| Taekwondo at the 2002 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Gudeok Gymnasium |
| Dates | 10–13 October 2002 |
| Competitors | 219 from 35 nations |
Taekwondo took place from October 10 to October 13 at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea. Men's and women's competitions held in eight weight categories for each. All competition took place at the Gudeok Gymnasium. Each country except the host nation was limited to having 6 men and 6 women.
| P | Preliminary rounds | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | 10th Thu | 11th Fri | 12th Sat | 13th Sun | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 54 kg | P | F | ||||||
| Men's 58 kg | P | F | ||||||
| Men's 62 kg | P | F | ||||||
| Men's 67 kg | P | F | ||||||
| Men's 72 kg | P | F | ||||||
| Men's 78 kg | P | F | ||||||
| Men's 84 kg | P | F | ||||||
| Men's +84 kg | P | F | ||||||
| Women's 47 kg | P | F | ||||||
| Women's 51 kg | P | F | ||||||
| Women's 55 kg | P | F | ||||||
| Women's 59 kg | P | F | ||||||
| Women's 63 kg | P | F | ||||||
| Women's 67 kg | P | F | ||||||
| Women's 72 kg | P | F | ||||||
| Women's +72 kg | P | F | ||||||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−54 kg) | Park Hee-chul  South Korea | Chu Mu-yen  Chinese Taipei | Muhammad Dalam Imam  Indonesia |
Akram Al-Noor  Yemen | |||
| Flyweight (−58 kg) | Kim Dae-ryung South Korea | Behzad Khodadad  Iran | Surendra Bhandari  India |
Tshomlee Go  Philippines | |||
| Bantamweight (−62 kg) | Huang Chih-hsiung Chinese Taipei | Kim Hyang-soo South Korea | Ali Al-Asmar  Jordan |
Ghali Al-Matrafi  Saudi Arabia | |||
| Featherweight (−67 kg) | Nam Yeon-sik South Korea | Sung Yu-chi Chinese Taipei | Pavel Yugay  Uzbekistan |
Deepak Bista  Nepal | |||
| Lightweight (−72 kg) | Hadi Saei Iran | Lee Jae-shin South Korea | Yesbol Yerden  Kazakhstan |
| Iyad Al-Saify Jordan | |||
| Welterweight (−78 kg) | Oh Seon-taek South Korea | Đinh Vương Duy  Vietnam | Majid Aflaki Iran |
Liu Yang  China | |||
| Middleweight (−84 kg) | Kim Kyong-hun South Korea | Phan Tấn Đạt Vietnam | Dindo Simpao Philippines |
| Arman Chilmanov Kazakhstan | |||
| Heavyweight (+84 kg) | Moon Dae-sung South Korea | Nguyễn Văn Hùng Vietnam | Abdulqader Al-Adhami  Qatar |
Ahmad Al-Attar  Kuwait |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−47 kg) | Chen Shih-hsin Chinese Taipei | Nguyễn Thị Huyền Diệu Vietnam | Wang Ying China |
| Kang Ji-hyun South Korea | |||
| Flyweight (−51 kg) | Lim Su-jeong South Korea | Yaowapa Boorapolchai  Thailand | Juana Wangsa Putri Indonesia |
| Daleen Cordero Philippines | |||
| Bantamweight (−55 kg) | Yun Kyung-rim South Korea | Chonnapas Premwaew Thailand | Parvaneh Tehrani Iran |
| Renuka Magar Nepal | |||
| Featherweight (−59 kg) | Yun Sung-hee South Korea | Tseng Pei-hua Chinese Taipei | Lê Thị Nhung Vietnam |
| Wang Shuo China | |||
| Lightweight (−63 kg) | Kim Yeon-ji South Korea | Liu Lin China | Lee Pei Fen  Malaysia |
| Ritu Jimee Rai Nepal | |||
| Welterweight (−67 kg) | Kim Su-ok South Korea | Chang Wan-chen Chinese Taipei | Luo Wei China |
| Veronica Domingo Philippines | |||
| Middleweight (−72 kg) | Choi Jin-mi South Korea | Chen Zhong China | Roia Zamani  Afghanistan |
| Sally Solis Philippines | |||
| Heavyweight (+72 kg) | Wang I-hsien Chinese Taipei | Youn Hyun-jung South Korea | Lee Wan Yuen Malaysia |
| Ren Ruihong China |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea (KOR) | 12 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 |  Iran (IRI) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 |  Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 |  China (CHN) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 |  Thailand (THA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 |  Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 8 |  Nepal (NEP) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 |  Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 13 |  Afghanistan (AFG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Yemen (YEM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
A total of 219 athletes from 35 nations competed in taekwondo at the 2002 Asian Games:
Afghanistan (7)
Bahrain (8)
Bhutan (11)
Cambodia (6) China (11) Chinese Taipei (12)
East Timor (1)
Hong Kong (1) India (9) Indonesia (8) Iran (9) Jordan (5) Kazakhstan (6) Kuwait (6)
Kyrgyzstan (4)
Laos (3)
Lebanon (3)
Macau (3) Malaysia (5)
Mongolia (5)
Myanmar (3) Nepal (10)
Pakistan (2)
Palestine (4) Philippines (12) Qatar (6) Saudi Arabia (6) South Korea (16)
Sri Lanka (1)
Tajikistan (3) Thailand (8)
Turkmenistan (4) Uzbekistan (5) Vietnam (10) Yemen (6)
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