Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Taekwondo competition
Taekwondo at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | |
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Competitors | 103 from 51 nations |
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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]
Qualification
Medal summary
Men's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Flyweight (58 kg) details | Michail Mouroutsos Greece | Gabriel Esparza Spain | Huang Chih-hsiung Chinese Taipei |
Lightweight (68 kg) details | Steven López United States | Sin Joon-sik South Korea | Hadi Saei Iran |
Middleweight (80 kg) details | Ángel Matos Cuba | Faissal Ebnoutalib Germany | Víctor Estrada Mexico |
Heavyweight (+80 kg) details | Kim Kyong-hun South Korea | Daniel Trenton Australia | Pascal Gentil France |
Women's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Flyweight (49 kg) details | Lauren Burns Australia | Urbia Melendez Cuba | Chi Shu-ju Chinese Taipei |
Lightweight (57 kg) details | Jung Jae-eun South Korea | Tran Hieu Ngan Vietnam | Hamide Bıkçın Tosun Turkey |
Middleweight (67 kg) details | Lee Sun-hee South Korea | Trude Gundersen Norway | Yoriko Okamoto Japan |
Heavyweight (+67 kg) details | Chen Zhong China | Natalia Ivanova Russia | Dominique Bosshart Canada |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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
A total of 103 taekwondo athletes from 51 nations competed at the Sydney Games:
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Controversies
- 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
- ^ "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
External links
- International Olympic Committee results database