui-wen Chinese Taipei | Usa Sinlapajarn Thailand | Juana Wangsa Putri Indonesia |
Yuan Guiru China | |||
Bantamweight (−51 kg) | Lee Ji-won South Korea | Nootcharin Sukkhongdumnoen Thailand | Sapana Malla Nepal |
Trần Hiếu Ngân Vietnam | |||
Featherweight (−55 kg) | Chen Yi-an Chinese Taipei | Sabita Rajbhandari Nepal | Soo Lai Yin Malaysia |
Raveevadee Pansombut Thailand | |||
Lightweight (−60 kg) | Hsu Chih-ling Chinese Taipei | Lee Sun-hee South Korea | Yoriko Okamoto Japan |
Nelia Sy Philippines | |||
Welterweight (−65 kg) | Cho Hyang-mi South Korea | Alaa Kutkut Jordan | Chen Zhong China |
Kao Ching-yi Chinese Taipei | |||
Middleweight (−70 kg) | Lee Hee-young South Korea | He Lumin China | Sivaporn Meyer Thailand |
Khúc Liễu Châu Vietnam | |||
Heavyweight (+70 kg) | Jung Myoung-sook South Korea | Lee Wan Yuen Malaysia | Sinta Berliana Heru Indonesia |
Margarita Bonifacio Philippines |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | South Korea (KOR) | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
2 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
3 | Vietnam (VIE) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
4 | Iran (IRI) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
5 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
6 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
7 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
8 | Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
9 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Nepal (NEP) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
11 | Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
12 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
14 | Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (14 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |
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