Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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.
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| Competitors | 103 from 51 nations |
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| Men | Women | |
| 58 kg | 49 kg | |
| 68 kg | 57 kg | |
| 80 kg | 67 kg | |
| +80 kg | +67 kg | |
Taekwondo was held at the State Sports Centre in Sydney Olympic Park.
Qualification
Timeline
| Event | Location | Date |
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| 1999 World Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament |  | July 8–10, 1999 |
| 1999 African Regional Qualification Tournament |  | September 9–10, 1999 |
| 1999 Asian and Oceanian Regional Qualification Tournament |  | September 25–26, 1999 |
| 1999 Pan-American Regional Qualification Tournament |  | October 2–3, 1999 |
| 1999 European Regional Qualification Tournament |  | October 16–17, 1999 |
Qualified
- Men
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| 1999 World Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament | 4 |     |
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| 1999 Pan-American Regional Qualification Tournament | 2 |  |
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| 1999 European Regional Qualification Tournament | 2 |   |
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- Women
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| -49 kg | -57 kg | -67 kg | +67 kg | ||
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Medal summary
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Flyweight (58 kg) |
Michail Mouroutsos |
Gabriel Esparza |
Huang Chih-hsiung |
| Lightweight (68 kg) |
Steven López |
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Hadi Saei |
| Middleweight (80 kg) |
Ángel Matos |
Faissal Ebnoutalib |
Víctor Estrada |
| Heavyweight (+80 kg) |
Kim Kyong-hun |
Daniel Trenton |
Pascal Gentil |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Flyweight (49 kg) |
Lauren Burns |
Urbia Melendez |
Chi Shu-ju |
| Lightweight (57 kg) |
Jung Jae-eun |
Tran Hieu Ngan |
Hamide Bıkçın Tosun |
| Middleweight (67 kg) |
Lee Sun-hee |
Trude Gundersen |
Yoriko Okamoto |
| Heavyweight (+67 kg) |
Chen Zhong |
Natalia Ivanova |
Dominique Bosshart |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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| Totals (18 nations) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
Participating nations
A total of 103 taekwondo jins 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.[1][2] 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 from his viewpoint in his family's 2009 book, Family Power: The True Story of How "The First Family of Taekwondo" Made Olympic History.[3]
References
- "London 2012 Olympic Games - ABC Grandstand Sport (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC Grandstand Sport.
- 《Family Power: The True Story of How "The First Family of Taekwondo" Made Olympic History》，Mark López, Steven López, Diana López，ISBN 978-0451228512
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