| Men's 68 kg at the 2014 Asian Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Ganghwa Dolmens Gymnasium | ||||||||||||
| Date | 2 October 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 22 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Taekwondo at the 2014 Asian Games | ||
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| Men | Women | |
| 54 kg | 46 kg | |
| 58 kg | 49 kg | |
| 63 kg | 53 kg | |
| 68 kg | 57 kg | |
| 74 kg | 62 kg | |
| 80 kg | 67 kg | |
| 87 kg | 73 kg | |
| +87 kg | +73 kg | |
The men's featherweight (68 kilograms) event at the 2014 Asian Games took place on 2 October 2014 at Ganghwa Dolmens Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea. [1]
All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, 2 October 2014 | 09:30 | Round of 32 |
| Round of 16 | ||
| 15:30 | Quarterfinals | |
| Semifinals | ||
| 18:00 | Final |
| Final | |||
 Behnam Asbaghi (IRI) | 5 | ||
 Huang Jiannan (CHN) | 4 | ||
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
 Jawad Lakzaee (AFG) | 5 | ||||||||||||||
 Thinagaran Naidu Papunaidu (MAS) | 2 |  Kairat Sarymsakov (KAZ) | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Kairat Sarymsakov (KAZ) | 16 | Kairat Sarymsakov (KAZ) | 17 | ||||||||||||
 Ghazi Al-Asmari (KSA) | 4 | ||||||||||||||
 Shiv Kumar (IND) | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Ghazi Al-Asmari (KSA) | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Kairat Sarymsakov (KAZ) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Behnam Asbaghi (IRI) | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Behnam Asbaghi (IRI) | 9 | ||||||||||||||
 Said Gafar Salih (QAT) | 4 |  Phan Trung Đức (VIE) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Phan Trung Đức (VIE) | 14 | Behnam Asbaghi (IRI) | 9 | ||||||||||||
 Fadi Bakhazi (LIB) | 10 | Fadi Bakhazi (LIB) | 0 | ||||||||||||
 Khusrav Giyosov (TJK) | 5 | Fadi Bakhazi (LIB) | 4 | ||||||||||||
 Mahamad Wesh (NEP) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
 Phouthasone Thammavong (LAO) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
 Argen Tashanov (KGZ) | 6 |  Chetrapee Tangjai (THA) | 13 | ||||||||||||
| Chetrapee Tangjai (THA) | 24R | Chetrapee Tangjai (THA) | 9 | ||||||||||||
 Abdullah Gholoum (KUW) | 13 |  Keith Sembrano (PHI) | 12 | ||||||||||||
 Tilak Bahadur Gurung (BHU) | 1 | Abdullah Gholoum (KUW) | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Keith Sembrano (PHI) | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Keith Sembrano (PHI) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Huang Jiannan (CHN) | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Huang Jiannan (CHN) | 10 | ||||||||||||||
 Zaw Zaw (MYA) | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Huang Jiannan (CHN) | 8 | ||||||||||||||
 Pun Chi Fai (MAC) | 2 |  Lo Tsung-jui (TPE) | 2 | ||||||||||||
 Vladislav Khan (UZB) | 22W | Vladislav Khan (UZB) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Lo Tsung-jui (TPE) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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