# Taekwondo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Taekwondo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 17 to 21 August at the Nanjing International Expo Center in Nanjing, China. There will be five weight classes for each gender.

## Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 6 competitors, 3 per each gender. 74 places will be decided in a qualification tournament held in Taipei at 20–21 March 2014. The top 7 of each weight category and the eighth places in the events China did not choose to participate in will qualify. As hosts, China was initially given the maximum quota, but has chosen to participate only in the boys' +73 kg and girls' -49 kg, -63 kg, +63 kg weight categories. A further 20, 10 in each gender will be decided by the Tripartite Commission.
To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 1999. Furthermore, all athletes must be a Kukkiwon Dan or Poom certificate holder.
| NOC | Boys | Boys | Boys | Boys | Boys | Girls | Girls | Girls | Girls | Girls | Total |
| NOC | 48 kg | 55 kg | 63 kg | 73 kg | +73 kg | 44 kg | 49 kg | 55 kg | 63 kg | +63 kg | Total |
| Afghanistan | | | | | | X | | | | | 1 |
| Argentina | X | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Austria | | | X | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Azerbaijan | | | | X | | X | X | X | | | 4 |
| Belgium | | X | | | | | X | X | X | | 4 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | | | | | | | X | | | | 1 |
| Brazil | | | X | | | | | | | X | 2 |
| Cameroon | | | | | | | | | X | | 1 |
| Canada | | | | X | | | | | | | 1 |
| Cape Verde | | | | | | | | | | X | 1 |
| Chile | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| China | | | | | X | | X | | X | X | 4 |
| Colombia | | | | X | | | | | X | | 2 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | | | | | | | | X | | | 1 |
| Croatia | | | | | | | | X | X | | 2 |
| Czech Republic | | | | | | | | X | | | 1 |
| Ecuador | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Egypt | | X | | X | X | | | | X | | 4 |
| Equatorial Guinea | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| France | X | | | | X | | | | | | 2 |
| Gabon | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Germany | X | | | X | | X | | X | | | 4 |
| Great Britain | | | X | | | X | | | | | 2 |
| Iran | X | | | X | | | | | X | | 3 |
| Italy | | | | | | | | X | | X | 2 |
| Ivory Coast | X | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Jordan | | | | | | X | | | X | | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | X | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| South Korea | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Lebanon | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Malaysia | | | | | | | | | X | | 1 |
| Mali | | | | | | | | X | | | 1 |
| Mauritania | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Mexico | | | X | | | X | X | | | X | 4 |
| Montenegro | | | | | X | | | | | | 1 |
| Morocco | | | | X | | | | | | | 1 |
| Netherlands | X | X | X | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Niger | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Poland | | | | | | | X | | | | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | | | | | | | | | | X | 1 |
| Romania | | | | | X | | | | | | 1 |
| Russia | | | X | | | | | X | X | | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | X | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Senegal | | | | | | | | | | X | 1 |
| Serbia | | | X | | X | | | X | | | 3 |
| Slovenia | | | | | X | | | | | | 1 |
| Spain | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Suriname | | | X | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Swaziland | | | | | | | | | | X | 1 |
| Sweden | | | | | | | X | | | | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | X | X | X | | | X | X | | | | 5 |
| Thailand | X | | | | | X | | | | | 2 |
| Turkey | | | | | X | | X | X | | | 3 |
| Ukraine | | | | X | X | | | | | X | 3 |
| United States | | | | | | | | | | X | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | | | | | | | | | | X | 1 |
| Vietnam | | | | | | X | | | | | 1 |
| Yemen | X | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 58 NOCs | 11 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 100 |

