Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics explained
| Event: | Taekwondo |
| Games: | 2000 Summer |
| Competitors: | 103 |
| Nations: | 51 |
| Prev: | 1992 |
| Next: | 2004 |
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]
Medal summary
Men's events
Flyweight (58 kg)
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Lightweight (68 kg)
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Middleweight (80 kg)
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Heavyweight (+80 kg)
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Women's events
Flyweight (49 kg)
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Lightweight (57 kg)
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Middleweight (67 kg)
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Heavyweight (+67 kg)
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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
- Web site: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics . Olympedia . 28 August 2020.
- Web site: London 2012 Olympic Games – ABC Grandstand Sport (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). ABC Grandstand Sport.
- Web site: 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，
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