Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics were held in the Sports Pavilion at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex in Athens, Greece where 124 competitors competed in eight events, four each for men and women.

Taekwondo
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueSports Pavilion at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex
DatesAugust 25 to August 28, 2004
Competitors124 from 60 nations
← 2000
2008 →

Qualification

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Medal summary

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The host nation Greece failed to add to the gold won by Michalis Mouroutsos at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, though Alexandros Nikolaidis and Elisavet Mystakidou both won silver. Chinese Taipei (i.e. Taiwan) won its first two gold medals ever at these events. Steven López of the United States and Chen Zhong of China each repeated as Olympic champions. Hadi Saei, Huang Chih-hsiung and Pascal Gentil also won medal for the second time.

Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight (58 kg)
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Chu Mu-Yen
  Chinese Taipei
Oscar Salazar
  Mexico
Tamer Bayoumi
  Egypt
Lightweight (68 kg)
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Hadi Saei
  Iran
Huang Chih-hsiung
  Chinese Taipei
Song Myeong-Seob
  South Korea
Middleweight (80 kg)
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Steven López
  United States
Bahri Tanrıkulu
  Turkey
Yousef Karami
  Iran
Heavyweight (+80 kg)
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Moon Dae-Sung
  South Korea
Alexandros Nikolaidis
  Greece
Pascal Gentil
  France

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight (49 kg)
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Chen Shih-Hsin
  Chinese Taipei
Yanelis Labrada
  Cuba
Yaowapa Boorapolchai
  Thailand
Lightweight (57 kg)
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Jang Ji-Won
  South Korea
Nia Abdallah
  United States
Iridia Salazar
  Mexico
Middleweight (67 kg)
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Luo Wei
  China
Elisavet Mystakidou
  Greece
Hwang Kyung-Sun
  South Korea
Heavyweight (+67 kg)
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Chen Zhong
  China
Myriam Baverel
  France
Adriana Carmona
  Venezuela

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Greece)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Chinese Taipei (TPE)2103
2  South Korea (KOR)2024
3  China (CHN)2002
4  United States (USA)1102
5  Iran (IRI)1012
6  Greece (GRE)*0202
7  France (FRA)0112
  Mexico (MEX)0112
9  Cuba (CUB)0101
  Turkey (TUR)0101
11  Egypt (EGY)0011
  Thailand (THA)0011
  Venezuela (VEN)0011
Totals (13 entries)88824

Participating nations

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A total of 124 taekwondo jins from 60 nations competed at the Athens Games:

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