# Taekwondo at the 2019 Pan American Games

Taekwondo competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru were held between July 26 to 29, 2019 at the Polideportivo Villa El Salvador, which also hosted the volleyball competitions.
12 medal events were contested. Eight of these events were in Kyorugi (four per gender). This edition marked the premiere of the pomsae events. These events were added after the request of the Organizing Committee as it understood that the chances of medal at this sport were very low for the host country. A total of 140 athletes were scheduled to compete.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Peru)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Mexico | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Brazil | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Colombia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Canada | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Peru* | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Cuba | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Costa Rica | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 12 | 12 | 22 | 46 |

## Medalists
### Kyorugi
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 58 kg details | Lucas Guzmán Argentina | Brandon Plaza Mexico | David Kim United States |
| 58 kg details | Lucas Guzmán Argentina | Brandon Plaza Mexico | Paulo Ricardo Melo Brazil |
| 68 kg details | Edival Pontes Brazil | Bernardo Pié Dominican Republic | Hervan Nkogho Canada |
| 68 kg details | Edival Pontes Brazil | Bernardo Pié Dominican Republic | Ignacio Morales Chile |
| 80 kg details | Miguel Trejos Colombia | Ícaro Miguel Soares Brazil | José Cobas Cuba |
| 80 kg details | Miguel Trejos Colombia | Ícaro Miguel Soares Brazil | Moisés Hernández Dominican Republic |
| +80 kg details | Jonathan Healy United States | Rafael Alba Cuba | Carlos Sansores Mexico |
| +80 kg details | Jonathan Healy United States | Rafael Alba Cuba | Maicon Andrade Brazil |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 49 kg details | Daniela Souza Mexico | Talisca Reis Brazil | Monique Rodriguez United States |
| 49 kg details | Daniela Souza Mexico | Talisca Reis Brazil | Andrea Ramírez Colombia |
| 57 kg details | Anastasija Zolotic United States | Skylar Park Canada | Nishy Lee Lindo Costa Rica |
| 57 kg details | Anastasija Zolotic United States | Skylar Park Canada | Fernanda Aguirre Chile |
| 67 kg details | Milena Titoneli Brazil | Paige McPherson United States | Katherine Dumar Colombia |
| 67 kg details | Milena Titoneli Brazil | Paige McPherson United States | Arlettys Acosta Cuba |
| +67 kg details | Briseida Acosta Mexico | Gloria Mosquera Colombia | Madelynn Gorman-Shore United States |
| +67 kg details | Briseida Acosta Mexico | Gloria Mosquera Colombia | Raiany Fidelis Brazil |

### Poomsae

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's individual details | Alex Lee United States | Hugo del Castillo Peru | Marco Arroyo Mexico |
| Men's individual details | Alex Lee United States | Hugo del Castillo Peru | Abbas Assadian Jr Canada |
| Women's individual details | Paula Fregoso Mexico | Marcella Castillo Peru | Karyn Real United States |
| Women's individual details | Paula Fregoso Mexico | Marcella Castillo Peru | Claudia Cárdenas Ecuador |
| Mixed pairs details | Mexico Leonardo Juárez Ana Ibáñez | Canada Jinsu Ha Michelle Lee | Peru Renzo Saux Ariana Vera |
| Freestyle teams details | United States Ethan Sun Sae-Jin Yi Kayrn Real Andrew Lee Alex Lee | Canada Mark Bush AJ Assadian Jinsu Ha Valerie Ho Michelle Lee | Puerto Rico Miguel Rivera Luis Colón Bryan Ribera Fabiola Ruiz Arelis Medina |

## Participating nations

A total of 26 countries qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.
* Argentina (5)
* Aruba (1)
* Barbados (1)
* Brazil (8)
* Canada (13)
* Chile (5)
* Colombia (8)
* Costa Rica (4)
* Cuba (7)
* Dominican Republic (7)
* Ecuador (7)
* Guatemala (6)
* Guyana (1)
* Haiti (1)
* Honduras (3)
* Jamaica (1)
* Mexico (13)
* Nicaragua (2)
* Panama (1)
* Peru (13)
* Puerto Rico (10)
* Suriname (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* United States (13)
* Uruguay (1)
* Venezuela (7)

## Qualification

A total of 140 taekwondo athletes will qualify to compete. Each nation may enter a maximum of 13 athletes (eight in Kyorugi and five in Poomsae). The host nation, Peru, automatically qualifies the maximum number of athletes (13) and is entered in each event. There will also nine wild card spots awarded in Kyorugi. The spots were awarded at the qualification tournament held in Santo Domingo in March 2019.