# 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. All competition took place at the Gudeok Gymnasium. Each country except the host nation was limited to having 6 men and 6 women.

## Schedule

| P | Preliminary rounds | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | 10th Thu | 10th Thu | 11th Fri | 11th Fri | 12th Sat | 12th Sat | 13th Sun | 13th Sun |
| Men's 54 kg | P | F | | | | | | |
| Men's 58 kg | | | P | F | | | | |
| Men's 62 kg | | | | | P | F | | |
| Men's 67 kg | | | | | | | P | F |
| Men's 72 kg | P | F | | | | | | |
| Men's 78 kg | | | P | F | | | | |
| Men's 84 kg | | | | | P | F | | |
| Men's +84 kg | | | | | | | P | F |
| Women's 47 kg | P | F | | | | | | |
| Women's 51 kg | | | P | F | | | | |
| Women's 55 kg | | | | | P | F | | |
| Women's 59 kg | | | | | | | P | F |
| Women's 63 kg | P | F | | | | | | |
| Women's 67 kg | | | P | F | | | | |
| Women's 72 kg | | | | | P | F | | |
| Women's +72 kg | | | | | | | P | F |

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Finweight (−54 kg) details | Park Hee-chul South Korea | Chu Mu-yen Chinese Taipei | Muhammad Dalam Imam Indonesia |
| Finweight (−54 kg) details | Park Hee-chul South Korea | Chu Mu-yen Chinese Taipei | Akram Al-Noor Yemen |
| Flyweight (−58 kg) details | Kim Dae-ryung South Korea | Behzad Khodadad Iran | Surendra Bhandari India |
| Flyweight (−58 kg) details | Kim Dae-ryung South Korea | Behzad Khodadad Iran | Tshomlee Go Philippines |
| Bantamweight (−62 kg) details | Huang Chih-hsiung Chinese Taipei | Kim Hyang-soo South Korea | Ali Al-Asmar Jordan |
| Bantamweight (−62 kg) details | Huang Chih-hsiung Chinese Taipei | Kim Hyang-soo South Korea | Ghali Al-Matrafi Saudi Arabia |
| Featherweight (−67 kg) details | Nam Yeon-sik South Korea | Sung Yu-chi Chinese Taipei | Pavel Yugay Uzbekistan |
| Featherweight (−67 kg) details | Nam Yeon-sik South Korea | Sung Yu-chi Chinese Taipei | Deepak Bista Nepal |
| Lightweight (−72 kg) details | Hadi Saei Iran | Lee Jae-shin South Korea | Yesbol Yerden Kazakhstan |
| Lightweight (−72 kg) details | Hadi Saei Iran | Lee Jae-shin South Korea | Iyad Al-Saify Jordan |
| Welterweight (−78 kg) details | Oh Seon-taek South Korea | Đinh Vương Duy Vietnam | Majid Aflaki Iran |
| Welterweight (−78 kg) details | Oh Seon-taek South Korea | Đinh Vương Duy Vietnam | Liu Yang China |
| Middleweight (−84 kg) details | Kim Kyong-hun South Korea | Phan Tấn Đạt Vietnam | Dindo Simpao Philippines |
| Middleweight (−84 kg) details | Kim Kyong-hun South Korea | Phan Tấn Đạt Vietnam | Arman Chilmanov Kazakhstan |
| Heavyweight (+84 kg) details | Moon Dae-sung South Korea | Nguyễn Văn Hùng Vietnam | Abdulqader Al-Adhami Qatar |
| Heavyweight (+84 kg) details | Moon Dae-sung South Korea | Nguyễn Văn Hùng Vietnam | Ahmad Al-Attar Kuwait |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Finweight (−47 kg) details | Chen Shih-hsin Chinese Taipei | Nguyễn Thị Huyền Diệu Vietnam | Wang Ying China |
| Finweight (−47 kg) details | Chen Shih-hsin Chinese Taipei | Nguyễn Thị Huyền Diệu Vietnam | Kang Ji-hyun South Korea |
| Flyweight (−51 kg) details | Lim Su-jeong South Korea | Yaowapa Boorapolchai Thailand | Juana Wangsa Putri Indonesia |
| Flyweight (−51 kg) details | Lim Su-jeong South Korea | Yaowapa Boorapolchai Thailand | Daleen Cordero Philippines |
| Bantamweight (−55 kg) details | Yun Kyung-rim South Korea | Chonnapas Premwaew Thailand | Parvaneh Tehrani Iran |
| Bantamweight (−55 kg) details | Yun Kyung-rim South Korea | Chonnapas Premwaew Thailand | Renuka Magar Nepal |
| Featherweight (−59 kg) details | Yun Sung-hee South Korea | Tseng Pei-hua Chinese Taipei | Lê Thị Nhung Vietnam |
| Featherweight (−59 kg) details | Yun Sung-hee South Korea | Tseng Pei-hua Chinese Taipei | Wang Shuo China |
| Lightweight (−63 kg) details | Kim Yeon-ji South Korea | Liu Lin China | Lee Pei Fen Malaysia |
| Lightweight (−63 kg) details | Kim Yeon-ji South Korea | Liu Lin China | Ritu Jimee Rai Nepal |
| Welterweight (−67 kg) details | Kim Su-ok South Korea | Chang Wan-chen Chinese Taipei | Luo Wei China |
| Welterweight (−67 kg) details | Kim Su-ok South Korea | Chang Wan-chen Chinese Taipei | Veronica Domingo Philippines |
| Middleweight (−72 kg) details | Choi Jin-mi South Korea | Chen Zhong China | Roia Zamani Afghanistan |
| Middleweight (−72 kg) details | Choi Jin-mi South Korea | Chen Zhong China | Sally Solis Philippines |
| Heavyweight (+72 kg) details | Wang I-hsien Chinese Taipei | Youn Hyun-jung South Korea | Lee Wan Yuen Malaysia |
| Heavyweight (+72 kg) details | Wang I-hsien Chinese Taipei | Youn Hyun-jung South Korea | Ren Ruihong China |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 12 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Iran (IRI) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | China (CHN) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 8 | Nepal (NEP) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Afghanistan (AFG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Yemen (YEM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |

## Participating nations

A total of 219 athletes from 35 nations competed in taekwondo at the 2002 Asian Games:
* Afghanistan (7)
* Bahrain (8)
* Bhutan (11)
* Cambodia (6)
* China (11)
* Chinese Taipei (12)
* Hong Kong (1)
* India (9)
* Indonesia (8)
* Iran (9)
* Jordan (5)
* Kazakhstan (6)
* Kuwait (6)
* Kyrgyzstan (4)
* Laos (3)
* Lebanon (3)
* Macau (3)
* Malaysia (5)
* Mongolia (5)
* Myanmar (3)
* Nepal (10)
* Pakistan (2)
* Palestine (4)
* Philippines (12)
* Qatar (6)
* Saudi Arabia (6)
* South Korea (16)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Tajikistan (3)
* Thailand (8)
* Timor-Leste (1)
* Turkmenistan (4)
* Uzbekistan (5)
* Vietnam (10)
* Yemen (6)