## Schedule

The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.
    All times are CST (UTC+8)
| Event Date | Event Day | Starting Time | Event Details |
| August 17 | Sunday | 14:00 | Girls' -44 kg Preliminaries & Quarterfinals Boys' -48 kg Preliminaries & Quarterfinals |
| August 17 | Sunday | 19:00 | Girls' -44 kg Semifinals & Finals Boys' -48 kg Semifinals & Finals |
| August 18 | Monday | 14:00 | Girls' -49 kg Preliminaries & Quarterfinals Boys' -55 kg Preliminaries & Quarterfinals |
| August 18 | Monday | 19:00 | Girls' -49 kg Semifinals & Finals Boys' -55 kg Semifinals & Finals |
| August 19 | Tuesday | 14:00 | Girls' -55 kg Preliminaries & Quarterfinals Boys' -63 kg Preliminaries & Quarterfinals |
| August 19 | Tuesday | 19:00 | Girls' -55 kg Semifinals & Finals Boys' -63 kg Semifinals & Finals |
| August 20 | Wednesday | 14:00 | Girls' -63 kg Preliminaries & Quarterfinals Boys' -73 kg Preliminaries & Quarterfinals |
| August 20 | Wednesday | 19:00 | Girls' -63 kg Semifinals & Finals Boys' -73 kg Semifinals & Finals |
| August 21 | Thursday | 14:00 | Girls' +63 kg Preliminaries & Quarterfinals Boys' +73 kg Preliminaries & Quarterfinals |
| August 21 | Thursday | 19:00 | Girls' +63 kg Semifinals & Finals Boys' +73 kg Semifinals & Finals |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Iran | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Thailand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Russia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | China* | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 18 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |

### Boys' events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg details | Mehdi Eshaghi Iran | Wang Chen-yu Chinese Taipei | Daniel Chiovetta Germany |
| 48 kg details | Mehdi Eshaghi Iran | Wang Chen-yu Chinese Taipei | Stéphane Audibert France |
| 55 kg details | Huang Yu-jen Chinese Taipei | Joo Dong-hun South Korea | Si Mohamed Ketbi Belgium |
| 55 kg details | Huang Yu-jen Chinese Taipei | Joo Dong-hun South Korea | Jesús Tortosa Spain |
| 63 kg details | Edival Pontes Brazil | José Rubén Nava Mexico | Nabil Ennadiri Netherlands |
| 63 kg details | Edival Pontes Brazil | José Rubén Nava Mexico | Christian McNeish Great Britain |
| 73 kg details | Said Guliyev Azerbaijan | Hamza Adnan-Karim Germany | Seif Eissa Egypt |
| 73 kg details | Said Guliyev Azerbaijan | Hamza Adnan-Karim Germany | Danial Salehimehr Iran |
| +73 kg details | Yoann Miangué France | Denys Voronovskyy Ukraine | Talha Bayram Turkey |
| +73 kg details | Yoann Miangué France | Denys Voronovskyy Ukraine | Liun Jintao China |

### Girls' events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 44 kg details | Panipak Wongpattanakit Thailand | Ceren Ozbek Azerbaijan | Chen Zih-ting Chinese Taipei |
| 44 kg details | Panipak Wongpattanakit Thailand | Ceren Ozbek Azerbaijan | Abigail Stones Great Britain |
| 49 kg details | Huang Huai-hsuan Chinese Taipei | Indra Craen Belgium | Zhan Tianrui China |
| 49 kg details | Huang Huai-hsuan Chinese Taipei | Indra Craen Belgium | Mitzi Carrillo Mexico |
| 55 kg details | Ivana Babić Croatia | Fatma Sarıdoğan Turkey | Tatiana Kudashova Russia |
| 55 kg details | Ivana Babić Croatia | Fatma Sarıdoğan Turkey | Laura Roebben Belgium |
| 63 kg details | Kimia Alizadeh Iran | Yulia Turutina Russia | Zhang Chen China |
| 63 kg details | Kimia Alizadeh Iran | Yulia Turutina Russia | Debbie Yopasa Colombia |
| +63 kg details | Kendall Yount United States | Umida Abdullaeva Uzbekistan | Li Chen China |
| +63 kg details | Kendall Yount United States | Umida Abdullaeva Uzbekistan | Yulia Miiuts Ukraine |