# Taekwondo at the 1986 Asian Games

Taekwondo took place from September 30 to October 3 at the 1986 Asian Games in Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea. Men's competitions were held in eight weight categories. The host nation, South Korea, dominated the competition, winning seven out of eight possible gold medals.

## Schedule

| P | Preliminary rounds | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | 30th Tue | 30th Tue | 1st Wed | 1st Wed | 2nd Thu | 2nd Thu | 3rd Fri | 3rd Fri |
| Men's 50 kg | P | F | | | | | | |
| Men's 54 kg | P | F | | | | | | |
| Men's 58 kg | | | P | F | | | | |
| Men's 64 kg | | | P | F | | | | |
| Men's 70 kg | | | | | P | F | | |
| Men's 76 kg | | | | | P | F | | |
| Men's 83 kg | | | | | | | P | F |
| Men's +83 kg | | | | | | | P | F |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Finweight (−50 kg) details | Lee Jong-sun South Korea | Yefi Triaji Indonesia | Bidhan Lama Nepal |
| Finweight (−50 kg) details | Lee Jong-sun South Korea | Yefi Triaji Indonesia | Abdullah Al-Ajmi Kuwait |
| Flyweight (−54 kg) details | Kim Young-sik South Korea | Selvamuthu Ramasamy Malaysia | Anan Meksawan Thailand |
| Flyweight (−54 kg) details | Kim Young-sik South Korea | Selvamuthu Ramasamy Malaysia | Budi Setiawan Indonesia |
| Bantamweight (−58 kg) details | Ebrahim Ghaderi Iran | Abdul Rozak Indonesia | Tareq Lababidi Jordan |
| Bantamweight (−58 kg) details | Ebrahim Ghaderi Iran | Abdul Rozak Indonesia | Ram Bahadur Ghachhe Nepal |
| Featherweight (−64 kg) details | Han Jae-koo South Korea | Samer Kamal Jordan | Tana Sinprasat Thailand |
| Featherweight (−64 kg) details | Han Jae-koo South Korea | Samer Kamal Jordan | Rashid Al-Owjan Qatar |
| Lightweight (−70 kg) details | Park Bong-kwon South Korea | Ali Hajipour Iran | Monsour del Rosario Philippines |
| Lightweight (−70 kg) details | Park Bong-kwon South Korea | Ali Hajipour Iran | Faraj Al-Fadhel Kuwait |
| Welterweight (−76 kg) details | Moon Jong-kook South Korea | Lam Ting Indonesia | Katsuhiro Oki Japan |
| Welterweight (−76 kg) details | Moon Jong-kook South Korea | Lam Ting Indonesia | Raj Kumar Rai Nepal |
| Middleweight (−83 kg) details | Lee Kye-haeng South Korea | Ahmad Ali Jordan | Hirokazu Shiokawa Japan |
| Middleweight (−83 kg) details | Lee Kye-haeng South Korea | Ahmad Ali Jordan | Raj Kumar Buchhe Nepal |
| Heavyweight (+83 kg) details | Kang Seung-woo South Korea | Tawfiq Nwaiser Jordan | Ali Mohamed Salah Qatar |
| Heavyweight (+83 kg) details | Kang Seung-woo South Korea | Tawfiq Nwaiser Jordan | Rashid Hassan Bado Bahrain |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Iran (IRN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Malaysia (MAL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Nepal (NEP) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Bahrain (BRN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 8 | 8 | 16 | 32 |

## Participating nations

A total of 84 athletes from 17 nations competed in taekwondo at the 1986 Asian Games:
* Bahrain (6)
* Bhutan (1)
* Hong Kong (2)
* India (2)
* Indonesia (7)
* Iran (5)
* Japan (6)
* Jordan (7)
* Kuwait (5)
* Malaysia (2)
* Nepal (8)
* Philippines (8)
* Qatar (8)
* Saudi Arabia (2)
* Singapore (1)
* South Korea (8)
* Thailand (6)