Taekwondo at the Asian Games
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Taekwondo
events have been contested at every Asian Games
since 1986
Games in Seoul, South Korea.
Taekwondo
Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...
events have been contested at every Asian Games
Asian Games
The Asian Games, officially known as Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games they have been organised by the...
since 1986
1986 Asian Games
The 10th Asian Games were held from September 20, 1986 to October 5, 1986 in Seoul, South Korea. The city was supposed to host the 1970 games, but it received security threats from neighboring North Korea, forcing it to give up hosting the games to previous 1966 host Bangkok, Thailand...
Games in Seoul, South Korea.
Editions
| Games | Year | Host city | Host country |
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| X 1986 Asian Games The 10th Asian Games were held from September 20, 1986 to October 5, 1986 in Seoul, South Korea. The city was supposed to host the 1970 games, but it received security threats from neighboring North Korea, forcing it to give up hosting the games to previous 1966 host Bangkok, Thailand... |
1986 | Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... |
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| XII 1994 Asian Games The 1994 Asian Games also known as XII Asiad were held from October 2 to October 16, 1994 in Hiroshima, Japan. The main theme of this edition was to promote peace and harmony among Asian nations. It was emphasized by the host because the venue was the site of the first atomic bomb attack in... |
1994 | Hiroshima Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M... |
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| XIII 1998 Asian Games The 13th Asian Games were held from December 6 to December 20, 1998 in Bangkok, Thailand. This was the first time that Thailand bid for the event after it shouldered the two postponed hosting rights in 1970 and 1978.-Emblem:... |
1998 | Bangkok Bangkok Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom... |
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| XIV 2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games, also known as XIV Asiad is a multi-sport event held in Busan, South Korea from September 29 to October 14, 2002. Busan is the second city, after Seoul in 1986 to host the Games. A total of 419 events in 38 sports were contested by 7,711 athletes from 44 countries... |
2002 Taekwondo at the 2002 Asian Games Taekwondo took place from October 10 to October 13 at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea. Men's and women's competitions held in eight weight categories for each... |
Busan Busan Busan , formerly spelled Pusan is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. The Metropolitan area population is 4,399,515 as of 2010. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world... |
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| XV 2006 Asian Games The 15th Asian Games, officially known as the XV Asiad, is Asia's Olympic-style sporting event that was held in Doha, Qatar from December 1 to December 15, 2006. Doha was the first city in its region and only the second in West Asia to host the games... |
2006 Taekwondo at the 2006 Asian Games Taekwondo took place from December 7 to December 10 at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. Men's and women's competitions were held in eight weight categories for each... |
Doha Doha Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar... |
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| XVI 2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games, also known as the XVI Asiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Guangzhou, China from November 12 to November 27, 2010. Guangzhou was the second Chinese city to host the Games, after Beijing in 1990... |
2010 Taekwondo at the 2010 Asian Games Taekwondo at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, China from November 17 to 20, 2010. Men's and women's competitions were held in eight weight categories for each gender... |
Guangzhou Guangzhou Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port... |
Medal table
| 1 | align=left | |47 | 9 | 4 | 60 |
| 2 | align=left | |10 | 7 | 11 | 28 |
| 3 | align=left | |8 | 9 | 15 | 32 |
| 4 | align=left | |7 | 6 | 15 | 28 |
| 5 | align=left | |2 | 11 | 7 | 20 |
| 6 | align=left | |2 | 10 | 13 | 25 |
| 7 | align=left | |2 | 9 | 10 | 21 |
| 8 | align=left | |1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 9 | align=left | |1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 10 | align=left | |0 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 11 | align=left | |0 | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| 12 | align=left | |0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 13 | align=left | |0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 14 | align=left | |0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 15 | align=left | |0 | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| 16 | align=left | |0 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 17 | align=left | |0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | align=left | |0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | align=left | |0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| align=left | |0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 21 | align=left | |0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| align=left | |0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| align=left | |0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 80 | 80 | 160 | 320 | |
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