# Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics were held in the Sports Pavilion at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex in Athens, Greece where 124 competitors competed in eight events, four each for men and women.

## Medal summary

The host nation Greece failed to add to the gold won by Michalis Mouroutsos at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, though Alexandros Nikolaidis and Elisavet Mystakidou both won silver. Chinese Taipei (i.e. Taiwan) won its first two gold medals ever at these events. Steven López of the United States and Chen Zhong of China each repeated as Olympic champions. Hadi Saei, Huang Chih-hsiung and Pascal Gentil also won medal for the second time.

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight (58 kg) details | Chu Mu-Yen Chinese Taipei | Oscar Salazar Mexico | Tamer Bayoumi Egypt |
| Lightweight (68 kg) details | Hadi Saei Iran | Huang Chih-hsiung Chinese Taipei | Song Myeong-Seob South Korea |
| Middleweight (80 kg) details | Steven López United States | Bahri Tanrıkulu Turkey | Yousef Karami Iran |
| Heavyweight (+80 kg) details | Moon Dae-Sung South Korea | Alexandros Nikolaidis Greece | Pascal Gentil France |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight (49 kg) details | Chen Shih-Hsin Chinese Taipei | Yanelis Labrada Cuba | Yaowapa Boorapolchai Thailand |
| Lightweight (57 kg) details | Jang Ji-Won South Korea | Nia Abdallah United States | Iridia Salazar Mexico |
| Middleweight (67 kg) details | Luo Wei China | Elisavet Mystakidou Greece | Hwang Kyung-Sun South Korea |
| Heavyweight (+67 kg) details | Chen Zhong China | Myriam Baverel France | Adriana Carmona Venezuela |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Greece)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Iran (IRI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Greece (GRE)* | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |

## Participating nations

A total of 124 taekwondo jins from 60 nations competed at the Athens Games:
* Argentina (2)
* Australia (4)
* Austria (2)
* Azerbaijan (2)
* Belgium (1)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
* Brazil (3)
* Canada (2)
* Central African Republic (1)
* China (2)
* Colombia (3)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Ivory Coast (1)
* Croatia (2)
* Cuba (1)
* Denmark (2)
* Dominican Republic (1)
* Egypt (4)
* Finland (1)
* France (4)
* Great Britain (4)
* Greece (4)
* Guatemala (3)
* Haiti (1)
* Indonesia (2)
* Iran (2)
* Iraq (1)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (3)
* Japan (1)
* Jordan (2)
* Kazakhstan (2)
* Lesotho (1)
* Libya (1)
* Malaysia (1)
* Mexico (3)
* Morocco (3)
* Nepal (1)
* Netherlands (2)
* New Zealand (1)
* Nigeria (3)
* Norway (1)
* Philippines (3)
* Poland (1)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Russia (2)
* South Africa (1)
* South Korea (4)
* Spain (4)
* Chinese Taipei (4)
* Thailand (4)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* Tunisia (3)
* Turkey (1)
* Ukraine (1)
* United States (2)
* Uzbekistan (2)
* Venezuela (4)
* Vietnam (2)
* Yemen (1)