2000 Summer Olympics / Taekwondo

Taekwondo at the XXVII. Summer Olympics
information
venue	Australia
Competition venue	State Sports Center
Nations	50
Athletes	102 (48 women, 54 men)
date	27.-30. September 2000
decisions	8th
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At the XXVII. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , eight Taekwondo competitions were held, four each for women and men. The venue was the State Sports Center in the Sydney Olympic Park . Taekwondo was officially included in the Olympic program after it had been a demonstration sport in 1988 and 1992 .

Balance sheet

State Sports Center

Medal table

space	country				total
1	South Korea	3	1	-	4th
2	Australia	1	1	-	2
	Cuba	1	1	-	2
4th	China	1	-	-	1
	Greece	1	-	-	1
	United States	1	-	-	1
7th	Germany	-	1	-	1
	Norway	-	1	-	1
	Russia	-	1	-	1
	Spain	-	1	-	1
	Vietnam	-	1	-	1
12	Chinese Taipei	-	-	2	2
13	France	-	-	1	1
	Iran	-	-	1	1
	Japan	-	-	1	1
	Canada	-	-	1	1
	Mexico	-	-	1	1
	Turkey	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Flyweight Michalis Mouroutsos Gabriel Esparza Huang Chih-hsiung lightweight Steven Lopez Sin Joon-sik Hadi Saei Bonehkohal medium weight Ángel Matos Faissal Ebnoutalib Victor Estrada Heavyweight Kim Kyong-hun Daniel Trenton Pascal Gentil

Women competitor gold silver bronze Flyweight Lauren Burns Urbia Meléndez Chi Shu-ju lightweight Jung Jae-eun Trần Hiếu Ngân Hamide Bıkçın Tosun medium weight Lee Sun-hee Trude Gundersen Yoriko Okamoto Heavyweight Chen Zhong Natalia Ivanova Dominique Bosshart

Results men

Flyweight (up to 58 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	GRE	Michalis Mouroutsos
2	ESP	Gabriel Esparza
3	TPE	Huang Chih-hsiung
4th	ARG	Gabriel Taraburelli
5	HUN	József Salim
	MAR	Younès Sekkat
7th	EGY	Talaat Abada

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Date: September 27, 2000
14 participants from 14 countries

Lightweight (up to 68 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Steven Lopez
2	COR	Sin Joon-sik
3	IRI	Hadi Saei Bonehkohal
4th	AUT	Tuncay Çalışkan
5	GER	Aziz Acharki
	OUT	Carlo Massimino
7th	RUS	Aslanbek Dzitiev
	ITA	Claudio Nolano

Date: September 28, 2000
14 participants from 14 countries

Middle weight (up to 80 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	CUB	Ángel Matos
2	GER	Faissal Ebnoutalib
3	MEX	Victor Estrada
4th	SWE	Roman Livaja
5	OUT	Warren Hansen
	CIV	Sebastien Konan
7th	JOR	Mohamed Al-Fararjeh
	CHI	Félipe Soto

Date: September 29, 2000
14 participants from 14 countries

Heavy weight (over 80 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	COR	Kim Kyong-hun
2	OUT	Daniel Trenton
3	FRA	Pascal Gentil
4th	KSA	Khalid Al-Dosari
5	COL	Milton Castro
	GBR	Colin Daley
7th	NCA	Carlos Delgado
	SWE	Marcus Thorén

Date: September 30th, 2000
13 participants from 13 countries

Results women

Flyweight (up to 49 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	OUT	Lauren Burns
2	CUB	Urbia Meléndez
3	TPE	Chi Shu-ju
4th	THE	Hanne Høgh Poulsen
5	DOOR	Döndü Güvenc
	MEX	Águeda Pérez
7th	LES	Likeleli Thamae

Date: September 27th, 2000
12 participants from 12 countries

Lightweight (up to 57 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	COR	Jung Jae-eun
2	VIE	Trần Hiếu Ngân
3	DOOR	Hamide Bıkçın Tosun
4th	NED	Virginia Lourens
5	ITA	Cristiana Corsi
	PHL	Jasmin Strachan
7th	TRI	Cheryl-Ann Sankar

Date: September 28, 2000
12 participants from 12 countries

Middle weight (up to 67 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	COR	Lee Sun-hee
2	NOR	Trude Gundersen
3	JPN	Yoriko Okamoto
4th	GBR	Sarah Stevenson
5	FIN	Kirsimarja Koskinen
	NED	Mirjam Mueskens
7th	CHN	Hey Lumin
	United States	Barbara Kunkel

Date: September 29, 2000
12 participants from 12 countries

Heavy weight (over 67 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	CHN	Chen Zhong
2	RUS	Natalia Ivanova
3	CAN	Dominique Bosshart
4th	CRO	Nataša Vezmar
5	MAR	Mounia Bourguigue
	VEN	Adriana Carmona
7th	OUT	Tanya White

Date: September 30, 2000
12 participants from 12 countries

Web links

• Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official results of the 2000 Summer Games (PDF, 2.0 MB)