Taekwondo at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's individual poomsae

Men's individual poomsae
at the 2018 Asian Games
Venue Jakarta Convention Center Plenary Hall
Date 19 August 2018 (2018-08-19)
Competitors 16 from 16 nations
Medalists
 Kang Min-sung   South Korea
 Kourosh Bakhtiar   Iran
 Chen Ching   Chinese Taipei
 Pongporn Suvittayarak   Thailand

The men's individual poomsae event at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 19 August 2018 at Jakarta Convention Center Plenary Hall, Jakarta, Indonesia.[1]

Kang Min-sung won South Korea's first gold medal at the 18th Asian Games in this event. Kang defeated Kourosh Bakhtiar of Iran in the men's individual poomsae final to claim a gold medal at the Asian Games in Indonesia. Chen Ching from Chinese Taipei and Pongporn Suvittayarak of Thailand finished third and won the bronze medal.

The poomsae competition was consisted of two patterns in each round. From Preliminary round to quarterfinals two Poomsae was selected randomly from Recognized Poomsae but from semifinals to the final one Poomsae was selected from Recognized Poomsae and one from New Poomsae.

Recognized Poomsae were Koryo, Keumgang, Taeback, Pyongwon and Shipjin. while New Poomsae were Bigak 2, Bigak 3 (Nareusya), Himchari, Saebyeol.

Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

Date Time Event
Sunday, 19 August 201809:00Round of 16
09:00Quarterfinals
15:00Semifinals
15:00Final

Results

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 Kourosh Bakhtiar (IRI) 8.22  
 Phal Sovannat (CAM) 7.81      Kourosh Bakhtiar (IRI) 8.25  
 Abdurrahman Wahyu (INA) 8.33      Abdurrahman Wahyu (INA) 8.19  
 Sun Shine (MYA) 7.93        Kourosh Bakhtiar (IRI) 8.57  
 Chen Ching (TPE) 8.38        Chen Ching (TPE) 8.48  
 Kamal Shrestha (NEP) 7.51      Chen Ching (TPE) 8.31  
 Hu Mingda (CHN) 8.34      Hu Mingda (CHN) 8.15  
 Wahid Moghis (KSA) 7.86        Kourosh Bakhtiar (IRI) 8.73
 Pongporn Suvittayarak (THA) 8.14        Kang Min-sung (KOR) 8.81
 Nguyễn Thiên Phụng (VIE) 7.98      Pongporn Suvittayarak (THA) 8.32  
 Rodolfo Reyes (PHI) 8.08      Rodolfo Reyes (PHI) 8.08  
 Ruslan Manaspayev (KAZ) 7.08        Pongporn Suvittayarak (THA) 8.49  
 Kang Min-sung (KOR) 8.24        Kang Min-sung (KOR) 8.70  
 Soukthavy Panyasith (LAO) 7.65      Kang Min-sung (KOR) 8.35      
 Choy Cheuk Yin (HKG) 7.55      Chew Wei Yan (MAS) 8.20      
 Chew Wei Yan (MAS) 8.02  

References

  1. ↑ "Taekwondo Technical Handbook" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games official website. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
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