Taekwondo was contested as an official sport at the Olympic Games for the first time at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. It had previously been a demonstration sport in 1988 and 1992. Medals were awarded in four weight classes each for men and women. Tran Hieu Ngan became the first Vietnamese Olympic medalist in this competition.[1]
| Taekwondo at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | |
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| Competitors | 103 from 51 nations |
Qualification
editMedal summary
editMen's events
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight (58 kg) |
Michail Mouroutsos Greece
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Gabriel Esparza Spain
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Huang Chih-hsiung Chinese Taipei
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| Lightweight (68 kg) |
Steven López United States
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Sin Joon-sik South Korea
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Hadi Saei Iran
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| Middleweight (80 kg) |
Ángel Matos Cuba
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Faissal Ebnoutalib Germany
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Víctor Estrada Mexico
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| Heavyweight (+80 kg) |
Kim Kyong-hun South Korea
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Daniel Trenton Australia
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Pascal Gentil France
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Women's events
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight (49 kg) |
Lauren Burns Australia
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Urbia Melendez Cuba
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Chi Shu-ju Chinese Taipei
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| Lightweight (57 kg) |
Jung Jae-eun South Korea
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Tran Hieu Ngan Vietnam
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Hamide Bıkçın Tosun Turkey
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| Middleweight (67 kg) |
Lee Sun-hee South Korea
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Trude Gundersen Norway
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Yoriko Okamoto Japan
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| Heavyweight (+67 kg) |
Chen Zhong China
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Natalia Ivanova Russia
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Dominique Bosshart Canada
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Medal table
edit* Host nation (Australia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea (KOR) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 |  Australia (AUS)* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 |  China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Iran (IRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (18 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
Participating nations
editA total of 103 taekwondo athletes from 51 nations competed at the Sydney Games:
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Controversies
edit- Bronze medalist Chi Shu-Ju, Hamide Bıkçın Tosun, Hadi Saei and Pascal Gentil complained to the media about what they perceived as biased refereeing which made them lose their possible gold medal.[2][3] Pascal Gentil even refused to be photographed with his fellow medalists Kim Kyong-Hun and Daniel Trenton in the medal ceremony. Gold medalist Steven López revealed some inside story in his family's 2009 book.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ^ "London 2012 Olympic Games – ABC Grandstand Sport (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC Grandstand Sport.
- ^ "BBC SPORT | MARTIAL ARTS | Medal first for Vietnam".
- ^ 《Family Power: The True Story of How "The First Family of Taekwondo" Made Olympic History》，Mark López, Steven López, Diana López，ISBN 978-0451228512